Michigan Ross School of Business
Yaffe Center for Persuasive Communication

Speakers

Hearing stories from the field, told by the people who create new approaches to persuasive communication, is an unmatched experience. Exciting, lively, informative: please experience our Distinguished Speakers Series for yourself. See here for full reports on past speakers.

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PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION: WHAT’S BREAKING THROUGH TODAY?

THE 2009-2010 DISTINGUISHED SPEAKER SERIES BRINGS IN SPEAKERS ON THE FOLLOWING TOPICS:

Leveraging Design for Marketing Advantage

Persuasion

Digital Marketing Communication: Mastering The New Media

Brand-Building

Leveraging Design for Marketing Advantage

  • September 30, 2009
    8:30 pm, E1550, Ross School of Business

    Alex Chung, V.P. Design, Homelight Products (Formerly TTI Ltd.)
    Alex leads the Design efforts for the Hoover and Dirt Devil floor cleaning products, as well as Milwaukee and Ryobi power tools. He is headquartered in Hong Kong and will do this presentation via Webmeeting.
     

  • October 7, 2009
    Darrell Behmer, Chief Designer, Ford Motor Company

    Darryl will discuss design efforts associated with the new 2011 Taurus.
  • October 14, 2009
    8:00 pm, E1550, Ross School of Business

    Carrie Russell, Design Manager, Beauty Products - P&G
    Carrie will concentrate on packaging and graphic issues and talk about how her lines are differentiated from the competition.
     
  • TBA
    Darrell Behmer, Chief Designer, Ford Motor Company

    Darryl will discuss design efforts associated with the new 2011 Taurus.
     

Persuasion

  • October 22, 2009
    3:30-5:00 pm, 411 West Hall

    "The Power of Social versus Financial Factors in Changing Environmental Behavior"
    By: Professor Robert Cialdini, Regents' Professor of Psychology and W.P. Carey Distinguished Professor of Marketing, Arizona State University
     

Digital Marketing Communication: Mastering The New Media

  • November 16, 2009
    8:00 pm, R2220, Ross School of Business

    "How to Put Together a Digital Plan"
    By: Robert Haverback, Director of Digital Marketing at TD Ameritrade

     

  • November 23, 2009
    8:00 pm, R2220, Ross School of Business

    "Web 1.X: The "Basics" Aren't Basic Anymore"
    By: Jennifer Kohler, Associate Director at Digitas

     

  • November 30, 2009
    8:00 pm, R2220, Ross School of Business

    "Web 2.0: User Generated Content in the Social Web"

    By: Alicia Dorsett, Social Media Strategist at Manning, Selvage, and Lee and Christine O'Connell, Associate Director at Digitas

     

  • December 7, 2009
    8:00 pm, R2220, Ross School of Business

    "Web X.0: Emerging and Nascent Digital Challenges"
    Chuck Shultz, New Media Director at Starcom MediaVest Group
     

Brand-Building

  • November 17, 2009
    5:45 pm, Blau Auditorium, Ross School of Business

    'BrandDigital' (Live Videoconference)
    By: Allen Adamson of Landor New York
     
  • December 10, 2009
    5:45 pm, Blau Auditorium, Ross School of Business

    Gatorade's Re-Branding and Innovation
    By: John Shea, Gatorade
     

 

 


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