by Carlo Cuesta | Feb 3, 2013 | Board Engagement, Collaboration, Creativity and Innovation
About 14 years ago, I was invited to participate in a nonprofit leadership retreat on the grounds of an animal preserve. In fact, they told us not to go out walking after dark because you could end up face to face with an animal you might not want to be face to face...
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...
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