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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!
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
There is so much going on this month at Creating the Future that it is hard to choose which of several important issues the board should discuss in its limited time together at next week’s meeting. Unlike most boards, though, it is not just our board that will be participating in this meeting. You will … Read more
On April 4th, the Faculty Development team gathered to begin drilling down. If one of the primary goals is that our education programs “link the spiritual to the practical, giving people ways to act upon their values, to BE “care and love” right now, and to help others be that as well,” then what qualities … Read more
Imagine if your board members were more deeply engaged in your organization’s work had all the information they needed AND read it / understood it each month had critical documents such as bylaws at their fingertips (without having to haul around a 3-inch-thick policy binder). knew each other as people (rather than as “Bob – … Read more
Social investing: One of the most important parts of the puzzle for creating a world that works for everyone. What if that’s not true? In fact, what if it is not only not true – what if the current state of social investment is actually part of the problem? What if the way we resource … Read more
For the very first time in their history, BoardSource is opening their 2013 conference to speakers outside their own realm. Which means that pretty much everyone remotely related to boards and governance is spending this week writing a proposal to present at the BoardSource conference – including us! Several of Creating the Future’s governance geeks … Read more