“Being the change we want to see means walking the talk of our values.” * If the change we want to see is a world where relationships between institutions and individuals are built upon trust – just like it is in real friendships – what might that look like in this highly transactional world? This … Read more
Back in 2012, when Creating the Future had just wrapped up its 3rd successful scholarship campaign at StartSomeGood.com, we posted a “lessons learned” post, to share what was standing out for us from that campaign. Fast forward to today, we are now in the early planning stages for our 4th crowdfunding effort in early 2016. It feels … Read more
What is the most meaningful and memorable “thank you” you’ve ever received? We posed this question to a group of experts who work with all types of community organizations, and we received some very inspiring responses! As we read those stories, a clear pattern emerged: Whether the thank you was in response to a … Read more
You have written proposals for your program. You are confident you will find the funding you need. But for now, you are waiting. Or perhaps you are waiting on the results of your big annual event, the cash from which will carry your organization for many months. The longer you wait, the louder you hear … Read more
If Creating the Future is able to have its team members attend and present at conferences, what will that make possible – and for whom? That was the opening question earlier this week, as a team met to craft the strategy for our 4th crowdfunding campaign with StartSomeGood.com. The answers to that and other questions … Read more
On Wednesday, September 25th at 1pm PT, we’ll be meeting to craft our 4th Crowdfunding Campaign. The video of that session will appear at the bottom of this post at the time of the meeting. To participate, tweet to #CTFuture. Creating the Future is about to embark on its 4th crowd-funding campaign at StartSomeGood.com. And … Read more
Social investing: One of the most important parts of the puzzle for creating a world that works for everyone. What if that’s not true? In fact, what if it is not only not true – what if the current state of social investment is actually part of the problem? What if the way we resource … Read more
For social change efforts to sustain and succeed, changemakers must move beyond frustration and fear about resources, to more practical approaches for creating abundance and joy. This Tuesday, March 26, Creating the Future will host a Flash Class webinar, “Moving from Frustration to Abundance.” And after the class is over, this post will be the … Read more
Last month, in 3 online discussions (complete videos of Meeting #1, Meeting #2 and Meeting #3) and several informal conversations, we developed the resource development plan for stabilizing and enhancing Creating the Future’s current efforts. This short video shares highlights from that plan, within the context of the mission we intend to accomplish. Looking forward … Read more
Today at 1pm Mountain time US (3pm ET) we will be live streaming the continuation of our Resource Development planning (for the first two meetings for context, here is Session #1 and here is Session #2). Creating the Future takes an asset-based approach to resource development (described here). Today we will wrap up (hopefully) … Read more