by Carlo Cuesta | May 14, 2021 | Branding and Communications, Uncategorized
Anyone who has ever had to write a bio will likely agree: writing about yourself can be hard. The same is true for nonprofit organizations. And yet an organizational history is very useful for writing grants, for onboarding new staff and board members, and for...
by Carlo Cuesta | Sep 9, 2013 | Branding and Communications
For the last 12 years, I have been helping organization’s construct messages using a simple formula. It goes like this: your message = your promise + the incentive – the barrier Here’s how it breaks down… Your Promise — Simply,...
by Carlo Cuesta | Sep 9, 2013 | Branding and Communications
A few weeks back I ran a Ragnar. If you don’t know, a Ragnar is a 200-mile race that (in Minnesota) goes from Winona to the Twin Cities. There’s 12-people on a team and we travel in two vans, each taking a turn running three legs over 35-hours. This year,...
by Carlo Cuesta | Jun 9, 2013 | Branding and Communications
An environmental group that believes land conservation policy should be rooted in the best science available builds a base of supporters that deeply trusts the organization’s point of view. A social service organization that believes volunteers can play a...
by Carlo Cuesta | Feb 22, 2013 | Branding and Communications, Collaboration, Creativity and Innovation
Recently, the Nonprofit Quarterly and the Alliance for Nonprofit Management hosted an online discussion with me (Carlo), Kate Barr of Nonprofits Assistance Fund, Jeanne Bell of CompassPoint Nonprofit Services, Robin Katcher of Management Assistance Group, and our...
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.
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