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Join the Disability Hub MN Virtual Insight Panel (VIP)!
What is the Virtual Insight Panel? The Virtual Insight Panel is bringing together a wide-ranging group of Minnesotans who will volunteer to shape and inform communications and programs for people with disabilities. The panel was created and is managed by Disability...
SUPERHERO SPOTLIGHT: EMERGE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
Our clients are doing important, amazing, transformational work! This month, we're highlighting the work of our friends at EMERGE Community Development. What makes the EMERGE team a group of superheroes? EMERGE’s team is passionate about addressing the...
The Takeaway: The Fundraising Job Description for Board Members
At our March 16 webinar, The Board Member Fundraising Orientation, a question was asked regarding expectations and responsibilities of board members in the fundraising process. We shared the following: While each board member brings their own unique...
SUPERHERO SPOTLIGHT: EAST SIDE FREEDOM LIBRARY
We love to highlight the work of our clients! For this month’s Superhero Spotlight we talked to Peter Rachleff of the East Side Freedom Library. He is the co-founder along with Beth Cleary. Here’s what he had to say: What makes their team superheroes? The...
SUPERHERO SPOTLIGHT: THE MINNESOTA BOARD ON AGING
As advisors to superheros, we take great pride in working with our clients and highlighting their amazing work. This superhero spotlight is about the The Minnesota Board on Aging. What makes their team superheroes? The Minnesota Board on Aging, its staff and...
Dracula’s Greatest Fear
What is Dracula's Greatest Fear?... A Community of Stakeholders - Happy Halloween from Creation In Common
A-MUSE Bouche – How do we ask a community what it needs?
How do we ask a community what it needs? By recognizing our individual assumptions and biases as well as letting go of what we think are the answers. We need to bring ourselves and our... Respect for each individual’s experience Recognition of strengths and assets...
A-MUSE Bouche – What Makes a Great Board Member?
What Makes a Great Board Member? One who sees the life of the organization within the life of the community. Great board members seek to answer these questions... What are the needs of the community? Which of these needs is our mission best positioned to address? What...
A-MUSE Bouche – Passion
Can one individual’s passion change the world? Only if you invite others to engage, harmonizing multiple passions into a way forward. Here’s our recipe: Understand your own passion Seek out different insights Forge connections Invite co-ownership Create and lead...
Reflections from #DisruptMN – “Difficult” versus “Complex Problems”
By Carlo Cuesta Before the panel discussion began at the Charities Review Council’s 2015 Philanthropy 2.0: Radical Collaboration event, Judy Alnes, executive director of MAP for Nonprofits, turned to me and said that in 2013 they worked with Daniel Wordsworth...
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:...