Released annually by Wunderman Thompson, this consumer trends report has been updated to reflect the changing environment due to the COVID-19 crisis (released May 13, 2020). The Future 100: 2.0.20 features 20 of the original 100 consumer trends that have been escalated or accelerated due to the pandemic, and also five additional trends worthy of consideration due to future impacts. A must-read each year, this report is even more relevant as we move forward to ...
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This landmark publication and its accompanying conversation guide and toolkit help nonprofits move beyond the “cost of fundraising” as nonprofits’ sole measure of fundraising effectiveness.  Drawing on the resources of four of the nation’s leading service organizations, Measuring Fundraising Effectiveness, identifies two new metrics for determining success and provides detailed information on how nonprofits can accurately measure their progress toward these key goals. Any forward-thinking nonprofit will make sure these three metrics are the basis ...
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As described by the author, Real Time Strategic Planning “challenged traditional thinking about how social sector organizations form strategy and presented the Real-Time Strategic Planning methodology as one better suited to an increasingly dynamic and fast-changing world… unbound from the artificial constraints of the traditional three-to-five year strategic plan.” Hargrove consultants have received training in this new and exciting approach and often incorporate its principles into our work with strategic planning clients ...
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Bad news is never welcome. Opening my inbox to read about a new report from the American Academy of Arts & Sciences' Humanities Indicators (HI) project on declining visitation to historic sites was indeed disappointing, but not unexpected. The report, citing visitation from 1979 to 2012, found that "with each birth cohort Americans of all ages have been less likely to visit historic sites." The report also shared that "as people aged they were less ...
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At the 2015 AASLH Annual Conference in Louisville, a panel discussed the opportunities and challenges of including for-profit operations at historic sites. While public-private partnerships have been successful at numerous locations around the country, the National Trust is providing a transparent look into the process for managing a historic site with a section operated by a commercial partner. Cooper-Molera in Monterey, which includes nine roofed structures, will dedicate the original adobe buildings as interpreted spaces ...
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