THE LIVING NUMBERS PODCAST GUEST RICHARD BLANK COSTA RICA'S CALL CENTER BPO

Call Center Culture & Successful Phone Call with Richard Blank. The living numbers podcast #47

The interview podcast where successful people tell their stories to both teach and entertain. Expect laughter, life lessons, and a few numbers to tie it all together. Here the motto is, "Everyone is interesting if you ask the right questions."

Why is burnout destroying education?

This show is for exhausted educators who realize change is necessary to carry on in the field they love without sacrificing the life they live.

This show will teach you actionable steps to help you overcome burnout before it's too late, give you practical advice on how to avoid the pitfalls of being an educator, and help you uncover essential skills needed to be successful in the changing world of education.

Through parent calls, countless emails, and pointless meetings; Tony lives the difficult life of being a teacher, rather than waiting for help he's decided to use his experience (and the experience of others) to bring the help that's desperately needed to his fellow educators.

Did you know that Richard Blank (CEO at Costa Rica's Call Center) has the largest collection of American pinball in Costa Rica with an impressive row of 11 classic machines on free play? Not only that, but it's actually the only retro video arcade game room for employees in the BPO industry.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GrSSgJMBmU

Tune in every Monday and Thursday for impactful insights into overcoming burnout in the time it takes you to get ready for work.

CEO and Founder of Costa Rica Call Center joins the show

0:00 Pre-show
4:24 Intro
6:32 Mr. Telemundo In Costa Rica, Old School Convertible
16:49 Tri - Letter Athlete, Winning Mindset
27:15 Empathy, Gamification & TikTok
39:45 Top 5 Arcade Games
44:20 Synergy w/People
50:55 Double Down During Covid
54:58 3 Whats!? Unpopular Opinions, Life Changes & Advice
1:04:00 Where To Find Richard Blank



Advanced telemarketing strategy, conflict management, interpersonal soft skills, customer support, rhetoric, gamification, pinball machines, employee motivation and phonetic micro expression reading.

Richard’s vision quest journey is filled with twists and turns. At 27 years old, he relocated to Costa Rica to train employees for one of the larger call centers in San Jose. With a mix of motivational public speaking style backed by tactful and appropriate rhetoric, Richard shared his knowledge and trained over 10 000 bilingual telemarketers over two decades.

Richard Blank has the largest collection of restored American Pinball machines and antique Rockola Jukeboxes in Central America making gamification a strong part of CCC culture.Richard Blank is the Chief Executive Officer for Costa Rica’s Call Center since 2008.

Mr. Richard Blank holds a bachelors degree in Communication and Spanish from the University of Arizona and a certificate of language proficiency from the University of Sevilla, Spain.

A Keynote speaker for Philadelphia's Abington High School 68th National Honors Society induction ceremony. In addition, entered into the 2023 Hall of Fame for Business along side other famous alumni. Paying it forward to Abington Senior High School is very important to Mr. Blank. As such, he endows a scholarship each year for students that plan on majoring in a world language at the university level.

Costa Rica’s Call Center (CCC) is a state of the art BPO telemarketing outsource company located in the capital city of San Jose, Costa Rica. Our main focus has been, and will always be to personally train each and every Central America call center agent so that we may offer the highest quality of outbound and inbound telemarketing solutions and bilingual customer service to small and medium sized international companies, entrepreneurs as well as fortune 500 companies.

https://costaricascallcenter