Nonprofit/Community Benefit Organization Consultants Facebook Group Meeting #3 On February 9, 2017, members of the Facebook Group Nonprofit / Community Benefit Organization Consultants continued exploring what it takes to nurture an online community. A project of Creating the Future, this Facebook group has more than 500 members, each of whom in some way serves the … Read more
Three months ago, Creating the Future started an online community for practicing Catalytic Thinking. Since that time, the facilitators of that group have been talking about the potential this community has for furthering Creating the Future’s mission – a whole community of people bringing out the best in themselves and each other. In our first conversation, … Read more
Three months ago, Creating the Future started an online community for practicing Catalytic Thinking. Since that time, the facilitators of that group have been talking about the potential this community has for furthering Creating the Future’s mission – a whole community of people bringing out the best in themselves and each other. The following is a … Read more
Dear friends: At 5pm ET / 2p PT today (November 9th), I will be hosting a live online conversation, right here, to reach for what’s next to create a humane future for America, and for the world. The conversation was recorded and can be watched or listened to below. Please tweet to participate, using the hashtag … Read more
There are many opportunities to teach at Creating the Future, all of which center around what it looks like when we put Catalytic Thinking into action. The Continuum of Potential is one aspect of Catalytic Thinking that especially informs our education programs. The Continuum is a framework that helps us know where people are in reaching for … Read more
LISTEN TO THIS SESSION HERE or Download the MP3 (To download to your hard drive, right-click {or click and hold on a Mac} on the link above and select “Save Target As”.. or “Save Link as”… depending on your browser) Creating the Future is in growth mode, and these days, that growth curve is vertical. We … Read more
April 9, 2015 Please note: Due to illness, today’s Ask Me Anything is being rescheduled. Sorry for the inconvenience. We will announce the new date / time soon! Creating the Future is in growth mode, and these days, that growth curve is vertical. We are ramping up, adding programs right and left, adding staff, gaining partners … Read more
This post is part of an ongoing series inviting social change funders and investors to recreate how social change is resourced, to align the values of their means with their intended ends. To read about this effort from its inception, head to this post at our Philanthropy blog. For all posts related to rethinking philanthropy … Read more
Creating the Future’s Community Engagement planning work will continue on Friday, July 11th at 9am Pacific time. To participate in that meeting (or to just watch) scroll to the bottom of this screen for details. If you are just tuning in to our Community Engagement Planning process, welcome! To prepare you and provide some background, … Read more
We will continue Creating the Future's Community Engagement planning work on Wednesday June 25th at 11am Pacific time. To participate in that meeting (or to just watch) scroll to the bottom of this screen. Per the planning format described in this post, the process we are using follows Creating the Future's causality framework. Determine what we … Read more