LIBRARY RESOURCES & BLOG
This area is filled with how-to articles, engaging conversations, and tons of examples of Catalytic Thinking in Action including actual planning sessions. Much to explore and learn from!

Creating a Website from Scratch – Part 3

To read a complete transcript of the rich discussions that happened during this meeting, click here. Background Overall background for our web strategy is here. The video of Meeting #2 is here. You’ll find a summary of Meeting #1 here. The video of Meeting #1 is here. Strategy Process Our web strategy process will use … Read more

Board Meeting – March 2015

LISTEN TO THE MEETING 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)   At its February board meeting last month, Creating the Future’s board discussed their priorities for … Read more

Developing the board's "work plan" for 2015

We’re getting ready for the February meeting of Creating the Future’s board of directors on Monday, February 9th at 10:00 am Pacific Time. You’ll be able to watch our board meeting live at this post. Before describing the guts of the meeting, let us offer a bit of context.  Like many boards of community benefit … Read more

IssueLab

We have found a treasure trove of free online research, and we just had to share! Research about hunger and transportation. And about economic development and the environment. And pretty much any area of focus that has to do with changing the world! IssueLab is an online resource with over 16,000 articles available – for free, … Read more

Creating the Future's Mission is YOUR Mission: The Invitation

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 to this post at our Philanthropy blog.  For all posts related to rethinking philanthropy … Read more

Rethinking Philanthropy: The Project as it is Evolving

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 Theory of Change

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