Strategy & Tactics
1/3/12
Be Resolute
Each New Year we have the opportunity to make promises to ourselves, our friends and families, our organizations, and our communities. We call them resolutions. We typically make more resolutions that we can ever keep, and many are forgotten by early February. That’s why many of us don’t believe in New Year’s resolutions. We’d be […]
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12/19/11
Corona and CausePlanet.org
Do you confuse planning with strategy? Check out Karla’s featured article on CausePlanet.org – Strategy is a 24/7 Endeavor. Karla articulates Corona’s approach to strategy development and even includes a few 2012 resolutions for you. This article also heralds Corona Insights’ partnership with CausePlanet.org, an online resource for nonprofit leaders. For years, CausePlanet.org has been […]
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11/22/11
Nonprofit Business Model – A Definition
A few years ago I realized that the phrase “business model” was being used more and more in nonprofit settings. Intrigued, I did a little research and found several definitions for the private sector but none specifically for nonprofits. The language that seemed to fit across sectors focused on the logic of an organization. It’s […]
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11/17/11
Nonprofit Business Models – Getting Past the Semantics
The concept of a nonprofit business model has percolated up to the collective conscious. You know you’ve hit on something interesting when it is being embraced by some and hotly debated by others. The ongoing conversations about arts organizations nationally (the Colorado Symphony is a prime local example) illustrate this fact. Too many nonprofits – […]
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10/20/11
Bold. Smart. Strategic. WFCO’s new strategic plan
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 […]
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10/13/11
Up Close and Personal – The Quest for Sustainability of the Colorado Symphony
Yesterday’s piece in the Denver Business Journal regarding the Colorado Symphony’s new CEO and continued efforts toward sustainability is the first to reference Corona Insights and my involvement in their sustainability efforts. I facilitated the three-month process with the Sustainability Study Committee for the Symphony earlier this year. To clarify, it was not an emergency […]
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6/3/11
Corona takes home Gold Peak Award from CO-AMA for Market Research
Corona Insights is honored to have received a Gold Peak Award for our market research work to inform the University of Denver Sturm College of Law’s strategic plan. This award recognizes both Corona’s quality research skills, as well as the positive outcomes of data-driven decision making. About the awards: Hosted by the Colorado Chapter of […]
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4/25/11
Corona featured in new book – Strategy for Good
Corona Insights is thrilled to be one of the socially responsible companies featured in a new book, Strategy for Good, by Susan Hyatt, founder and CEO of Business Nonprofit CONNECTIONS, Inc. Strategy for Good uses real-world examples to illustrate “how to create all-win solutions that demonstrate your [company’s] values, benefit the causes you care most […]
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1/11/11
In good company
The January/February edition of the Harvard Business Review is dedicated to business model reinvention. Great minds think alike. Team Corona released its Synergistic Business ModelTM framework for nonprofits in fall 2010. Like the smart folks at the HBR, Corona had observed that business models, like strategy, need to be revised and even reinvented to ensure […]
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1/5/11
Planning never goes out of style
This may be the most important era for planning in our professional lives. We are experiencing seismic shifts in many industries, a game-changing recession, and an emerging “new” normal. Experts predict that the “demand” economy will result in value-based (think dollars, not core tenets) purchasing decisions for the foreseeable future. At the same time, we […]
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