The Marketing-Led Digital Experience Revolution: How UW Credit Union Conquered Activity Ownership Through “Tailored Help”
Anne Norman, Executive Vice President, Chief Marketing & Product Strategy Officer, UW Credit Union
For Marketing leaders ready to own the full digital journey
UW Credit Union’s Chief Marketing & Product Strategy Officer Anne Norman will share insights and lessons learned from their eight-year transformation from traditional multichannel campaigns to comprehensive digital experience orchestration. As digital touchpoints increasingly dominate the customer journey, the question isn’t whether marketing should lead experience orchestration, it’s how to do it effectively.
Anne will reveal UWCU’s “Tailored Help” personalization strategy and demonstrate how marketing can effectively orchestrate seamless digital experiences through strategic collaboration with product, IT, and operations teams. Attendees will learn practical frameworks for cross-functional journey orchestration, including UWCU’s innovative CRM Technologies Council model that unites marketing, technology, and operations to drive both member experience and operational efficiency.
The presentation will cover real wins and failures from UWCU’s journey, providing attendees with actionable strategies for leading collaborative digital experience initiatives in their own organizations.
Perfect for marketing leaders grappling with fragmented digital experiences and ready to expand their influence beyond traditional demand generation into collaborative customer journey orchestration.
Key Session Takeaways
- How UWCU’s marketing team took the lead in digital experience orchestration through cross-functional alignment.
- How “Tailored Help” personalization connects marketing, product, and tech around a shared customer journey.
- Practical ways to turn fragmented digital touchpoints into a unified, high-impact experience.
Brand Building in the Age of Average
Scott Edmunds, Senior Vice President, Marketing, Kohler Co.
Today’s marketing landscape is flooded with content that all starts to feel the same: safe, polished, and forgettable. So how do standout brands rise above the noise? In this session, Scott Edmunds explores what it really takes to build a brand that breaks through. He’ll unpack the drivers of sameness in the digital age and share practical ways to bring clarity, emotion, and boldness back into brand storytelling. You’ll hear what separates brands that blend in from those that stick and leave with ideas your team can use to push beyond average.
If your brand feels a little too familiar or you’re tired of playing it safe, this session will help you think bigger, sharper, and braver.
Key Session Takeaways
- What’s fueling the “age of average” and why it’s a threat to brand impact.
- How bold storytelling and emotional clarity create standout brands.
- Ways to challenge your team to think creatively and act with purpose.
Panel Discussion: Making Gen AI Real – How Marketers Are Putting It to Work
Featuring panelists from Inpro, Mason Companies, and Harley-Davidson
Building on themes introduced in the keynote by Ethan Mollick, this panel features three senior marketing leaders who are putting generative AI to work in their organizations. They’ll share practical, real-world examples of how Gen AI is boosting productivity, inspiring creativity, and streamlining marketing operations.
Reflecting a range of starting points, the panel includes perspectives from teams just beginning to experiment with AI as well as those more advanced in adoption. Designed for a diverse mix of B2B and B2C professionals, this session delivers candid insights, tangible applications and lessons learned to equip marketing leaders and experienced professionals to lead confidently in a rapidly evolving space.
Key Session Takeaways
- Real examples of how marketing teams are using Gen AI to boost creativity and efficiency.
- Lessons from both early experiments and advanced applications across B2B and B2C settings.
- Practical guidance to help you lead AI adoption with confidence and clarity.
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Bryan Brandt, Senior Vice President, Chief Marketing Officer, Oshkosh Corporation