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BEING CUSTOMER FOCUSED NEW AND EMERGING TRENDS IN CUSTOMER SERVICE AN WEBINAR
Presenter: Gretel Stock-Kupperman [email protected]
March 21, 2012
12:00 noon to 1:00 p.m.
Infopeople webinars are supported by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian.
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Type into chat your location and role in the library
Who are you?
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Agenda
¨ Trends in libraries and customer service ¨ Why the Customer Focused Library? ¨ Shifting our focus ¨ Strategies for success
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Trends impacting library “permanence”
Libraries Retail Expectations
Ebooks, Apps, Content Change
Funding Issues and
Perceptions Technology
Divide
Service Expectations
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Trends in customer service
¨ Homogenization of retail experience and service expectations
¨ Focus on community, quality, and social responsibility.
¨ Emotional investment in organizations ¨ Custom content/custom connection.
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Type one or two words in the chat box: how do you define customer-focused?
The Customer Focused Library
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What is the Customer Focused Library?
The Customer Focused Library consciously steps outside of embedded assumptions and observes patron behavior to discover needs and opportunities.
“Don’t try to change people’s behavior – identify and design for it.” – Anne Marie Luthro, VP Sales and
Marketing, Envirosell
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Customer Focused Library Illinois
Frankfort Tuesday, November 13, 2007- Hours 12-8 Wednesday, November 14, 2007- Hours 9-5
Indian Prairie Tuesday, November 13, 2007- Hours 12-8 Wednesday, November 14, 2007- Hours 9-5
Acorn Thursday, November 15, 2007- Hours 12-8 Friday, November 16, 2007- Hours 9-5
North Park Thursday, November 15, 2007- Hours 12-8 Friday, November 16, 2007- Hours 9-5
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Key Findings
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Key Findings
The Percentage of Patrons in Each Age Group Who Visit Each Section Type
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
<14 [n=11] 14-17 [n=12] 18-24 [n=111] 25-34 [n=48] 35-44 [n=76] 45-54 [n=63] 55-64 [n=52] 65+ [n=51]
Audio Visual (all) Books Computers Desks Interactives Public Areas Rooms Services
The Future The Past
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Key Findings
Children Teenagers College-Age Adults Seniors Library Staff
Source: Observation Envirosell Draft Report for the Metropolitan Library System
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Best Practices
Market Resources Effectively
Orient Yourself to
Patron Convenience
Use Space Creatively
Use Signs Effectively
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Applications and Successes
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Applications and Successes
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Why the Customer Focused Library?
¨ Expectations of individuals for service ¨ Responding to a shifting environment ¨ How do we know what our patrons
want? ¤ Actions speak louder than words…
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Questions to be customer focused
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Do you really know your customers?
Under-standing
Collectable Data
Observable Data
Opinion and
Feedback
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Do you have customer-aware leaders?
¨ Can you: ¤ Try without fear? ¤ Ask probing questions? ¤ Raise patron concerns?
¨ Do they: ¤ Listen ¤ Respond ¤ Assess ¤ Challenge status quo ¤ Involve staff
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Are your processes customer friendly?
¨ Is your first desk service focused?
¨ How often do you say no?
¨ How many steps does it take for someone to get what they need?
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Have you got the means to deliver?
Design
Deliver
Measure Assess
Reflect
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Type a few words in chat: describe a barrier to being customer focused in your library.
What barriers do you have?
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Customer Focused Trends and Successes
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Space Use analysis and changes
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Twitter and Facebook: listening and engagement
https://twitter.com/#!/skokielibrary
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Library Guides/Online Tools
http://explore.westervillelibrary.org/
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Media Creation & Entrepreneur Centers
http://youmediachicago.org/2-about-us/pages/2-about-us
http://www.fayettevillefreelibrary.org/about-us/services/fablab
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What is one strategy or tool you could implement today to learn about your customer’s needs? Type your answer in chat.
Discover your customers needs
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Key strategies for customer focus
¤ Organize around Customer Focus n Listen, Measure, Reach Out n Respond n Assess n Challenge status quo n Involve staff n Identify and Design for Customer Behavior
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Being Customer Focused is:
¨ Being where your patrons are ¨ Being what your patrons need ¨ Consistently revisiting and revising
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Resources
¨ Customer Focused Library on Webjunction ¤ http://www.webjunction.org/home/articles/content/
8052613
¨ Webjunction’s feature on “Focusing on the Customer” ¤ http://il.webjunction.org/interpersonal/-/articles/
content/135802482
¨ Handout on webinar site
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Questions?
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