by Carlo Cuesta | Jan 27, 2013 | Board Engagement
—- Additional Resource: Engage Your Board in the Fundraising Effort —- A few years ago, I was working with Interfaith Outreach and Community Partners on their strategic plan and I learned a very important lesson about board engagement. During one of...
by Carlo Cuesta | Jan 22, 2013 | Board Engagement, Branding and Communications, Creativity and Innovation, Webinars
The following is our listing of our free nonprofit capacity building webinars starting February 7.
by Carlo Cuesta | Dec 9, 2012 | Board Engagement
Six months into my job as executive director of the Playwrights Center, I took my board President out to breakfast. I needed more help. We were overwhelmed as an organization, facing significant financial issues and I did not feel that she and many others on the board...
by Carlo Cuesta | Dec 6, 2012 | Board Engagement, Collaboration, Creativity and Innovation, Resource Development
This video is a brief excerpt from our Helping Your Board Tell Your Story webinar to assist you in your board development efforts. In this webinar we covered how to shape a compelling story and help your board members find their voice. In this excerpt, I go over the...
by Carlo Cuesta | Nov 9, 2012 | Board Engagement, Branding and Communications, Resource Development
When I do my storytelling workshops with a board of directors, many members for the first time discover that they have something to say on the organization’s behalf. There is no magic wand I wave, I just help them collect their thoughts rather than memorize a...
by Carlo Cuesta | Nov 1, 2012 | Board Engagement, Branding and Communications, Collaboration, Creativity and Innovation
At some point during a board meeting, a member says… “we need an elevator speech” or “we need to do a better job communicating who we are” or better yet “what is our brand?” Our response might be to write something down for...
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