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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!
As we continue to home in on the qualities and proficiencies that will be required for faculty to teach on behalf of Creating the Future, our discussions become more and more rich. That is not unusual. In our experience, when we talk about qualifications (i.e. indicators of qualities and proficiencies), that discussion is often rooted … Read more
Today's branding and messaging session promises to be entertaining, informative and hopefully will push us through to SUCCESS in finding our words! (And if you're reading this after the meeting is over, you can watch the video below!) Join us right here at 1pm PT / 4pm ET and please add your thoughts / comments … Read more
Walking to work this morning, I passed a house that had replaced a window with glass bricks. That certainly provides for lots of security, and light does come through, but not much else. That started me thinking about the whole question of transparency in organizations. What comes through and what doesn’t? What is the difference … Read more
The popular wisdom is that the groups that create change are those that are large enough to make a real difference, and that significant social change is most often spearheaded by a rare, brilliant leader. But that thinking is misleading and counterproductive, says Geoff Mulgan, chief executive of NESTA, Britain’s National Endowment for Science, Technology … Read more
What changes when we see community members as agents for their own change? According to Dan Duncan – a faculty member of the Asset-Based Community Development Institute – everything! And what can organizations and enterprises do to nourish and nurture the gifts and abilities of community members? In just 3 minutes, Dan shares how … Read more
The quality of life in our communities is hugely affected by the work of many, many small groups of people who give their time to make something better. Over time, they attract community resources – volunteers, donations, gifts in kind, free use of community space. Sometimes it’s easy to forget that the goal of our … Read more
We are hereby giving ourselves permission to write some really bad taglines for Creating the Future! So mark your calendars for Tuesday, May 28 at 1pm Pacific time (NA) to help us come up with some zingers! Why "bad taglines"? To open up our creativity, to allow the GOOD taglines to surface without feeling forced. … Read more
Our May board meeting will be Monday, May 13 at 1pm ET(NA). To join in the conversation, watch for the video stream to appear at the end of this post. (There will be no video there until the meeting begins – and if it’s 1pm sharp and there’s no video, please wait for it – … Read more
One of the most important skills of any changemaker is the ability to listen. But what are we actually listening for? And what should we be doing with what we hear? These are the questions at the heart of Creating the Future’s FlashClass, “High Potential Listening.” After that class is over, this post will be the … Read more
If you’ve been following our work so far this year, you know that the sheer volume of what we’ve accomplished is breathtaking. Planning in several key areas, including volunteering/participation/engagement, resource development, program development and branding/messaging. And that was just in the first quarter! Perhaps feeling the breath of that first quarter on its neck, the … Read more