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Mei Lin Fung

Mei Lin Fung
Institute of Service Organization Excellence, Inc.
Mei Lin Fung, www.isoe.com blogs on ebCEM – evidence-based Customer Experience Management. The Service Leadership Transformation Program developed in an innovative public private partnership with Avaya and Oklahoma State University received the Phillip Crosby Golden Medallion in 27. Her curriculum has been implemented by Microsoft Telesales in China, and Johnson and Johnson in Asia. She designed the first US Department of Labor approved Contact Center Apprenticeship Program in Oklahoma. Blog: Learning to Earn Customer Trust by Mei Lin Fung

latest trends: Catching up is the new looking ahead

Here's a neat summary of trends in 2009 from the ever reliable Trendwatching.com http://trendwatching.com/briefing/ 1. Foreverism - 'never say never" 2. Innovation Jubilation - practical,...

Both Sides Now – Cloudware: A YOUTUBE Primer

I'm glad of the chance to say that there is almost nothing better than Judy Collins' voice: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqY_JeyUWcw From her song, Both Sides...

A Tale of Two Sellers – Adventures on Amazon

First - I had a GREAT month in February.... I just realized that my passion for trust is counter-cyclical..... people are really interested in...

Twitter Demographics – thanks to Social Media Today

Thanks for Social Media Today for this http://www.socialmediatoday.com/SMC/78505 great to know this. PEW survey of usage on twitter or twitter-like service for...

Sweet Tweets: Skittle’s Adventures on the Digital Frontier

Skittles takes the first plunge....into the deep end of the Social Media pool. Quickly, lets define "the Deep End of the Social Media Pool": This…

Gen Y – The Most Social Internet Generation

"Generation Y is the most well-rounded. They are the most likely to have access to the most online technologies most of their adult lives....

Social Media in Action – In Your Neighbourhood?

Lately I've been noticing the blurring of lines between journalist and citizen (see earlier blog today) - so I was intrigued by this article in...

“The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present” Abraham Lincoln

not that the past was so quiet really, with the Asian Financial Crisis of 1997, the 2000/2001 Dot Com Boom etc.... The quote is by...

Vendor Relationship Management – What Doc Searls is Looking For

Doc Searls is a big name in the tech industry and jogged by a Forbes survey, has put forward his wish list for VRM...

Will We Change? CEM Musings on the Obama Inauguration

Did you get messages from around the world about the Obama inauguration? I did. Did you send messages to friends in the US and around...

The Web That Time Forgot: Social Networks in the 1930s, ’60s and ’70s

In 1934 Belgium, Paul Otlet imagined social networks where people could "participate, applaud, give ovations, sing in the chorus". He envisaged "the ability to...

Sneakers That Rock

I hate shopping.... but there we were on Saturday, looking for sneakers for my daughter at the mall. I'd already been wrung out by...

Whole Foods … Whole Customer … Happy Experience … Happy Customer

It all started with Beef Stroganoff..... Inspired by the visit of a great cook, my cousin who normally eats Indian style vegetarian food, was inspired...

You Can Learn From “Dell Hell.” Dell Did

In 2007, Dell's CEO was replaced by founder Michael Dell. The warning alarm had sounded two years earlier on the Internet, when a blogger...

“Like a Rock Band” CRM Wikipedia Definition

Intrigued by the discussion in Customer Think about the definition of CRM, I went to take a look, and found it, well.... "so yesterday". So...

Enchanted! Apple Stores Emerge as the “Nordstrom of Technology”

Apple's revenue has grown 42% in the quarter ending Sept 07, compared to the same quarter Sept 06. The Apple Store in NYC at...

Intelligent Service: Learn to Deliver the Value the Customer MOST Appreciates

My daughter and I were going to visit her grandparents in Singapore, Intelligent service = Service appreciated and valued by the customer = Service that…

Social Media Jungle: Don’t Get Lost; Get Educated

Here's some sensible advice from G at Spatially Relevant telling the story of how a business was helped to take advantage of Face book. "...

Performance Management Is The Key to Success in Contact Centers

Dr. Baumin Lee, 95teleweb, cowrote this post. Of course we are too busy and don't have enough time! When we go into work each day...

Emerging from Dell Hell: A Cautionary Tale of Customer Experience Management

Dell had a very rude awakening when the "Dell Hell" Blog that was heard around the world. One customer, Jeff Jarvis wrote in his...

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