Developing an Effective Inclusive Marketing Strategy - Virtual
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Seats are limited and confirmation of attendance will be required in advance of the session.
Marketers are focused on results, and inclusive marketing is a proven strategy for delivering those results, if done effectively. To ensure a brand’s inclusive marketing engages diverse communities and drives growth, marketers must employ authentic messaging, strategic insights, and inclusive frameworks to resonate authentically with their intended audiences.
Inclusive marketing must incorporate cultural intelligence, behavioral insights, and a strategic approach to deliver relevant communications and enhance effectiveness. Furthermore, brands should adopt more nuanced strategies, rooted in data and informed by cultural fluency, to establish long-term trust, impact and drive growth.
With a multi-trillion-dollar inclusive market opportunity, marketers must adopt frameworks that drive connection, mitigate risk, and deliver measurable returns. This workshop prepares marketers to navigate cultural complexity, avoid performative activism, and build results-driven strategies.
Through interactive presentations, group discussions, and guided action planning, participants will examine real-world case studies, evaluate cultural assumptions, and explore brand and reputation protection frameworks to create inclusive marketing strategies that align with their brand values, reflect and strengthen their brand, and achieve their business goals.
Target Audience
This virtual workshop is designed for executives, organizational leaders, brand teams and marketing professionals responsible for developing, managing, restructuring, executing or auditing inclusive marketing strategies. It is particularly useful for:
- Any marketer seeking to understand the key components of an inclusive marketing strategy.
- Brands that are new to inclusive marketing and want to implement proven frameworks and strategies.
- Brands and organizations evaluating or restructuring their existing marketing strategies, campaigns, and messaging.
- Executives and organizational leaders auditing their strategy to improve effectiveness, return on investment and mitigate risk.
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- Setting the Stage (10min)
- Fallacies, Filters and Frames (30min)
- Insights, Perspectives and Conversations (15min)
- Strategy Development (Action Plan Section One) (20min)
- Break (10min)
- Creating Authentic and Engaging Campaigns: It's Your DNA (30min)
- Moving Beyond Representation to Authentic Campaigns (10min)
- Strategy Development (15min)
- Cris Management: Inclusive Marketing (15min)
- Strategy Development (20min)
- Lessons Learned and Closing (5min)
Instructors
Renee Walker
Renée T. Walker is an award-winning strategist, Newsweek Expert Forum contributor, TEDx speaker, keynote speaker, author and is president of RENEE WALKER & ASSOCIATES, a strategy, brand and marketing communications agency.
Honing her expertise through executive positions with multimillion and billion-dollar brands in the private, public and nonprofit sectors, Renée provides innovative perspectives and data-driven strategies that solve complex communication challenges, optimize unique points of differentiation, disrupt markets and accelerate success.
Before establishing RW&A, Renée served as the chief communications officer at Central Michigan University and directed a million dollar annual marketing budget. At Kelly Services, she directed the public relations for its $3.8 billion sales organization. Renée also served as a senior advisor and chief protocol officer for former Detroit Mayor Dennis Archer and served on the core bid team member that secured the 2006 National Football League Super Bowl XL.
She is the author of “Brand Power for Small Business Entrepreneurs,” a contributing author to the Palgrave Encyclopedia of Interest Groups, Lobbying and Public Affairs, and a featured contributor to industry executive publications.
