BlueRioStrategies: 2/15/09

Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Win a Coaching Session

Feb promotion:

The first 28 people to respond to this newsletter with a simple sentence, paragraph or three (please no longer than one page in MS Word) describing why you desire a session but cannot quite afford it - will have a chance to win a valuable session. The Voluntary Advisory - team (sans founder) will review these and then choose 8 of the 28 to win a complementary strategy phone session or personal brand coaching session.

Tuesday, February 17, 2009

So - are you networking or notworking?

Just read an article that poses the question - are you networking or notworking? And it struck a chord. Recently I have felt the tug of the powerful posting - my fingers seem to be addicted to my keyboard - and I am working longer hours.

But am I really working?

Enjoy more of the article here.

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This blog is to highlight the efforts of BlueRio Strategies.

As one of the first Brand Leadership Coaching firms for nonprofits and mission-minded organizations specializing in visioning and strategic planning, we believe that understanding the intersection of brand development, leadership cultivation AND strategic communication is vital for constructive analysis and creation of lasting solutions for maintaining executive and organizational effectiveness.

Bottom-line results are crucial - and yet solutions must come from genuine, realistic strategies. Authentic efforts will yield authentic results.
Brand + Strategic Planning + Authenticity = lasting leadership.

The FullSync Method

FullSync Brand Leadership is a powerful way to achieve bottom-line results that last.
Branding is more than the visual reflection of the company or the person - it is more than the logo, slogan and colors used in advertising, letterhead or collateral materials. It is the concept – the essence behind you and your organization. It is about the value propositions, the promises, and how they are managed and lived out.

It is about perceptions and it is about everything fully syncing up in an honest, robust, 360-degree way.
Simply put, when you commit to brand leadership, you are managing the authentic story about you and your value – so that your target audiences (staff, members, donors, clients and customers) are engaged and ignited by your offerings. You must, however, deliver on these brand promises. Whether you have a service or a product, are a small business or a large non-profit, every time you connect with your audience member (consumer, visitor, member) you are delivering an impression. This impression translates to a reaction – emotional, psychological, even a physical reaction. And that reaction dictates buy-in. In other words – your actions determine reaction your audience will accept your promise and how they perceive your value. This directly impacts how well they:

donate to you
buy your service
buy your product,
visit your site
work for you
support you.

The better your actions are aligned with your initial vision and mission the more focused your actions and goals become; hence an easier delivery of your promise = authentic brand leadership & organizational success.

What strong branding can do:
Acquire and Retain talented staff
Align goals
Drive more traffic
Create a legacy in an industry
Cement a relationship with a customer
Build relationship with other departments
Build business
Help drive the strategic planning process

BlueRio works with you to create an environment where everything is in-sync and fullsync. The organization's goals and values are in-sync with the employees behaviors and talents. All this is in-sync with how customers and clients view the company. Everyone from "Leadership" to "Line" effectively communicates and lives out the brand and the business grows.

The FullSync MethodTM is a rich, full way of obtaining organizational effectiveness through brand leadership coaching and strategic planning. By syncing up all resources and people with visions, missions and goals, we yield the FullSync Fulfillment of healthy, productive organizations with great capacity to build.

FullSync Method’s five steps below involve syncing up all systems and people to yield FullSync fulfillment =

Audit
+
Brainstorm & coach
+
Map
+
Strategize
+
Launch and Review
=
FullSync Fulfillment.

Wednesday, February 18, 2009

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Tuesday, February 17, 2009

So - are you networking or notworking?

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Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Win a Coaching Session

Tuesday, February 17, 2009

So - are you networking or notworking?

Thank you for stopping by our blog.

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