San Antonio College

http://www.accd.edu/sac/itic/

Customer Service Certification
Requirements

Session 1 – 2 hours
    
#1  - “The Links to Quality Service”

Homer Smith – Human Resources

•  Identifying our customers
•  What do customers want from us?
•  How to identify customers needs
•  How to deal with unhappy customers
•  Staying cool under pressure
•  Telephone techniques (How to handle the phone)

Session 2 – 1 ½ hours
    #2 - “Handling Objections”

Dr. Johnnie Rosenauer – Business Management

•  Handling people's objections
•  Seeing objections as a process that needs resolving
•  Not as an obstacle to overcome
•  Learning why people raise objections
•  How to go about responding to them

Session 3 – 1 ½ hours
    
#3 - “Attitude”

Regina Pino – DSS

•  Positive Attitude
•  Benefits of a good attitude
•  Tips for cultivating, maintaining, a good attitude
•  How it is relevant to the SAC environment
•  To include a possible video and participant activities

Session 4 – 1 ½ hours
    
#4 - “Ethics & Respect”

Dr. Rena Doering – Administrative Computer Technology

•  Ethics
•  Mutual Respect
•  Empathy – value of the individual
•  Continuous Improvement

Session 5 – 1 ½ hours
    
#5 - “Solutions through Customer Service Techniques”

Laura Garcia – CIS &
Dan Melgoza - Instructional Technologies

•  Conflict Resolution, Nonverbal Communication, &
   Body Language
•  Dealing with Dissatisfied Customers
•  Customer Service Techniques
•  Different Strategies for valuing diversity & disabilities
•  Internal and External Customer Service
•  Overcoming Negativity in the workplace

Session 6 – 2 hours
   
#6 - “Communication & Rapport”

Homer Smith – Human Resources

•  Communication and customer service
•  Communicating with the customer
•  Communication barriers
•  Active listening
•  Establishing rapport and building
   Credibility

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For Information on Customer Service Certification contact Charlotte Wolf
cwolf10@mail.accd.edu
, 210-733-2189, at the San Antonio College
Instructional Technologies & Innovation Center
1300 San Pedro, San Antonio, TX 78212
- Moody Learning Center 716
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Last updated 9-8-08 - by Charlotte Wolf

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