former Mayor Bloomberg at 311 (photo: Edward Reed)The city’s 311 non-emergency call center for information about city services and to lodge complaints is nearing a mid-year re-launch, its first major overhaul since being introduced by Mayor Michael Bloomberg in 2003. The revamped system, estimated to debut in July, will modernize 311’s currently outdated system that...
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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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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Former 311 Executive Appointed as 1st State of NY Customer Experience Director
I was very excited to learn a NYC311 executive recently landed a critical role to lead the customer experience for the Governor of New York Andrew M. Cuomo. This cabinet level appointment continues to solidify the movement across all levels of government to engage, connect, and continue to improve the customer experience interactions. Let's give …
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How to Modernize Government Using Open Data Sources
In a previous blog post about modernizing government, I talked about why open data matters, and how it can be a tool of democracy. In today’s post I want to focus on open sources and some of the opposition posed towards open source development models. Open source as a development model, and having open data, …
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Creating a Connected City in Today’s Ever-Evolving World
Argyle Executive Forum Journal article. Published: APRIL 1, 2015 Rosetta Lue, Chief Customer Service Officer & 311 Contact Center Operations Director, City of Philadelphia sat down with Argyle to discuss the in’s and out’s of running customer service for a city. In today’s society, how do you create a connected city? There are multiple levels …
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Planning for the Future of Digital Services in Government
I was recently asked in an interview with Govloop, a government focused social network and online publication, about how the City of Philadelphia is engaging citizens through digital services. Government is changing, and the conversation is no longer about why we need digital services for engagement initiatives, but how we can use them. The key …
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8 Tips to Get Your Team Using CRM in 2015 by Michael Hanna
A CRM implementation is more of a cultural change than a technological change. That’s because adopting a new system requires changing habits, and changing habits is hard. It’s hard for those who want to change, let alone those who do not. Most people demand change, but resist it when it comes. Resistance to change is …
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6 Trends Shaping Government/Citizen Relationships by Timothy McCormick
I found Salesforce Timothy McCormick's blog post on the citizen engagement initiatives within the City of Philadelphia, including the launch of the new 311 non emergency Customer Relationship Management (CRM) software, was on point as it pertains to the growth of excellence citizen engagement and experience in the public sector. Below is an excerpt from …
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Building Welcoming, Connected, & Innovative Government Customer experience 