Current e-Journal – (opens in new tab) May 05, 2021 This will give you strength when you need it most Love photo created by aleksandarlittlewolf – www.freepik.com In this newsletter… Invitations & Announcements Catalytic Thinking Exercise: Gratitude: A Strength to Build Upon Resources to Further Your Practice Story of the Week: Catalytic Thinking in ACTION … Read more
Current e-Journal – (opens in new tab) March 1, 2021 Do your introductions make people feel special? In this newsletter… Invitations & Announcements Catalytic Thinking Exercise: A Simple Tip for Making Powerful Introductions Resources to Further Your Practice Thread of the Week: From the Catalytic Thinking Facebook Group Invitations & Announcements: Naming this newsletter: … Read more
Current e-Journal – (opens in new tab) January 25, 2021 What do you really want for your community? for your world? for yourself? Before we dive in, a quick announcement: You can influence what you read in this newsletter. As we step more deeply into systems change work … Read more
Current e-Journal – (opens in new tab) December 29, 2020 We CAN create a future different from our past! Heading into 2021 with gusto! If there is one question we heard repeatedly throughout the most trying year many of us have lived through, it was “How can we create a future different from our … Read more
Current e-Journal – (opens in new tab) December 7, 2020 “Only connect! That was the whole of her sermon.” ~ E.M. Forster, from Howard’s End Before we dive in, 2 quick announcements: Values and the Board: Are you curious what it takes for an organization’s values to be the board’s primary focus? Join our … Read more
Current e-Journal – (opens in new tab) November 17, 2020 What are the values you want to see in the world? Is that what you’re modeling? Before we dive in, a quick announcement: We want your insights! This week’s eJournal about Integrity is timely for the work Creating the Future’s board has been doing. … Read more
Current e-Journal – (opens in new tab) October 28, 2020 But I’m just one person… Before we dive in, a quick announcement: Creating the Future’s next board / community meeting is Monday, November 9 at 1pm Eastern time. The discussion will include determining what an “Integrity-focused board” looks like in practice, and how that … Read more
Current e-Journal – How to make YOUR organization more OPEN In this eJournal, you’ll find the mechanics of… * Open meetings (and the invitation to our upcoming meeting re: Racial Equity) * Openness and the 990 * Openness and Bylaws Openness is embedded in Creating the Future’s DNA. We have described the multitude of benefits … Read more
Current e-Journal – (opens in new tab) August 10, 2020 What message do you hear in our work? For several months, Creating the Future community members have been crafting a communications strategy to help our mission ripple out farther and wider. (You can see those rich conversations linked here.) Our first step in putting that strategy … Read more
Current e-Journal – (opens in new tab) August 3, 2020 What would racial equity look like in our organization? Next Monday, August 10, our board and community (that means you!) will begin the important discussion of racial equity at Creating the Future. If our board’s role is to ensure the organization is walking its talk, … Read more