Students explore a scenario involving a management meeting at a bank, where the participants in this meeting are discussing the bank’s potential engagement with a social issue, namely problem gambling. The task is to review the meeting and work out what the bank should do and how much they should be involved in this social issue.
Should the Bank Support the Social Cause? Review the Teaching Activity
Students review an award-winning education outreach project by Colgate known as “Education in a Box” designed for schools in Myanmar. While this sounds like a great initiative for providing education resources – was it really? Or was it a form of stealth marketing or just greenwashing?
Education CSR or Just Promotion? Review the Teaching Activity
Students review a ‘text and drive’ campaign promoted by an apparent funeral home in Canada. It turned out to be a public service announcement, but was it effective and would your students have approved the communications approach?
Ethics of Text and Drive Campaigns Review the Teaching Activity
Students are presented with top-level metrics from Google Search Console for a law firm’s keywords. They have had a mix of success, with some keywords doing well, and others failing to get traction. Perhaps your students can help them improve their SEO performance? A helpful introduction to Google Search Console metrics.
Analyzing SEO Performance Review the Teaching Activity
In this task, students will analyze Google Analytics data for a business specializing in selling financial software tools. They will need to identify the website’s strengths as well as potential improvement areas.
Working with Google Analytics Review the Teaching Activity
In this activity, students will review a podcast episode on social media marketing and platforms, and explore the best platforms for different types of business and situations. A handy overview of the main social media players.
Choosing Social Media Platforms Review the Teaching Activity
In this task, students review several marketing claims and identify whether the firm is making legitimate claims and is helping the natural environment OR whether they are engaged in greenwashing.
Are these Legitimate Marketing Claims or Greenwashing? Review the Teaching Activity
Students analyze a series of online comments made by consumers, and using the Jobs to be Done (JTBD) framework, they will identify the functional, social, and emotional jobs that consumers expect the hotel chain to fulfill.
Identifying Jobs to be Done for a Hotel Chain Review the Teaching Activity
In this activity, students apply the ‘Jobs to be Done’ (JTBD) framework to real-world products by drilling down to the functional, social, and emotional jobs these products are hired to do.
Functional, Social, Emotional Jobs in JTBD Review the Teaching Activity
This activity explores the ‘Jobs to be Done’ (JTBD) framework. Students review a detailed podcast script that gives an excellent introduction to JTBD. It covers the core concepts of JTBD, such as functional, social, and emotional jobs, and the role of JTBD in product development, customer experience, and brand storytelling. An ideal starting point for students to dive into JTBD.
Introduction to the Jobs to be Done (JTBD) Framework Review the Teaching Activity