Measuring the Value of Reputation

As I’ve mentioned in previous posts, APCO released the results of our inaugural Return on Reputation (“ROR”) Indicator study that focuses on the retail sector. The survey was conducted among nearly 10,000 respondents representing consumers, community activists, policy-makers, retail employers, and investors and analysts, and I’m excited to say that our analysis is complete. We found that addressing the key issues and expectations of stakeholders to improve reputation has a statistically significant impact in shaping the behavior of these stakeholder audiences – and that shapes the operating environment and leads to real business outcomes. Read more »

Posted on July 9, 2010 By Bryan Dumont
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Annual gathering of NHS managers’ eyes Government reform with suspicion and a gathering gloom

A spirit of fiscal prudence and budget belt-tightening from the new coalition government greets the manager’s of Britain’s National Health Service at their annual conference.Read more »

Posted on June 30, 2010 By David King
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The Misselling of Trade

The late New York Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan had a famous saying that “you are entitled to your own opinions but not to your own facts.” Moynihan’s admonishment played out recently during a U.S. Chamber of Commerce/Public Citizen dust-up on whether our free trade agreements create or destroy American jobs.

The verdict is in… both sides are correct!

International trade creates jobs and international trade eliminates them. However, using job creation or elimination as the yardstick... Read more »

Posted on June 18, 2010 By Barry Schumacher
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Volunteerism in America on the rise

The Corporation for National and Community Service released its annual U.S. volunteerism stats today. Details can be found at www.VolunteeringinAmerica.gov. The study contains lots of rich data, including insights about volunteerism for each state and major city and trends by age cohort.

Several points from this year’s report popped out at me:

  • An additional 1.6 million people volunteered in 2009, compared to 2008. This means 63.4 million Americans volunteered in some form or fashion last... Read more »

Posted on June 15, 2010 By Tara Greco
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There is Hope in The World

On June 8, 2010, hope burst on the scene, and it couldn’t have come at a better time as the country continues to grapple with oil gushing into the Gulf, an economy continuing to teeter on the edge of recovery, uncertainly over the new health-care law and rising tensions in the Middle East.

For the 40,000 who were there and millions more around the country, hope came in the form of 21-year-old ... Read more »

Posted on June 14, 2010 By Bill Pierce
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