The Compassionate Geek
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The Compassionate Geek
Note: There is a newer version of this book available. Please look up ISBN 978-0983660736. A real-world, plain-language how-to guide for delivering amazing customer service to end-users. Now in its second edition, The Compassionate Geek was written by tech people for tech people. There are no frills, just best practices and ideas that actually work! Filled with practical tips, best practices, and real-world techniques, The Compassionate Geek is a quick read with equally fast results. Here's what you'll find: Best practices for communicating with email, including examples The four intrinsic qualities of great service providers Best practices for communicating using chat and texting Ten tips for being a good listener Two practical ways to keep your emotions in check A flow chart for handling user calls What to do when the user is wrong How to work with the different generations in the workplace All of the information is presented in a straightforward style that you can understand and use right away. There's nothing "foo-foo," just down-to-earth tips and best practices learned from years of working with IT pros and end-users.
The Compassionate Geek
Newly expanded edition. A real-world, plain-language how-to guide for delivering amazing customer service to customers and end-users. Now in its third edition, The Compassionate Geek is the definitive guide for delivering amazing customer service to customers and end-users. Filled with practical tips, best practices and real-world techniques, The Compassionate Geek is a quick read with equally fast results. Each chapter contains a reflection and discussion section to help improve customer service skills. Inside are lots of personal stories and examples of mistakes made and lessons learned in addition to an entire chapter on overcoming personal and professional obstacles. All of the information is presented in a straightforward style that can be understood and used right away. There's nothing foo-foo, just down-to-earth tips and technical support best practices learned from years of working with technical staff and demanding customers and end-users. Here's what you'll find: The four intrinsic qualities of great customer service providers Customer service tips on how to say no without alienating your customer or end user Best practices for communicating with email, including examples Best practices for communicating using chat and texting Ten tips for being a good listener Two practical ways to keep your emotions in check using emotional intelligence (eq) techniques A six-step flow chart for handling customer and end user calls Customer service skills to use when the customer or end user is wrong How to work with the different generations in the workplace Motivational stories of human triumph with reflection and discussion questions Techniques for overcoming personal and professional obstacles All of the information is presented in a straightforward style that you can understand and use right away. There's nothing "foo-foo," just down-to-earth tips and technical support best practices learned from years of working with technical staff and demanding customers and end users.
The Compassionate Geek
"Our work, in Information Systems and Technology, is about helping our end users do their jobs more productively, efficiently, and creatively. IT (Information Technology) is all about crafting creative technical solutions to perplexing human problems in the workplace." This is the understanding of the IT superstars. It is also the basis of this, the most recent of The Compassionate Geek series of books. In The Compassionate Geek: The 5 Principles of IT Customer Service Success, author Don R. Crawley explores the five characteristics which are common among IT customer service superstars. In plain language, he reveals the five principles, shows common roadblocks to success, and lays out simple and realistic steps you can take to implement the five principles in both your professional and personal life. You'll learn how to put humanity into our world of technology.Written in Crawley's conversational style with personal anecdotes, logic and reason, and a takeaway at the end of each chapter, The Compassionate Geek: The 5 Principles of IT Customer Service Success is not just your guidebook to elevating your customer service success, it's your guidebook to a new, more self-confident and compassionate way of living.