Last week, in Creating the Future’s Facebook group for consultants to community benefit orgs, an article from Forbes titled Are You Dealing With A Real Expert Or A Fake? 7 Ways To Tell led to an interesting discussion. The list included this at #2: Real experts have no trouble saying: “I don’t know.” That led to an interesting … Read more
I am very lucky – I get to spend a lot of time with community benefit consultants. As a recovering consultant myself (now an organizational founder), I cherish that I get to spend so much time with people who have chosen their work based on their passion for making the world a better place. After … Read more
One of the most important skills of any changemaker is the ability to listen. But what are we actually listening for? And what should we be doing with what we hear? These are the questions at the heart of Creating the Future’s FlashClass, “High Potential Listening.” After that class is over, this post will be the … Read more
Imagine if your board members were more deeply engaged in your organization’s work had all the information they needed AND read it / understood it each month had critical documents such as bylaws at their fingertips (without having to haul around a 3-inch-thick policy binder). knew each other as people (rather than as “Bob – … Read more
True confession time: the members of Creating the Future’s board of directors love our board. We lament when meetings are over. In fact, long ago when our meetings were only 90 minutes long, our board requested that we meet for 2 hours – yes, they wanted a LONGER meeting, not a shorter one! Now that … Read more
Today we dive into Part 2 of our deconstructing the biggest, hairiest, most complex mission asset Creating the Future has – our immersion education program. (Details about the content of today's session are at this link.) We have several goals for this session. In no particular order… Have a record of exactly what it takes … Read more
Today we will begin deconstructing the biggest, hairiest, most complex mission asset Creating the Future has – our immersion education program. (Details about the content of today’s session are at this link.) We have several goals for this session. In no particular order… Have a record of exactly what it takes to produce the immersion … Read more
Building an energized board is about creating net positive energy for the board member, for board members’ interactions with each other, and for the organization. Do your board member receive a net positive energy as a result of volunteering on your board? Join me for “3 Minutes on Building an Energized Board.”
Want to free up your board’s time to talk about making a difference in the community? The easiest way to do that is to use a Consent Agenda. A Consent Agenda is a tool that can eliminate as much as ½ hour or more of reviewing what has happened in the past – things the … Read more
Note: There are no spoilers in this post. Because seriously, it’s an action movie! Watching The Avengers this weekend, it struck me – whether one is working with an internal team, a community coalition, or a board of directors, at some point we have all seen the likes of Iron Man, Captain America, Black Widow, … Read more