Hildy Gottlieb What qualifications do we want people have, to teach classes on behalf of Creating the Future? That question, in any other realm, might begin a conversation that brainstorms qualifications. People might suggest bringing in a faculty development expert. Others might begin suggesting one-on-one mentorships or online classes or other formats for instruction. The question would … Read more
Way back in the late 90’s, I was part of a thriving online community that felt like home to those of us who “lived” there. Then, after almost a decade, without consulting any of the community members, the organization that housed that community changed some critical parameters. And within a year, a community that had … Read more
What is Creating the Future? And what language will answer that question with both the essence of who we are AND the power of that essence? Last month, two very wise souls – Dave Svet and Zach Braiker – spent a combined 3 hours asking insightful and probing questions, setting us on the path to … Read more
This Monday’s board meeting will be our first toe-in-the-water of streaming our board meetings live AND inviting your participation via Twitter. (Yes, we’ve been streaming other meetings for the past two weeks, beta testing the life out of this way of working. But this is a first for our board meetings – a whole … Read more
Earlier this month, we joined together with colleagues who care about the potential of volunteerism to create the world we want – moving beyond the concept of “volunteering” to a more impactful concept of “participation.” In addition to Hildy and Dimitri from Creating the Future, the folks in the video include Lisa Humenik (20+ year … Read more
The planning framework we use at Creating the Future turns most other planning frameworks inside out. Instead of beginning with today and moving forward to create goals (planning in reactive mode, responding to today’s issues), we instead begin at the future we want, tethering our plans to that future, and reverse engineering back to today. … Read more
Earlier this week, we attempted to begin Creating the Future’s plan for resource development – doing so live online, as we’ve begun doing with all our planning. Unfortunately, our planning session quickly became a learning opportunity about the technology of the broadcast, as we learned from someone who had been trying to participate that the … Read more
Today at 10am Mountain time US (12 noon ET) we will be live streaming our first meeting with Zach Braiker of Refine and Focus, to begin figuring out how to talk about Creating the Future. You will be able to watch that live-streamed discussion right here! (The video will appear as if by magic when … Read more
Today at 2:30 Mountain time US (4:30 ET) we will be live streaming our first meeting with Dave Svet of Spur Communications, to begin figuring out how to talk about Creating the Future. You will be able to watch that live-streamed discussion right here! (The video will appear as if by magic when the meeting … Read more
Two years ago, as one of Creating the Future’s first efforts at doing anything at all as an organization, we attempted a year-end appeal. Long time friends may recall that we shut down that appeal moments before “the biggest giving days of the year.” * We shut it down because it didn’t feel right. As a … Read more