Hildy Gottlieb In preparation for this Monday's upcoming board meeting, there are two reports to help bring everyone to the same page. The first is a summary of this year of considering the board's legal obligations – a year of foundational conversations that will have impact on how this organization does its work from this point forward. … Read more
Since our early exploratory meetings, both the Pennsylvania Association of Nonprofit Organizations and Creating the Future staff have been clear about our mutual goals for the joint conference we are planning for April of this year. We have seen the conference as one among many first steps towards the goal of accelerating and supporting a … Read more
The next planning meeting for the joint PANO / Creating the Future Conference will happen right here on Tuesday, Febraury 11 at 1pm ET. Scroll to the bottom of this post to watch it live. To participate, tweet to the hashtag #CTFuture. During the last meeting of the Conference Planning Team, we talked about the … Read more
What would capacity building look like if it aimed at biulding capacity for strong communities vs. strong organizations? During two days of meetings last August in rural western Pennsylvania, that was the question facing staff and board members from several organizations invoved in variuos aspects of capacity building. The meeting was hosted by the Westmoreland County … Read more
Our October board meeting will be Monday, October 14 at 1pm ET(NA) right here. To join in the conversation, watch for the video stream to appear at the end of this post. (There will be no video there until the meeting begins. If it's 1pm or a few minutes after, and there is no video, … Read more
The word “abundance” is so overused in modern life that simply saying that word can split a room into factions – those who sense that there is an abundance of resources all around us, and those who call BS, seeing “abundance” as just so much snake oil. In truth, there are indeed abundant resources all … 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
At a meeting last week (get the context and watch here), the 3 people who will be presenting at the BoardSource conference on behalf of Creating the Future – Gayle, Nancy and me – got together to assemble the content of our session on Radical Accountability. The purpose was not just to have an outline … Read more
Close your eyes and picture a “movement” for creating a better world. What do you see? It is likely the image you conjured is one of people making something happen. Perhaps you envisioned the 1963 Civil Rights March on Washington or the individual protests that came before and after that single event. Or perhaps you … Read more
What would it make possible if every community around the world had infrastructure dedicated to ensuring the best possible quality of life for everyone? That question has been on our minds a lot lately, as we have thought about what it will take to accomplish Creating the Future’s mission in the 10 years we have … Read more