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Brand Measurement: Houston 

Omni Houston Galleria Hotel - Four Riverway 
Houston , TX  77056 
8/11/2011 8:00 AM  - 8/12/2011 5:00 PM 

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Listen to a sneak peek podcast by Instructor Ron Strauss, Founder and CEO of Brandzone

Brand Measurement Brochure

Marketers, brand practitioners, ad agency personnel, media executives, etc. are under increasing pressure to express the value of the monies they expend using a context, language and format that is meaningful to senior management.

This session is designed for those responsible for the brand development and maintenance process looking for new ways to demonstrate the value of brand investments. This includes the value to the organization of brand as the ‘invisible hand’ of management. We’ll use exercises, discussions and a case study to bring these ideas to life.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

  • Understand why brand measurement is important

· Trends and pressures on margins

· The critically important role of intangible assets in firm market value

  • Be able to articulate the functions of a brand

· What a brand is: the three key roles

· How it functions as a Quality Assurance Device

· How value is created via Brand Leadership

  • How to apply Value Disciplines
  • How value is created (and destroyed) within your company
  • Identify values and value drivers for key stakeholder groups
  • The Brand Value Model and the Brand Value Equation
  • How to talk the language of the Boardroom and The Executive Committee
  • Implications for building a ‘Pull Branding’ culture
  • Identifying and overcoming barriers to implementation
  • Develop a roadmap for putting ‘lessons learned’ into practice

BENEFITS OF ATTENDING:
After attending this session, you’ll be better able to:

  • Understand your brand(s)
  • Understand how value (brand equity) is being destroyed (and created)
  • Measure the value of corporate, product and service attributes
  • Rationalize pricing
  • Segment markets
  • Advise product and service design
  • Develop competitive strategy
  • Get finance, sales and the rest of the organization to “buy-in.”
  • Expand and/or defend budgets
  • Play a leadership role in your organization

ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR
Ron Strauss

Day I

8:00 - 8:30 a.m. - Registration & Continental Breakfast

8:30 – 9:00 a.m. – Start of Program & Introductions
o ‘What do you want to leave here with?’

9:00 – 9:30 a.m. - Why is Brand Measurement important?
o Short Term Pressures/Margin Squeeze
o Top 10 Trends
o Premise: Brands are the most important asset(s) an enterprise
owns

9:30 – 10:00 a.m. - Intangible Assets – Significance for Success
o Buffett Model: MV = (TA – Liabilities) + IA X P/E
o FASB 142 (Equity)
o Pullman Bonds (Debt)

10:00 – 10:15 a.m. - BREAK

10:15 – 11:15 a.m. -Functions of a Brand (Starbucks Web Example)
o What is a brand?
o As Assets
o As QAD
o As Promise
o CSR
o VBL
o VBM

11:15 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. - Value Disciplines
o Discipline of Market Leaders
o What’s Your Value Discipline?
o Values vs. Value/ “Push” vs. “Pull” Branding
o The GE Grid

12:00 – 1:00 p.m. – LUNCH

1:00 – 2:00 p.m. - Value Creation/Value Destruction
o What is Value?
o What are Values?
o Satisfaction (NPS ) vs. Loyalty
 The Power of Dis-satisfaction
o Gallup Q12/CE11 = HumanSigma
o Promise/Expectations Grid
o Employee Value
o Supply Chain (Vendor) Value
o The ‘Opportunity Gap’
 How much money are you leaving on the table?
 Lost Order Studies/ Customer Win Back Programs

2:00 – 2:45 p.m. – Exercise/Discussion: What are your company’s top 3 values? Based on them, how is value created/destroyed? $ize of Opportunity Gap? Key Drivers to Shrink Opportunity Gap

2:45 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.- BREAK

3:00 – 4:00 p.m. - Brand Value Research
o Brand Value Models
o Traditional Measures and Limitations

4:00 – 5:00 p.m. - Brand Value Model & Brand Value Equation
o Consideration Sets
o Hierarchy of Value
o Value Drives Choice, Choice Drives Loyalty
o Segmentation & Pricing Implications
o Examples (Starbucks Coffee Company, Cascade Engineering,
Mayo Clinic, Kellogg Company)
o Overnight Thought Problem: How might you apply the Brand Value
Model to your company brand, your product and service brands?
What issues would you address? What value could be created?
Impact on ‘Opportunity Gap? Be prepared to discuss in the
morning…

5:00 p.m. – End of Day 1: Adjourn

Day II

8:00 – 8:30 a.m. - Continental Breakfast

8:30 – 9:00 a.m. – Recap and Discussion
o BVM Discussion
o Brand Strategy and Management SIG

9:00 – 10:00 a.m. - Competing for Customers and Capital
o How to Talk the Language of the Boardroom and the Executive Committee
o How does this apply to your company/situation?

10:00 – 10:15 a.m. -BREAK

10:15 – 11:15 a.m. - Building a Brand Measurement/“Pull Branding” Culture and Toolkit
o Vision, Mission/Purpose and Values
o What Types of Data are Best for My Company? – List
o Associated Measurements and Frequency of Measurement (Push vs. Pull, S.T. vs. L.T.)
o Brand Pillars and Service Flow ‘Drivers,’ Service Mapping
o Restaurant Example

11:15 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. - Barriers to Implementation & How To Overcome
o Discussion

12:00 – 1:00 p.m. – LUNCH

1:00 – 3:00 p.m. – Workshop
o Describe Case Study
o Break-out Groups
 Use Workbook
• Detail Your Assumptions

3:00 p.m. – 3:10 p.m. – BREAK

3:10 – 4:00 p.m. – Workshop (Continued)
o Present Findings and Solutions
• Identify Value Drivers and KPI’s
• Frequency of Measurement
• How Performance Improvements Will Be Maintained Across
Organization
• Expected Outcomes in Terms of KPI’s and Shareholder Value

4:00 – 4:30 p.m. - Discussion:
o “Lessons Learned.”
o What will You Do When You Get Back To Work?
o Review of “What do you want to leave here with?”

4:30 – 5:00 p.m. – Debrief

5:00 p.m. - Depart

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Training Series Hotel Location
Omni Houston Galleria Hotel
Four Riverway
Houston, Texas 77056
Phone: 1 713.871.8181
Fax: 1 713.871.0719
Hotel Website: http://www.omnihotels.com/FindAHotel/Houston.aspx  

Discover a luxurious oasis at the Omni Houston Hotel. Situated on impeccably manicured grounds, the Houston Galleria hotel features the finest in Houston accommodations with 378 spacious guest rooms, including 33 luxury suites, all with sensational views of the city or pool area.
The Omni Houston Hotel is centrally located in the prestigious Uptown Post Oak/Galleria area and is just minutes from all of the excitement that Houston, Texas has to offer. You are just 10 minutes by car from the central business district and 30 minutes from George Bush Intercontinental Airport or 25 minutes from William P. Hobby Airport. Of course, the exceptional amenities and four-diamond service may make it hard to leave your room.

The Omni offers complimentary transportation within a 3 mile radius of the hotel.

Rates: $129.00 Single occupancy (plus applicable state & local taxes, currently 17%)

Please call 1 713.871.8181 & mention the American Marketing Association Training Series “Brand Measurement”. You must make your hotel reservations by July 22, 2011 and properly identify yourself to qualify for the special group rate.  Rates are based on availability.  

In order to confirm a reservation, the hotel will require a credit card or first night’s room & tax deposit, refundable up to 72 hours prior to arrival.  Cancellations made within 72 hours prior to arrival & no-shows will forfeit the initial (1) one night room & tax deposit.

Check in time is 3:00 p.m., and check out is at 12:00 p.m. Anyone arriving earlier than 3:00 p.m. will be checked in as soon as room(s) become available. Guests checking out early may be assessed an early departure fee.  Upon check in, guests will be asked to verify their departure date.  At that time, scheduled departure dates may be altered. 

Area Attractions, Events and Tourism
Please visit the Greater Houston Convention & Visitors Bureau at http://www.visithoustontexas.com/.

Conference Attire 
Conference attire is business casual. Meeting rooms may be cool so you may wish to bring a sweater.

ADA
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Directions & Transportation
From George Bush Intercontinental Airport IAH (approximately 30 minutes):
I-45 South to Loop 610 West (becomes 610 South); exit Woodway & make a right. Proceed west for approximately two blocks. Turn Left on Riverway, indicated by two large red walls on your lefthand side. Continue on Riverway until you reach the hotel.
Estimated taxi fare: $53.00 (one way)

Airport Shuttle Service (Operated by SuperShuttle)
IAH
– After you claim your luggage, proceed to the SuperShuttle ticket counter, which is located inside the baggage claim area on the lower level.
Please visit http://www.supershuttle.com/ for more information or call 1 800 BLUE VAN (1 800.258.3826).
Single Fare One-Way: $25.00 (subject to change without notice)

From William P. Hobby Airport HOU (approximately 25 minutes):
I-45 North to Loop 610 West (becomes 610 North); Exit Memorial/Woodway. Turn left at Woodway & proceed two blocks. Turn left on Riverway, indicated by large red wall.
Estimated taxi fare: $44.00 (one way)

Airport Shuttle Service (Operated by SuperShuttle)
HOU
– After you claim your luggage, proceed to the SuperShuttle ticket counter, which is located inside the baggage claim area on the lower level.
Please visit http://www.supershuttle.com/ for more information or call 1 800 BLUE VAN (1 800.258.3826).
Single Fare One-Way: $24.00 (subject to change without notice)

From the North – Dallas/Fort Worth:
Take 1-45 South to 610 West. Take 610 West to 610 South. Exit Woodway. At the traffic light turn right. Proceed ¼ mile. Hotel entrance is on the left (watch for 2 large red walls).

From the South – Corpus Christi:
Take Highway 59 North to Loop 610 North. Exit Woodway. Turn left at the traffic light & proceed ¼ mile. Hotel entrance is on the left (watch for 2 large red walls).

From the East – Beaumont, TX & Baton Rouge, LA:
Take I-10 West 2nd 610 South exit (approx. 20 miles past 1st exit). Take 610 South to Woodway. Turn right at the traffic light. Proceed ¼ mile. Hotel entrance is on the left (watch for 2 large red walls).

From the West – San Antonio:
Take I-10 East to Loop 610 South. Take 610 South to Woodway. Exit on Woodway. Turn right at the traffic light. Proceed for ¼ mile. Hotel entrance is on the left (watch for 2 large red walls).

From Galveston:
Take I-45 North to 610 West. Take 610 West to 610 North. Exit on Woodway. Turn left at the traffic light. Proceed for ¼ mile. The hotel entrance is on the left (watch for 2 large red walls).

From Austin:
Take 290 East to 610 South. Take 610 South exit Woodway. Turn right at the traffic light. The hotel entrance is on the left (watch for 2 large red walls).

Parking at the Hotel
Valet parking is available at the Hotel for $26.00 plus tax overnight (subject to change without notice).  Self parking is available for $16.00 plus tax overnight (subject to change without notice).  Additional complimentary parking is available in Riverway Garage behind the hotel.

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