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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!
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
Creating the Future's February board meeting will happen right here on Monday, Febraury 10th at 1pm ET. Scroll to the bottom of this post to watch it live. To share your ideas, questions, and observations, tweet to the hashtag #CTFuture. For the past several meetings, Creating the Future's board has been focused on the 'backstory" … 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
Between the holidays and year-end stuff, the Faculty Development Team is just now picking up after Meeting #7 way back in early December (the initial Meeting #8 was canceled after 30 minutes or so, as so few people were able to be there). The team's task: Develop a "small bite" introduction to Community Impact Planning … Read more
Our January 2014 board meeting is Monday, January 13 at 1pm ET(NA). To join in the conversation, watch for the video stream to appear at the end of this post. To ask questions, to share observations, to participate as part of our community – tweet to us using the hashtag #CTFuture. For the video describing the … Read more
During its December meeting (for context, see this post summarizing our November meeting, and this post announcing our upcoming January meeting), Creating the Future’s board addressed this question: What will it take for the board – and individual board members – to hold themselves accountable for accomplishing the organization’s mission? The result of that question … Read more
On Tuesday, December 18rd at 3:30pm ET, our Faculty Development team will continue its work, as our first cohort of teachers does the work to develop a FlashClass from scratch. FlashClasses are 20-30 minute recorded webinars, with post-class handouts and Q&A via our Facebook page. Their purpose is an in-depth introduction to a narrowly defined concept. For … Read more
Updating the Bylaws – three words that send shivers to the soul. Leaders of entities that legally require bylaws quickly relegate the task to a committee (with a mix of appreciation and condolences) or to the organization’s attorney. During its November meeting, Creating the Future’s board (along with participating guests Regina Birdsell, Heather Tunis and … Read more
Updating the Bylaws – three words that send shivers to the soul. Leaders of entities that legally require bylaws quickly relegate the task to a committee (with a mix of appreciation and condolences) or to the organization’s attorney. During its November meeting, Creating the Future’s board (along with participating guests Regina Birdsell, Heather Tunis and … Read more