People Say Nice Things

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For our third annual fundraising event—The Art of Story—it was imperative to create a memorable, professional, and engaging event that also raises money. The best part of the whole experience for me was working with someone who said yes, annnnd... to all my crazy ideas rather than telling me how/ why/ what won't work. It was super fun to imagine possibilities and then create a real plan of action.

Multiple people told me it was the best fundraising event they had ever been to. That’s why we raised more than twice as much as we did the previous year!

The combination of super creative out-of-the-box thinking coupled with solid, effective, and timely planning skills is quite rare. Seth has the unexpected ability to be in outer space and fully grounded in reality at the same time.

I was disappointed when the event was over because the planning process was that fun. Seriously.

/  Catherine Gobron, Co-founder and Executive Director, Lighthouse  /

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Over the past six years, Cofab has been awash in a roiling mix of stressful work, life changes, side projects, and ongoing efforts to formalize our business. We brought Seth in to guide our journey into the undefined wilderness of company ethos, mission, and overall foundation. 

Through conversational, visual, and reflective techniques we captured key data and organized it in a plethora of ways. Seth is always listening, thinking, and adjusting the process.

We covered and captured more ground in one Retreat with Seth than we had in six years of previous attempts.

This is a unique way of eliciting, analyzing, and synthesizing information across the emotional-practical spectrum. Seth's process is based in play from which emerges a constant stream of usable insights. We were able to look at our past, present, and future(s) and answer the tough questions (Why? What? How?). 

Understanding our business and selves is fractal. Seth held the looking glass, increasing the resolution to see many more layers. We realize the foundation we need to shore up day-to-day operations and create the culture we want to see in our ecosystem. 

/  Mike stone, cofab design, designing & making PHYSICAL products that signify change  /

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Our small independent high school needed to personalize Scholar Dollars, our annual fundraiser. Circumstances made it so we had two weeks to find the perfect host.

What alumnus would be available? Who could generate goodwill and ultimately higher bidding? Who could create a meaningful experience while communicating the impact of each donation?

The light bulb went off when I thought of Seth! I knew we had a winning solution. He 'gets it' and understands our mission deeply.

Seth urged us to adopt a new strategy for The Fund-a-Scholar auction, the most important part of the event. It worked! We raised over $28k, a 7% increase from last year and the second highest performance ever.

Our net profit increased 3% from the prior year; the third highest performance in the entire history of our event! He was a dream to work with and went above and beyond anything I imagined for our emcee!

/  robin lansinger, director of development, school one  /

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If the [Nuts and Bolts] workshop were mandatory for every BFA and MFA student, it would change the arts landscape in America.

More and more artists are discovering how to bring an entrepreneurial approach to a career in the arts, which is essential in today’s economy, but many of them would have made better choices earlier in their careers if they had been exposed to Seth’s workshop while in school.

/  Blair Benjamin, Director, Assets for Artists, MASS MoCA  /