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...
by Carlo Cuesta | Oct 22, 2014 | Board Engagement
By Carlo Cuesta Dear Fellow Undead Board Member: A flesh-eating zombie doesn’t know any better, its does what other zombies do—it eats people. As an undead board member, I don’t know any better either. I listen and react, I approve budgets I know very little...
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