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The Fundraising Nightmare
The fundraising nightmare goes something like this: I pick up my phone and call a friend to ask her if she would like to meet with me. When she asks... "what do you want to meet about?" I get nervous and don't know what to say... I stall trying to come up with the...
How to Succeed When Collaborating
By Carlo M. Cuesta At Creation In Common, we spend much of our time facilitating collaborations with organizational leaders and have learned a great deal from individuals who have mastered the art of teaming with other creative people. Here are a few major take aways:...
Creating Stone Soup
By Anne Jin Soo Preston As Carlo and I have been exploring what makes a successful collaboration, I was reminded of the story of stone soup. I decided to look up the story to refresh my memory and never realized there were so many versions that spanned from not...
It Takes a Village to Make a Great Bloody Mary
By Carlo M. Cuesta The first trip I ever made to Minnesota was in 1980 just before the Winter Olympic Games. My dad was directing a television commercial for Kirin Beer (the official beer of the US Olympic Team... go figure) and they needed a snowy lake to film a...
Attack of the Living Dead Board Member Zombies
By Carlo Cuesta Dear Fellow Undead Board Member: A flesh-eating zombie doesn’t know any better, its does what other zombies do—it eats people. As an undead board member, I don’t know any better either. I listen and react, I approve budgets I know very little...
Dynamic Duos
By Anne Jin Soo Preston Earlier this summer I was listening to a radio segment featuring the accomplishments of famous leaders. The host of the segment specifically noted that even though we knew all about what these famous leaders contributed, often what we didn’t...
What the “Best Kept Secret in Our Community” Really Means
By Carlo Cuesta Recently, I broke a shoelace. I pulled the unbroken lace out of my other shoe and took a quick look at it to estimate its length. The lace looked like it was 16 to 18-inches long. That’s when I stopped myself. I knew my mind had played a trick on me....
Harnessing the Power of Feedback Loops | Wired Magazine | Wired.com
See on Scoop.it - Creativity and Collaboration in the Nonprofit Sector“Technology turns an age-old concept into an exciting new strategy for encouraging better behavior.”Carlo Cuesta's insight:"Used in organizations or communities, they can help groups...
Creating Culture: Promising Practices of Successful Movement Networks – The Nonprofit Quarterly
See on Scoop.it - Creativity and Collaboration in the Nonprofit Sector “Creating Culture: Promising Practices of Successful Movement Networks The Nonprofit Quarterly They can deploy a diverse array of assets and strategies, enabling advocates to amass political power,...
Creativity and Collaboration in the Nonprofit Sector
I have launched a new Scoop.It site curating the topic... Creativity and Collaboration in the Nonprofit Sector. Here you will find recent news, articles, resources and examples of how different communities are innovating in the area of collaboration and...
Foundation Center – Nonprofit Collaboration Resources
See on Scoop.it - Creativity and Collaboration in the Nonprofit Sector Carlo Cuesta's insight: This has some great resources. I particularly like the Grantmakers for Effective Organization's report on Working Better Together - Building Nonprofit Collaborative Capacity...
Recording: Conversation with Hal Cropp about Commonweal Theatre’s Million Dollar Club
If you ever been to Lanesboro, MN then you have more than likely been to the Commonweal Theatre Company. Hailed as one of the nation's best rural theater companies, the Commonweal continuously produces excellent work that is both compelling and entertaining. In this...