by Carlo Cuesta | Nov 18, 2009 | Board Engagement, Resource Development
[This posting appeared as an article in the Fall 2009 edition of Guild Notes, the quarterly newsletter published by The National Guild of Community Schools of the Arts] “We’re not a fundraising board.” If I had a nickel every time board members have said this to me, I...
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 | Jun 30, 2009 | Board Engagement, Branding and Communications, Collaboration
The following is part one of a three-part series on board/staff collaboration. Identities have been concealed to protect the innocent. “I don’t understand what we do?” The question hung in the air. The executive director, just three months on the job, did not know...
by Carlo Cuesta | Jun 24, 2009 | Branding and Communications, Resource Development
I am heading off to the Dallas/Fort Worth Association of Fundraising Professionals Annual Conference today. On Friday, I will be giving a workshop on Framing the Ask: A Storytelling Approach to Individual Donor Fundraising. Instead of handing out pens with the...
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