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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!
Boards have so much to accomplish during the few hours they are together at their meetings. Whether it is a corporate board, a traditional “nonprofit” board, or the board of a social enterprise, there is the work it takes to aim the organization at accomplishing its mission, and then the work it takes to ensure … Read more
July 1 will mark 6 months of Creating the Future’s experiment with openly inviting participation in all our work – from board meetings to resource development and branding meetings, to conversations with funders and everything in between. Which means it is time to step back and assess: What are we all learning from this effort? … Read more
Wednesday, June 19th at 11am Pacific time (North America), join us for the next episode in our series of conversations with experts and advocates for rethinking how social change is resourced and sustained – specifically as that relates to partnerships between funders/investors and the projects they support. To join in the conversation, watch for the … Read more
Today's meeting of the Faculty Development team is happening right here! The video will appear below when the meeting starts (Friday, June 14th at 1pm Pacific time (NA)). Tweet to participate at the hashtag #CTFuture. See you there! Listen to the Audio Only: or Download the MP3 (To download to your hard drive, right-click {or … Read more
If you've been following the progression of the Faculty Development efforts at Creating the Future, you know that we started by asking high potential questions – what would success look like? From there, we established the pre-conditions for success – what must instructors be and have in order to achieve those outcomes? (For prior posts … Read more
Wednesday, June 12th at 10am Pacific time (North America), join us for the first in our series of conversations with experts and advocates for rethinking how social change is resourced and sustained – specifically as that relates to partnerships between funders/investors and the projects they support. To join in the conversation, watch for the video … Read more
Something profound is keeping socially-minded investors and funders from the impact they sense is possible. In our upcoming Conversation series – starting next Wednesday (details below) – we are going to get past that “something profound,” once and for all. And we are going to start by talking about one of the most mis-used terms … Read more
What does an AWESOME board look like? Join us for our June board meeting, and find out! (For details, skip to the bottom of this post.) And in case you think we are exaggerating, we have proof that Creating the Future's board is AWESOME – the Awesome Without Borders Foundation says so! Last month, we … Read more
Creating the Future continues to make great progress on our strategic initiatives this year. As part of our reporting to the board, here is an overview on how we're moving forward. The written report is here, and a video overview below. If you have any questions about any of our work – or any ideas … Read more
The next meeting of our Faculty Development team will be Friday May 31 at 4pm ET / 1pm PT (North America). Topic is described in full here, along with notes from our previous meeting (and links to past videos). To watch, just stay tuned at this post, and the video will appear (if it's a … Read more