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customer service KPIs
Blog 3 minutes | April 15, 2021

Essential KPIs for Schools: 5 Must-Have Customer Service Metrics

Every school district does customer service. But only 30% of districts measure the impact of these efforts on other strategic areas, such as accele...

does your school community know it
Blog 3 minutes | March 2, 2021

Caring for Schools: Bridging the Gap Between Intent and Perception

People don’t care what you know until they know that you care.  That might sound like just a cute bumper sticker about life, but the sentiment is j...

3 ways covid is retooling schools
Blog 3 minutes | February 22, 2021

COVID's Impact on Schools: 3 Transformations and How to Respond

A meeting of superintendents & HR leaders at the nation’s largest urban district reveals how the school experience has changed – and not ...

customer service skills
Blog 3 minutes | February 16, 2021

Boost Your Team’s Customer Service Abilities

Maya Angelou put it best when she said, “…people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how...

survey or not to survey
Blog 3 minutes | February 10, 2021

To survey or not to survey? That shouldn’t be the question.

There are a lot of opinions out there about administering surveys during COVID-19. Some say don’t bother. Others say survey more.    While I can’t ...

Let’s Talk Assistant Launch
Blog 3 minutes | October 29, 2020

Let’s Talk! Assistant Launch: Introducing a K-12 District-Focused Chatbot

If there’s one thing families and school district employees don’t have enough of this year, it’s time. Parents, students, teachers, and others have...

It’s preventable
Blog 3 minutes | August 12, 2020

Prevent Long School Board Meetings with Simple Solutions

As the beginning of another—but vastly different—school year draws nearer, I’m hearing more and more about lengthy school board meetings. Some repo...

no racism and inequality
Blog 3 minutes | June 11, 2020

Deep-Listening Initiatives: Confronting Racism and Inequality in Education

The events and protests of the past several weeks have shone a much-needed light on the racial inequities still inherent in many of America’s most ...

education customer service
Blog 3 minutes | February 13, 2020

Education Customer Service: Streamlining Services to Improve K-12 Experiences in School Operations

When it comes to determining the success of a school, we tend to focus our attention on the classroom — and rightly so. That’s why teachers and pri...

professional development
Blog 3 minutes | December 20, 2019

Missing Elements in PD: Top Stories of 2019

Our number 1 story of 2019 highlights a key element missing from most K-12 professional development: a focus on customer experience. “Practice make...