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Releasing TrendsWatch 2015 into the Wild

By Elizabeth Merritt

I want to say “Tada!” but I think all I have the energy for is “whew.” This year’s TrendsWatch is now available for download, and for the next week I’ll be hovering anxiously over my Twitter feed (#TrendsWatch), blogroll and e-mail to …
Privacy in a Watchful World TW 14 update

By Elizabeth Merritt

This is one of a series of mid-year updates on the 2014 TrendsWatch trends. I’ve already posted entries on Big Data, Social Entrepreneurship, the Sharing Economy and Robots, as well as updates on the Crowdsourcing and Philanthropy …
Keeping up with the 2014 Trends: Big Data

By Elizabeth Merritt

This is the second midyear update on the CFM report TrendsWatch 2014. Last week I week I reviewed recent developments related to “For-profit For Good”—the rise of social entrepreneurs. This week I take a look at the last six months of news …
Keeping up with the 2014 Trends: For Profit For Good

By Elizabeth Merritt

It’s been about 6 months since the Alliance released TrendsWatch 2014, so I’m going to blog a round of updates on each of this year’s six trends. In each of these posts I will recap the trend, report on its overall arc in the first half of …
Robots! Are Rosie, Voltron, Bender and their kin finally coming into their own?

By Elizabeth Merritt

For decades (if not centuries), futurists, writers and inventors have promised that robotic help—mechanized beings ready to serve as soldiers, maids, chauffeurs—is just on the horizon. In 1988 pundits predicted “convenience robots” would …
Privacy in a Watchful World: What have you got to hide?

By Elizabeth Merritt

In a world where companies and governments can, and increasingly do, track vast amounts of personal information about our habits, preferences, behavior, communications and even our thoughts, where will we draw the line? People evidently …
What’s Mine Is Yours: The economy of collaborative consumption

By Elizabeth Merritt

Nature abhors a vacuum, and both environmentalists and capitalists hate waste. That empty room in your house—why not rent it out? You only drive your car on weekends—why leave it sitting at the curb the rest of the week? You have a couple …
For Profit for Good: The rise of the social entrepreneurs

By Elizabeth Merritt

For years, well-meaning critics have been telling nonprofits to act more like businesses: to do a better job marketing, to innovate, to develop a strong brand identity. It’s ven been suggested that nonprofits sometimes use their …
Hot, New Trends Deliberated in Wine Country

By Elizabeth Merritt

I hope you’ve had a chance to delve into TrendsWatch 2014 (now available as a free app, with embedded videos!) and are using the report to fuel discussions inside and outside your organization. This week’s blog post is by …
Throwback Thursday: TrendsWatches Past

By Elizabeth Merritt

As we have just released TrendsWatch 2014, the obvious candidates for this week’s Throwback are the posts in which I introduced the first two editions of the report. I hope you use this opportunity to become acquainted with or …