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Marketing in Uncertain Times – Reviving Customer Connections: From Now to Next (Laura Patterson and Bob Thomas)

In this Marketing in Uncertain Times Town Hall, as states and businesses start to reopen after COVID-19 shutdowns, this session focuses on reviving customer connections. Hear from expert panelists Laura Patterson, President of VisionEdge Marketing, Inc. and Bob Thomas, Professor of Marketing at Georgetown University and ISBM Fellow & Mastery Curriculum instructor.

May 12, 2020

VOC in the Age of COV

In the age of COVID-19, should companies still engage in market research? Should companies – perhaps better put, how can companies do market research? Could the current crisis even benefit companies that want to field the voice of the customer? Gerry Katz – Vice Chairman of Applied Marketing Science – is an expert of the topic of VOC (Voice of the Customer). He weighs in on how the COVID-19 crisis affects market research.

May 9, 2020

Marketing in Uncertain Times – An Economic Presentation and Q&A (Robert Fry)

In this Marketing in Uncertain Times Town Hall, ISBM is moving from crisis management to forecasting. Hear from Robert Fry, former DuPont, Economist, and ranked as Top 5 economist forecaster by Wall Street Journal.

May 6, 2020

Impact of COVID-19 on B2B Spending and Customer Interactions

The economic effects of the current COVID-19 pandemic are affecting B2B companies worldwide. In an effort to take the temperature in B2B, McKinsey is surveying B2B decision makers on changes in customers’ expectations, spending, and behaviors. The global surveys are part of an ongoing effort. At the time of writing, the results of the April edition are published.

April 30, 2020

Marketing in Uncertain Times – Managing Communications in Crisis (Andrea Coville and Tom Kramer)

“There are many crisis environments where “laying low” is a sound strategy. This is not one of them.” – Andrea Coville, CEO of Brodeur Partners as part of ISBM’s Marketing in Uncertain Times Town Hall Series. Andrea joined with B2B and B2C marketing expert Tom Kramer, founder and CEO of Essex Digital Platform, to show how businesses are still under-communicating to both customers and employees, why this high risk strategy needs to change, and how to leverage effective communications now and in the future.

April 22, 2020

On Black Swan Events in the Semiconductor Industry

The influence of the COVID-19 pandemic on the electronics industry is far reaching – and especially significant on the semiconductor industry. Deloitte covers the pandemic and describes how COVID-19 might become a black swan event – an unpredictable evens with potentially severe consequences. The report describes how the current crisis might drive the semiconductor industry to transform its global supply chain.

April 13, 2020

Penn State’s Center of Supply Chain Research COVID-19 Resources

One of the research institutes at the Smeal College of Business at Penn State is the Center for Supply Chain Research (CSCR). The CSCR website offers a wealth of COVID-19 resources focused on supply chain management, including weekly presentations and recordings, as well as a curated collection of websites, research, and recordings.

April 3, 2020

United Nations is Crowdsourcing Communication Solutions in the COVID-19 Crisis

Focusing on the communication process, the United Nations has initiated a global crowdsourcing campaign to collect ideas that can help against the spread of COVID-19. Given the global nature of the call, the hope is that this will lead to work that will engage and inform people across different cultures, languages, communities and platforms.

April 1, 2020

Ideation When Social Distancing

Many employees are practicing social distancing by working from home. This new environment prevents the free flow of ideas, especially those originating from informal hallway conversations and coffee breaks. The lack of ideas coming from the organization hurts innovation processes and quite frankly, the main operations and firm practice too. How can we maintain the flow of ideas at a (social) distance? This article offers advice on maintaining connection, interaction, and idea generation in virtual settings.

March 26, 2020

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ISBM Thoughtleadership: Marketing in Uncertain Times

In partnership with EMM Group, the corporate ISBM partner has put together the attached tutorial on how marketers should revisit their plans and rapidly assess the major shifts occurring in your marketplace. As marketers, you are well positioned to exert your value and help shape the near-term direction of your firm. The tutorial references several valuable tools assembled into a toolkit that can be sent to you upon your request. In order to receive the toolkit, respond as instructed in this tutorial.

March 25, 2020

ISBM Pulse: covid-19

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