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SUMMARY:Autonomous CS Agents and the Next Era of Customer Success
DESCRIPTION:Customer Success is about to move from “tell me what happened” to “go fix it.” \nFor years\, CS teams have lived inside dashboards\, health scores\, alerts\, and QBR prep. But the real work starts after the signal appears:\nWhy is engagement dropping? Are we single-threaded? Which stakeholder went quiet? Is this a product issue\, a business issue\, or a relationship issue? What should the CSM do next? That investigation is where Customer Success teams spend enormous time. \nOn August 4 at 11:00 AM PT\, We’re hosting a webinar with Nehal Patel\, Chief Customer Officer at BrandLight\, on the launch of Autonomous CS Agents. \nNehal challenged us with a simple but powerful question:\nCan AI agents identify relationship risks\, like single-threaded accounts\, declining engagement\, and weakening stakeholder coverage\, long before they become visible churn threats? That question gets to the heart of modern Customer Success. \nRelationship risk is often invisible until it is too late. By the time an account is escalated\, the real problem may have started weeks or months earlier.\nIn this webinar\, we will show how CS can move from reactive account management to autonomous investigation and action. \n• Why relationship risk is becoming central to modern CS\n• How AI agents can investigate risks before they become threats\n• How Needle Movers are expanding beyond product usage into business\, product\, relationship\, risk\, and opportunity signals\n• What it means to run CS in CSM-assist or fully autonomous mode\n• How Enterprise CS and Scaled CS can both benefit from long-horizon customer context \nThis is not just another AI feature launch.\nIt is a new operating model for Customer Success: autonomous agents that detect what matters\, investigate why it is happening\, recommend what to do\, and eventually take action.
URL:https://practicalcsm.com/event/autonomous-cs-agents-and-the-next-era-of-customer-success/
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SUMMARY:From AI pilot to enterprise: what works\, what breaks\, and how to close the gap
DESCRIPTION:Early success with AI initiatives can create momentum\, but it can also mask hidden risks around ownership\, architecture\, visibility and governance. \nWatch the webinar\, From AI pilot to enterprise: what works\, what breaks\, and how to close the gap. Prabhakar Cherukuri\, Head – Enterprise Platforms\, LTM Limited\, and Vasant Balasubramanian\, GVP & GM\, Risk and AI Control Tower\, ServiceNow\, will show how organizations can establish stronger visibility\, governance\, and value tracking across the AI asset lifecycle. \nDuring this session\, you’ll learn strategies to: \n• Identify early AI decisions that can increase downstream risk\n• Gain visibility across AI assets\, ownership\, and dependencies\n• Build a scalable AI foundation tied to measurable outcomes \nDon’t miss this opportunity to learn how greater AI visibility and lifecycle governance can help your organization reduce rework\, support compliance readiness and scale AI adoption with more control.
URL:https://practicalcsm.com/event/from-ai-pilot-to-enterprise-what-works-what-breaks-and-how-to-close-the-gap/
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SUMMARY:Beyond Technology: Driving Organizational Readiness for Data-Driven Success
DESCRIPTION:Technology alone doesn’t drive success – mindset and execution are just as crucial. Many companies invest in cutting-edge tools but struggle with adoption due to siloed teams\, lack of leadership support\, and fragmented execution strategies. \nA fundamental shift in mindset is needed to approach use cases effectively\, ensuring that data-driven initiatives align with business goals and deliver real value. \nIn this session\, Zooplus will share their journey in fostering a data-first culture\, securing executive buy-in\, and operationalising customer data for maximum impact. \nWalk away with best practices for governance\, data activation\, and cross-functional collaboration to turn strategy into execution.
URL:https://practicalcsm.com/event/beyond-technology-driving-organizational-readiness-for-data-driven-success/
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SUMMARY:DeepTarget Customer Success Webinar - August 2026
DESCRIPTION:Each month\, DeepTarget hosts a Customer Success Webinar filled with industry news\, helpful tips\, innovations\, and case studies to make your job easier. We highlight our best performing customers by announcing our Award Winners for the Campaign of the Month and the SuperSTAR of the month. \nEach Webinar is unique and designed with you in mind. Learn how to grow your deposits\, loans\, revenue and customer loyalty through your DeepTarget platform.
URL:https://practicalcsm.com/event/deeptarget-customer-success-webinar-august-2026/
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SUMMARY:The future of customer onboarding
DESCRIPTION:Most onboarding programs still run on a fixed timeline: a set walkthrough\, then silence until renewal. That doesn’t match how often products change now\, or what customers expect once the sales process ends. \nSo what replaces the 90-day model? And when AI can personalize onboarding content and handle scheduling and admin\, what’s actually left for the CSM to do? \nJoin Kadee Acree\, Director of Customer Success at UKG\, as she breaks down what’s replacing time-boxed onboarding: continuous programs that adjust to each customer\, clear lines between what to automate and what needs a person\, and new ways to tell if onboarding is actually working. \nWhat we’re covering:\n\nThe end of the 90-day model: Why fixed-timeline onboarding breaks down when products ship weekly\, and what’s replacing it.\nThe human vs. automation split: Which onboarding tasks (scheduling\, file transfer\, status updates) should be handed to the customer or automated\, and where a CSM still needs to show up.\nAI in onboarding\, today: Which AI-driven onboarding uses are already delivering results\, and which are still stuck at the pilot stage.\n\nIn this session\, you’ll learn how to:\n\nMove from a fixed onboarding period to a continuous\, adaptive one\nSeparate onboarding admin work from the parts that require judgment\nGive customers a way to progress without waiting on a CSM\nEvaluate which AI onboarding tools are ready to use and which aren’t\nMeasure onboarding success without relying on a fixed end date
URL:https://practicalcsm.com/event/the-future-of-customer-onboarding/
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SUMMARY:Strategies To Reduce Procurement Costs and Increase Productivity With AI
DESCRIPTION:Although many businesses have access to large amounts of customer data\, turning that information into faster\, smarter decisions that yield positive business outcomes can be a challenge. To uncover hidden savings opportunities\, strengthen spend visibility\, and more\, many procurement leaders are turning to AI. \nThis webinar brings together industry experts to explore how advanced procurement teams are leveraging AI to reduce costs and increase productivity. Discover strategies that deliver measurable results and break down foundational capabilities that enable long-term success with AI procurement. \nWatch to learn more about:\n● Procurement’s next evolution\n● Where AI is delivering value today\n● The importance of a strong foundation\n● What procurement leaders should do next
URL:https://practicalcsm.com/event/strategies-to-reduce-procurement-costs-and-increase-productivity-with-ai/
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SUMMARY:The Shift: How support became the new front line of customer success
DESCRIPTION:How the most reactive team in the business became its most strategic\, and what that means for how you organize around the customer. \nSupport and success have long operated on a handoff model: support puts out fires\, success owns the relationship. \nThat model is breaking. Not because support’s mandate changed\, but because AI can now surface what support teams have known all along: every ticket is a data point on friction\, customer sentiment\, and risk. AI can find those patterns at scale\, in real time\, in ways a static health score never could. \nIf your QBRs are full of positive conversations only to be followed by an unexpected churn notice\, you’re likely missing the signals hiding in your day-to-day support interactions. \nJoin Ashley Wagner\, VP of Customer Experience\, Blackthorn.io\, Hélène Vincent\, CRO\, and Jonathan Lapinsky\, CPO\, TeamSupport\, as they make the case for a different operating model\, one where every support interaction becomes customer intelligence that equips customer success with the signals they need to build stronger relationships\, reduce churn\, and identify expansion opportunities.
URL:https://practicalcsm.com/event/the-shift-how-support-became-the-new-front-line-of-customer-success/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260917T170000
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SUMMARY:DeepTarget Customer Success Webinar - September 2026
DESCRIPTION:Each month\, DeepTarget hosts a Customer Success Webinar filled with industry news\, helpful tips\, innovations\, and case studies to make your job easier. We highlight our best performing customers by announcing our Award Winners for the Campaign of the Month and the SuperSTAR of the month. \nEach Webinar is unique and designed with you in mind. Learn how to grow your deposits\, loans\, revenue and customer loyalty through your DeepTarget platform.
URL:https://practicalcsm.com/event/deeptarget-customer-success-webinar-september-2026/
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SUMMARY:From Behavior to Business Value -- Operationalizing Customer Experience
DESCRIPTION:from business performance. In today’s digital\, data-rich environment\, that approach is no longer sufficient. \nUnfortunately\, many organizations have taken a misguided approach for delivering CX\, focusing on reactive activities rather than intentionally designing for CX. For successful CX\, a shift is needed to enable meaningful measures that not only reflect customer interactions\, but also how CX impacts business results. \nThis presentation introduces a practical framework for transforming CX into a measurable business driver by aligning employee behaviors with customer expectations and linking those behaviors directly to business results. \nKey Takeaways:\n– Where good CX actually starts.\n– Moving from perception metrics to business results.\n– Critical factors for success for CX measurement.
URL:https://practicalcsm.com/event/from-behavior-to-business-value-operationalizing-customer-experience/
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SUMMARY:DeepTarget Customer Success Webinar - October 2026
DESCRIPTION:Each month\, DeepTarget hosts a Customer Success Webinar filled with industry news\, helpful tips\, innovations\, and case studies to make your job easier. We highlight our best performing customers by announcing our Award Winners for the Campaign of the Month and the SuperSTAR of the month. \nEach Webinar is unique and designed with you in mind. Learn how to grow your deposits\, loans\, revenue and customer loyalty through your DeepTarget platform.
URL:https://practicalcsm.com/event/deeptarget-customer-success-webinar-october-2026/
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