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The Brand and the Buzz. How to Create and Sustain Buzz in your Learning. Jacqueline Burandt, MEd Executive Director, Center for Learning Excellence University Health System San Antonio, Texas. Branding: In Texas. Branding: In Our Lives. What’s in your wallet? What are you wearing?.
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The Brand and the Buzz How to Create and Sustain Buzz in your Learning Jacqueline Burandt, MEdExecutive Director, Center for Learning Excellence University Health System San Antonio, Texas
Branding: In Our Lives What’s in your wallet? What are you wearing?
Branding: In Learning • Attribute Theory • Serious? • Fun? • Mandatory? • Interactive?
Workplace/Focus What’s your competition?
How to Stand Out What’s in a name? TOMA Web Sites Flash Ads Bulletin Boards Staff Meetings Newsletters – electronic/print
Executive Support Leaders as Course Champions Openers/Closers Leaders as Trainers Leaders Sending Letters
Creating That Buzz What’s in a name – again Materials Ask me about… Reinforcers (ROI)
ROI Ecademy Results
Awards & Recognition ASTD BEST Award 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013 Training Top 125, 2011 Chief Learning Officer Magazine’s Learning Elite Organization 2012 & 2013 Chief Learning Officer Magazine’s 2012 Learning in Practice Award
More Awards & Recognition ASTD Excellence in Practice ASTD Chapter Awards Optimas Awards, Workforce Magazine Best Places to Work Chamber of Commerce Other ideas?
Ten Benefits to Submitting Award Applications • 1. TOMA (Top of Mind Awareness) for your brand • 2. Staff Recruitment • 3. Learning Professional Recruitment • 4. Staff Retention • 5. Differentiation
Ten Benefits to Submitting Award Applications (cont’d) • 6. Morale Building • 7. Benchmarking • 8. Free Publicity • 9. C-Suite Respect • 10. Improvement
Taking It Home How do you buzz? How could you create more buzz?