Virtual Agenda

Join us as we kick off our event with a warm welcome from the host, setting the stage for an exploration into the art of 'productizing your services.' Get ready to dive into discussions and insights on transforming your service offerings into scalable, value-driven solutions.

Join our empowering session on transforming your service expertise into a growth catalyst. Based on TSIA's research, discover key steps to develop value-driven offerings, led by Hal Stanley. Gain tactical insights on refining your service portfolio, navigating change management, and leveraging technology strategically. You'll get actionable ideas to increase your: 1. Services revenue 2. Recurring agreements 3. Premium service sales

Discover the crucial process impacting new business relationships. Onboarding goes beyond software installation and training; it's about shaping beliefs. Explore how your clients' perceptions during onboarding influence future decisions and learn how to influence them effectively. We’ll explore: 1. How multiple buying influencers expect, experience, and remember value 2. How CSMs and CS leaders can implement simple changes that create strong beliefs during the onboarding process 3. How earned trust increases the likelihood accounts renew and expand

Despite the common claim of companies listening to customers, B2B clients often rate vendors poorly in listening and discovery, despite these being critical factors in their purchasing decisions. The good news is that during implementation, there's an opportunity to truly understand clients' needs. Join an engaging session where you'll learn Bob's truth-seeking questions, deep listening techniques (dubbed "$TFU"), and templates to elevate your client conversations strategically.

The UX of Delivery is a critical aspect of success for PS organizations, impacting client satisfaction, reputation, employee engagement, and competitiveness. By prioritizing client-centricity, continuous improvement, and innovation, PS organizations can elevate the overall client experience, drive business growth, and thrive in today's competitive landscape.

Unlock the secrets to maximizing profitability in professional services with our session on 'Pricing for Pro Serv Profitability.' Delve into proven strategies and industry insights to optimize your pricing strategies and drive sustainable growth in your service offerings.

Don't miss our session on transforming your customer onboarding with Scrum methodology! Led by Jasmine, an expert Customer Success Manager, discover how Scrum principles can streamline processes, boost efficiency, and enhance satisfaction. Learn to break down onboarding into sprints, prioritize tasks, and foster team collaboration. Gain practical insights and real-world examples to accelerate time-to-value and delight customers. Whether new to Scrum or seeking improvement, this session offers actionable strategies to elevate your onboarding efforts. Sprint towards success in customer onboarding with us!

Learn how to build a customer onboarding strategy and engagement plan based on joint deliverables for both the customer and the vendor. Key Points: - Learn how to lock in what the customer needs and what you want - Planning for 30,60 and 90 days to first value attainment - Organic Success Stories that originate from hitting first value

Discover how resource management drives growth and scalability in today's dynamic services landscape. Explore innovative approaches to boost efficiency, productivity, and profitability in service teams. Gain practical strategies for organizational scalability and competitiveness. Whether expanding your PS footprint or aiming for sustained growth, this session offers valuable insights and tools for success. Key Takeaways – 1. The importance of resource management as a catalyst for scalability in PSOs. 2. The need to invest in the capability to characterize resource supply and manage resource demand 3. The role and importance of process, data, and technology to automate resource management processes

Explore the dynamic interplay between AI and human expertise in resource planning, staffing, and talent retention. Delve into how AI augments human decision-making, streamlines resource allocation, and enhances talent retention strategies. Gain insights into leveraging this intersection to optimize workforce management and drive organizational success. Join us to discover innovative approaches at the forefront of AI-human collaboration in resource management.

Embark on a journey of transformation with the 'Freshworks Professional Services' team. Discover how our evolution led to the creation of an Onboarding team, the integration of implementation into our offering, and the introduction of professional services into our post-sale function. Takeaways: 1. Navigating change - people, process, technology 2. How process maturity comes in incrementally 3. Reflection of our metrics from onboarding to PS

Join us for an insightful session as we delve into the lessons learned while scaling the customer onboarding function at MongoDB. Discover key strategies, challenges, and successes encountered during this journey of growth. Gain valuable insights and practical tips for effectively scaling your own customer onboarding operations.

What are the scale engines to customer success?? Those teams that can deliver the one-to-many experiences. That's customer education and customer marketing. Join Kristine Kukich, co-host of Mixology (on YouTube), and principal owner at the Training Sherpa, as she discusses customer education and augmented intelligence as tools to level up your content. This session will focus on: * defining customer education * how to utilize AI to build customer education in the age of smaller teams * what tools are available to be successful

Launching a big initiative requires much more than just a good idea & a snappy title - it demands the alignment and support of internal stakeholders who play key roles in the success of these projects! In this session, we'll dive into strategies and insights aimed at achieving buy-in from your internal stakeholders, including: - Understanding stakeholder dynamics - Crafting a compelling story - Leveraging data & evidence - Managing resistance & obstacles - Celebrating success

Establishing trust with customers is essential for fostering robust relationships. In this session, explore practical techniques and real-world examples for cultivating trust, such as connecting with new executive stakeholders and rebuilding trust after unmet expectations. Discover how AI can expedite relationship-building efforts. Attendees will gain three key insights: 1. Relationship Criteria: Identifying the pillars of a robust relationship. 2. Engagement Strategy: Crafting a blend of technology and personal interaction to enhance customer engagement. 3. Case Studies: Transforming detractors into advocates through real-world examples.

A world class services organization goes beyond selling and delivering customer onboarding's. Those that truly thrive are seen as trusted advisors both for Customers and for internal partners across sales, product and customer teams. In this session we will focus on key aspects of developing and selling services products to deliver customer value results along with how to align with sales and renewal teams to optimize recurring revenue outcomes.

As we reflect on the enlightening discussions and valuable insights shared on day one, we're invigorated to elevate our journey on day two. Join us as we build upon today’s learnings and delve deeper into key topics discussed.

Get ready to ignite your inspiration, expand your knowledge, and seize new opportunities as we embark on another day of empowerment and innovation.

In today's rapidly evolving landscape, customer onboarding stands at the forefront of business success. Don't miss this opportunity to gain actionable insights and strategies from Customer Onboarding Expert, Donna Weber, to propel your onboarding initiatives to new heights in 2024 and beyond. This valuable session enables you to: - Break down complex implementations into management stages to accelerate time to value - Avoid the "first value cliff" by delivering a value journey - Embrace the power of digital technologies to drive customer adoption and engagement - Elevate customer-facing teams to deliver meaningful value to customers - Explore the benefits of premium onboarding services in delivering exceptional value and differentiation

From fostering strategic alliances to leveraging innovative technologies, we'll explore actionable strategies and best practices for maximizing the potential of your partner network. Join us as we delve into real-world case studies, insightful discussions, and practical tips to empower your organization to thrive within dynamic partner ecosystems.

Explore the future with us as we dive deep into our product roadmap. In this session, we'll unveil the exciting developments and strategic initiatives that will shape the journey ahead. Join us to discover the innovative features, enhancements, and updates planned for our product, and gain valuable insights into how they align with your business needs.

Join us as we discuss best practices for designing intuitive and actionable dashboards that empower decision-making and drive performance improvement. Don't get lost in translation – discover how to harness the full potential of your performance data.

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When it comes to working with clients, consulting and professional services personnel are all about playing offense. Staying ahead of risks and issues. Managing clients. Delivering on commitments. It takes time, focus – and a good deal of proactivity. If you stay on defense, you’ll be behind the curve all the time. Yet - all too often - in managing our own PS practices - we look in the rear-view mirror at historical metrics to see how we have performed. In this session, Mark Sloan, Managing Director of Asaph Advisors, will discuss three key steps that PS execs can take to go on offense - and manage their business more proactively.

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Join Irit Eizips, a renowned customer success strategist, as she uncovers the three critical data mistakes that can derail your onboarding and implementation efforts. Learn how to avoid these pitfalls and leverage data effectively to optimize customer engagement and drive long-term success. Don't miss this opportunity to lay a strong foundation for your customer journey and unlock new growth opportunities.

Gain insights into effective strategies and best practices for aligning PS and CS efforts to drive customer satisfaction, retention, and success. Learn how coordinated action and shared goals between these two functions can optimize the overall customer experience and foster long-term relationships. Don't miss out on this opportunity to unlock the full potential of your customer journey through seamless PS-CS collaboration.

Data shows that, by far, the biggest predictor of customer retention is whether they achieve measurable results against their key business objectives. The customers who achieve the best results are those who change how they work to take advantage of how your solution produces benefits. Therefore, the most important thing we can do to set our customers up for success is to identify their key results, drive the behaviors essential for results, and measure their progress. In this session, I'll teach you the power of the Customer Results Strategy and how to implement it in your own customer practice or with your entire team!

As with a house that should be built to stand one hundred years, enabling customers so they can accelerate to value needs to start with establishing the right foundation. That means onboarding/implementation is the most critical phase in the customer journey. In fact, done properly, it can make the journey more of a sprint instead of the odyssey it often meanders into.

Whether you're already charging for your post sales services and want to "kick the tires" on it-- or considering how to do implement it for the first time-- this workshop will walk you through the strategies and steps of productizing, packaging, and pricing your offering.

We'll explore the theme of Experimentation & Future Emerging Professional Services, delving into key strategies, measurements, and the transformative role of AI. Key Audience Takeaways: 1. Regardless of company size or specialty, number of common strategies to effectively experiment with and measure professional services strategies 2. What and how to measure PS impact and success 3. AI is already beginning to transform PS; ideas for leveraging and incorporate AI into your PS strategies today and tomorrow 4. What to think about for 2025

Onboarding is the most critical stage of the customer lifecycle in terms of renewal, and expansion. Although we can't secure and win renewal within onboarding, we can certainly lose it. In this talk, Aaron will go through 5 unique revenue streams, and how each are either positively, or negatively, affected by onboarding and the professional services associated.