2025 Best Practice Guide
Raising Standards

Planning for COVID-19

Webinar Series

Planning for COVID-19

The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted all of us, the changes and impacts will continue for some time. It’s during times like this when you need you remember that you are part of a community of best practice, so don’t be alone. The Forum is your friendly, safe environment for sharing ideas, top tips and pitfalls to avoid. In this time of uncertainty its important that we collaborate and work together, bringing together ideas and use this time as an opportunity to learn and continue to raise standards. 

 We have designed three short series of learning academy modules, along with a top-tips & pitfalls to avoid for homeworking webinar and then a virtual networking group to help you. Phil Anderson has written an article about some of the considerations you might need to make. 

To view series 1 and 2 you need to log in to the website. Click on My Account at the top right to register or log in. 

Webinar: Unwrapping Contact Centre Insights with Sabio

Thursday 27th November, 12pm

Unwrapping Contact Centre Insights – Sabio Webinar

Many organisations using contact centre platforms only realise a fraction of their data’s potential, relying on native dashboards that often lead to siloed insights, limited customisation and manual workarounds to get data into a decision-ready state. Sabio’s Daisy O’Grady and Jim Fleming will discuss how integrating contact centre data into a broader data strategy can unlock faster, more strategic insights, while driving more value from your organisations’ solutions. By enabling BI teams with access to clean, structured data and CX domain expertise, organisations can drive greater value, agility and long-term ownership of their contact centre intelligence.

Webinar: Aligning People and Planning: Smarter Scheduling for Happier Agents in Partnership with Calabrio

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In today’s contact centers, scheduling is no longer just about filling shifts, it’s about empowering people, building flexibility, and creating an environment where agents feel engaged and supported. Because when agents are happier, they deliver a better experience for your customers.

That’s precisely what Lego, The AA, and Macmillan Cancer Support - all proud Calabrio customers - are doing. And now, they’re coming together to share how they’re rethinking forecasting and scheduling to create better outcomes for both their agents and their organizations.

In this session, you’ll hear how these leading brands are tackling some of the biggest challenges in workforce management.

Whether you’re a WFM leader or contact centre manager, you’ll walk away with real-world insights and practical ideas to build a smarter, people-first scheduling strategy that leads to happier agents and stronger results.

2025 Best Practice Showcase: Rising Stars

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In this final session of the 2025 Virtual Best Practice Showcase, we’ll be discussing this year’s Rising Stars – ​​​​​​talented professionals who’ve turned being new into a superpower.

Through these stories we’ll explore how curiosity, rapid learning, and fresh perspective can drive innovation, challenge the status quo, and spark lasting change. From automating processes to reshaping reporting and improving onboarding, these Rising Stars show that bold questions and small actions can create big impact.

This session is a celebration of what happens when new voices lead the way.

2025 Best Practice Showcase: Partnership Principles

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The best partnerships don’t just happen, they are built on trust, shared goals, and a commitment to making things work. Join us to hear a range of inspiring and educational stories from our Partnership Awards which cover a wide range of areas including, chatbots, robot workers, employee engagement platforms and technology stack transformations.

2025 Best Practice Showcase: Knowledge Management & Learning

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Real change happens when people come together with a shared purpose, to identify gaps, seize opportunities, and deliver on customer and employee expectations.
Since the year 2000, we've seen organisations develop smarter performance assessments, targeted development strategies, and Knowledge bases that don’t just store information, they spark transformation.

2025 Best Practice Showcase: Partnerships

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The best partnerships don’t just happen, they are built on trust, shared goals, and a commitment to making things work. Join us to hear a range of inspiring and educational stories from our Partnership Awards which cover all things WFM and WFO,

Webinar: 5 Ways to Transform Workforce Planning Using Interaction Analytics in Partnership with Business Systems

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What if your contact centre conversations held the key to more informed forecasts, smarter scheduling, and fewer repeat contacts? 
In this insight-packed webinar, Business Systems’ CX Consultants explore 5 powerful ways interaction analytics is reshaping workforce planning in 2025. You’ll hear from WFM and speech analytics experts on how forward-thinking resource planning leaders can harness conversation insight, using it to improve everything from repeat contacts to agent coaching. 

2025 Best Practice Showcase: The Evolution of Planning

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Hear from our finalists on how planning is evolving and raising standards across the business including back office and field.
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