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Special Interest Groups (SIGs)

CRMA Northwest/Seattle is pleased to announce Special Interest Groups (SIGs), launched to discuss a common interest in a particular topics.

Watch for our next Customer Experience SIG

Has the term “customer experience” gained your attention recently? Have you heard colleagues promoting the “customer experience”? This burgeoning concept is catching on in high-level executive forums and has direct ties to CRM programs and initiatives. Come learn the truth behind the hype from a defining pioneer of this growing practice, Celeste M. Combs. She'll provide an overview of this leading-edge trend and discuss how CRM and customer experience fit into YOUR future.

Date:  

Wednesday, December 9th, 2003

Registration:  

6:30 pm

Presentation:  

7:00 - 8:30 pm

    DISCUSSION
  • Better understand the value proposition of customer experience
  • Learn about interaction between customer experience and CRM projects
  • Grasp valuable ideas you can begin to practice immediately

CRMA NW Members: FREE with advance registration. $5 at door. Non-members: $10 in advance and at the door. We'll serve light dinner and drinks at the event.
Celeste M. Combs, Chief Experience Officer - The Experience Group

Ms. Combs, a customer experience guru and thought leader, founded The Experience Group to help businesses improve and achieve a high quality customer experience. Through her contributions, clients better realized marketing, product, sales and CRM project goals.

She previously held position as Vice President, Customer Experience at Infopop Corporation where she launched several new products, managed customer support, customer research and assured product usability. She is an award-winning collaborator that has contributed to dozens of products and services over the last 15 years and worked with small and large firms around the country.

MEMBERS Register here
NON-MEMBERS Register here

DIRECTIONS to SoftResources Offices

2. Watch for our next: Mid-Market Business SIG

New CRM Mid-Sized Business SIG. We focus on the trends and techniques that are changing the way mid-size companies interact with customers. Join us to learn the keys to successful CRM implementation and ongoing system maintenance with industry experts and local companies.

Learn from other organizations’ successes and failures alike. Topics include: Product Selection, Executive Buy-in, Business Process Planning, End User Training and more.

Contact Lance Kyle with questions: lance.kyle@<br>acetta.net (206)332-0440 x1003

Contact SIG Chair, Celeste M. Combs

SIG Chair Contact Celeste Combs with any ideas, meeting topics, feedback or offer volunteer assistance celestecombs@<br>comcast.net (206) 779-2344. We are interested in building more SIGs as the organization grows. We are also looking for sites to host our SIG meetings and will recognize your company for hosting an event.

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Thanks to our Annual Sustaining Sponsors:

Tectura Corporation

SalesForce.com, Inc

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Thanks to our Research Sponsors:

GIGA Information Group

Aberdeen Group

Frost & Sullivan

Doculabs

AMR Research

Gartner Group

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 CRMA Northwest chapter welcomes sponsors. We are currently in the process of establishing sponsorships for the local events. If interested please visit Sponsorship Opportunities for all the options.