Customer Service Training for Financial Aid Staff Webcast Recording

(Retired) | Last updated June 14, 2016

Course Length

1h 29m

Last Updated

June 14, 2016

Customer Service Training for Financial Aid Staff Webcast Recording

(Retired) | Last updated June 14, 2016

Overview

Learn how to improve your student and parent-facing customer service skills in the financial aid office. Designed specifically for financial aid professionals, this training will walk you through the fundamentals of how to approach your day-to-day work through a customer service lens and will equip you with techniques for navigating the more difficult conversations that also arise in financial aid counseling.

Who should attend?

This webcast has been designed for financial aid professionals who would like to improve their customer service skills, both in the everyday context and when delivering difficult news to students and families.

This webcast is also suitable for Directors of Financial Aid and Enrollment Managers who wish to implement or improve customer service training among their financial aid staff.

Financial aid teams, consisting of Enrollment Managers, Directors, and groups of financial aid staff, are encouraged to attend this webcast together and use it as a starting point to discuss and workshop their own customer service practices in the financial aid office.

Agenda

  • Approaching Financial Aid Through a Customer Service Lens
    • Group discussion: what does providing good customer service in financial aid mean?
    • Do’s and Don’ts
    • Group discussion: ethical considerations
    • Streamlining policies and procedures
    • Internal branding: positioning your office as a resource
    • Institutional examples
  • Techniques for Difficult Conversations and Delivering Bad News 
    • Group discussion: your experiences with delivering bad news in financial aid counseling
    • Navigating difficult conversations via phone
    • Delivering bad news in an in-person counseling setting
    • FERPA considerations
    • Hands-on practice: Scenarios

Group Discussion and Hands-On Practice

Because this webcast is intended to be a skill-building opportunity, you will be asked to participate in a handful of group discussions and scenarios throughout the program. Please come to the webcast with your thoughts and ideas and be prepared to engage, share, and participate!

Why is this event retired?

At AI we want to always ensure that the best and most current trainings are available to members, and we regularly review our trainings to ensure that is the case.