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Oct 2024
13m 51s

Experience Strategy with David Willows a...

Near East South Asia Council of Overseas Schools
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How do we measure the school experience from every vantage point? On our first episode of season 2, Abril sits down with David Willows and Suzette Parlevliet of [Yellow Car] to chat about experience strategy, how we can best communicate a school's mission to prospective students/teachers, and felt experience measurements. Willows and Parlevliet close the episode with advice for educators wanting to incorporate experience strategy into their organization's operations.

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