Innovating Education

“CBM is a thoroughly creative, competent, professional and responsive organization. It was quite seamless to work with them, going through an almost 1-year project during the pandemic. We are a 100-year-old university, and needed -- amidst the pandemic and our centenary - a revisit and path forward of our brand. CBM gave us a research-based pathway, that we started implementing last year. We've totally revised our branding, challenging our students to "Find Your Inner Hero." That has resonated so far. We really like the way CBM moved beyond the brand itself, into applications, by providing an exhaustive set of projects to move the brand forward.”

As a partner in our institutional strategic planning process, Bootleg helped facilitate the overall process in several ways: First, they evolved a clear and unified planning framework for our strategic teams to use in pulling out unit-specific threads and, from these details, pulling together a comprehensive or panoramic snapshot of the whole institution. Second, they helped the core strategy team to discern the key characteristics of the school, by providing us with an analytic tool to visualize our DNA. That was a very productive exercise, as it helped us boil down what our raison d'etre and eventually use it as a building block towards a clear mission statement. The Bootleg team listened to our concerns and provided solid advice on addressing them. All in all, I must say this partnership was instrumental in producing a five-year Plan that continues to be a working document for the institution's future development, as it moves forward. I must say the experience was a 'joyful' one for the core team. We felt we could rely on CBM to share your expertise and tools. So while there was hand-holding, we felt we were also gaining insights that we could build on to upgrade our business as a whole.

"Thank you to the CIA Bootleg and Outbound team! You were a great and passionate group. Your enthusiasm and positive spirit helped make our time together both productive and fun. MGCNL teachers only had positive comments about the MEGA Initiative and you helped create a real buzz around the workshop sessions. I am refreshed as an educator myself. I have not stopped thinking and rethinking so much of what transpired these two weeks. We feel so much more controlled and confident now and certainly have managed that dreaded feeling of doubts and confusion which can really pull us down. We are excited of our future learning journey with you and your team at MGC New Life Christian Academy. What more can I say about the MEGA Initiatives? MEGA (MGC New Life Educators’ Growth and Advancement) Initiatives is A.M.A.Z.I.N.G! A - affirming to our calling as TEACHERS M - meaty with CONTENTS to be better FACILITATORS of learning A - awesome INNOVATIONS and change of MINDSETS Z - zealous, passionate, and energetic SPEAKERS (considering it is unholy hour of training sessions, straight 4 hours!!!) I - insightful PROJECTS and collaborative DISCUSSION N - nostalgic and personal EXPERIENCE (you have made each one felt significant and valued our comments and queries) G - GOAL-oriented and relevant sessions (no time is wasted and definitely will put to practice what we have learned)"

"We wanted to provide a new learning experience to entrepreneurship educators. CBM’s program aligned the teaching of “The Entrepreneurial Mindset” to the different schools. It also made them realize the importance of creativity to startups. The experiential approach in teaching ideation was also notable."

CBM was very professional. I liked having thoughts challenged by CBM. Project Skies gave more clarity to what we were doing and the direction we would take. SKIES made a big difference. To this day, the organization continues to follow the objectives set during that time.