It’s time to start over

Current e-Journal – (opens in new tab) September 8, 2026 September is a time for starting over  In this week’s Systems Change Newsletter… Invitations and Announcements   Catalytic Thinking Exercise: September: Time to start over Resources to Further Your Practice Invitations & Announcements: Re-imagining Program Evaluation What if we could reinvent program evaluation to provide not … Read more

Holding friends accountable for REST

Current e-Journal – (opens in new tab) August 18, 2026 Holding friends accountable for REST  In this week’s Systems Change Newsletter… Invitations and Announcements   Catalytic Thinking Exercise: Holding friends accountable for REST Resources to Further Your Practice Invitations & Announcements: Evaluation for NON-evaluators (and yes, for evaluators, too) What if your community members were the … Read more

Creating Spaces for Connection

Current e-Journal – (opens in new tab) August 04, 2026 Are your programs creating spaces for connection?  In this week’s Systems Change Newsletter… Invitations and Announcements   Catalytic Thinking Exercise: Creating Spaces for Connection Resources to Further Your Practice Invitations & Announcements: Evaluation for NON-evaluators (and yes, for evaluators, too) What if your community members were … Read more

Accountability for Outcomes (Part 2)

Current e-Journal – (opens in new tab) July 21, 2026 Who is keeping your organization accountable for outcomes?  In this week’s Systems Change Newsletter… Invitations and Announcements   Catalytic Thinking Exercise: Who is keeping your organization accountable for outcomes? Resources to Further Your Practice Invitations & Announcements: Program Evaluation: Equitable, Participatory, and Community-based What if your … Read more

Measuring the Outcomes that Matter (Part 1)

Current e-Journal – (opens in new tab) July 14, 2026 Measuring REAL outcomes  In this week’s Systems Change Newsletter… Invitations and Announcements   Catalytic Thinking Exercise: Measuring real outcomes is NOT impossible Resources to Further Your Practice Invitations & Announcements: Equitable, Participatory, Community-based Program Evaluation What if your community members were the ones evaluating your programs? … Read more

Burnout vs Resilience

Current e-Journal – (opens in new tab) July 07, 2026 Burnout vs. Resilience  In this week’s Systems Change Newsletter… Invitations and Announcements   Catalytic Thinking Exercise: Burnout vs. Resilience Resources to Further Your Practice Invitations & Announcements: Opening the doors on program evaluation What does it look like to include your community when evaluating your programs? … Read more

Questions that Bridge Divides

Current e-Journal – (opens in new tab) June 23, 2026 Can questions help bridge divides?  In this week’s Systems Change Newsletter… Invitations and Announcements   Catalytic Thinking Exercise: Questions that Bridge Divides Resources to Further Your Practice Invitations & Announcements: US Nonprofits: Proposed Federal Funding Changes The Trump administration is proposing changes that will require all … Read more

REAL story of your budget

Current e-Journal – (opens in new tab) June 9, 2026 The REAL story of your budget  In this week’s Systems Change Newsletter… Invitations and Announcements   Catalytic Thinking Exercise: Budgeting from a Place of Strength Resources to Further Your Practice Invitations & Announcements: Setting Salaries via Catalytic Thinking What does it look like to use Catalytic … Read more

Yes, you ARE doing enough

Current e-Journal – (opens in new tab) June 2, 2026 Yes, you ARE doing enough  In this week’s Systems Change Newsletter… Invitations and Announcements   Catalytic Thinking Exercise: Yes, you ARE doing enough Resources to Further Your Practice Invitations & Announcements: Setting Salaries At next week’s Integrity Body meeting (aka our board meeting), we will apply … Read more

What if it’s NOT a pipe dream?

Current e-Journal – (opens in new tab) May 19, 2026 What if it’s NOT a pipe dream?  In this week’s Systems Change Newsletter… Invitations and Announcements   Catalytic Thinking Exercise: What if it’s NOT a pipe dream? Resources to Further Your Practice Invitations & Announcements: Setting Salaries with Catalytic Thinking Yes, Catalytic Thinking provides a great … Read more