Brand the Change

Brand the Change unpacks the brand building process in practical steps. Whether you are building an innovative new product, creating a service for good, spreading a new idea, or positioning yourself as a leader in your field, thinking like a brand strategist will help you to create a clear, compelling offer, develop unique brand experiences and ultimately attract and convert the right audiences.

The book offers the tools and exercises to build your own brand and offers a rich array of tips from trademarking to digital marketing, and inspires with case studies of successful change-making brands.

The content has been developed based on years of experience in building brands, conversations with dozens of changemakers, understanding their branding challenges and required knowledge and skills, and extensive content testing with hundreds of workshop participants. It contains 23 tools and exercises, 14 case studies from change-making organisations across the world and 7 guest essays from experts.

Author

Anne Miltenburg (the Netherlands/Kenya) is a brand director, writer, and educator. She is considered one of the foremost thinkers and practitioners working at the intersection of brands and social impact.

After 12 years creating award winning work at global brand agencies like Studio Dumbar and Interbrand, Anne founded Brand The Change in Nairobi in 2014.

Brand The Change is an independent learning organization that trains changemakers in brand building skills. Through their tools, courses and partners like Philanthropy U and the Digital Opportunity Trust, they have trained over 10,000 changemakers in brand building skills.

Anne combines her work as a writer and educator with a practice as a Brand Director for impact-driven tech companies.

Anne lives in Nairobi, Kenya, with her husband, daughter, and two very disruptive cats.

Press

'Brand the Change is the rarest of branding books that shows founders both how to think about branding as well as how to execute the process from A-Z. I found it inspiring and actionable.' - Laura Talsma, entrepreneur

'We want people to be changemakers not just change thinkers. This method helps Amani Fellows to effectively sell the change they want to see in the world.' - Roshan Paul, president of the Amani Institute

'One-of-a-kind, fresh and zealous approach to branding that will soon become a mindset for a fairer world.' - Raquel Sztejnberg, Brand Strategist

'This book is first choice to get any branding project started at lightning speed.' - Romas Stukenberg, Design Strategist

'Our participants blossomed before our eyes within hours of working with the Brand Thinking Canvas. It was a truly inspiring moment.’ - Princess Reema Bint Bandar Al Saud

"The visually strong book is a logical addition to the eponymous toolkit by author Anne Miltenburg. A practical, fresh and scannable book that fits conceptually with the subject." - Customertalk.nl

"The result is an inspiring and very readable book full of practical information and illustrations." - Dude magazine

"A practical and inspiring book that helps people with great initiatives and ideas to launch their world-changing plans with the right marketing technique." - Fonk.nl