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Roger Blackwell in the Media

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Autumn 2004 Blackwell Biz Newsletter

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Autumn 2004 Consumer Driven Health Care Supplement

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News Headlines

 

April 2005

Roger Blackwell is the subject of a feature article "Roger That" in the Spring 2005 issue of Revenue magazine (pp 44-46).

 

March 2005

Roger Blackwell receives Undergraduate Program Teaching Award "For Faculty Excellence in Core Courses" from Fisher College of Business and also receives 2005 Faculty and Staff recognition from Mortar Board and Sphinx student honoraries.

 

Alan Ayers, Director of Consulting Services, makes his second appearance in the Distinguished Speakers Series at the University of Mississippi.

 

November 2004

 Alan Ayers, Director of Consulting Services, is interviewed by the Portland Oregonian

 (Click here for the article) and the Cleveland Plain Dealer (Click here for the article)  about the marketing of "real" Christmas trees.

 

October 2004

 Roger Blackwell is the featured guest on Tiempo de Mercadeo, a Colombian-based

 business program broadcast by satellite throughout Latin America.

 Click here for October 13 summary. 

 Click here for October 20 summary.

 

September 2004

 Roger Blackwell is quoted in the September 6, 2004 edition of Forbes Magazine.

 Click here for the article.

 

July 2004

 Roger Blackwell appears on the July 21, 2004 edition of Nightly Business Report.

 Click here for transcript.

 

 Roger Blackwell provides the keynote address at AD:TECH 2004 in Chicago.

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Alan Ayers is appointed Director of Consulting Services for Roger Blackwell Associates.

Click here for Alan's bio.

 

 

June 2004

Roger Blackwell is named as the inaugural inductee into the Columbus Chapter of the American Marketing Association's Hall of Fame at its awards event on June 10.

 

May 2004

Don Peppers and Martha Rogers Managing Customer Relationships

is released April 2 by John Wiley & Sons, which includes a chapter "Supply Chain Management and Managing Customer Relationships" by Roger Blackwell and Tina Stephan.

 

 

February 2004

Roger Blackwell named Marketing Professor of the Year for the third consecutive year in a row by the Ohio State Chapter of the American Marketing Association.

 

Roger Blackwell lectures in South Africa at the University of Cape Town Graduate School of Business. 

 

November 2003

Roger discusses Brands That Rock on CNN Financial Network on Tuesday, November 18.

 

Brands That Rock is featured in the November issue of Inc. Magazine.

"Brand This Way", Inc. Magazine, November 2003, page 23.

 

October 2003

Brands That Rock is released by John Wiley & Sons.  Order Your Copy Today  or Read More About It

Roger Blackwell with Professor Steve Burgess

in Cape Town.

 

March 2003

Roger Blackwell quoted in The New York Times ("The New Chinatown? Try the Asian Mall" Monday, March 24, 2003, pg A8.)

 

February 2003

Roger Blackwell named Marketing Professor of the Year by the Ohio State Chapter of the American Marketing Association.

 

November 2002

Roger Blackwell named to Junior Achievement's Central Ohio Business Hall of Fame.

 

August 2002

Roger Blackwell speaks at Ohio State University Commencement (Reported in The Lantern)

 

June 2002

Roger Blackwell quoted in June 20 edition of The Christian Science Monitor. Washington moves to clean up Big Business

 

 

Read Dr. Blackwell's Commencement Address

May 2002
The Roger D. Blackwell Inn at The Ohio State University is dedicated June 6, 2002.
Click here to learn more

 

February 2002
Roger Blackwell Receives Outstanding Educator Award
The Ohio State University chapter of The American Marketing Association named Roger Blackwell as the outstanding professor of 2002 at its annual banquet on February 20. In his acceptance speech, Blackwell told the chapter about the many rewards he has received from teaching, and he challenged attendees to find ways to reach out to others through teaching and community involvement.

 


January 2002
Roger Blackwell Conducts Online Seminar for Sprint
Blackwell joined fellow presenters, Guy Kawasaki, Ken Blanchard, Gary Hoover, and Watts Wacker to headline a series of online seminars sponsored by Sprint. Advertised in major publications, including Business Week, participants represented a vast spectrum of job titles, industries, and countries. The seminar was delivered live via the Internet and teleconference communication tools. With initial reactions in, it appears that this delivery tool is a great compliment to other live seminar programs.

Roger Blackwell Teaches MBA E-commerce Courses at Washington University
When Washington University needs an e-commerce expert to teach in its executive MBA course, it turns to Roger Blackwell. In a 3-day, intensive course, Blackwell lectured to executives from some of the leading Silicon Valley firms about the challenges, opportunities, and commerce realities of technology, CRM, and e-commerce.

October 2001
Blackwell Teaches First Online Business Course at The Fisher College
Roger Blackwell is teaching the first distance learning business course through the Fisher College of Business. The class, which focuses on the topics of e-commerce, is taught at the Lima, Marion, and Akron branch campuses of The Ohio State University via the Internet. While there is a class coordinator at each campus to administer tests and answer questions, students are able to work through the materials at their own pace—where they want and when they want. Students are able to move through nine modules of information that combine written text and video of Roger speaking to the students and lecturing in class. This course was developed by the Fisher College of Business in conjunction with Kmi Online.

July 2001
Wall Street Journal Features Blackwell’s Why Webvan Went Bust
Why Webvan went Bust, an editorial written by Roger Blackwell, was featured in the Manager’s Journal of The Wall Street Journal on Monday, July 16, 2001. The article focuses on the reasons that Webvan went from Internet start-up darling to Wall Street casualty and the lessons all businesses can learn from its demise. (we’ll scan article and include it)

Customers Rule! hits #1 on Amazon
Shortly after its release, Customers Rule! ascended the popularity and sales charts of Amazon.com and Barnes & Noble. Not only did the book hit #1 on the Business & Investing and the Marketing & Sales Top Sellers lists, it also hit #40 on the overall Amazon best seller list.

April 2001
The Ohio State University Announces Plans for The Roger D. Blackwell Inn at The Fisher College of Business
Roger Blackwell announced his $7,000,000 gift commitment to The Fisher College yesterday. In recognition of his generosity, the executive residence will be named The Roger D. Blackwell Inn at Fisher College and be known as "The Blackwell." The University Board of Trustees will formally approve this at its May meeting and the college will plan a major event - a dedication and grand opening in the late Spring of 2002 when "The Blackwell" opens. This marks the largest single gift made to the University by a current faculty member.