Wednesday, January 04, 2006

Trend Data that Supports Strategic Planning

Here are a number of trend reports that may be useful in your strategic planning efforts: A report by Lewis A. Friedland and Shauna Morimoto that examines the driving forces behind the rise in youth volunteering at http://www.civicyouth.org/research/areas/comm_partic.htm; the latest edition of the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s KIDS COUNT Data Book at http://www.aecf.org/kidscount/databook; Drivers of Change in the Governance of Nonprofits, a chapter in Improving Board & Organizational Effectiveness, published by the Southern Rural Development Center at http://srdc.msstate.edu/nonprofit/module01.pdf; an Annie E. Casey Foundation report that examines the tenure and future plans of nonprofit executives at http://www.aecf.org/publications/data/executive_transition_survey_report2004.pdf; a report from PNN Online that examines the state of E-philanthropy at http://www.pnnonline.org/article.php?sid=6104; a study from the Boston College Center on Wealth and Philanthropy on wealth transfer estimates among African American households at http://bc.edu/research/swri/meta-elements/pdf/aawte2.pdf; and a study by the Pew Internet & American Life Project that explores the impact of the Internet on families, communities, work and home, daily life, education, health care, and civic and political life at http://www.pewinternet.org/trends.asp.

For links to other trend data, see our Trend of the Week feature at http://www.createthefuture.com/trend_of_the_week_2006.htm.

Check back in the future for more links to trend data and post others that you have found useful for strategic planning.