by Carlo Cuesta | Sep 23, 2015 | Collaboration
By Carlo Cuesta Before the panel discussion began at the Charities Review Council’s 2015 Philanthropy 2.0: Radical Collaboration event, Judy Alnes, executive director of MAP for Nonprofits, turned to me and said that in 2013 they worked with Daniel Wordsworth...
by Carlo Cuesta | Mar 5, 2015 | Board Engagement, Collaboration, Resource Development
The fundraising nightmare goes something like this: I pick up my phone and call a friend to ask her if she would like to meet with me. When she asks… “what do you want to meet about?” I get nervous and don’t know what to say… I stall...
by Carlo Cuesta | Feb 13, 2015 | Collaboration, Creativity and Innovation
By Carlo M. Cuesta At Creation In Common, we spend much of our time facilitating collaborations with organizational leaders and have learned a great deal from individuals who have mastered the art of teaming with other creative people. Here are a few major take aways:...
by Carlo Cuesta | Feb 4, 2015 | Collaboration, Creativity and Innovation
By Anne Jin Soo Preston As Carlo and I have been exploring what makes a successful collaboration, I was reminded of the story of stone soup. I decided to look up the story to refresh my memory and never realized there were so many versions that spanned from not...
by Carlo Cuesta | Jan 25, 2015 | Collaboration, Creativity and Innovation
By Carlo M. Cuesta The first trip I ever made to Minnesota was in 1980 just before the Winter Olympic Games. My dad was directing a television commercial for Kirin Beer (the official beer of the US Olympic Team… go figure) and they needed a snowy lake to film a...
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