Creating the Future 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
Today we dive into Part 2 of our deconstructing the biggest, hairiest, most complex mission asset Creating the Future has – our immersion education program. (Details about the content of today's session are at this link.) We have several goals for this session. In no particular order… Have a record of exactly what it takes … Read more
Today we will begin deconstructing the biggest, hairiest, most complex mission asset Creating the Future has – our immersion education program. (Details about the content of today’s session are at this link.) We have several goals for this session. In no particular order… Have a record of exactly what it takes to produce the immersion … Read more
Social change advocates talk a lot about engaging conversation, about bringing people together. And yet, attend just one parent-teacher or chamber of commerce meeting where a contentious issue is being addressed, and you’ll know it’s not that easy. Bringing together groups with different opinions may mean only that they have the opportunity to yell at … Read more
Community benefit groups of all kinds – traditional nonprofits and government offices and social enterprises – are all taught the benefits of running social change efforts like a business. But what happens when we throw all that out the window and run those efforts like… hockey? In this month’s 3 minute video, Creating the Future … Read more
So much of our power to create change lies in the questions we ask. Questions can encourage and invite what is possible – or they can shut down conversation in an instant. Questions can bring out the best in everyone in the room, or they can set an entire roomful of people’s teeth on edge. … Read more
Ask people what power they have to change the world, and the answer is almost always, “Me? I’m just one person – and not an important person at that…” At the end of February, a group of those average, ordinary people gathered to learn together about creating change “from the middle.” These were not leaders … Read more
In Creating the Future’s immersion courses, one of the posters that greets participants is the one to the left here – Values as a Verb. Put simply, values are merely empty words if they are not put into action. At its August 2012 board meeting, the board of Creating the Future therefore discussed the talk … Read more
In Creating the Future’s immersion courses, one of the posters that greets participants is the one to the left here – Values as a Verb. Put simply, values are nothing but empty words if they are not put into action. At its August 2012 board meeting, the board of Creating the Future therefore discussed the … Read more
What training do people need if they are going to teach on behalf of Creating the Future? What qualifications / qualities might we seek? Join us today at 3pm Eastern time, as we begin to explore these questions and more. Today's topic: What would educational programs look like if they are amplifying / accelerating a … Read more