Public Health COVID-19 Cases and Deaths Rise as Beijing Prepares for Lockdown After reaching a low of 25 novel coronavirus related deaths per day on 20 April, the trailing seven-day average has moved up steadily, reaching 50 as of yesterday. This doubling, as documented by Johns Hopkins University Coronavirus Resource Center, has coincided with the rapid rise in new cases resulting in new pandemic lockdowns across many metro areas in China. The seven-day average case count as of yesterday amounted to 31,307 cases. Over the past week, the average has fluctuated between 29,000 and 31,000 as more testing is deployed. With numbers ratcheting up in Beijing, particularly in the Chaoyang District, home to the U.S. Embassy and other diplom...
Accountability and a comprehensive approach to export programming
WPI’s team helped construct a strategic approach to develop, implement, and track promotional activities in 8 key regions across the globe for an agricultural export association. With continued progress measurement and strategic advisory services from WPI, the association has seen its ROI from investments in promotional programming increase by 44 percent over the past 5 years. Not only does this type of holistic approach to organizational strategy provide measurable results to track and analyze, it fosters top-down and bottom-up organizational accountability.