Your community or business can use great customer service as an asset and a competitive advantage. Research shows that focusing on the needs of the customer and delivering value creates satisfied customers. Our research-based At Your Service program engages participants in fun, thought-provoking exercises, and self-reflection to build the skills and knowledge to deliver great service to every customer.
Program participants will:
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Understand how culture — theirs and the guests — affects the service experience.
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Learn how to manage their own attitude.
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Develop skills to identify and respond to customer needs.
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Gain strategies to create positive customer experiences.
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Create a personal action plan to put new skills to work.
The program is offered in three ways
At Your Service is a complete, ready-to-use curriculum that enables you to deliver half-day customer service training workshops in your community or organization. We provide the materials — you deliver the workshop!
The curriculum includes:
- A full script for instructors (sample of instructor pages)
- A guide for program planning and training tips (sample of participant pages)
- Masters to print a 24-page participant workbook
- A full-color slide presentation (sample of slides)
- A workshop evaluation
How to buy
- Price: $459
- Cost effective: Purchase once and use the curriculum again and again!
Train-the-trainer workshops
We offer occasional train-the-trainer sessions. Watch this page for registration details or join our email list for notifications about future sessions.
University of Minnesota Extension educators can deliver the At Your Service workshop virtually via Zoom. The entire course includes two, two-hour sessions. Sponsors can make these training sessions available to their local businesses or to service workers in their business or organization. Materials will be mailed in advance to participants.
The online workshop features interactive virtual coursework along with live instruction from an Extension educator. An educator will provide training for up to 40 participants for $900.
Do you need customer service training in your community but don’t want to do the training yourself? University of Minnesota Extension educators deliver our At Your Service workshop in communities across the state. An educator will come to your community and deliver one, four-hour workshop to up to 40 participants for $900.
How to get started
For more information or to get started with At Your Service, contact DeeDee LeMier or find an educator near you.