A Guide to Customer Service Skills for the Service Desk Professional

An experienced IT professional with more than 30 years in the industry as a practitioner, consultant, and trainer, Donna Knapp currently works as Curriculum Development Manager for ITSM Academy, a full-service provider of IT Service Management education. Ms. Knapp is an ITIL Expert, a Certified Process Design Engineer, a Certified ISO/IEC 2000 Consultant/Manager, a Certified Scrum Master, and she is certified in Knowledge-Centered Support (KCS) Principles. The author of several books on the service desk industry, she has also developed several highly successful seminars, including “Achieving Customer Service Excellence for Service Desk Professionals” and “ITIL at the Service Desk.” An experienced IT professional with more than 30 years in the industry as a practitioner, consultant, and trainer, Donna Knapp currently works as Curriculum Development Manager for ITSM Academy, a full-service provider of IT Service Management education. Ms. Knapp is an ITIL Expert, a Certified Process Design Engineer, a Certified ISO/IEC 2000 Consultant/Manager, a Certified Scrum Master, and she is certified in Knowledge-Centered Support (KCS) Principles. The author of several books on the service desk industry, she has also developed several highly successful seminars, including “Achieving Customer Service Excellence for Service Desk Professionals” and “ITIL at the Service Desk.”

• 1. Achieving High Customer Satisfaction.2. Developing Strong Listening and Communication Skills.3. Winning Telephone Skills.4. Technical Writing Skills for Support Professionals.5. Handling Difficult Customer Situations.6. Solving and Preventing Incidents and Problems.7. Business Skills for Technical Professionals.8. Teams and Team Players in a Service Desk Setting.9. Minimizing Stress and Avoiding Burnout.Capstone Project: Service Desk Site Visit.Appendix A: Service Desk Resources.Glossary.