High Tech High Touch Solutions presents

 

The 5th Annual Government Customer Support Conference and Expo

Establishing Advanced Federal, State and Local Government Contact Centers, Help Desks and Service Portals


Brain Power:  Benefit from practical, actionable information on strategy, vision, and execution.

June 14-15, 2006
Sheraton Crystal City
Arlington, Virginia

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What does the IRS, the National Reconnaissance Office, FAA, and U.S. Census Bureau, Utah.gov, and the City of Hampton have in Common?

They are all presenting case studies, sharing proven ideas to use in your own work groups, at the 5th Annual Government Customer Support (GCS) Conference and Expo!

World Bank Tour will be Friday morning from 9:00 - 11:00.

Site seeing tour will be Wednesday night - please RSVP gcs@hthts.com.
 

See detailed conference program.


“A Special Invitation From the Desk of Ivy Meadors"

Join me at The 5th Annual Government Conference and Expo June 14-15 in Arlington, VA and benefit from practical, actionable information on strategy, vision, and execution to establish Advanced Federal, State and Local Government Contact Centers, Help Desks and Service Portals”

I believe strongly in the value of Help Desks and Call Centers. When I was given the opportunity to acquire the Government Customer Support Conference and Expo and the Help Desk Professionals Conference and Expo they became an avenue to help practitioners focus on leadership in service and support, to facilitate intimate networking opportunities and pull together experts who deliver high quality presentations using advanced presentation skills. Can you think of a better way to deliver educational and networking opportunities to those in our service and support industry?

DISCOVER THE STRATEGIES, TACTICS AND BEST PRACTICES TO SOLVE YOUR GREATEST CONTACT CENTER AND HELP DESK CHALLENGES

We are shaking things up in the conference business! Big conferences offer one sort of experience but we find intimate sessions go a lot further when you need to master the techniques to advance your service and support organizations.

Our events are known worldwide for being highly interactive venues that promote intimate discussions, facilitate relationship building, and provide an educational forum to advance your call centers, help desks and service portals. Everyone benefits from the knowledge of others. Our session leaders share innovative and proven solutions to give you immediate techniques, take-aways, and approaches to apply in your own group. The session leaders are available for individual discussions before and after their presentations.

Our speakers are handpicked and must meet very high standards to speak at our events. You invest time and money to go to a conference and we guarantee you will get the full value from this investment. Our speakers understand how crucial this is and how valuable your time is. Each speaker must deliver content-rich presentations that provide you valuable resources, ideas and tools. We also encourage our speakers to provide a handout, template, or other resource applicable to their topic.

LEADERSHIP IS THE PRIMARY FOCUS AT OUR EVENTS

CAPTAIN GEOFF ABBOTT, LEADERSHIP DURING THE KATRINA DISASTER

Join Captain Geoff Abbott from the U. S. Coast Guard will share success stories of individuals taking the initiative to “lead from the middle” and save lives, from someone who was there during Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.

BRAD WORTHLEY, WORLD RENOWNED LEADERSHIP SPEAKER AND AUTHOR

Leadership expert and author, Mr. Brad Worthley, will teach how to use outstanding leadership skills in a service culture to create leaders that have vision and can inspire and motivate their employees to greatness. (Book signing at event)

EXCLUSIVE MASTERMIND SESSIONS - A POPULAR PART OF OUR EVENTS

During three different 50-minute periods, we will have 10-12 facilitated discussions delivered by advanced individuals on over 20-30 different topics. These sessions will ensure you get to know others at the conference and get into deep discussions on pertinent topics.

ATTEND SESSIONS THAT ARE EDUCATIONAL AND RELEVANT

  • Apply CRM in your government contact center, using proven success factors taught by the leader in the CRM industry, Mr. Barton Goldenberg.

  • Master the concepts to achieve exemplary customer service and advance your service and support organizations without investing a lot of money.

  • Understand how to measure your contact center performance using the American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI).

  • Learn the IRS’ and Utah.gov’s approach to deliver successful multi-media communications across multiple call centers.

  • Is 311 on your radar? Learn how the City of Hampton’s centralized call center uses an easy-to-remember number (311) to radically change taxpayers’ perception of local government services.

  • Experience and participate in discussions on the hottest topics including motivation, leadership, measurements, mobilization, VoIP,  24/7, e-Gov, and much more.

  • Are you implementing ITIL or just beginning your assessment? Learn a step-by-step process to build your ITIL initiative, hear how to determine the ROI on moving forward with ITIL and get certified in the ITIL Essentials pre-conference course.

2006 GOVERNMENT CUSTOMER SUPPORT EXCELLENCE AWARDS

Government Customer Support Excellence Awards for 2006 will recognize public sector help desks, call centers, and/or other customer portals. A formal awards ceremony will be held at our event. The previous year’s winners will present their solutions as part of our extensive program.

Winners and other finalists are selected by a panel of judges representing both public and private sectors for the categories of teamwork excellence, technical excellence, customer focus excellence, and overall excellence.

The Government Customer Support Excellence Awards are presented on behalf of the Government Customer Support Community of Practice for the sole purpose of fostering the sharing and implementation of effective practices in the support of Government's customers, both internal and external.

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN

  • How the leaders in today's government customer service and support groups achieve and maintain excellence.

  • What does and doesn’t work from "live from the frontline" perspectives.

  • Proven strategies, the latest technologies, new approaches and forward-thinking ideas.

  • How to groom our next wave of leaders.

  • Who else in Government shares your challenges and how they are dealing with them.

  • Lessons from our industry in both the public and private sectors applicable to your environment.

  • The roles of leadership and strategic vision in delivering responsive customer care.

WHY YOU AND YOUR COLLEAGUES SHOULD ATTEND

  • Meet and share valuable best practices with colleagues throughout the Government.

  • Learn to strategically anticipate the evolution of customer needs.

  • Learn how to respond to organizational pressures regarding outsourcing and consolidation and critically evaluate these options.

  • Hear about the "ITIL" framework and the current revolution to adopt it within Government agencies.

  • Learn about exciting new initiatives to create Federal performance metrics.

  • Hear how to most effectively assimilate and measure customer feedback.

WHAT MAKES THIS EVENT UNIQUE

  • All speakers are screened and pre-qualified to ensure all material presented will deliver useful information. The speakers are highly qualified to deliver their presentations - know their material well and are skilled presenters.

  • Content is shared orally as well you receive templates, handouts, and resource listings you take back to use in your own organizations.

  • All material is provided on a Flash Drive for ongoing access. There are no printed proceedings and a bunch of unnecessary stuff to pack around or home.

  • Interactive sessions where your questions and comments are openly discussed. "No talking heads for speakers."

  • The event is designed from the input of people in the industry who have identified the most critical content to establish advanced call centers, help desks and service portals.

  • No more of the same old thing. Learn the ways to begin advancing your organization to deliver the highest level of proactive service.

DELIVERING RESULTS – HOW MUCH IS THIS WISDOM WORTH

With this incredible line-up of speakers, it would make sense to ask thousands per seat. But my mission is to bring you strategies and tactics for the lowest possible financial outlay for the most value. I want this conference to be open to anyone who is serious about success in the often-challenging world of providing service and support.

That’s why I am offering you an opportunity to attend this event for only $1095.00, if you register before May 1st, 2006. And here's the deal – if you attend our event, and for any reason after spending the full two days with us, that you are unhappy, I will return the conference fee you paid. It’s that easy!

REGISTER TODAY TO RESERVE YOUR SEAT AT OUR EXCLUSIVE EVENT
THERE ARE A LIMITED NUMBER OF SEATS AVAILABLE!

If you want to meet our expert speakers, hear amazing case studies, network with your peers, and hear time-tested secrets to establish an advanced federal, state or local government contact center, help desk or service portal, register NOW.

Make an investment in yourself.  Just take two minutes right now and register to join us in Arlington, VA.  You won't regret a moment of it.  If you would like an invoice, my staff will gladly have one sent to you immediately.  Just email us at gcs@hthts.com.

Will you take me up on this incredible opportunity? There are few events that will deliver such rich opportunities to network and benefit from the expertise of others in your same industry.

I look forward to seeing you at the Government Customer Support Conference 2006.

Warmly,

Ivy Meadors
CEO
High Tech High Touch Solutions

Daryl Covey, the co-founder and Chair of the Government Customer Support Conference 2006, will also lead the Excellence Awards program for Customer Support organizations in the public sector.

Ivy Meadors, CEO of High Tech High Touch Solutions, produces this informative event that provides progressive ideas for the leaders of Contact Centers, Help Desks, and Technical Support groups in City, State, and Federal government organizations.

The comprehensive program, managed by our Senior Director of Programs, Lisa Prendergast, contains invaluable information delivered by high caliber speakers that is applicable to your immediate and future needs. 

                

Contact Centers and Technical Support Groups in Government agencies learn industry best practices at Government Customer Support Conference 2006, now entering its 5th year.  People from Help desks, Call Centers, and Service Portals converge together at this educational event. 

Visit www.governmentconference.com often for updated details and GCS Preview's invaluable content, loaded with hints, tips, and resources.

Attendees Speak Out


"I believe the Government Customer Support Conference is an asset to those that serve in the government call center profession.  I also think that it has the potential to be THE professional point of contact for information and resources for our call centers."
 

Liz Nisely

City of Hampton


"The topics were relevant and useful.  Thank you for a great conference!"
 

Jeremiah Niedzwiecki

BAE Systems


"Daryl, your vision was great. Thank you for thinking of government employees.  This far exceeded my expectations.  I can't sincerely say enough."


"This conference exceeded my expectations.  I was worried because it was small compared to [name withheld], however I received much more pertinent information."
 

Connie Pryor

Bureau of Reclamation


Event Partners

Aeroprise

Association of Support Professionals

Axios

BMC Software

Brad Worthley Intl.

Call Center School

CompTIA

CRMAdvocate

Customer Service Group

Diamond Municipal Solutions

Department of
Treasury / Federal Consulting Group

eTalk

FedTech

Genticity

Government Customer Support Community of Practice

HDI Capital Area Local Chapter

Help Desk Northwest

InfoSpherix

Inova Solutions

ISM

M1 Global

Northwest Call Center Professionals

Northwest Support Professionals

RightNow Technologies

SOSCorp

STI Knowledge

Symon

TMC


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