Telephone Communication Skills

This course provide an overview of the skills and techniques unique to telephone communications, especially in the call centre industry.

myAOLCC Hub (Online)
Beginner
16 Hours
What you'll learn
  • Introduction to Telephone Communication Skills
  • How the Communications Process Works
  • Knowing and Adapting Your Personal Communications Style
  • Active Listening Skills
  • Your Speaking Voice
  • Increasing Your Telephone Professionalism
  • Dealing With Difficult Situations and Customers
  • A Different Communication Tool Bibliography

Course Introduction

The Telephone Communication Skills course is designed to help people who are currently working or are planning to work in a call centre, increase their telephone communication skills. It covers many of the communication skills common to all communication mediums, including person-to-person and written communications, but focuses mainly on the skills and techniques unique to telephone communications.

This course teaches students that communication is a skill that can be easily learned, provided they do the necessary work. If they regularly practice using the skills learned in this course, students will become more effective communicators and reap the rewards that come with it.

The tasks and activities in this course are designed to not only help students learn the communication skills essential to being an effective call centre agent but also to help make these sales skills become an intrinsic part of their skill base. Continual practice and use of these skills will result in the ability to use these skills naturally.

Course Prerequisites

Call Centre Industry Overview, and Call Centre Equipment and Technology courses.

Course Outline

Telephone Communication Skills

Lesson 1:

Introduction to Telephone Communication Skills; How the Communications Process Works; Knowing and Adapting Your Personal Communications Style

Lesson 2:

Active Listening Skills

Lesson 3:

Your Speaking Voice

Lesson 4:

Increasing Your Telephone Professionalism

Lesson 5:

Dealing With Difficult Situations and Customers

Lesson 6:

A Different Communication Tool Bibliography

Course Notes

Evaluation is based solely on an Academy of Learning Career College final exam. Prior to taking the final exam, students must successfully complete all the components of the online course material. Participants who receive 75% or higher on their exam will receive a certificate.

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