Creating the Future Friday (tomorrow), February 22 at 4pm Eastern time we will be live streaming the continuation of our Branding / Messaging work. (For context, a summary of the first two meetings and the thinking that arose from them is at this link.) You will be able to watch that live-streamed discussion right here. (The video will … Read more
Our February board meeting will be Monday, February 11 at 1pm ET(NA). There are two items on the agenda that will significantly move this effort forward: • Review of our Resource Development Plan • Board Orientation: Incorporating “orientation” into the board’s ongoing discussions You will find more about both those items in the agenda materials … 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
What changes when we stop “using and utilizing volunteers?” Nothing less than greater participation from the whole community, towards actually accomplishing your mission – according to volunteerism consultant, university instructor and former Volunteer Center CEO Lisa Humenik. This one simple change can lead to greater effectiveness for social change groups, and more engagement and fulfillment … 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
“Enjoy serendipity, discovery, emergent social learning, into a never ending journey towards understanding complexity. Make the emergent learning and spiralling of discoveries a social purpose, a learning to learn process, a metacognition…” * Being part of Creating the Future is always an adventure. As a living laboratory, our work is about pushing boundaries and exploring … 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
If we want to see communities where people are fully engaged, participating in their own lives and their own futures, what would it look like if that was modeled everywhere – starting with our own organization? This is a question that has been in the making at Creating the Future since the initial decision, before … Read more
The following is a reprint from a post by Hildy, originally penned back in 2003. It remains one of the most reprinted posts in the whole Creating the Future library. And it feels especially important to re-share now, as we approach the madness that is year-end. The Sound a Thank You Makes It was a crazy … Read more