by Carlo Cuesta | May 17, 2011 | Board Engagement, Collaboration, Creativity and Innovation, Great Nonprofit Examples, Resource Development
[The following is an excerpt from a keynote I gave to the Southern Minnesota Nonprofit Summit.] Fifteen years ago this week was when I arrived in Minnesota to become the Executive Director of The Playwrights’ Center. My wife and I were newly married. We drove 900...
by Carlo Cuesta | Jan 4, 2011 | Branding and Communications, Creativity and Innovation, Nonprofit Social Media, Uncategorized
An article in the December issue of Twin Cities Business Monthly captures a wonderful case study on the branding work Creation In Common did for CaringBridge. CaringBridge is a nonprofit providing free websites that connect people experiencing a significant health...
by Carlo Cuesta | Jul 26, 2009 | Collaboration, Creativity and Innovation
Call to Action Commit 72 minutes per day to innovate and create a new future for your nonprofit organization. 72 minutes away from putting out fires and reacting to the economy; 72 minutes from the daily grind; 72 minutes focused on challenging assumptions and...
by Carlo Cuesta | Jul 20, 2009 | Board Engagement, Collaboration, Resource Development
This post is part three of a three-part series on board/staff collaboration. Go here to read part one and here to read part two. “What we got here is a failure to communicate” said the Board President slightly chuckling at his own joke. “Actually, what we have is a...
by Carlo Cuesta | Jul 2, 2009 | Board Engagement, Collaboration
This post is part two of a three-part series on board/staff collaboration. Go here to read part one. “We’ve already tried that, it didn’t work.” The board member smiled back at the organization’s marketing director and thought: “you may have tried it, but did you do...
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