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10 Powerful Time Management Tools For Individuals And Teams In 2021

Looking for powerful time management tools? Effective time management is as important for an ambitious individual as it’s for a mission-driven team. Fortunately, modern software can enable you to leverage powerful time management skills. In this article, we’ll highlight ten powerful time management tools that can boost your focus and productivity. We’ll go over their key features, pricing, and ratings to help you make an informed decision.

The hidden intricacies of CSAT

Customer Satisfaction Score (CSAT) is the oldest and most widely used customer satisfaction KPIs. It’s also one of the most popular north-star metrics amongst support teams. As with all metrics, it’s not without its complications. One is how to put the score into perspective. Is a CSAT of 80% good or bad? Zendesk and ACSI have great benchmarking reports that can help with this. But, there’s a complication that’s often overlooked.

Contact Centers Take On Remote Employee Management Challenges

It has been nearly a year since COVID-19 hit the Western world, bringing most of our in-person interactions to a grinding halt. As face-to-face commerce became far less tenable at the old brick-and-mortars, more of our businesses moved to the virtual. With companies no longer able to greet their customers with a smile, the responsibility for maintaining relationships with customers shifted increasingly over to the contact centers.

Matt Koopmans | Project Delivery Evolved

We're excited to begin our Productivity Compass Guest Talks in 2021 with Mr. Matt Koopmans, Digital Business Expert, and Founder of Aurelian Group. Matt is a leading business application expert with over 25 years of experience bringing success to companies in using software. The responsibility of the project manager is to manage the time, scope, and budget of any delivery project.

Raymond Lam on Boardroom Data Hosting | Convene x CSIA Webinar

For many boards, knowing where their data is stored gives them much needed peace of mind. How should boards choose how their data is stored? Raymond Lam, CEO of DrewCorp Services, points out a key thing boards need to remember. This quote is from Going Digital in the Boardroom: Considerations and Challenges, a webinar powered by Convene and the Corporate Secretaries International Association, held on January 27, 2021.

How to Send Emails with Node.js [3 Different Ways + Code Tutorials]

Almost every web application needs the functionality to send transactional emails in response to various triggers. Events like account registration, password resets, purchase receipts, and user verification are among the many tasks today’s applications need to accomplish via email. These emails are crucial for notifying users of important updates and enabling key user workflows in your application. This post explores three different options for sending email from within a Node.js app.

7 Tips to Increase Productivity When Working From Home

Don’t work from bed. You want your bed to be a place of peace and calm, not work stress. Liz Grossman Kitoyi The situation we are in right now, the pandemic and our so-called “new normal”, has made some drastic changes to the global work scenario. Many global employers opt for work-from-home to save our economy from a new depression. Little did we know that we’d be facing a slightly different depression. Yes, I know, working from home sounds peachy.

Crayons: Coloring web experiences, the Freshworks way

If you have worked on building user interfaces for a large project, you would probably have learned the importance of component libraries. They contain a set of ready-to-use components that help you build UI fast and also maintain consistency across the entire project. Building a consistent and seamless user experience is hard. This is where component libraries can help.

12 Customer Support Tools You Absolutely Need To Have in 2021

In a world that is so technologically-driven, having the right customer support tools is essential to delivering great customer service, keeping employee health in check, and gaining an edge over your competitors. With the range of support tools available today — one for shared inbox, one for bug tracking, another one to allow for inter-team collaboration, and yet another one for project management — how do you identify the tools that you really need?

Mattermost and moderation: Managing access for a more welcome experience

One of the greatest values Mattermost provides to users is the ability to create a space for discussion, issue tracking, and succinct communication, which is made possible by administrators managing access. Our goal is to create a safe and secure communication platform for all of our users. This often comes with the need for tools to help ensure users are communicating in line with the culture of the organization or community to ensure a welcoming and inclusive experience for all.