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Marketing and Communications

Communicate your brand.
In 1952, The Conference Board debuted its first marketing conference in New York City. Today we host more than 28 events related to marketing, branding, and communications. Through an extended network and the strong statistical base of our Consumer Research Center, we offer senior marketing and communications executives the opportunities to share knowledge about branding strategies, innovations, and building employee brands.

Featured Programs:

The Consumer Research Center (www.conference-board.org/economics/crc.cfm)

Consumer Spending Trends (www.consumerspendingtrends.org/)

Consumer Internet Barometer (www.consumerinternetbarometer.us/)

Events/Forums

Conferences

Corporate Image and Branding Conference
New Rules and Challenges in a Global Marketplace

Communicating Employee Benefits Workshops
Achieving Results During Changing Times

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Councils

Customer Experience Council
The Customer Experience Council is a peer to peer network designed for helping executives responsible for planning and developing their interfaces and interactions with their customers.

Council of Marketing Executives
Explores the current trends impacting the marketing of products and services to businesses and consumers through the experiences of its member organizations.

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Research Working Group

Stakeholder Engagement on the Global Stage: 2010
This Research Working Group prepares executives with the knowledge, contacts, and strategies they need to navigate global events and crises, with a special focus on global political and sports events.

Stakeholder Engagement on the Global Stage/Special Focus: China
This working group will provide companies with the opportunity to meet with corporate peers and international nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) and stakeholder leaders to build relationships and learn from one another.

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Webcast

Social Media: Realizing the Corporate Possibilities

Publications

Executive Action Reports
Precision Marketing: Five Ways to Make Better Marketing Investment Decisions Five principles are presented that can help companies make better marketing decisions by refocusing their concentration and perception of customer behavior — and in some ways redirecting their delivery investments.		What Others Think of You Matters: Manage and Boost Your Corporate Reputation Using Social Media Podcasts. Blogs. Virtual Worlds. Today's media landscape is evolving, stretching far beyond traditional radio, television, and print, and the days of managing your company's reputation with just a press release are history.
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Research Reports

Managing and Measuring Return on Marketing Investment
This report documents the research findings of The Conference Board's Working Group on Managing and Measuring Return on Marketing Investment (MROI).

A Marketer's Guide to Discretionary Income

About 73 million households in the United States have some discretionary income at their disposal, up from nearly 57 million in 2002.

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