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Thursday, August 13, 2009, 2:00 PM ET / 11:00AM PT The explosive growth of social networking is forcing enterprises to change how they interact with their customers, prospects, partners and investors. The telephone remains the primary communication tool between businesses and their customers. However, as Generation Y"ers and Millennials (people born between 1977 and 1997) take their rightful place as leading consumers, they are showing a preference for communication channels such as SMS, chat and email. Video is also slowly making inroads and social networks and communities are threatening to alter many hard-won contact center best practices. Enterprises must keep up with changing channel preferences or risk having customers defect to companies that "get it." - A description of the new multi-channel contact center - A review of the emerging channels and the year they are expected to become essential to leading verticals: financial services, telecom, retailing, high-tech, travel, government and education - The impact of social networking on contact center operations and technology - Benefits and challenges of multi-channel contact centers - Best practices for forecasting and scheduling in a multi-channel contact center - How to do multi-activity scheduling in a multi-channel environment - Ways to involve and empower agents and improve their work/life balance in the era of social networking REGISTER TODAY http://w.on24.com/r.htm?e=154027&s=1&k=17B44A22E6B700C79FBDBBAF6BFA67F7&partnerref=TMCenews Today's FeaturesLatest NewsSponsored by InvisionLatest BlogsFeatured ChannelsFeatured Free Industry ResourcesFYI From TMCnet.........................................................................................................
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