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December 3
More Budget, More Resources

Speakers TBD
Forefront Meeting Center
Waltham, Mass.

Could you do a better job with more cash and more headcount? Well, here's your chance to hear the latest "best practices" in making a budget committee presentation much more persuasive.

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November 3, 2009
"The Voice of the Customer"

The Third Annual First Wednesday Conference
The International
Bolton, Mass.

Watch this space for details—
we're putting together a great program for the 2009 First Wednesday conference, and we'd love to hear from anyone who wants to participate.


The Producers



Fred Van Bennekom
Principal
Great Brook Consulting




Jeffrey Tarter
Executive Director
Association of Support Professionals



Phil Verghis
Principal
The Verghis Group


Calendar

December 3
"More Budget, More Resources"
How to convince top management to invest in support and services.

February 4
"The Great Net Promoter Debate"
What can a single customer satisfaction score tell you about support quality?

April 1
"Services Marketing 101"
What works, what doesn't work.

June 3
"Maintenance Renewal Metrics"
What you measure is usually what you get.

September 16
"Channel Models for Support & Services"
The big question: Who owns the customer relationship?

November 3
"The Voice of the Customer" Retreat
A day devoted to discussions of leading-edge concepts in customer satisfaction and post-sale relationships.

December 2
"More Budget, More Resources"
Our annual session devoted to ideas for building a stronger business case for support.


Archives

"The Voice of the Customer 2008"
October 7, 2008
Speaker bios and presentation abstracts.


"Personalizing the Support Relationship"
September 10, 2008
Presenter: Roger Melanson
Principal, Unifund


"Here, There Are No Dead-End Jobs"
August 6, 2008
Presenter: Ernie Racine
Senior Manager of Technical Support, The Mathworks