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AGCCE
2009 GOVERNMENT CONTACT CENTER CONFERENCE
City of Minneapolis, MN  invites you to
The 9th Annual Conference
Be a part of the excitement in Minneapolis, MN as government contact center
managers and employees from all over the country will come together to share,
network, learn from each other and discuss best practices to improve our unique
customer service centers.  The
9th Annual Government Contact Center
Conference
will give you the opportunity to learn from the experts, share
successes and struggles, network with your peers and make lasting friendships.  
Mark your calendar! May 13 - 15, 2009
WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

- Municipalities...
    with established centers
    with new contact centers
    thinking about a contact center
    planning their contact center
- Leaders in search of methods to
strengthen the contact center
- Managers seeking advice from experts
and from their peers
- Contact center employees interested in
networking
WHAT WILL I GAIN?

- Tools to strengthen your contact center
- New contacts for networking partners
- Knowledge of new products and
techniques
- Best practices from other government
contact centers
- Creative solutions to overcome
challenges
- Friendships to last a lifetime!
9th Annual Conference
Sailing into Success...
in spite of choppy economic waters
May 13 - 15, 2009
9th Annual Conference Sponsored by:
2008 Topics

Conference events will begin Wednesday at 1 p.m. and last until 5 p.m. Friday.

  • How to Calculate and Communicate the Strategic Value of Your Contact
    Center Operations

  • You Have Launched a call center...
...Now WHAT???

  • Humor Me: The Fun Side of Customer Service
In this workshop, participants will explore important areas of customer service
laughter and some serious “Ah Ha!” learning moments.
laughter and some serious “Ah Ha!” learning moments.



  • “How to Get and S.T.A.Y in The Positive Zone®” gets the audience
    laughing and involved in the first ten seconds and keeps them motivated,
    entertained and inspired.  Presented by Susan Miller

  • Leadership development

  • City of Jacksonville experience to include a tour of the new 630CITY call
    center!

  • Customer Service Representatives performance measurements

  • Group Thinking, Brainstorming and Goal Setting

Comments from past conference attendees:

"Last year was my first year and we have a very new call center.  The
information I gained at the conference was invaluable.  Not to mention all the
times I have called on all of you I met there last year as we were making
decisions for the call center this year.  I can't wait to see everyone in
Jacksonville!"
                    Shannon Baldwin County Commission

This conference and the people I have met have been the impetus to keep
moving our call center forward.  We have been around for 19 years so it's easy
to get in a rut.  Learning about new initiates, products, strategies, etc. has
been invaluable to me as a manager as we strive to improve our center.  
Whether your center employs a handful of people or hundreds, whether you
are 311 or 7 digit, if you are new to the business or have been around for a
long time, you will meet someone who has the same problems and/or
successes as you.  And since we are all municipal employees, we can all relate
to our special challenges that private call centers don't "enjoy."

             Marilyn Louisville, KY  


I will be attending this conference this year for the 3rd time.  I took over
managing our call center in 2004 and have found this group of people to be
invaluable in assisting me to make improvements.  It really is a great place to
network and learn best practices from peers.  It also has given me confidence -
knowing that our call center is not alone in some of the challenges we face.  
Sometimes other city departments will question how we do things or why we
don't do them differently.  It certainly helps my credibility when I can say "I've
talked to other cities and they have the same issues. Here are some things
they've done and lessons they learned...."   For some reason, the
"administration" is more willing to accept suggestions when they know it worked
somewhere else first.

Whether you are a new call center or have been around for a while - you will
definitely want to come to this conference.  The people you meet will be a
continual resource for you throughout the year, beyond these 3 days.  It is so
reasonably priced (AGCCE members get in for a discounted rate of $125!).  
And who isn't ready for a trip to Florida after this terribly cold, long winter!

                              Cindy City of St. Louis, Missouri
managing government contact centers.  Mark your calendar now to attend the
2009 Government Contact Center Conference in Minneapolis, MN May 13-15.

Registration - Members $125, Non-Members $175, Vendors $200

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