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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...
Shared Creativity Manifesto – 2014
I. When our consciousness enters, space is permanently altered. This happens when an actor crosses the stage, the writer puts pen to paper, or the composer strikes a cord. This also happens when the scientist makes a connection, the businessperson observes a...
Webinar Recording: Engaging Your Board in the Fundraising Effort
This webinar was originally broadcast on November 19, 2013. In it, we cover an approach to board fundraising training that identifies three basic steps organization's can take. Here is the webinars full description: Key to diversifying your organization’s base of...
Find the Guardian Angel on Your Board
When searching for a high school for my daughter, my wife and I found a small charter school that we thought she would thrive in. Bella has some particular needs and we felt that the intimate, one-on-one environment would be a great fit. We quickly discovered that she...
Carlo’s Not-So-Secret Formula for Nonprofit Messaging
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, this is the essence of...
What Coughing Up a Lung Taught Me About Authentic Engagement
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, my first leg...
Webinar Recording: Helping Your Board Tell Your Story
This recording of our recent webinar, Helping Your Board Tell Your Story, focuses on techniques to help nonprofit boards discover their own unique voice to express the work their organization is doing. In addition, the webinar covers... The most effective structure...