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	<title>Rich DiGirolamo, Keep Employees Engaged, Happy &#38; Proud</title>
	<link>http://richdigirolamo.com</link>
	<description>Website of Rich DiGirolamo Motivational Humorist for Recreation, Parks, Camps, Leisure and Health Care Industries</description>
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		<title>Today&#8217;s (sarcastic) Customer Service Lesson: Get the customer frustrated and then ask for their opinions.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I love Verizon Wireless; and for those of you who have been following my blogging you know that. They have gone above and beyond for me so many times over the years that even if a better plan came along from another wireless carrier I would stay (of course they would somehow match it or [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://richdigirolamo.com/blog/2010/07/29/customers-moment/</link>
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		<title>For &#8220;MY&#8221; Convenience&#8230;.How to disengage a customer</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On a recent flight the following statement was made during the &#8220;you can pick from peanuts, pretzels or cookies unless you&#8217;re in first class&#8221; announcement:
For your convenience Delta Airlines only accepts credit cards for on board purchases.
So when the flight attendant came down the aisle to pick up my trash I asked her to humor me and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://richdigirolamo.com/blog/2010/07/23/conveniencehow-disengage-customer/</link>
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		<title>R = EE = EC = $$</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today I introduce to you the Recess Formula for Business Success. It&#8217;s a pretty simple formula and it will be easy to remember.
R = EE = EC = $$
 
Where R stands for Recess; EE is an engaged employee; EC is an engaged customer; and I&#8217;ll assume that you know what the $$ equals.
Here&#8217;s how it [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://richdigirolamo.com/blog/2010/07/22/ee-ec/</link>
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		<title>So who really is the company decision maker?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ 

A while back I received a call from an HR Executive who wanted to hold a Recess for her employees. She wanted to have a little fun celebrating success and strengthening the team.
We had some great emails going back and forth. We talked a couple of times. I developed a plan and sent a proposal.
She then ignored [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://richdigirolamo.com/blog/2010/07/16/decision-maker/</link>
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		<title>Engage a Customer: I like Your Hat. Thank You.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The title says it all.
Well it used to say it all.
When I am out in public I get stares and comments about my beanie hat. The majority of the comments are positive; and they come from Boomers, Gen X&#8217;ers, Gen Y&#8217;ers and the very young. I used to just smile or thank people for the compliment.
Then one day [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://richdigirolamo.com/blog/2010/07/14/hat/</link>
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		<title>Your Presentation was PowerPointless. But it taught me a lot.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I HATE POWERPOINT!
 
In the last month I have sat through several PowerPoint Presentations where I have wanted to jab nails through my  eyes.

Text was so small even the people in the front row could not see what was being presented
Charts packed with information that could not be read from most points in the room
Slides that [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://richdigirolamo.com/blog/2010/07/13/presentation-powerpointless-taught-lot/</link>
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		<title>Video Killed the Radio Star and Technology Killed the Entrepreneur&#8217;s Vacation&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.sorta</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The first video to appear on MTV when it debuted was the song Video Killed the Radio Star. Most people know that; but just in case you didn&#8217;t I thought I would lay the groundwork for my post.
Well last week technology killed my vacation&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.sorta.
The good news is I got to ride my bike a lot. I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://richdigirolamo.com/blog/2010/07/12/video-killed-radio-star-technology-killed-entrepreneurs-vacationsorta/</link>
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		<title>Train and trust your people and they&#8217;ll do great things.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ 
 

This was the scene at the bagel store at lunchtime (12:30) today. No bagels.
I asked if any more were coming out. No.
I asked what time they closed. 3:00 PM.
I asked what they were going to do. We don&#8217;t know; the owner isn&#8217;t here; he is out shopping.
I asked if one of the three workers was [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://richdigirolamo.com/blog/2010/06/30/train-trust-people-great/</link>
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		<title>It&#8217;s called Customer Service; not Company Service</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This one can only make me laugh. Hope it makes you laugh too.
Company sends me someone else&#8217;s order. I call to let them know. They ask if I wouldn&#8217;t mind returning; they would send me a UPS shipping label. No problem.
I visit UPS website to schedule a pickup. A few screens in is where they ask [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://richdigirolamo.com/blog/2010/06/28/called-customer-service-company-service/</link>
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		<title>Recess At Work should remind us to thank others</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So how cool is this! I opened up my mail yesterday and found these&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;Gifts from the folks at Taconic DDSO. They wanted me to be a part of their Recess At Work Day celebration. And check out the rubber duckie with a beanie cap! You know that&#8217;s my favorite.
But here&#8217;s a question&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.what are you doing [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://richdigirolamo.com/blog/2010/06/25/recess-work-remind/</link>
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