This is excerpt from an online training we conducted that provides a simple approach for how organizations can identify and define their multiple stakeholders.

During Creation In Common’s earliest days, we contracted Julie Sand to help with a big statewide survey of arts organizations for the Jerome Foundation. We were impressed with her energy, breadth of experience, and her organizational skills. After that, Julie consulted with us for several years, helping with financials and pitching in wherever she was […]

Although “arts and crafts” are often lumped together, they are actually distinct forms of creativity with their own approaches and philosophies, but they can still be hard to define. Now celebrating its 25th year, Center for Craft in Asheville, NC often fields questions about how to define “craft.” The Center is a national 501c3 organization that […]

Strategic facilitation is one of Creation In Common’s greatest strengths. We have become very adept at helping people collaborate, connect their ideas, and identify and articulate really tough questions. And then we help them find a way to tackle those questions.  Throughout our strategic planning process with clients, we make three promises. These promises help […]

As Creation In Common celebrates our 20th anniversary this year, we look back to the very beginning, when three theater makers — Dana Gillespie, Carlo Cuesta, and Padraic Lillis — came together to find our moonshot: our big idea to make a difference in the world.  PADRAIC:  I met Carlo while working at the Berkshire Theatre […]