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Walking the Walk & Talking the Talk of Equity Benchmarking

UPD Consulting

Analyzing equity benchmarks across a wide range of topics (i.e., education, health care, housing and economics) is much more feasible and important than ever before. As with any emerging field of work, though, we have to walk before we can run, so there are some foundational practices we should do before creating equity benchmarks.

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Inflation: Understanding its Impact on the Economy

Tom Spencer

For example, the Federal Reserve aims to achieve 2% inflation as an ideal benchmark to avoid its counterpart, deflation. Low-income groups often struggle to make ends meet , and rising prices can cause them to experience financial distress and force them to make difficult choices between competing necessities like food, rent, and education.

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The Slide Writing Bible

Tom Spencer

Write in parallel form e.g. use the same structure for the demographic description of each segment: age, gender, marital status, education, income. Identify and “bucket” the key benchmarked items and players. Benchmarking. Aggregate and “elevate” the learning from benchmarking. Avoid crowding.

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Learning From Each Other

Women in Consulting

As solo practitioners and entrepreneurs, often we have limited access to relevant benchmarking resources. Without violating any price-fixing laws, the Best Practices Survey lets us benchmark our success against our peers. My clients are happier too since I can use my virtual assistant for administrative tasks on their business as well.

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2020 Database Strategies and Contact Acquisition Survey Report

Database benchmarks for education and resource prioritization. Insights detailed within this report include: Tools marketers are using to gain deeper intelligence on current and prospective customers for better targeting and messaging. New tactics to acquire data to reach marketing goals.

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How to Create an Effective L&D Strategy

Clarity Consultants

Learning and development (L&D) are critical for cultivating a capable workforce and supporting educational objectives. Identifying associated benchmarks to gauge the success of the program is also essential. Along with prioritizing training, you must align what will be offered and the needs of the organization and the learners.

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How To Help Ensure Strategy Scorecards Don’t Fail You

Steve Shu Consulting

For example, should a benchmarking framework be used? Failing to educate new audience members about the context of the scorecard and the prior processes used to arrive at the scorecard. For many strategy engagements, a lot of attention is paid to the detailed analysis framework. Or will that framework lead us down a path of mediocrity?

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