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Speaker Archives 2008
The Speaker Archives include previous speaker bios and topics presented.  If they provided handouts or slides in their session, it is clearly noted after the "Meet the Speaker" description.  If the speaker has a website of their own, there is a link to their site to view their books, CDs and other product offerings.
 

May xxth 2008 (top)

SPEAKER: Bill Price, Driva Solutions

TOPIC: The Best Service is No Service and Outsourcing

TIME: 2:00 - 4:00 PM

LOCATION: CA in Bellevue

SPONSOR: Aspect

 

Most companies struggle to "cope with customer demand" for support, adding staff, systems, and metrics.

 

 


April xxth 2008 (top)

SPEAKER: Bill Price, Driva Solutions

TOPIC: The Best Service is No Service and Outsourcing

TIME: 2:00 - 4:00 PM

LOCATION: CA in Bellevue

SPONSOR: Aspect

 

Most companies struggle to "cope with customer demand" for support, adding staff, systems, and metrics.

 


March xxth 2008 (top)

SPEAKER: Bill Price, Driva Solutions

TOPIC: The Best Service is No Service and Outsourcing

TIME: 2:00 - 4:00 PM

LOCATION: CA in Bellevue

SPONSOR: Aspect

 

Most companies struggle to "cope with customer demand" for support, adding staff, systems, and metrics.

 


February 20th 2008 (top)

SPEAKER: Bill Price, Driva Solutions

TOPIC: The Best Service is No Service and Outsourcing

TIME: 2:00 - 4:00 PM

LOCATION: CA in Bellevue

SPONSOR: Aspect

 

Most companies struggle to "cope with customer demand" for support, adding staff, systems, and metrics. However, most customers don't want to contact companies for help or advice - they'd prefer that everything work perfectly in the first place, and that everything is perfectly clear. Bill Price will share findings from his new book that will be published on March 21st, The Best Service is No Service: How to Liberate Your Customers from Customer Service, Keep Them Happy, and Control Costs, and preview plans for his next book tentatively called Where in the World?.

In Best Service, Bill will review the 7 Principles that he and co-author David Jaffe present to "challenge demand", for example eliminate dumb contacts, own the actions across the company, and deliver great service experiences. Drawing upon his experience at Amazon, work over the past 6 years with a wide range of clients, and examples outside of customer service and with >50 companies, Bill will paint this new picture and ask everyone to complete the 20-question survey to determine if your company is en route to deliver "best service".

In Where?, Bill will preview how to decide if outsourcing makes sense for your company and, if so, how to make it work. He will cover onshore vs. offshore options and wrap in "best service" principles, too.

About the Speaker

Bill Price founded Driva Solutions, LLC in September 2001 after serving as Amazon's first Global VP of Customer Service. He also co-founded the 10-country LimeBridge Global Alliance to help build their clients' customer service strategies and improve operational performance and chairs the 34-company Global Operations Council that he formed in early 2002 to share "best practices and worst experiences".

Bill started his career with McKinsey in its San Francisco and Stockholm offices, working on what turned into In Search of Excellence; was then COO at early IVR service bureau ACP, which MCI acquired; built MCI Call Center Services' automation, consulting, and agent outsourcing divisions; and was named one of the first Call Center Pioneers in 1997. Bill is a frequent keynote speaker, graduate school CRM instructor, and advisory board member. His 1st book The Best Service is No Service will be published in March 2008 by Wiley & Sons. He graduated from Dartmouth College and the Stanford Graduate School of Business, and lives in Bellevue, Washington.


January 16th 2008 (top)

We're having an NWCCP and HDNW Networking Party along with Ivy's 50th Birthday Celebration
an incredible keynote speaker and special entertainment

SPEAKER: The Unforgettable, Max Dixon

ENTERTAINMENT: Native American Indian, Klukwali Ohkwaho (Richard Holmes), plays his unique flutes for us

DATE: January 16th, 2008

EXTENDED MEETING TIME: 2:00 - 6:00 PM. Plan to stay for the entire meeting - incredible networking opportunities, numerous games and prizes

HOST: Puget Sound Energy - 355 110th Avenue NE, Bellevue, WA

MINI- EXPO: Meet our VIP Sponsors