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The North 4 Program at Emerge
A familiar refrain at the start of the pandemic was that COVID was a “great equalizer”; that we were all in the same boat. It quickly became apparent that this was not true — we’re all in the same storm, but not the same boat. And while some of our boats are...
Discovering Our Team’s Strengths – Wilderness Inquiry
https://youtu.be/r5HnWm2zgEQ Episode 5 When Wilderness Inquiry had to do the Pandemic Pivot (discovering new ways to pursue its mission), they went in search of the unique strengths of their team to help them create moments of outdoor discovery in a social distanced...
New Clients: Penland School of Craft and Climate Generation
Located in Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina, the Penland School of Craft is considered to be one of the foremost craft schools in the world. Penland offers one-, two-, and eight-week workshops in bookmaking, paper, clay, drawing, glass, iron, metals,...
Welcome Lindsey and Congrats Bryn
Creation In Common is excited to announce the addition of Lindsey Burdick to our team. Lindsey joins us as our new project associate and will oversee client coordination and scheduling as well as serve as a co-facilitator on specific team projects. Lindsey...
Collaboration Through This Time – Tofte Lake Center & Leslie Parker Dance Project
https://youtu.be/WkpDSg1zPfk Episode #03 In our third installment of Shared Creativity Stories, Leslie Parker of Leslie Parker Dance Project and Liz Engelman of Tofte Lake Center talk about discovering collaboration and coalition building during a time of great change...
Communication & Transparency – Commonweal Theatre Company
https://youtu.be/t_ucDFNcrKI Shared Creativity Stories #02 In our second installment of Shared Creativity Stories, Hal Cropp, Executive Director of Commonweal Theatre Company, speaks to the importance of communication and transparency with all of their stakeholders....
Strengthening Community – Pangea World Theater
This is the first installment of a video series we are launching called Shared Creativity Stories. https://youtu.be/UWhkT_l-7uk Shared Creativity Stories - #01 "There is no mystery in how to create community" says Pangea World Theater's artistic director Dipankar...
Workshop Recording: Adaptive Strategy Map – April 21, 2020
The Adaptive Strategy Map is part of our Moving Beyond This Crisis series. Go here to view more resources and download the map packet. On April 21, twenty nonprofit leaders joined us online to learn more about the Adaptive Strategy Map crafted by Creation In Common....
Recovery Is About the Commitments We Make Together
This is the fourth post in our series Moving Beyond This Crisis. Go here to read about the Adaptive Strategy Map. By Carlo M. Cuesta When we experience scarcity we begin to tunnel— hunker down and get hyper focused on how to solve the immediate problem before us. This...
Adaptive Strategy Map – A Tool to Help Nonprofits Move Beyond This Crisis
Go here to download our free Adaptive Strategy Map packet. On April 21 and 23, we are offering a webinar on how to make use of the map. Please go here for more information. Through our connections with nonprofit leaders across the country, we recognize how hard it is...
Now is the Becoming
This is the second post in our series Moving Beyond This Crisis. Go here to read the first -- Hope Is At Our Front Door. By Carlo M. Cuesta Meena Natarajan and Dipankar Mukhergee, who lead Pangea World Theater, embraced the moment and consciously took a pause....
Hope Is At Our Front Door
This post is part of our Moving Beyond the Crisis series. By Carlo M. Cuesta In the middle of the night my cousin Michele posted on Facebook how she was having another sleepless night. Out of the darkness came a soft and kind reply from our friend, Donna, who we both...