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Emerging Leaders Breakfast Meeting hosted by Adidas Canada

Collaborative Leadership

Join us for our first Breakfast meeting, hosted and sponsored by Adidas.

Myth busters Panel discussion

Join us for a compelling program where we begin with a dual panel session. One side of tenured leaders and the other side with emerging leaders. A vibrant and thought-provoking session where we identify and discuss myths on leadership. Let’s shatter these myths and create the new norm during an open dialogue- no holds barred!

Ideation Session

This will be followed by a group ideation session on leadership where we will discuss and discover solutions in an “out of the box” methodology. This will be a chance for everyone to contribute their thoughts and hear from colleagues facing the same challenges.

But wait, this is just the beginning! Our friends at Adidas are inviting you to a VIP shopping experience at their onsite store where you will receive a 50% discount to get ready for summer!

Charity and Door Prize

Bring a non-perishable food item for a chance to win one of the Adidas door prizes.

Limited seating, register now!

March 11, 2020 – 8:30AM—12:00PM

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Customer & Employee Experience – 23rd Annual Conference

The Inside-Out Future Talent to Deliver the Right Customer Experience

Our 23rd Annual CSPN Customer & Employee Experience Conference will be held from May 13th – 14th, 2020 at the fabulous BMO Institute for Learning in the GTA. This exclusive conference will bring together hundreds of senior industry professionals across all industries and verticals to talk all things CX, EX, Customer Service, Digital Trends and much more. Our 23rd Annual Conference will offer outstanding networking opportunities with decision-makers from across Canada and the U.S.

The theme for the conference is “The Inside-Out Future – Talent to Deliver the Right Customer Experience”. We have an amazing line up of high-quality speakers who will share their insights and draw directly from their personal challenges and learnings. Over the course of the 3 days, attendees will be immersed in engaging presentations, workshops and networking events, all of which will help to build the future customer and employee experiences. Together we will explore emerging CX strategies, the latest technologies – Digital, Automation and best practices that will keep your organization at the forefront of CX and EX excellence.

Join us on May 15, 2020 for an engaging, hands-on workshop, which followed by a tour of the GTA’s contact centre. We applied the skills learned during the conference, and learned new tools and techniques to engage, service and deliver memorable customer experiences.

We can’t wait to have you join us in 2020, and experience this amazing conference. See you soon at one of Toronto’s top venues!

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We are excited to announce our 2 keynote speakers for the conference.  Meet Charles Brown, President & CEO at Lifelabs & Gillian Mandich, PHD, Happiness Researcher, Keynote Speaker and Media Personality. Join us as they speak about “The Power of Trust”: LifeLabs Journey to transform the Patience Experience” and “Happiness at Work”. 

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*NEW* Customer Success Strategy Course

Every touchpoint throughout the customer journey – whether B2C or B2B – matters. Effectively managing this journey is critical to success for both the customer and the service provider.

Once onboard and using the service, customers need to feel that they have your organization’s support at every level. Yet, too often organizations complete implementation in a strong proactive manner, and then move to a reactive strategy. Organizations must develop and utilize a customer success experience that defines tasks, milestones, and alignment throughout the whole lifecycle. After all, successful outcomes are the main drivers of customer renewal and expansion.

The CSPN Customer Success & Strategy Program is designed for managers and team leads looking to deliver customer success by developing the mindset, metrics and strategies they can use today. The program supports individuals and organizations in creating business focused activities to manage the customer life cycle and drive adoption, renewals, upselling and advocacy.

All businesses – traditional, subscription-based or otherwise – need to maximize customer lifetime value to be profitable and succeed. With new customer acquisition costs exceeding the cost to retain existing customers, our Customer Success & Strategy Program provides the insight and perspectives to reduce churn while expanding accounts and increasing customer engagement.

Long-term success starts with the ability and knowledge of the individuals responsible for delivering it. Customer Success is and always will be about the people and their knowledge, skills and abilities. However important those first days are, the journey to customer success is constant and never ends.

March 25-26 2020 – 9:00AM – 4:30PM

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Conflict Resolution Public Workshop

This course qualifies as one prerequisite towards CCSS© designation

Have you ever been in a conflict that you wished you could have handled better? We have all experienced the stress that comes from having unresolved conflicts with our co-workers. Conflicts that are ignored or resolved badly don’t go away – they cause people to feel resentful and to avoid each other. The effects on an organization are a loss of productivity, absenteeism and high turnover.

Conflict comes about from differences – in needs, values and motivations. Sometimes it is through these differences that we complement each other, but sometimes these differences result in conflict. Conflict is not a problem in itself – it is what we do with it that counts.

It is important that we do something because whether we like it or not, conflicts demand our energy. In fact, an unresolved conflict can call on tremendous amounts of our attention. We all know how exhausting an unresolved conflict can be. It is not always easy to fix the problem but a great energy boost can come when we do. This program teaches you the techniques for proper conflict resolution that will leave you feeling satisfied and content.

February 25 2020 – 9:00AM – 4:30PM

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Managing Difficult Client & Situations Public Workshop

This course qualifies as one prerequisite towards CCSS© designation

Does your organization work with difficult clients? Are you interested in learning how to manage your stress and handle complicated circumstances while at work? If you answered yes, then this program is for you.

This workshop is designed to teach you all about the art of dealing with difficult customers and scenarios while at work. You will learn how to manage conversations, empathize with clients, identify triggers, negotiate, and most importantly, protect yourself physically, emotionally, and mentally on the job.

February 27 2020 – 9:00AM – 4:30PM

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Delivering Responsive Customer Service Public Workshop

This course qualifies as one prerequisite towards CCSS© designation

A great customer service experience is vital to the success of a company, and delivering that service is what shapes the customer experience. This training program is ideal for anyone who wishes to provide their valued customers with a premium level of service. you will learn how to better understand customer expectations, profile difficult customer situations, and deal with customer objections using a proven model for effective complaint resolution. It also goes over how to use assertive techniques and positive language to diffuse difficult situations, reduce stress, promote team camaraderie, and create a positive customer experience resulting in win-win situations.

This interactive workshop is informative, fun, and provides easily applicable solutions for service excellence that are proven to work in today’s toughest customer service arena – the real world.

February 26 2020 – 9:00AM – 4:30PM

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3-Day Certified Client Services Specialist (CCSS©) Designation Bootcamp

The Certified Client Service Specialist (CCSS©) program offers participants the tools, techniques, and effective customer service skills required in today’s demanding work environment. Whether you work in private, public, or not-for-profit organization you will take away up to date information needed to succeed in the work place. Our world class certified facilitators with their engaging delivery style and relevant up to date content have delivered to hundreds of participants globally.

Our programs are certified and accredited by Canadian Council of Professional Certification (CCPC Global) to ensure quality, content, and engaging delivery.

Completion of our certification process confers the right to use the title Certified Client Service Specialist and the right to use the initials CCSS© after one’s name.

This 3-course program offers the right blend of knowledge and skills to become an expert in all aspects of customer service delivery – everything from professionalism to customer service, to sales, handling difficult customers, and more. Upon completion of the program, you will be able to build a solid foundation for your career and gain and industry specific credential that is recognized by major organizations.

Accredited Courses Required

1-Day Delivering Responsive Customer Service

This program is ideal for anyone who deals with customers and wants to provide a more customized or personalized experience for them. This training will provide you with the skills to not only handle a customer’s immediate requests, but also provide information and recommendations to build the customer’s relationships through providing valuable conversations.

1-Day Managing Difficult Clients and Situations

This program is ideal for anyone who deals with difficult clients in various challenging situations and wishes to remain in control. The program will lay out strategies for turning negative situations into opportunities for building lifelong relationships.

1-Day Conflict Resolution

Have you ever been in a conflict that you wished you could have handled better? We have all experienced the stress that comes from having unresolved conflicts with our co-workers. Conflicts that are ignored or resolved badly don’t go away – they cause people to feel resentful and to avoid each other. The effects on an organization are a loss of productivity, absenteeism and high turnover.

February 25-27 2020 – 9:00AM – 4:30PM

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The Benefits of Digital Training

The manner in which technology has become a part of our daily lives has grown exponentially with each passing day. Working with, and taking advantage of technology has made us capable of reaching new heights of communication and has improved our ease of access to information. Finding new careers has never been easier, and neither has completing the training to go with them. When you’re able to offer online, digital training, the benefits are plentiful for not just the company, but the employees as well. Let’s take a look at some of the top benefits of offering digital training.

 

Flexibility

With the on-demand nature of digital training, employees are able to complete their courses on their own time. This can make everyone breathe a little easier. Employers can easily set out learning plans for employees and assign the course work with a deadline for completion, and staff are able to pick out the best time in their day to work on it. The whole training process can successfully accommodate everyone’s schedules, as the employer doesn’t have to dedicate extra resources to setting up a training day, hiring trainers and/or arranging to send employees to a training event on a specific day, and the employees can all work at their own pace.

Affordability

On-site training can be expensive. Having to pay the dedicated trainers to attend the workplace, to train the trainees can cause labour costs to soar quicker than you realize. Not to mention room rentals, catering costs for lunches and snacks, etc. These costs are even much greater if employees need to travel to off-site training courses.  It just makes sense not to disrupt the daily operational activities at work and instead assign the training to a laptop, computer or phone.

 

Versatility

Digital training can encapsulate a whole variety of methods to keep it interesting, engaging, and, most importantly, retentive. Using more than just pages upon pages of text is crucial. Switching things up with videos, graphics and quizzes and even incorporating gamification keeps the pace moving while shaking things up for the trainee so they don’t get bored.  It’s been proven that the more interactive digital training is, the more the learner will retain the information presented.

 

Accessibility 

 

With access to phones, laptops, computers and tablets, training can be done on nearly any type of current device. The streamlined, ease of access to online training ensures that everyone is capable of getting on board. Never requiring more than an internet connection and an internet browser like Edge, Firefox, Opera or Chrome, logging in to an online training profile to complete the training on any and all devices, has never been easier.

 

Keeping municipal operations running smoothly while educating your employees can be stressful. However, be sure you’re setting aside dedicated time for employees during the day to work on their digital courses because squeezing courses in between other daily activities are just too disruptive and employees will view it as another task that has been added to them. You want to be sure they’re given the time to enjoy the courses and receiving the soft skills training they need to be ready for the job at hand.  Taking the leap and investing in a digital training platform can ensure you are getting the best value for your training budget and that you have complete control over the learning and development plans for each individual in your organization. Consistency is key!

 

Course Quality Matters

 

Unfortunately, some digital courses can aptly be described as purely for entertainment value.  If you’re simply wanting to check off a box that says an employee received training to comply with organizational policy, then a 20-minute entertainment-style digital course might fit the bill for you. That doesn’t mean that all 20-minute courses don’t deliver value – just be careful that you are getting value. 

 

However, quality, certified digital courses will ensure your employees not only have taken the course but that they have comprehended and retained what they’ve learned because they will have been tested and graded. It seems to be a waste of time and money, and there’s no real value to the individual or the organization if they didn’t understand or retain important information that can help them to do their job better and better. 

muniSERV is a leader in quality, certified digital training and learning development solutions for municipalities.  Our new PERFORM® leadership soft skills training is used by governments, educational institutions, private enterprises and organizations worldwide to deliver tangible, real-life competency-based skills.  

 

Through the use of free learning assessments to get learners started, PERFORM® is able to identify soft skills gaps and recommend a training solution targeted to key leadership development areas for your team.  Ask us for the links to these free assessments.

Finding the right training organization to help you achieve your learning and development goals takes time. It’s more than just hiring someone who says they have the materials that meet your needs.  Do your homework and go with proven, reputable training organizations and you’ll experience all the benefits of digital learning!

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