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Newsletter Volume 8, Issue 1

By: Sean Brady

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The use of a weighted criteria and cost-benefit analysis matrix to help two parish councils to decide which of two churches to close after a merger
Prism’s facilitation of a McDonald’s team charged to introduce specialty coffees at Mickey Ds, a project that, according to The Wall Street Journal, will be McDonald’s largest new product roll-out in the last 30 years, expected to generate $1 billion in revenues annually
Training and conference opportunities

Newsletter Volume 7, Issue 1

By: Sean Brady

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schoolbenchmarking.com, a service that helps users find benchmark or best-in-class schools that act as models to help them (a) set and justify aggressive improvement targets and (b) seek the programs, strategies and practices necessary to achieve those targets
The use of Prism’s group decision support system to assist a team of 30 assess a number of competing options against multiple, weighted criteria in a collaborative and collegial decision session

Newsletter Volume 6, Issue 1

By: Sean Brady

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School benchmarking work for Standard & Poors in Michigan, Syracuse University in New York, and Arizona State University in Arizona.
Use of web-based and face-to-face decision support tools to assist a regional EMS company do its best strategic planning ever.

Newsletter Volume 5, Issue 2, Education Edition

By: Sean Brady

Please download this newsletter for education clients. Read of Prism’s work with Lockport’s Anna Merritt Elementary. “Prism Decision Systems superb facilitation combined with the skilled use of CoNexus® enabled our team to develop a comprehensive Title 1 school-wide plan complete with concrete goals, roles and time table,” said Christopher Arnold, principal at Lockport City School District’s Anna Merritt elementary. “As a result, we realized a 23% increase in our ELA score, the highest increase in our District.”

Newsletter Volume 5, Issue 1, Business Edition

By: Sean Brady

Read of First Heritage Federal Credit Union’s satisfaction with Prism’s planning process: “After a one-day retreat with Prism Decision Systems, our team is armed with a fresh set of three-year strategies and immediate priorities,” said Arthur D. Field, president and CEO, First Heritage Federal Credit Union. “Without Prism’s process and CoNexus®, we would have required three or four full days to complete this work.”

Newsletter Volume 5, Issue 1, Education Edition

By: Sean Brady

Read how Prism used its Frontier Analyst study of nearly 4000 NYS schools to identify the 10 benchmark schools that presented at a best practice conference for middle level Math. Read of an all-day, all-staff planning session: According to Superintendent Wozniak, “Working together with Prism has helped us quickly identify priority improvement strategies. The teachers at East and West said this was the most productive planning day they have experienced. At the end of the day each school staff left with appropriate action plans to begin the process of improvement.”

Newsletter Volume 4, Issue 1 Business Edition

By: Sean Brady

Read of GHS Federal Credit Union’s use of Prism planning processes to accelerate their Board of Directors through a very successful Saturday strategic planning retreat, Prism’s use of the Concept System® to complete virtual focus group for the New York State Education Department, and the use of assumption busting as an intentional strategy to provoke innovation.

Newsletter Volume 4, Issue 1 Education Edition

By: Sean Brady

Read of Prism’s school benchmarking service available to 4000 schools in New York State, Prism’s use of the Concept System® to complete virtual focus group for the New York State Education Department, and the use of assumption busting as an intentional strategy to provoke innovation.

Newsletter Volume 3, Issue 1 Business Edition

By: Sean Brady

Read of Philadelphia’s Mercy Health System’s use of the Concept System® to involve stakeholders in their long-term planning, the use of Frontier Analyst® to benchmark New York State schools, and how to use a decision matrix to make difficult, complex personal decisions.

Newsletter Volume 3, Issue 1 Education Edition

By: Sean Brady

Read of the use of Frontier Analyst® to benchmark New York State schools, Philadelphia’s Mercy Health System’s use of the Concept System® to involve stakeholders in their long-term planning, and how to use a decision matrix to make difficult, complex personal decisions

Newsletter Volume 2, Issue 1 Business Edition

By: Sean Brady

Read of Prism’s use of the Concept System®, an Internet-enabled planning tool, to assist 150 doctors design the ideal compensation model, as well as the use of “future pull” and “backwards-from-perfect thinking” to elicit transformative thinking on a personal or organizational level.

Newsletter Volume 2, Issue 1 Education Edition

By: Sean Brady

Read of a school district’s work to transform its professional development process, the use of the Concept System®, an Internet-enabled planning tool, to assist 150 doctors design the ideal compensation model, as well as the use of “future pull” and “backwards-from-perfect thinking” to elicit transformative thinking on a personal or organizational level

Newsletter Volume 1, Issue 2 Business Edition

By: Sean Brady

Read of the use of the CoNexus® resource allocation martix in support of the Washington, DC Metro Area Transit Authority strategic planning offsite, Prism’s experience as a knowledge worker at a nanotechnology conference, the use of CoNexus® to build strong consensus behind a school district academic improvement plan, and strategies for building consensus when conflict arises in any meeting.

Newsletter Volume 1, Issue 2 Education Edition

By: Sean Brady

Read of the the use of CoNexus® to build strong consensus around a school district’s academic improvement plan, a focus group where students designed the “ideal learning experience,” Prism’s experience as a knowledge worker at a nanotechnology conference, and strategies for building consensus whenever conflict arises in a meeting.

Newsletter Volume 1, Issue 1 Education Edition

By: Sean Brady

Read a case study of Prism support of Newark Valley Central School District use of the CoNexus® decision matrix to develop an ELA academic improvement plan, a desciption of Prism’s support of the Times Mirror Company off site, and recommended strategies for getting out of thinking ruts.

Newsletter Volume 1, Issue 1 Business Edition

By: Sean Brady

Read of support of a Times Mirror Company off site for 125 senior managers, use of CoNexus® to assist Chenango Memorial Hospital complete a customer needs assessment, and recommended strategies for getting out of thinking ruts.