Radiance Blog

As consultants, we have the privileged opportunity to learn from each customer engagement.  We also practice at our professions. After all that’s what it means to be a practitioner. Each consulting engagement provides a forum for me to hone my associative thinking skills – an opportunity to make connections across ideas and customers – and [...]

We always like to see our research in action. We especially liked the Colorado Municipal League’s (CML) recent videos highlighting the findings (pdf) from the most recent edition of the State of Our Cities and Towns for Colorado. Not everyone absorbs information by reading graphs and tables or even text in a report. Producing an easy [...]

What better way to learn about the quality work Corona does than through the experiences of our various customers? Check out our updated Case Studies to see Corona in action. Over the years, Corona has helped a wide array of customers answer the questions most important to them, and then guide them from insights to [...]

As we closed the books on 2011, Corona was also wrapping up their 1001th project. We love numbers here at Corona, so could not let this milestone go unrecognized. We were pleased to learn that lucky project #1001 was for the Iliff School of Theology. Corona has engaged with Iliff since 2007 when we created [...]

We’re in an era of profound and broad change for the nonprofit sector.  In fact, this may be the most dynamic period the sector has experienced in two decades.  Not only are the rules for success being rewritten, we’re thinking anew about what to call the sector, who is in the sector, and what defines [...]

As a firm that works with large databases for our clients, this article strikes home. Working with big databases is hard work.  It’s not just the mechanics of data manipulation and calculations, but also knowing where the data come from, what they mean, and how to interpret them.  You have to have a feel for [...]

Tomorrow (December 6)  is Community First Foundation‘s second annual Colorado Gives Day.  This 24-hour event is a special opportunity to “give where you live.” Last year, Colorado Gives Day exceeded expectations and their $1 million fundraising goal by raising $8.4 million. In 2010, about 540 nonprofits participted and 83% acquired new donors. This year, all [...]

TED is all about ideas worth spreading.  Ideas shared via stories – authentic stories of lives, lessons learned and interesting facts.  You can’t help but wonder in awe, “Who would have thought? Who knew that was possible?” TED builds community through story telling.  It’s as simple as that.  Stories are shared around the globe.  In [...]

On December 1, TEDxWomen will take place simultaneously in New York and LA. The conversation will continue at 110 global TEDx events, including TEDxCrestmoorParkWomen hosted at the University of Denver. We’re thrilled to announce that Corona Insights’ own Karla Raines has been selected to present at TEDxCPW and host an interactive breakout session. The title [...]

Think big. Be bold. Stay Focused. Accomplish More. These are the opening words of The Women’s Foundation of Colorado‘s new strategic plan, and we couldn’t agree more! In June 2011, Corona Insights wrapped up a transformational strategic planning process with the Foundation. With new leadership in place, WFCO came to Corona because they needed a [...]