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Promotion and Events SpecialistOur participants tell us that taking this program together with their colleagues helps to share common language and accelerate impact.
We hope you find the same. Special pricing is available for groups.
The benefit of learning together with your friend is that you keep each other accountable and have meaningful discussions about what you're learning.
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Promotion and Events SpecialistBased on the information you provided, your team is eligible for a special discount, for Customer Loyalty: A Strategic Approach starting on June 30, 2022 .
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Have questions? Email us at group-enrollments@emeritus.org.Improve retention and lifetime value to increase revenues
Customers sit at the heart of every company. The organizations that create intelligently designed customer loyalty programs enjoy a critical advantage over their competitors. For loyalty managers, marketing consultants, general managers, and sales/business development leaders, this program will provide you with new and emerging tools to develop a leading-edge customer loyalty program and the strategic framework for growing that loyalty over time. You’ll learn new ways to stay current and add value for your organization.
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In this program, you will build on your current knowledge of customer loyalty and learn to apply innovative strategies for designing or improving your organization’s loyalty program. Learn to:
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Kellogg’s MBA program is consistently ranked #1
in marketing by U.S. News & World Report.
The curriculum enables you to create a competitive advantage for your organization through the development of strategic frameworks, analysis tools, and examination of best practices that all come together in your final capstone project.
Self-Paced Video Lectures
Live Webinars with Faculty
Office Hours with Industry Practitioners
Renowned Guest Speakers
Real-World Case Studies
Peer-to-Peer Learning
Capstone Project
Our cohorts include a wide diversity of students from many industries and every corner of the globe with whom you can share perspectives, discuss new learnings, and gain a comprehensive understanding of the subject matter.
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THOMAS (TOM) O’TOOLE
Associate Dean, Executive Education, Clinical Professor of Marketing, Kellogg School of Management
Professor O’Toole’s work at Kellogg focuses on connecting data science to business value creation, data-driven marketing, customer strategy, customer value management, loyalty programs and related subjects. He developed and teaches a popular MBA course on Customer Loyalty strategy. He is the author of “Branding Services in the Digital Era,” published in Kellogg on Branding in a Hyper-Connected World (Wiley, 2019).
O’Toole is a Senior Advisor for McKinsey & Co. For McKinsey, he provides strategic guidance to clients in a wide range of business sectors (e.g., travel, health care, energy, retail) on enterprise data analytics, digital transformation, revenue strategy, customer strategy, loyalty programs and related subjects.
O’Toole was Chief Marketing Officer, Senior Vice President and President, MileagePlus of United Airlines. At United, he was responsible for brand strategy, marketing, product development, ecommerce, digital channels, ancillary revenue, customer data analytics, customer relationship management, marketing systems, partnerships and other functions, including United’s MileagePlus loyalty program. MileagePlus was, at the time, the largest travel loyalty program, and top-rated frequent flyer program, in the world. Before United, O’Toole was Chief Marketing Officer and Chief Information Officer for Hyatt Hotels Corporation, where he was responsible for Hyatt’s marketing, loyalty program, distribution, information technology and related functions worldwide.
O’Toole currently serves on the Board of Directors of four companies: Alliant Energy, an S&P 500 company providing electricity, natural gas, renewable energy and logistics services through its production, distribution, transportation and related businesses; Extended Stay America, the largest integrated hotel owner/operator in North America, with over 600 hotels; LSC Communications, one of the largest providers of printing, publishing logistics, office products and related services in the world; and cxLoyalty, a leading loyalty and customer engagement solutions firm in the USA and Europe. In 2016, he was appointed by the US Secretary of Commerce to, and currently serves on, the Board of Directors of the Corporation for Travel Promotion (dba Brand USA), the nation’s public-private enterprise to promote travel to the USA.
O’Toole is active in civic, charitable, and educational endeavors. He serves on the Boards of the CSU Foundation and Big Shoulders Fund of Chicago.
O'Toole holds the degrees of Master of Applied Communication Theory and Methodology and Bachelor of Arts with concentration in communication research from Cleveland State University. In 2013, he was named the Distinguished Alumnus of the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences.
Upon successful completion of the program, Kellogg Executive Education grants a verified digital certificate of completion to participants. This program is graded as pass or fail; participants must receive 80% to pass and obtain the certificate of completion.
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Note: This online certificate program does not grant academic credit or a degree from Kellogg School of Management. After successful completion of the program, your verified digital certificate will be emailed to you in the name you used when registering for the program. All certificate images are for illustrative purposes only and may be subject to change at the discretion of Kellogg Executive Education.
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Peer learning adds substantially to the overall learning experience and is an important part of the program. You can connect and communicate with other participants through our learning platform.
Each program includes an estimated learner effort per week, so you can gauge what will be required before you enroll. This is referenced at the top of the program landing page under the Duration section, as well as in the program brochure, which you can obtain by submitting the short form at the top of this web page. All programs are designed to fit into your working life.
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No, there is no alumni status granted for this program. In some cases, there are credits that count toward a higher level of certification. This information will be clearly noted in the program brochure.
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