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Services & Expertise Mass Insight provides unique policy and communications services, working with both public and private sector executives. We frame critical issues, translate complex information into plain English, bring in perspectives from the right experts, and get people to pay attention. We serve a select group of clients, representing leading Massachusetts companies, professional firms, associations, nonprofits, and public sector agencies, through a range of initiatives designed to probe key competitiveness issues, analyze possible responses, and take informed action. Mass Insight has built a reputation as a source for the best public opinion issue and field research in Massachusetts – and as a catalyst for action. We and our clients work with a wide range of contacts to shape debate, make recommendations, and create programs that lead to change. Mass Insight initiatives spring from priorities raised by our corporate clients and public sector leaders, and from our own analysis of the Massachusetts competitive environment. Mass Insight Model I. Information Collection II. Narrowing, Synthesis, and Discussion III. Converting to Action Areas of Expertise Polling: Mass Insight produces the only Massachusetts statewide public opinion surveys that track thirteen years of data. This is the Commonwealth’s only business-backed poll. The surveys are based on 500 telephone interviews each quarter and are conducted by Opinion Dynamics Corporation of Cambridge, a national leader in market research and consulting. These polls are used and published selectively to support Mass Insight’s ongoing initiatives and goals. Infrastructure: Massachusetts' physical infrastructure, especially transportation and water resources, is critical to our economic health. Any economic development strategy for the state and its regions requires coordinated transportation and water plans for the next decade, with clear immediate priorities and funding from all levels of government, including user fees. Mass Insight Leadership Briefings focus on the core foundations of infrastructure and our annual Infrastructure Conference in December addresses issues including a planning process to prioritize, fund and coordinate infrastructure projects that support business expansion, create new jobs and improve quality of life in Massachusetts. The one-day conference is attended by several hundred professionals in the infrastructure, corporate and public sectors, and is widely regarded for its influence in shaping the state’s infrastructure priorities. Mass Insight also manages the Massachusetts Clean Water Council, a unique partnership of major public agencies, local communities and private sector professionals working to reclaim the state's harbors and waterways and provide Massachusetts residents with drinking water that continues to meet the highest standards. We are committed to ensuring that our state's water resources receive the best environmental protection feasible. Without additional state and federal support, we are concerned that many critical clean water projects will be delayed or suspended. The Council advocates increased state clean water funding and monitors implementation of the State Revolving Fund (SRF). At the federal level, the Council focuses on supporting efforts by the Massachusetts Congressional delegation to expand federal clean water funding through reauthorization of the Clean Water Act and Safe Drinking Water Act. Higher Education/Science: Mass Insight has a long history of producing reports that focus attention on the importance of public and private higher education and science research in Massachusetts. Mass Insight, in partnership with Associated Industries of Massachusetts, the Massachusetts High Technology Council, and several other industry sector organizations, coordinates the Science and Technology Initiative, whose mission is to create a state policy to facilitate and support major science and technology education and research initiatives that improve Massachusetts' competitive position and enhance its economic strength. K-12 Education: Mass Insight has a long and successful history of addressing issues related to elementary and high school education. In 1997, Mass Insight formed Mass Insight Education and Research Institute (MERI), an independent not-for-profit corporation focused on improving student achievement in Massachusetts' public schools. Through public outreach initiatives, school leadership training programs, and public opinion and policy reports, Mass Insight Education supports the implementation of the 1993 Education Reform Act, with a primary focus on its central initiative, the statewide standards and testing program. MERI’s primary goal is to raise academic achievement for all students, including those who have been trapped in a cycle of low expectations. To meet this goal, Mass Insight Education and its Coalition for Higher Standards work in three areas:
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