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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!
It’s time for another strategic plan – yay! Wait, that wasn’t your reaction? Is it because you didn’t enjoy your last planning sessions? Or because that last plan didn’t really make a difference? If you are frustrated by the lack of significant results from your prior plans, and you’re not looking forward to your group’s … Read more
At our most recent board meeting for Creating the Future, we took time to deeply explore the role financial management, reporting, and leadership should play in the organization. As a demonstration project exploring what could be possible for all boards, we spend a fair amount of time engaged in a process talking about process. I personally … Read more
To skip directly to the meeting, head to the bottom of this post. The meeting will appear there at 1pm PT on May 14th. If we're a few minutes late, please be patient – like all meetings everywhere, some start late. To participate, tweet to the hashtag #CTFuture. See you there! How can we find … Read more
What roles, structures and functions are the backbone of support for online communities that are thriving – where people feel safe to explore and learn together, and to just be themselves with one another? In our first meeting on this topic, we described what “thriving” would look like in online communities. And in our second … Read more
Creating the Future's board meeting will happen right here on Monday, May 12th at 1pm EDT. Scroll to the bottom of this post to watch it live. To share your ideas, questions, and observations, tweet to the hashtag #CTFuture. Arms wide open, welcoming you to the May 2014 board meeting of Creating the Future. It’s my … Read more
The first-ever Creating the Future conference – a fully co-created effort with the Pennsylvania Association of Nonprofit Orgs (PANO) – is happening this Monday and Tuesday. And with the theme of The Power of We, YOU will be a big part of this event, wherever you are! Live-streaming of the Plenary Sessions (right here!) Follow the … Read more
In Hildy's report to the board for the April meeting, she shared a five-year perspective since our first immersion course in April 2009. For those who prefer the Cliff Notes version of just the past year, please enjoy 2013's top accomplishments. And please click here to see how you would like to participate in this work … Read more
How does one measure the success of a conference? Typically this question is answered poorly, if at all – using "smile sheets" that ask questions such as, "Would you recommend this conference to a friend?" Which all assumes that the reason for having a conference is to have a conference – an end unto itself. … Read more
Creating the Future's board meeting will happen right here on Monday, April 14th at 1pm EDT. Scroll to the bottom of this post to watch it live. To share your ideas, questions, and observations, tweet to the hashtag #CTFuture. Board Packet Materials: • Agenda • Agenda video • Board Report: Video This month Creating the … Read more
We hear a lot these days about “engaging the community,” whether that community is online or in our real life neighborhood. Often “engagement” is seen as a form of marketing – yet another way to get others to do what we want them to do. That is not what this post is about. This post … Read more