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LRA Worldwide

 

4th Quarter 2005

 

INSIDE THIS ISSUE

FEATURE ARTICLE:
The Power of Real-Time Electronic Customer Feedback
LRA on the
Speaking Circuit
LRA in the News
Senior Management Addition
New Clients
About LRA Worldwide
Privacy & Legal Notice
Contact Us

 

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CEM Overview

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Standards & Practices Development

Training & Workplace Learning

Customer & Employee Research

Quality Assurance

 

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 FEATURE ARTICLE    

 
The Power of Real-Time Electronic Customer Feedback

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By Rob Rush
CEO - LRA Wolrdwide

In this space, on this very website, not too long ago a contemporary of mine painted a bleak picture of the landscape of paper-based customer feedback. Literally. He described a cavern of an office filled with stalactites and stalagmites made of comment cards. Meetings held peering around the Leaning Tower of Feedback. Sunlight choked from the atmosphere by stack upon stack of rave reviews or scorching rebukes.

And those were just from last month.

Despite the ecological obstacles posed by this method of listening to the "voice of the customer," operators - across industry - still cling to their stacks of paper like an infant to his favorite blankie. Apparently, someone must have written in one of those ubiquitous business best sellers that customer feedback was worth its weight in gold...and everyone took the author literally.

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 LRA ON THE SPEAKING CIRCUIT

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North American Conference on Customer Management
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The panel participants were (seated, from left to right): Dan Reed, Senior Manager of Fan Development for the National Basketball Association; Sandra Rintelen, Corporate Director of Operations from W Hotels Worldwide; Jim Knight, Senior Director of Training for Hard Rock International; Rob Cornell, Senior Vice President, Preferred Hotel Group; and Rush, who served as the moderator.   LRA Worldwide's Director of Business Development Ted Fisch and CEO Rob Rush at the 2005 North American Conference on Customer Management  

LRA Worldwide CEO Rob Rush Leads Panel featuring the NBA, W Hotels and Hard Rock at the 2005 North American Conference on Customer Management

Orlando, FL/Horsham, PA; - The CEO of LRA Worldwide, Rob Rush, will moderate a panel titled “What’s Your Story? Aligning your Organization’s Customer Strategy from the Executive Suite to the Street” at the 2005 North American Conference on Customer Management (NACCM). The Conference will be held at the Orlando World Center Marriott from October 16th – 18th. Rush’s panel presentation will feature executives from such iconic brands as W Hotels, Hard Rock, the National Basketball Association and the Preferred Hotel Group discussing their respective efforts and the challenges inherent in trying to create an enterprise-wide focus on the customer.

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 LRA IN THE NEWS

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 SENIOR MANAGEMENT
 ADDITION

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Forbes

Fast Company Customers First Award Winners Form Discussion Panel at the North American Conference on Customer Management; Tips for Achieving Excellence from Award Winners
-Forbes.com, September 21, 2005

Moderated by Jena McGregor, an interactive and live exclusive discussion with the recipients of Fast Company magazine's "Customers First Awards" will take place on Day One of the North American Conference on Customer Management (NACCM - www.iirusa.com/ecsw-46).

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LRA Worldwide Appoints Constance Billé as Director of Organizational Development and Training

HORSHAM, Pennsylvania; November 1, 2005 - LRA Worldwide, Inc., a leading consulting, training and research firm in the growing sector of Customer Experience Management (CEM), announced the hiring of Constance Billé, M.Ed., as its Director of Organizational Development and Training.



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 NEW CLIENTS

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 ABOUT LRA WORLDWIDE

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LRA Worldwide is a leading consulting and research company that specializes in Customer Experience Management (CEM). LRA helps companies and brands design and deliver exceptional customer experiences across all key touch points using an integrated suite of services that measure and improve service quality, customer satisfaction, employee performance, loyalty and profitability.

LRA specializes in "operationalizing the brand" - turning brand promise and customer strategy into operational reality. LRA's suite of CEM services includes Standards and Practices Development, Training & Workplace Learning, Customer and Employee Research and Quality Assurance; these are deployed together in a process that continually monitors and improves the customer experience.

LRA has deep sector expertise in the automotive, financial services, healthcare, hospitality, leisure & real estate, retail, consumer goods & services, sports and entertainment, and travel and transportation industries. For more information, visit the company's Web site at www.LRAworldwide.com.

 
  PRIVACY & LEGAL NOTICE

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