Is taking care of customers a strategy or a tactic? Is it transactional or a relationship? Does it encompass problem-solving or the totality of the experience with the customer? The answer to all of this is…all of this. In some circles, the process of problem-solving with customers is a series of tactical transactions. In other […]
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Long before Hep C Connection, Ann Jesse (formerly Harlan) was the founding Executive Director of a New Orleans food bank called the Community Food Distribution Center (CFDC), described as one of the first programs of its kind in the US. In addition to a large central storage area, 17 distribution centers served those needing help […]
Ann Jesse dedicated herself to providing Hep C sufferers peace of mind, along with education and access to needed clinical and emotional resources. It started with Hep C Connection’s He!p Line. Notes an organization brochure back in the day: “How He!p Line works…Positive screening for HBV and/or HCV triggers a notification letter to the donor, […]
Ann Jesse didn’t just talk about change. She made it happen. Along the way, she enhanced many lives nationwide. She founded multiple organizations. Hep C Connection is the one I knew best. A brochure summarizes the organization’s focus, which ultimately became their most extraordinary customer service contribution: “When donors test HBV/HCV positive, give them more […]
My longtime friend, Ann Jesse, just died. Ann didn’t just practice stellar customer service, she created it. When diagnosed with Hepatitis C in the nineties, she started a national Hep C support organization to provide the help and answers she hadn’t been able to find anywhere else. The Hep C Connection grew to one of […]
