Planning Together: Capacity Building Conference (Meeting Feb 27)

Many questions have arisen about the demonstration project Creating the Future has embarked upon with the Pennsylvania Association of Nonprofit Organizations (PANO). In preparation for our next meeting (Thursday February 27th from 1pm-3pm ET – watch it below), we thought we would catch folks up on what we have been doing, and what we’re learning … Read more

Budgeting for the Joint PANO / Creating the Future Conference (Feb 19 2014 Meeting)

The next planning meeting for the joint PANO / Creating the Future Conference will happen right here on Wednesday, Febraury 19 at 1pm ET. Scroll to the bottom of this post to watch it live. To participate, tweet to the hashtag #CTFuture. During this session we will continue yesterday's budget discussion for the joint conference, … Read more

Conference in the Making: PANO / Creating the Future Conference Planning Continues

The next planning meeting for the joint PANO / Creating the Future Conference will happen right here on Tuesday, Febraury 18 at 1pm ET. Scroll to the bottom of this post to watch it live. To participate, tweet to the hashtag #CTFuture. During this session we will be discussing the budget for the joint conference … Read more

Expectations of Board Members

During its December meeting (for context, see this post summarizing our November meeting, and this post announcing our upcoming January meeting), Creating the Future’s board addressed this question: What will it take for the board – and individual board members – to hold themselves accountable for accomplishing the organization’s mission? The result of that question … Read more

Faculty Development in Practice: Developing a FlashClass (Meeting #8)

On Tuesday, December 18rd at 3:30pm ET, our Faculty Development team will continue its work, as our first cohort of teachers does the work to develop a FlashClass from scratch.  FlashClasses are 20-30 minute recorded webinars, with post-class handouts and Q&A via our Facebook page. Their purpose is an in-depth introduction to a narrowly defined concept. For … Read more