I am proud to have been appointed by the Veterans Administration Secretary to successfully lead the project implementation team to launch the VA's first non-clinical, non-emergency 24/7 White House VA Contact Center Hotline! VA announced that the White House VA Hotline, first launched in June as part of President Donald J. Trump’s commitment to reforming …
Why You Should Celebrate 2016 National Customer Service Week Oct 3rd – 9th!
In the words of Philadelphia's Benjamin Franklin, "Well done is better than well said." The idea of customer service is often reserved to describe interaction with stores, restaurants, and other organizations in the private sector. Rarely do we hear people say "Wow, I had a great experience dealing with the staff at any government agency!" …
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Using Lean Management & Human-centered Design to Improve Government Customer Experience
Lean Management is a customer-centric methodology used to improve the current business process by using the DMAIC (Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, and Control) technique. Following the DMAIC blueprint will provide organizations insight into what the actual root cause problem is by measuring and analyzing various data sets, and developing process flow maps to understand the …
Implement A Government Pilot Program to Assess Customer Experience
For victorious execution of a new technology, implementation must be extensive throughout your organization. This is where government technology pilot program comes into action. Government Pilot programs present the facility to crush new technology in small numbers, allowing you to botch out processes before comprehensive execution. Pilot Programs will function as follows: They will establish …
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Say What? Government is Driving Towards Customer-Focused Initiatives
In the present times because of being well aware and well educated the public expectations are at their peak, and in contrast to this their trust in government is truly diminished to its lowest level ever, so there is a dire need for the public sector to come up with more customer friendly and promising …
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The Modern Day Crossroads of the World: Dubai
Creating a Smart City must include improving the customer experience! Dubai’s customer service for the 21st Century, with mobile technology fueling seamless interactions. With this, citizens will get direct access to all government services and pay public utility bills like water, electricity and telephone through a single portal. It’s a rare stance for a government …
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8 ways Social Media has changed Customer Service
by Silky Sinha, on Tue, May 26, 2015 Social Media has completely changed the face of customer service and the way consumers interact with a brand. Instead of dialing the call center number and going through the pain of dealing with agents with little or no knowledge of their problems, customers prefer to post their …
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Creating a Welcoming & Connected City: 311 Youth Engagement Program
A few weeks ago I posed a challenge to my Philly311 Customer Service Programs and Engagement Strategist, Amanda V. Wagner: Create a program that encourages young people to be civically involved. Amanda leads the Philly311 Customer Service Programs and Strategies Unit which is responsible for Philly311’s customer service innovative programs and communications. She was excited …
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City of Philadelphia 311 Named 2015 UN Public Service Award Finalist
I am honored and excited that the City of Philadelphia Philly311 Contact Center was named a finalist for the prestigious international 2015 United Nations Public Service Award in the category of “Improving the Delivery of Public Services.” We have grown so much from our days as a startup organization serving 1.5 million residents, businesses, and …
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Here We Grow! City of Philadelphia @Philly311 Receives 2015 CRM Excellence Award
Congratulations to the City of Philadelphia Philly311 Contact Center for being awarded the 2015 CRM Excellence Award. Thanks to the great staff at Philly311 who continues to set the bar for customer service excellence at a high level in local government. "The 2015 CRM Excellence Award winners have been chosen on the basis of their …
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Building Welcoming, Connected, & Innovative Government Customer experience 