HOW DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION (DEI) IMPACTS YOUR BRAND VALUE AND FILLS YOUR GROWTH STRATEGY
As Part Of Their Marketing And Growth Strategy
by Karen McFarlane
What you'll discover
when attending karen's talk
- How Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) impacts your brand value and fill your growth strategy
- How startups to Fortune 1000 can prove or validate their beliefs as part of their marketing and growth strategy
Meet Karen McFarlane - CMO @ LetterShop
Karen McFarlane is a solutions-focused Senior Executive and Board Member with more than 25 years of success across the technology, artificial intelligence, professional services, ecommerce, education, and entertainment industries. For the past 15 years, Karen led Kaye Media Partners, a strategic B2B marketing practice specializing in high-growth startups and innovative ventures. Through a strategic partnership, Karen serves as Chief Marketing Officer of LetterShop, a boutique marketing and creative agency delivering 360 solutions to Fortune 1000 companies.
Karen serves on several boards, including GenderIDEAL, Matdun, Leadership & Arts Council, and the American Marketing Association, where she served as President of the New York Chapter for two years, winning eight awards for chapter excellence, and currently sits on AMA’s Professional Chapters Council as the Co-Chair of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion / Leadership Advisor. In addition, she is a frequent speaker on inclusive marketing and was named most notable in marketing and PR by Crain’s Business.
In her spare time, you can find Karen mentoring future leaders, building connections for people of color, and writing episodic film and television scripts as part of her new passion project Colossal Work.
Some facts and statistics about brand value:
- 88 percent of consumers say that authenticity is a key factor when deciding what brands they like and support (Source: Stackla).
- 46 percent of consumers say that they would pay more to purchase from brands they can trust (Source: Salsify)
- As a matter of fact, two-thirds (64 percent) of consumers around the world said that they would buy from a brand or boycott it solely because of its position on a social or political issue (Source: Edelman).
- 79 percent of people say that user-generated content highly impacts their purchasing decisions (Source: Stackla)