In response to the nation’s opioid epidemic, the National Opioid Action Coalition (NOAC), formed by Fors Marsh Group (FMG), iHeartMedia, and WPP, today announced the launch of #TalkToMe – a science-based public awareness initiative that unites the public and private sectors with pop culture influencers to reduce stigma as a barrier to opioid use disorder prevention, treatment a ...
Performance Measures: The Missing Link in Competency Models
The US Federal Government has become a leader in defining and organizing skill sets into positions and career roadmaps. Yet the struggle to design jobs that really align to organizational missions continues to be the subject of Human Capital analysis. To really understand the challenge, its important to know what is in a model and what you usually won’t find there. What is a p ...
What’s Wrong With Your Survey?
What ever happened to President-elect Thomas E. Dewey that early readers of the Chicago Daily Tribune read about on the morning of November 3, 1948? The mood must have been festive in New York City’s Roosevelt Hotel where Dewey and his campaign gathered to await the results of the 1948 presidential election the night before. Thomas Dewey, the Governor of New York and the Republ ...
Fors Marsh Group Makes Inc. 5000 List for Seventh Consecutive Year
Inc. Magazine ranks Fors Marsh Group (FMG) No. 2,923 on its annual Inc. 5000 list, up from 3,840 in 2018. This is the seventh consecutive year FMG made the list. The Inc. 5000 list is an exclusive ranking of the nation's fastest-growing private companies. It takes a comprehensive look at America’s independent entrepreneurs and determines a company’s rank by examining percentag ...
Dr. Justin Baer Joins Fors Marsh Group as Vice President of Public Policy Evaluation
Fors Marsh Group (FMG) named Dr. Justin Baer as its new Vice President of Public Policy Evaluation (PPE). Dr. Baer joins FMG from Abt Associates, where he served as Principal Associate and Practice Lead. In this role, he oversaw a portfolio of more than 40 research and evaluation projects focused on children, youth, and adult learning. These projects included large-scale evalua ...
Fors Marsh Group Attends TSA Small Business Industry Expo
Fors Marsh Group (FMG) attended the 9th Annual Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Small Business Industry Expo on July 24, where small business leaders gathered to strengthen the industry’s collaboration with TSA. Best-in-class OASIS1 and HCaTs2 contract vehicle holders were invited to showcase products aimed at empowering the TSA to meet its mission of protecting the ...
Graduate School USA Partners with Fors Marsh Group to Develop Innovative Education Solutions for Rising Federal Workforce Leaders
To address the growing need for federal workforce training in the DC-area, Graduate School USA (GSUSA) has partnered with Fors Marsh Group (FMG) to identify the critical training needs to prepare the next generation of leaders in the federal workforce. “With FMG’s extensive work in human capital and training programs, we are well equipped to develop education solutions that ai ...
Fors Marsh Group Conducts 2019 State of the First Amendment Survey
For the third year, Fors Marsh Group (FMG) partnered with the First Amendment Center of the Freedom Forum Institute, the programming and education partner of the Newseum, to conduct the 2019 State of the First Amendment (SOFA) survey. The SOFA survey takes an annual pulse of Americans’ attitudes toward the First Amendment and knowledge of the core freedoms listed in the First A ...
The Washington Post Names Fors Marsh Group a 2019 Top Washington-area Workplace
Fors Marsh Group (FMG)—the first Washington, DC, metro area research company to earn the B Corporation Certification—has been named one of The Washington Post’s 2019 Top Workplaces. FMG ranks 15 in the Midsize Company category. “We are honored to be recognized as a Washington Post 2019 Top Workplace,” said Dr. Sean Marsh, CEO at FMG. “Earning a Top Workplaces ranking is a test ...
Three Ways to Make eLearning Relatable to the Learner
Several years ago I was a member of a rapidly expanding team of instructional designers. Once a month, we would get together to review either our own internal materials, or other outside learning products. My favorite were the external products, because they were either going to be extremely good, or horrifically bad. When confronted with a particularly bad example of e-learnin ...