Hildy Gottlieb How can the questions we ask in our day-to-day work significantly enhance the quality of life in our communities? Last month, I was honored to speak at the prestigious City Club of Portland, to share what we have learned at Creating the Future about what really creates social change. And when I say it was … Read more
This post is part of an ongoing series as we develop a web strategy with the intent to blow up our website and start over. For other posts in this category, click here. Our second web strategy meeting included “aha” after “aha.” It’s hard to believe that a web strategy meeting could be dubbed “inspiring,” … Read more
LISTEN TO THE BROADCAST HERE or Download the MP3 (To download to your hard drive, right-click {or click and hold on a Mac} on the link above and select “Save Target As”.. or “Save Link as”… depending on your browser) (To download to your hard drive, right-click {or click and hold on a Mac} on … Read more
On February 4th, Creating the Future held its first strategy meeting, to begin the process of blowing up our website and starting over. Because the point of our website will be to accomplish Creating the Future’s mission, we began by sharing this video about just that – what it will take to accomplish our mission … Read more
This post is part of an ongoing series inviting social change funders and investors to recreate how social change is resourced, to align the values of their means with their intended ends. To read about this effort from its inception, head here. For all posts related to rethinking philanthropy in general, click the category link here. … Read more
Creating the Future’s tagline is simple and powerful: Change the Questions, Change the World! Which of course then begs the question, “What are those questions?” The answers lie in our brand new white paper, Change the Questions, Change the World: Creating the Future’s Theory of Everything. Download it Now When you download the paper, you’ll find it is actually … Read more
What does #GivingTuesday make possible? And what if that potential is far more than just money? That is a question that Debra Askanase asked a year ago, as she pondered, “Where is the community in GivingTuesday?” This is not surprising if you know Debra, as her website is called Community 2.0, and all her work … Read more
This is Part 2 in a series inviting social change funders and investors to participate in a demonstration project, to recreate how social change is resourced, to align the values of means with their intended ends. To read this series from the introduction to the project, head here. “Are you guys crazy?” That’s the question … Read more
Out with the old logo, in with the new! After a year of finding our voice and our message (which you'll find here), it is time to turn those words into images and graphics. And YES – that means a new logo, and a new overall “look and feel” for everything from a new website (finally!), … Read more
What would social change funding look and feel like if it 100% reflected the world it aimed to create? That is the question at the heart of several demonstration projects for which Creating the Future is seeking courageous and curious partners. This post will be the first in a series, describing the projects, the intent, … Read more