SUCCESS SOONER
Our disciplined, innovative approach has helped our clients succeed sooner.
POLITICAL & POLICY POLLING - Designed, launched and ran for its formative years the Quinnipiac Polling Institute. The same quality standards implemented then to gain credibility, continue to support its current rank among leading national polling organizations.
FUNDRAISING - Identified feasibility and developed campaign plan leading to $7.5 Million restoration and renovation of the historic Thomaston Opera House.
TECH - Increased sales for PTC, a CAD software client by designing and installing sales prospecting/screening and relationship-building system.
HEALTHCARE - Rescued Connecticut’s lost certification for US Center for Disease Control Program. CDC ultimately adopted Witan's quality protocol as the national standard for all states' BRFSS tracking studies.
MENTAL HEALTH - Guided development of an innovative exhibit on this delicate topic for Connecticut Historical Society. Focus group series with patients, families and the public helped prioritize and articulate the many challenges of this community.
TOURISM - Identified and documented 10:1 return and $7.9 billion economic impact for the State of Connecticut's Department of Economic and Community Development. Designed and have delivered the VISION visitor tracking survey portfolio, now in its 32nd year and with a database of >100,000 interviews.
NONPROFIT - Delivered in one year, a 25% increase in membership for a $8.7 million multi-campus regional community center, spearheaded by its most successful winter campaign... all during an economic downturn.
CONSUMER PRODUCTS - Improved reliability and turnaround-time while reducing costs of Diageo/Heublein Spirits brands new-product testing process by combining data from on/off premise sales data and consumer taste-tests.
FINANCIAL SERVICES - Discovered pivotal intel as a member of Boston Consulting Group's “Project Compete” team. The initiative led to Royal Ahold’s $2.9 billion acquisition of Stop & Shop, Peapod online shopping self-checkout and other investments.
MANUFACTURING - Measured potential of the J/24 concept that launched JBoats. A true "Ragtime-to-riches" story, JBoats is now among the most successful sailboat manufacturers in the world.
RETAIL - Cited in "In Search of Excellence" for an innovation for Stew Leonard's. Business author Tom Peters highlighted our protocol as a best -practice and key factor leading to the grocer's success and growth.
