Trends and News
8/21/19
2020 Election Cycle Brings Spotlight to Colorado
We are heading to another presidential election cycle. Colorado always garners attention as a purple state, but we can expect the 2020 election to be especially interesting. In this blog, Molly Hagan highlights some of the changes that will reshape the Colorado voting landscape.
By Molly HaganRead More
2/7/19
Communities Seek Creative Solutions to the Country’s Housing Affordability Crisis
In this blog, Jim Pripusich explores the depth of the current housing affordability crisis. Can creative zoning and “Granny Flats” offer communities relief?
By Jim PripusichRead More
9/7/18
DU’s Keystone Strategic Plan leads to action
The 20th century model of delivering a liberal and creative arts education is inadequate to the task of developing graduates who can think broadly and critically in and out of their chosen fields. —From the Keystone Strategic Plan 2018-2025 We are thrilled to celebrate the creation of the College of Arts, Humanities & Social […]
By David KennedyRead More
9/6/18
Aging in Wyoming
Earlier, we reported on a joint project that we conducted with Heinrich Marketing to examine the different ways that Wyoming youth move into adulthood. Today we’ll look at the other side of the spectrum, examining how Wyoming residents age. We examined the timeline by which different life events happen among older adults, including retirement, health issues, […]
By Kevin RainesRead More
9/4/18
Adulting in Wyoming
Working with our partners at Heinrich Marketing, we recently prepared an analysis of the “adulting” process for young people in Wyoming. We were curious about the timing and acceptance of various traditional indicators of adulthood, such as having kids, pursuing a full-time career, and others. There are many models of being an adult based on […]
By Kevin RainesRead More
8/15/18
There’s No Place Like Home
If you have walked through downtown Denver recently, you know that it is hard to miss the growing homeless population. Civic Center Park has become a meeting place for many in the homeless population—a place where they can gather to share stories, food, and cell phones. Each year, Denver conducts a “Point in Time” (PIT) […]
By Molly HaganRead More
2/12/18
Virtual Natives
Hello virtual native, good-bye digital native. While that statement might seem far-fetched, after all it wasn’t that long ago that we were getting used to the idea of a digital native as a person familiar with computers and the Internet from a very young age, it isn’t too early to plan for a future defined […]
By Karla RainesRead More
12/11/17
Measuring Reactions to Your Ideas
Market research can be painful sometimes. You may have poured your heart and soul into an idea and feel it’s really good, only to put it in front of your customers and hear all the things they hate about it. But it’s better to know in advance than to find out after you’ve spent a […]
By Matt HerndonRead More
10/2/17
Human Experience (HX) Research
About a year ago, I stumbled upon a TEDx Talk by Tricia Wang titled “The Human Insights Missing from Big Data”. She eloquently unfurls a story about her experience working at Nokia around the time smartphones were becoming a formidable emergent market. Over the course of several months, Tricia Wang conducted ethnographic research with around […]
By Molly HaganRead More
6/19/17
Ugh, Millennials
Is anyone else tired of talking about millennials? Millennials have seemingly been on everyone’s mind, with many worrying over their spending habits, charitable giving, large debt, voting behaviors, and other things. Why do we care so much about this generation? Don’t they already have a problem with entitlement and being all about “me me me”; […]
By Greg HornbackRead More