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How to Maintain Your Cybersecurity When Your Employees Work From Home

By: Annie Button | Published: May 28, 2020

Remote working has increased the cybersecurity risks for organizations, with employees no longer enjoying some of the protections that they had in the office. Due to a less consistent security practice and... Read More

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An Expanded Home-Based Contact Center Workforce Could Lead to Increased Identity Theft

By: Jason Sterns | Published: May 19, 2020

The rapid transition demonstrated by the contact center industry to adapt to the COVID-19 pandemic was, quite honestly, amazing. However, our industry never gets a chance to rest. Once we solve one... Read More

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How to Preserve a Contact Center Culture in the WFH Shift

By: Corey Klein | Published: May 12, 2020

We moved from a 100% in-office culture to a 100% remote environment in a little less than two weeks. Our goal in this endeavor was to ensure more than a technologically seamless... Read More

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Crisis Communication Advice for Contact Center Leaders

By: Andrew Gilliam | Published: May 06, 2020

Crises and remote work have something in common—the need for greater thoughtfulness, transparency, and communication. From planning your sharing strategy to disseminating your message, here is advice from experts for your contact... Read More

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5 Things Contact Center Leaders Should Consider in a Post-COVID-19 World

By: Bob Furniss | Published: May 05, 2020

By now, you have adapted to the initial “hair on fire” moments of COVID-19. You may have made up new policies and implemented changes without a clear plan for the future. After... Read More

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Here’s Why Knowledge Management is a Critical Part of your Business Continuity Plan

By: Chris Rall | Published: April 30, 2020

The COVID-19 crisis will lead many contact centers and companies to activate their business continuity plans. Whether or not it’s the first time, no plan survives contact with reality. The world’s first... Read More

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Lessons From Moving 2,800 Support Engineers to Work From Home

By: Jim Roth | Published: April 23, 2020

One of my favorite museums in the world is Churchill War Rooms, which is the underground bunker complex where Churchill and his staff ran war operations, safe from the bombs that pummeled... Read More

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Panning for Gold: Maximizing Unstructured Feedback | #ICMIchat Rundown (April 21, 2020)

By: The Editors | Published: April 22, 2020

Customers aren't shy about telling us what they think, but only a fraction of customer sentiment can be captured in a survey. It's becoming increasingly difficult for companies to generate actionable, big-picture... Read More

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How Contact Centers Can Make WFH Sustainable

By: Scott Sachs | Published: April 21, 2020

I’ve been involved with contact centers for over 25 years and one thing that I’ve consistently noticed is that they have an incredible ability to respond to changing situations in a rapid... Read More

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How Contact Centers Can Evolve After the COVID-19 Crisis

By: Josh Streets | Published: April 20, 2020

Many contact centers, even those with carefully crafted disaster recovery plans, were left scrambling to assemble strategy in response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Having personally led these efforts over the years... Read More

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