Online Call-center eLearning

Sales Communication Techniques Simulation ...cause a patient needs heart bypass surgery, the company's call-center nurse enters the details of the case into Procedure Protocols Plus. Then, using the provided information, Procedure Protocols Plus helps evaluate the medical necessity of the procedure. In this simulation, you will try to sell Procedure Protocols Plus to Medico Managed Care Group, a large health insurance company. You will  more...

Basic Business Math Averages Equations Basic Business Math: Averages & Equations Basic math skills are practical in any business situation, whether it be calculating average call turnaround times in a call center or using equations to find the stock of inventory and the items that have been sold in a retail store. Because math skills are valuable in so many business situations, refreshing your skills can demonstrate your  more...

911 OPERATOR TDD TRAINING According to the Americans with Disabilities Act: "PSAPs should require or offer refresher training to recognize and process TTY calls at least as often as they require or offer training for voice calls, but at a minimum, every six months." This innovative online course consists of an online, interactive lesson. Once the lesson is completed, students participate in simulated conversations with  more...

Customer Service Certificate This series is designed to help users create and maintain good customer services. Concepts covered include defining company-wide customer service and standards, strategies for effective communication, and effective problem resolution. This self-directed course can be completed within 90 days or sooner depending on time and learning capabilities of the student. Welcome to Customer Service  more...

Customer Service Agent Skills Simulation Kenworth Domestic Appliances (KDA) is a national manufacturer and direct seller of household devices, offering a line of products that ranges from toasters to central-air conditioning units. Post-sales support is critical to their operation, and KDA prides itself on superior customer service. For the duration of this simulation, the learner will assume the role of customer service agent generalist  more...

Frontline Call Center Skills Simulation This simulation will test your ability to deal with unhappy external customers, and to establish good working relationships with internal customers--your co-workers. Using this simulation will help you assess and practice your skills assisting various customer types, such as; "relater", "director," and "thinker." This simulation is based on the series "Frontline Call Center Skills" and contains  more...

The Call Center Industry When people pick up a phone and hear someone greeting them from the XYZ Company, they put little thought into the people, process, or technology behind the phone call. To them, the person on the phone is just a voice on the other end of the line. This course will examine all of the aspects of a call center. In order to facilitate this examination, this course has been broken down into three parts:  more...

Call Center Communication Skills Communication skills are very important for a successful career in customer service and sales. This is especially true in a call center environment. Call centers can be high pressure, fast-paced environments where you may have to deal with hundreds of people in one day. That is why it is so important to fine tune your communication skills. This course will examine handling different personalities,  more...

Call Center Customer Service Have you just become a call center customer service representative? Maybe you are experiencing some feelings of anxiety, as do many novice agents. You may be concerned about dealing with customers' issues one-on-one. Fortunately, there is a comprehensive training course for people in your situation. This course will help you overcome reservations about customer service in a call center setting.  more...

Call Center Telephone Sales How many times have you attempted to get your point across over the phone, only for it to end up unsuccessful? Would you like to improve your conversational skills? When you take this course, you will learn how to save your and your customer's time. Learn which principles and techniques of selling, professional presentation approaches, and telemarketing laws apply to you. Using your time  more...

The Inbound Call Center Inbound call center managers of this century will face many of the same challenges that their counterparts faced in the 20th century. The emphasis will still be on the development and acquisition of cost-effective methods to provide customers with the service they demand. By ensuring that you have a good knowledge base of the inbound call center industry, you are establishing a sturdy framework  more...

Inbound Call Center Management Leadership Did you know that your personality can greatly affect your leadership skills? Are you aware that even if you are a fabulous manager, you may not be an effective leader? As a call center manager, how can you motivate everyone, including senior management, to work together toward a common goal? As you progress through this "Inbound Call Center Management: Leadership" course, you will become aware  more...

Inbound Call Centers People Management Inbound call centers are often the only link between a company and its customers. As a call center manager, you want to hire agents with special customer service "genes." Good call center agents do a better job on the telephone, are happier with their work, and genuinely enjoy helping customers. This course will help you staff your call center with the right people for the job. You'll learn how to  more...

Inbound Call Center Technology Today, the technology within the inbound call center is constantly changing and improving. How can you, as a call center manager, keep up with this advancing technology? Moreover, why should you? This course will explain the fundamentals of inbound call center technology, and explore ways current technology might evolve. It examines different methods of obtaining this technology, and outlines how  more...

Performance Metrics for an Inbound Call Center The call center environment typifies the active, fast pace of the business world. In this hectic environment, is there time to consider how things are being done? There should be. As the call center industry slowly transforms into a customer management industry, the impetus will be on call center managers to ensure customers receive the best service possible. But where do you look to analyze  more...

The Customer Service Agent in Action There are now some 7 million customer service agents (CSAs) working in nearly 80,000 call centers in the United States. Call centers are burgeoning in Europe and the Pacific Rim as well, and experts predict that the number of CSAs will grow by 20 percent each year. Worldwide, revenues for the call center industry could soon reach almost $60 billion. The magnitude of these numbers suggests the  more...

Professional Skills for Customer Service Agents ...stomer Service Agents" covers professional issues such as call-center ethics and call protocol; procedures and techniques for handling calls and gaining customer confidence; and questioning and listening skills to help you address customer concerns more effectively. You will learn skills that help CSAs to efficiently and respectfully gather customer information and, where appropriate, take  more...

Managing Challenges in Customer Service During an average working day in a call center, customer service agents (CSAs) handle dozens of customer calls. The calls may range from simple requests for product information to urgent demands for solutions to complex problems. The callers may range from quiet, logical, and professional in their manner to noisy, impatient, and infuriated. CSAs are expected to meet the challenges of handling all  more...

Call Center Management Series The Call Center Management Series includes the following courses: Call Center Management: Managing an Inbound Call Center Call Center Management: Measuring Quality and Performance Call Center Management: Managing and Motivating Your Staff To review individual course descriptions, please return to the previous page and select the desired title(s).  more...

Communicating w Difficult People Handling Difficult Co-Workers Communicating with Difficult People: Handling Difficult Co-Workers offers the student information on how to define difficult co-workers, cope with their difficult behavior, and resolve conflict caused by the negative behavior. The program describes the proper methods to address each difficult personality type, the appropriate techniques to use to cope with and manage difficult behavior, and the  more...

Call Center Inbound Customer Service In Call Center: Inbound Customer Service, you will identify what challenges come from the situation, the caller, and the environment. You will learn what guidelines you should follow in order to provide excellent service and use your skills to fulfill your customers' needs. Learn To Understand your role as a representative of your company.  more...

Call Center Mgt Managing an Inbound Call Center Call Center Management: Managing an Inbound Call Center gives the student an overview of inbound call centers, managerial roles, and technologies that affect call centers. The program also gives the student guidelines for establishing a call center, as well as things to remember when establishing the call center. Learning the material in this program, the student will be able to establish a call  more...

Call Center Mgt Measuring Quality Performance Call Center Management: Measuring Quality and Performance teaches the student information about customer expectations and how to reduce the percentage of a call center's lost calls. The program also teaches students about various staffing tactics, provides a process for calculating staff levels, and identifies the types of reports that call center managers use to evaluate a call center's  more...

Call Center Mgt Managing Motivating Your Staff Call Center Management: Managing and Motivating Your Staff gives the student information about turnover and training as well as processes for reducing turnover and training effectively. The program also gives the student a process for managing employee stress as well as guidelines for motivating and communicating with employees. Additionally, the program provides students with processes and  more...

Recruiting Retention Keeping Your Good Employees Recruiting and Retention: Keeping Your Good Employees offers the student an overview of organizational facets that affect employee retention. The program explains the process for leading employees through orientation. The program also covers steps for conducting feedback sessions and coaching. Learn To Identify organizational facets that affect employee retention.  more...

Strategic Decision Making Making the Right Decision Strategic Decision Making: Making the Right Decision offers the student an overview of how to generate options and select the best one. The program details how to develop numerous high-quality options, as well as how to evaluate the options and make a final choice. In addition, the program teaches the learner how to review and learn from his or her experience and the experiences of others.  more...

CCNT Computer-Telephony Integration Essentials v6 0 This course introduces CTI and covers CTI architecture and CTI hardware. It also teaches CTI markets and CTI system development. Learn To: Identify features of the standard configuration of a Computer-Telephony Integration (CTI) system. Identify characteristics of call routing. Identify features of interactive voice processing. Identify uses of Computer-Telephony Integration  more...

Telephone Skills Professionalism Through Basic Skills In Telephone Skills: Professionalism Through Basic Skills you will learn to effectively perform basic telephone skills. You will also learn how to convey a positive, professional image and use technology to increase your efficiency. In addition, you will learn how to organize and supply your workspace to maximize focus. Learn To Portray a positive image. Optimize efficiency through  more...