Nancy Porte
Nancy Porte
Nancy Porte is the Vice-Chair for the Board of Directors of the Customer Experience Professionals Association (CXPA). Previously, as Vice President of Global Customer Experience for Verint and with a background in operations management, her passion is developing differentiated customer experiences through cross-functional collaboration and employee engagement. She is a Certified Customer Experience Professional (CCXP) and frequent speaker at industry conferences.
Seven Things Successful Customer Experience Professionals Think, Say, and Do
Among the many challenges customer experience (CX) professionals face, often the most difficult is how to engage cross-functional and multi-level support. Beyond support for...
4 BIG Lessons Learned as a CX Leader — Or, What I’d Like to Tell My Younger Self!
After eight years I recently resigned as a leader of global customer experience for a technology company. Eight years is a long time in...
What Does a Shark, a Family of 10, Fun and Innovation Have in Common? Customer Experience
If you’re a fan of the TV show, “Shark Tank,” then Barbara Corcoran is most likely a familiar face. I had the pleasure of...
Six Ways Internal Branding Can Make or Break a CX Program
Have you ever wondered, “What’s in a name?” Clearly, it’s a top business priority as organizations spend millions of dollars and countless hours on...
2021 is the Year to Close the Engagement Capacity Gap
What a year it has been. Thinking back to last March, the first cases of Coronavirus were spreading, and the world collectively recognized that...
Beyond Surveys: Finding the Right Balance Among Your Customer Feedback Sources
Whether you’re leading customer experience at a B2B or B2C company, I think you’d agree that 2020 certainly had an impact on customer feedback....
Communities: The Best Kept Self-Service Secret in Customer Experience
With today’s shifting landscape stemming from the global pandemic, you might be grappling with identifying and implementing solutions to help your customers find the...
Don’t Hide Your CX Light Under a Bushel: How to Tell Your Story with a Microsite
For many companies, customer experience (CX) is like the man behind the curtain in The Wizard of Oz. No matter how hard-working the CX...
Delivering CX: Lessons Learned from Verint’s First Virtual Conference
Customer experience programs take different forms across organizations. Their scope and responsibilities can vary from only gathering and reporting customer insights to managing all...
Double Down on Empathy! 5 Tips for CX Success in Times of Crisis
In CX, the mission is always the same. It’s the tactics that change. That’s a good mantra for any CX professional today. With the coronavirus...
How AI-Infused Knowledge Management Tools Support CX
Mention the term knowledge management (KM) and you’d once be greeted by a roomful of yawns. Not anymore. With artificial intelligence (AI) injecting new...
Making Legal Part of the CX Team: 5 Steps to a Beautiful Partnership
Many CX practitioners view the legal department in their organizations as separate and apart from the work they do. I know I did. But...
Putting Customers on the Podium: 3 Tips for Successful Customer Advocacy Programs
One of the essential CX truths is that customers like to hear from other customers. At the B2B technology company for which I work,...
3 Tips to Build an Outside-In Customer Journey Map
No matter how carefully plotted your customer journey map, it can always benefit from a fresh perspective—especially one from outside your organization. The map...
For Real CX Success, Don’t Just Fix Potholes. Create Peak Moments
Where do CX practitioners go to get inspired? Customers, colleagues, peers in other companies, other industries, online communities like CustomerThink—all can share fresh ideas...
One-On-One CX: 5 Tips to Ensure First Responders are Great with Customers
I’ve talked with many CX practitioners who agree that we sometimes flip the age-old saying: We don’t see the trees for the forest. By that...
Building Your 2019 Dream Team: 3 Tips for Staffing CX
As a customer experience (CX) professional, you are probably allotted a headcount for your team. What do you do with it? Here are some...
Connected Listening: 3 Tips to Meet the CX Challenges of Omni-Channel Communication
It’s essential CX practice today to offer customers a range of channels through which they can interact with you. But adding new channels is...
4 Ways to Align Customer Feedback and Product Innovation
Companies work hard to listen to the voice of the customer (VoC) and innovate based on what they hear, but passive listening isn't enough.
New Trends in Employee Engagement: Is Your Company Easy to Work For?
Today’s employees have high expectations from employers. How well you meet those expectations can make the difference not only in attracting new hires, but...