Creating the Future's "Socially Distanced"
Board / Community Meeting:
Monday, April 27, 2020
10am - 12pm Pacific time
Topic:
How Are You Doing? And What's Next?
Logistics: The meeting will happen right here at this post. Details are below.
Logistics: The meeting will happen right here at this post. Details are below.
Watch the meeting HERE on Monday
Note: if the meeting does not start on time please be patient as we may be running a few minutes late.
or, After the meeting - LISTEN TO THE MEETING HERE
https://creatingthefuture.org/
or Download the MP3
(To download to your hard drive, right-click {or click and hold on a Mac} on the link above and select "Save Target As".. or "Save Link as"... depending on your browser)
Background:
Well we did have an agenda for this meeting. We were going to continue creating our bylaws, a continuation of our discussions earlier this year.
The world has obviously changed since our last meeting. And so, instead of talking about the bylaws, we will be supporting each other as people, and then supporting the mission of this ecosystem for change - discussing what's next, and charting the course. Even though we are physically distancing from each other, we are feeling closer than ever - to each other, and to our mission.
And because YOU are the reason for all this, we want YOU to be there!
How to Prepare
Read: Why You Aren’t Thinking Clearly: The Brain Science of Fear in Uncertain Times
Review: PDF graphic of the Catalytic Thinking Framework
How to participate
If you have never been part of Creating the Future's work, all our strategy and board meetings are open and participatory, for anyone who wants to be part of the discussion. You can see more about that at this link.
Where we meet:
The board meeting will take place right here at this post. If the video does not appear precisely on time, please be patient – we are probably just running a few minutes late.
There are 3 ways you can participate in our meetings.
- If your familiarity with and commitment to Creating the Future’s work - or your own experience with re-imagining organizational systems - is calling you to be actively involved in the meeting discussion side-by-side at our online “meeting table,” let us know, and we will send you an invitation to join us online.
- If you want to participate but are unable to be in the meeting itself (perhaps you’re at work, or maybe at home with kids running around, etc.), watch the live-stream in real time and tweet your questions and ideas to us via the hashtag #CreatingTheFuture. We read those tweets aloud during the meeting, just as if you were there. This is a great first step for those who are not as familiar with our work, but want to get more involved.
(Please note: We will only see your tweets if you use the #CreatingTheFuture hashtag. In addition, during the meeting, we will not look at blog comments here at this post. While we will check those comments later, during the meeting we will only be following the #CreatingTheFuture hashtag in the Twitter stream.)
- Lastly, if you want to simply watch, or you want to think about what you’re hearing and respond later – or if you will be watching the recording after the meeting happens – please add your thoughts into the comments here at this post. We will include that thinking into the mix of things.
We look forward to your being part of our discussion on Monday, April 27th!
* All Creating the Future's board meetings are open for anyone to participate, or to watch afterwards. To learn more about the thinking behind this openness - and our experiences with being open - click here.