Current e-Journal – July 22, 2025 Toxic Polarization and the Stories We Tell Ourselves In this week’s Systems Change Newsletter… Invitations and Announcements Catalytic Thinking Exercise: Toxic Polarization and the Stories We Tell Ourselves Resources to Further Your Practice Money and Politics and Churches The IRS is preparing to allow churches to endorse candidates (and … Read more
Current e-Journal – July 08, 2025 That’s an awesome question! In this week’s Systems Change Newsletter… Invitations and Announcements Catalytic Thinking Exercise: That’s an awesome question! Resources to Further Your Practice Invitations & Announcements How the U.S. Budget Bill will affect nonprofits around the world Last week, the U.S. Congress passed a sweeping bill that … Read more
Current e-Journal – July 01, 2025 What if creating social change means YOU need to change? x What does it really mean to “be the change you want to see in the world”? Including Gandhi’s quote as part of your email signature is one thing. But it is quite something else to actually – well … Read more
Current e-Journal – June 17, 2025 When group work is like herding cats In this week’s Systems Change Newsletter… Invitations and Announcements Catalytic Thinking Exercise: When group work is like herding cats Resources to Further Your Practice Invitations & Announcements What builds strong, healthy coalitions? In this week’s podcast, Vitalyst Health Foundation’s David Martinez shares … Read more
For those who get your Creating the Future info at this blog (vs. our newsletter), this is so important we are repeating it here. The title of that newsletter post was “Not our Normal Newsletter.” And that’s because these are not normal times. The original post is at this link. * * * Dear friends, … Read more
Current e-Journal – June 10, 2025 Not our normal newsletter Dear friends, This is not our normal newsletter. But then, these are not normal times. Last week, a congressional committee grilled the CEO of the National Council of Nonprofits, accusing nonprofits and NGOs of “incestuous, back-dealing money-laundering, funneling money into the pockets of Democratic activists.” … Read more
Current e-Journal – June 03, 2025 To build an army of support, turn work into a party In this week’s Systems Change Newsletter… Invitations and Announcements Catalytic Thinking Exercise: To build an army of support, turn work into a party Resources to Further Your Practice Invitations & Announcements Move Beyond FUNDING Frustration… The funding scenario … Read more
Current e-Journal – May 20, 2025 How to turn competitors into allies Photo: Vicki Nunn, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Current e-Journal – May 13, 2025 “Think Globally / Act Locally” starts here Photo: North Charleston from North Charleston, SC, United States CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons In this week’s Systems Change Newsletter… Invitations and Announcements Catalytic Thinking Exercise:“Think Globally / Act Locally” starts here Resources to Further Your Practice Invitations & Announcements Move … Read more
Current e-Journal – May 6, 2025 Joy and Rest as Rebellion (and 3 Other Things We Learned from Taking Time Away) In this week’s Systems Change Newsletter… Invitations and Announcements Catalytic Thinking Exercise:Joy and Rest as Rebellion (and 3 Other Things We Learned from Taking Time Away) Resources to Further Your Practice Invitations & Announcements … Read more