LIBRARY RESOURCES & BLOG
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!
What is Creating the Future? And what language will answer that question with both the essence of who we are AND the power of that essence? Last month, two very wise souls – Dave Svet and Zach Braiker – spent a combined 3 hours asking insightful and probing questions, setting us on the path to … Read more
Our February board meeting will be Monday, February 11 at 1pm ET(NA). There are two items on the agenda that will significantly move this effort forward: • Review of our Resource Development Plan • Board Orientation: Incorporating “orientation” into the board’s ongoing discussions You will find more about both those items in the agenda materials … Read more
Last month, in 3 online discussions (complete videos of Meeting #1, Meeting #2 and Meeting #3) and several informal conversations, we developed the resource development plan for stabilizing and enhancing Creating the Future’s current efforts. This short video shares highlights from that plan, within the context of the mission we intend to accomplish. Looking forward … Read more
What changes when we stop “using and utilizing volunteers?” Nothing less than greater participation from the whole community, towards actually accomplishing your mission – according to volunteerism consultant, university instructor and former Volunteer Center CEO Lisa Humenik. This one simple change can lead to greater effectiveness for social change groups, and more engagement and fulfillment … Read more
I am at a Young Adults and Libraries Summit, listening to the final speaker challenge the audience with this question: “Why do libraries need teens?” Not, “Why do teens need libraries?” – the question I thought I wanted to ask – and to learn answers to. But the reverse… “Why do teens need libraries?” I … Read more
This Monday’s board meeting will be our first toe-in-the-water of streaming our board meetings live AND inviting your participation via Twitter. (Yes, we’ve been streaming other meetings for the past two weeks, beta testing the life out of this way of working. But this is a first for our board meetings – a whole … Read more
Earlier this month, we joined together with colleagues who care about the potential of volunteerism to create the world we want – moving beyond the concept of “volunteering” to a more impactful concept of “participation.” In addition to Hildy and Dimitri from Creating the Future, the folks in the video include Lisa Humenik (20+ year … Read more
Today at 1pm Mountain time US (3pm ET) we will be live streaming the continuation of our Resource Development planning (for the first two meetings for context, here is Session #1 and here is Session #2). Creating the Future takes an asset-based approach to resource development (described here). Today we will wrap up (hopefully) … Read more
“Enjoy serendipity, discovery, emergent social learning, into a never ending journey towards understanding complexity. Make the emergent learning and spiralling of discoveries a social purpose, a learning to learn process, a metacognition…” * Being part of Creating the Future is always an adventure. As a living laboratory, our work is about pushing boundaries and exploring … Read more
Today at 1pm Mountain time US (3pm ET) we will be live streaming the continuation of our Resource Development planning (for the first meeting, link here for context). Creating the Future takes an asset-based approach to resource development (described here). Today we will focus on our framework for Community Impact Planning as an asset … Read more