Creating the Future's Faculty: Qualities & Proficiencies (Mtg #2: Summary)

As we continue to home in on the qualities and proficiencies that will be required for faculty to teach on behalf of Creating the Future, our discussions become more and more rich. That is not unusual. In our experience, when we talk about qualifications (i.e. indicators of qualities and proficiencies), that discussion is often rooted … Read more

Small Organizations / Big Bang

The popular wisdom is that the groups that create change are those that are large enough to make a real difference, and that significant social change is most often spearheaded by a rare, brilliant leader. But that thinking is misleading and counterproductive, says Geoff Mulgan, chief executive of NESTA, Britain’s National Endowment for Science, Technology … Read more

3 Minutes on… Empowering Your Community

What changes when we see community members as agents for their own change? According to Dan Duncan – a faculty member of the Asset-Based Community Development Institute – everything!   And what can organizations and enterprises do to nourish and nurture the gifts and abilities of community members? In just 3 minutes, Dan shares how … Read more

May 2013 Board Meeting

Our May board meeting will be Monday, May 13 at 1pm ET(NA). To join in the conversation, watch for the video stream to appear at the end of this post. (There will be no video there until the meeting begins – and if it’s 1pm sharp and there’s no video, please wait for it – … Read more

High Potential Listening

One of the most important skills of any changemaker is the ability to listen. But what are we actually listening for? And what should we be doing with what we hear? These are the questions at the heart of Creating the Future’s FlashClass, “High Potential Listening.” After that class is over, this post will be the … Read more

Progress Report: May 2013

If you’ve been following our work so far this year, you know that the sheer volume of what we’ve accomplished is breathtaking. Planning in several key areas, including volunteering/participation/engagement, resource development, program development and branding/messaging. And that was just in the first quarter! Perhaps feeling the breath of that first quarter on its neck, the … Read more