by Mary Byers | May 10, 2022 | Blog
I’ve been watching social media posts about the state of the travel/hospitality industry. Here are some recent posts from this week (without attribution to protect privacy): Last summer, we checked into a major brand hotel we have used many times with no issues. Went...
by Mary Byers | Mar 9, 2022 | Blog
We have just been through (and depending on where you live, are still going through) a worldwide event that slowed society for two years and disrupted communities, education, work and health care. Many people lost their lives—or a loved one. Do we really think we can...
by Mary Byers | Jan 11, 2022 | Blog
James Quincey, CEO of Coca-Cola, has killed off nearly half of his company’s 400 brands, including Tab, Odwalla smoothies and Zico coconut water. Why? These 200 brands represented only 2% of sales. As interest in full-sugar soft drinks wanes, Quincey faces the...
by Mary Byers | Nov 17, 2021 | Blog
In an opinion letter in The Washington Post Philip Cohen, a sociology professor at the University of Maryland, College Park, shared that 150 demographers recently wrote to the Pew Research Center asking them to stop promoting the use of generation labels. Cohen wrote,...
by Mary Byers | Oct 27, 2021 | Blog
A recent Gallup poll found that fewer than half of American adults belonged to a house of worship, compared with 70% in 1999. If you run a house of worship, this is obviously concerning. The “Nones” (those who describe their religious identification as “nothing” or...
by Mary Byers | Sep 29, 2021 | Blog
Your members operate in markets and these environments are dynamic. Your association should be actively monitoring what’s going on and be able to articulate what’s happening—and identify the implications for your organization. For example, according to HealthSprocket,...
