Foundations for Marketing Success | Marketing Course (Live and Streaming)

6 Weekly Sessions | April 22 – May 27

Build an Unshakable Foundation
for Marketing Success.

Want to develop marketing programs that break free of cookie-cutter tactics and messaging that's more meh than amazing? Start with a solid structure: strategic thinking, effective communications, and human relationships cemented in trust. Join us for this six-session event.

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Trust and Building Trust

with Ashley Faus

Wednesday, April 22 | 12:00pm – 1:00pm ET

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Call them anti-trends. Marketing that stands out and builds for the future relies on trust, credibility, and experience. Even when we all seem to be chasing one shiny object after another (and isn't that all the time?), you can still trace success back to them.

If you want to scale the impact of your marketing and produce programs and campaigns that move audiences (and the needle), you need Foundations for Marketing Success—those fundamentals of strategy, communications, and relationships that stand unshakable, even when the world is a whirlwind.

Over six Wednesdays this spring, our expert lineup of marketers will guide you through timeless, beyond-the-basics foundations that are more than just trends. You'll uncover how to strengthen your brand's reputation, secure real connections, expand your buyer psychology toolbox, and more.

Join our speakers to learn how to...

  • Formulate a strategy that addresses your real objectives without creating more busy work
  • Differentiate your brand through human ideas and reasoned judgment
  • Craft content and messaging that increases your credibility and influences buyers
  • Anticipate how customers, competitors, and internal stakeholders make decisions, so your messaging stays persuasive and on target

Agenda

Wednesday, April 22

12:00pm – 1:00pm ET


Opening Keynote
Trust and Building Trust

Speaker: Ashley Faus

Sneak a peek at Foundations for Marketing Success by crashing the kickoff. Register here to stream this session free!

Everyone is focused on all the changes in skills, channels, and tactics in the age of AI.

But most teams ignore what won't change: TRUST.

When generating more outputs is faster and cheaper than ever before, human ideas, judgment, and relationships become your differentiator.

Join Atlassian's Ashley Faus, author of Human-Centered Marketing, to explore how to build and maintain trust throughout the audience journey. She'll share frameworks to help you hone your unique point of view and build trust at scale.

You'll learn...

  • A 4-pillar framework to choose the right human creators in the marketing mix
  • Workflows that ensure consistent, trust-building messaging, even when working across multiple teams
  • Modern marketing fundamentals that build human-centered marketing programs
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Ashley Faus

Head of Lifecycle Marketing, Portfolio | Atlassian

Ashley is a marketer, writer, and speaker by day, and a singer, actor, and fitness fiend by night. She is the author of the forthcoming book Human-Centered Marketing: How to Connect with Audiences in the Age of AI. Ashley works for Atlassian, software designed to unleash the potential of every team.

Wednesday, April 29

12:00pm – 1:00pm ET


Designing for ROI: Strategic Planning for More Output, Not More Activities

Speaker: Devin Bramhall

Strategy isn't about doing more, it's about accomplishing more—with the fewest actions possible.

A winning marketing strategy is built on things your competitors can't copy: unique assets within your company. Novel ideas that turn constraints into leverage. Operations that create your competitive advantage.

In this session, fractional Chief Growth Officer and author Devin Bramhall reveals a framework to break free from the same "to-do list with a timeline" that your competitors run. You'll discover how to identify your brand's unique benefits, create high-output execution plans, and finally get out of the rate race of more, more, more.

You'll learn...

  • A simple framework for creating a bespoke strategy that works regardless of budget or resources
  • How to design execution plans that serve multiple objectives simultaneously (without running your marketing team ragged)
  • Tips for selling your new strategy up the leadership chain
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Devin Bramhall

Fractional Chief Growth Officer

Devin is a B2B Marketing expert with over 15 years of experience in marketing and leadership. She is the former CEO of Animalz, and recently published B2B Content Marketing Strategy. Devin offers career advice to marketing leaders in her weekly newsletter, Good Question.

Wednesday, May 6

12:00pm – 1:00pm ET


Social Media Marketing Fundamentals That Still Drive Revenue

Speaker: Brooke Sellas

AI is dominating the marketing conversation, causing many teams to overlook the social media basics that drive revenue: human understanding, responsiveness, credibility, and disciplined measurement.

It's time to renew social media marketing as a credibility engine, not just a content channel.

Join award-winning marketer and author Brooke Sellas to explore what's working in social media right now and what's commonly missed. Plus, she'll show you how to structure social engagement so it influences buying behavior, strengthens brand trust, and supports revenue—all without relying on complex AI systems.

You'll learn...

  • How to structure social workflows so Marketing and Customer Experience work together to build brand credibility and buyer confidence
  • How to turn comments, DMs, and even public complaints into visible marketing assets
  • How to measure valuable behavior signals like intent, inquiry patterns, retention, and advocacy instead of vanity metrics
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Brooke Sellas

CEO | B Squared Media

Brooke is the award-winning visionary and CEO behind B Squared Media, a boutique digital marketing agency that's redefining "social care" for industry giants like Brother International, Miele, and BCU. Dive into Brooke's insights in the pages of her book, Conversations That Connect.

Wednesday, May 13

12:00pm – 1:00pm ET


Reduce Stress With a 3x5 Content Strategy Framework

Speaker: Lee Densmer

Too many topics. Too many channels. Too many goals. Too many content teams are drowning in complexity!

And the result is a team that's exhausted, content that's inconsistent, and leadership asking, "Where's the ROI on all this work?"

Enter the 3x5 Content Strategy Framework: a simple, immediately executable approach to creating a content program your team can capably run to drive the ROI your executive team is demanding.

Join B2B content marketing strategist and author Lee Densmer for this session as she breaks down how you can create your own complete 3x5 Strategy (and start implementing this week!).

You'll learn...

  • How to choose the three business goals, buyer personas, content themes, channels, and metrics that put your entire content program into focus
  • Ways you can eliminate content demands with a simple rule that filters out reactive, ad hoc requests
  • How you can implement this 3x5 Strategy in your organization with buy-in from stakeholders
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Lee Densmer

Content Marketing Strategist | Globia Content Marketing

Lee is a content marketing strategist who helps B2B teams fix costly breakdowns. She's identified the 40 recurring issues that consistently sabotage performance—and now shows teams exactly how to solve them. Lee's the author of Content, Simplified: The Biggest B2B Content Marketing Mistakes and How to Fix Them.

Wednesday, May 20

12:00pm – 1:00pm ET


What Game Theory Can Teach Marketers About Winning

Speaker: Christina Garnett

The best marketing doesn't just communicate—it anticipates.

How? Start by connecting game-theory principles—understanding how people make decisions—to real-world marketing workflows.

Join us for this session with fractional chief customer officer Christina Garnett to discover how to apply game theory from offer design and segmentation to channel strategy and messaging sequencing. She'll show you how to draw on behavioral science to show what actually drives human decision-making in real-world markets.

Uncover a new strategic vocabulary and concrete ways to apply these ideas to work you're already doing.

You'll learn...

  • Why marketing is a multi-player game, from customers to competitors to stakeholders, and how to design campaigns that embrace this idea
  • How to apply an "anticipation framework" for thinking several moves ahead, before you go to market, not after it's too late
  • The theoretical structure of a decision, the scientific reasoning behind what people actually do, and how to use both
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Christina Garnett

Fractional Chief Customer Officer

Christina is an award-winning Fractional Chief Customer Officer, customer experience strategist, and the author of Transforming Customer—Brand Relationships. Her work focuses on helping brands build emotional connection, customer advocacy, and long-term loyalty through experiences that are felt, not just measured.

Wednesday, May 27

12:00pm – 1:00pm ET


Fundamentals of Message Design: Increasing the Chances You Get a Yes

Speaker: Tamsen Webster

Are traditional approaches to persuasion actually working against you?

Drawing from over 25 years of message strategy experience and cutting-edge behavioral research, closing keynote presenter Tamsen Webster reveals why common marketing wisdom may be holding you back from getting the "yes" you want from clients—and what to do instead.

This keynote is specifically designed for marketing professionals and agency leaders who need their social content, campaigns, and client pitches to convert more reliably. Tamsen will share a groundbreaking, can't-miss framework for crafting messages that drive action by building on the beliefs your audience already holds.

You'll learn...

  • A proven template for crafting high-converting messages, with specific examples of before/after message transformations
  • Clear criteria for evaluating message effectiveness
  • Actionable steps to implement immediately in your next campaign or client pitch
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Tamsen Webster

Founder and Chief Learning Officer | Message Design Institute

Part message designer, part English-to-English translator, and now part doctoral student, Tamsen helps leaders quickly craft their case for long-lasting changes in thinking and behavior. In addition to her work with Harvard Medical School and Fidelity Investments, Tamsen has spent over 10 years as an Idea Strategist for TEDx.

Meet the Speakers

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Devin Bramhall

Fractional Chief Growth Officer

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Lee Densmer

Content Marketing Strategist | Globia Content Marketing

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Ashley Faus

Head of Lifecycle Marketing, Portfolio | Atlassian

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Christina Garnett

Fractional Chief Customer Officer

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Brooke Sellas

CEO | B Squared Media

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Tamsen Webster

Founder and Chief Learning Officer | Message Design Institute

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