Current Tools You Can Use NOW With so many ideas, how will you choose? Deciding which ideas to pursue In our continuing series on more effective planning, this week’s newsletter will help you with an aspect of planning that doesn’t get a lot of attention: How will you prioritize which ideas to act upon? At … Read more
Current e-Journal – (opens in new tab) October 31, 2023 Getting Beyond Polarization In this Special Edition Newsletter… Invitations & Announcements Special Edition: Getting Beyond Polarization Resources to Further Efforts Story of the Week: Catalytic Thinking in Practice Invitations & Announcements: It all Starts with Listening What does it take to listen for what is … Read more
Current e-Journal – (opens in new tab) October 17, 2023 Nothing about us without us! In this week’s Systems Change Newsletter… Invitations & Announcements Catalytic Thinking Exercise: Nothing About Us Without Us Resources to Further Your Practice Story of the Week: Catalytic Thinking in Practice Invitations & Announcements: We’re turning your thoughts into action Late … Read more
Current e-Journal – (opens in new tab) October 03, 2023 Where we aim is what we’ll achieve. In this week’s Systems Change Newsletter… Invitations & Announcements Catalytic Thinking Exercise: Increasing the Awesome vs. Decreasing the Suck Invitations & Announcements What kind of planning creates visionary community change? Before heading into your next planning session, find … Read more
Current e-Journal – (opens in new tab) September 12, 2023 This obstacle will stop your strategic plan In this week’s Systems Change Newsletter… Invitations & Announcements Catalytic Thinking Exercise: Stop focusing on challenges and obstacles Resources to Further Your Practice Invitations & Announcements: It’s Planning Season! If you’re stepping into planning mode over the next … Read more
Current e-Journal – (opens in new tab) September 05, 2023 Stop doing strategic planning. Do this instead. In this week’s Systems Change Newsletter… Invitations & Announcements Catalytic Thinking Exercise: Turn your vision into reality Resources to Further Your Practice Story of the Week: Catalytic Thinking in Practice Invitations & Announcements: Are you getting ready for … Read more
Current Tools You Can Use NOW Is Data Sabotaging Your Strategic Plan? Why do so many strategic plans feel less than strategic? Social change groups want to change seemingly intractable, systemic conditions in our communities. But do we plan for that work? Generally not. Instead, more often than not, those planning efforts lead us to … Read more
Current e-Journal – (opens in new tab) May 8, 2023 To create more collaboration, stop competing In this week’s Systems Change Newsletter… Invitations & Announcements Catalytic Thinking Exercise: To stop competition between organizations, stop competing! Invitations & Announcements: Attention Planners and Facilitators! The final webinar in our series with PANO (Pennsylvania Association of Nonprofit Organizations) … Read more
Current e-Journal – (opens in new tab) April 24, 2023 Getting Past What’s Stopping You In this week’s Systems Change Newsletter… Invitations & Announcements Catalytic Thinking Exercise: Getting Past What’s Stopping You Resources to Further Your Practice Invitations & Announcements: LAST CHANCE: Level Up Your Communications Skills! Tomorrow is the day – our brand new Catalytic … Read more
Current e-Journal – (opens in new tab) March 14, 2023 The Key to Sustainability: Sharing In this week’s Systems Change Newsletter… Invitations & Announcements Catalytic Thinking Exercise: The Key to Sustainability: Sharing Invitations & Announcements: Building Sustainability via Collective Enoughness (WEBINAR) As a subscriber to this newsletter, you hear us talk a lot about Collective … Read more