What is the most meaningful and memorable “thank you” you’ve ever received? We posed this question to a group of experts who work with all types of community organizations, and we received some very inspiring responses! As we read those stories, a clear pattern emerged: Whether the thank you was in response to a … Read more
You have written proposals for your program. You are confident you will find the funding you need. But for now, you are waiting. Or perhaps you are waiting on the results of your big annual event, the cash from which will carry your organization for many months. The longer you wait, the louder you hear … Read more
If Creating the Future is able to have its team members attend and present at conferences, what will that make possible – and for whom? That was the opening question earlier this week, as a team met to craft the strategy for our 4th crowdfunding campaign with StartSomeGood.com. The answers to that and other questions … Read more
On Wednesday, September 25th at 1pm PT, we’ll be meeting to craft our 4th Crowdfunding Campaign. The video of that session will appear at the bottom of this post at the time of the meeting. To participate, tweet to #CTFuture. Creating the Future is about to embark on its 4th crowd-funding campaign at StartSomeGood.com. And … Read more
Social investing: One of the most important parts of the puzzle for creating a world that works for everyone. What if that’s not true? In fact, what if it is not only not true – what if the current state of social investment is actually part of the problem? What if the way we resource … Read more
For social change efforts to sustain and succeed, changemakers must move beyond frustration and fear about resources, to more practical approaches for creating abundance and joy. This Tuesday, March 26, Creating the Future will host a Flash Class webinar, “Moving from Frustration to Abundance.” And after the class is over, this post will be the … Read more
Last month, in 3 online discussions (complete videos of Meeting #1, Meeting #2 and Meeting #3) and several informal conversations, we developed the resource development plan for stabilizing and enhancing Creating the Future’s current efforts. This short video shares highlights from that plan, within the context of the mission we intend to accomplish. Looking forward … Read more
Today at 1pm Mountain time US (3pm ET) we will be live streaming the continuation of our Resource Development planning (for the first two meetings for context, here is Session #1 and here is Session #2). Creating the Future takes an asset-based approach to resource development (described here). Today we will wrap up (hopefully) … Read more
Today at 1pm Mountain time US (3pm ET) we will be live streaming the continuation of our Resource Development planning (for the first meeting, link here for context). Creating the Future takes an asset-based approach to resource development (described here). Today we will focus on our framework for Community Impact Planning as an asset … Read more
Last week, Creating the Future began its first Asset-Based Resource Development plan. As we begin developing new programs, we are soon going to be engaging in Asset-Based Program Development as well. Because all this planning is being done live online, and because folks will be able to follow along (and learn from) that planning at … Read more