In Action
3/1/13
How’s your driving? Using data to answer your questions.
You’ve probably heard about auto insurance companies offering discounts based on actual driving behavior (collected by a device plugged into the car). Progressive’s Snapshot discount is one such example that has been heavily promoted. Why are insurance companies turning to these devices? One w0rd: risk. The more accurately they can gauge their risk of having […]
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1/7/13
Lies, damn lies, and search data
We’ve all heard the old saying, “there are lies, damn lies, and statistics.” Perhaps the 21st century version is, “lies, damn lies, and search data”? The Google Maps team recently analyzed search data for the summer travel season “to gain a sense” of where we (at least in North America) traveled this summer. I bet you can’t […]
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9/5/12
Denver Law raised their rankings
DU gains in national law school rankings due to successful implementation of their strategic plan.
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8/27/12
The power of showing up
Several years ago I received one of the most meaningful compliments of my consulting career. As we were wrapping up a long-term strategy consulting engagement, a nonprofit customer said to me, “Karla, one of the things I appreciate about you is that you show up.” In essence, he said: You are present with us You care You speak up on our […]
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8/7/12
Of the Higgs boson and lavender farms
I celebrated my 2nd annual birthday stay-cation with a trip to Palisade, Colorado. The draw? Their annual Lavender Festival and a day-long bus tour to five lavender growers. While I learned about the different species of lavender and what it takes to grow lavender successfully on the semi-arid Western Slope, I learned much more about a group of enterprising […]
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5/21/12
Corona launches beta of Co-Strategy
Last week, Corona launched the beta version of Co-Strategy, a digital collaboratory designed exclusively for nonprofit agency executives to think and act strategically. We celebrated this milestone with a special breakfast and invited a few dozen nonprofit agency executives to participate in our beta test of the platform. Click here to learn more about Co-Strategy. Stay […]
By Meredith BadlerRead More
2/27/12
The vortex of anxiety
Anxiety in organizations is like a vortex – a whirling mass with suction capable of drawing into its current everyone that surrounds it. I’ve experienced the vortex firsthand in my strategic consulting work. I’ve learned that the vortex exists when leadership is absent or insufficient. More specifically, I’ve witnessed it swirl, suck and consume the […]
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2/21/12
Inspiring the next era nonprofit association
Inspire – to motivate, to stimulate to action, to bring about, to fill with enlivening or exalting emotion As a consultant, I strive to do more than advise, provide expertise or facilitate decision making. I want to inspire my customers to believe they can do and be more than they are today. Not only do […]
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2/1/12
Foresights Exemplified – Hello, Nonprofit Business Model
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 […]
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1/31/12
State of Our Cities and Towns
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 […]
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