If you're looking for the July board meeting, it is right here! (Scroll down for the meeting itself). If you think the question, "How will our board handle our legal obligations?" is the most boring question in the world, you have not met Creating the Future's board! At our June meeting, our board prioritized "Processes … Read more
Boards have so much to accomplish during the few hours they are together at their meetings. Whether it is a corporate board, a traditional “nonprofit” board, or the board of a social enterprise, there is the work it takes to aim the organization at accomplishing its mission, and then the work it takes to ensure … Read more
What does an AWESOME board look like? Join us for our June board meeting, and find out! (For details, skip to the bottom of this post.) And in case you think we are exaggerating, we have proof that Creating the Future's board is AWESOME – the Awesome Without Borders Foundation says so! Last month, we … Read more
There is so much going on this month at Creating the Future that it is hard to choose which of several important issues the board should discuss in its limited time together at next week’s meeting. Unlike most boards, though, it is not just our board that will be participating in this meeting. You will … 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
The post on Conflict of Interest earlier this week has led to some of the most interesting discussion about organizational leadership issues I’ve seen in a while. To all who participated, thank you! (And to all who missed it, read through the comments here.) Of the many issues that arose in that discussion, some have … Read more
The post on Conflict of Interest earlier this week has led to some of the most interesting discussion about organizational leadership issues I’ve seen in a while. To all who participated, thank you! (And to all who missed it, read through the comments here.) Of the many issues that arose in that discussion, some have led … Read more
Last year we began a tradition I am eager to uphold – creating the WOW List, to publicly celebrate all we accomplished towards our goals throughout the year. Those of you who have been following our work have a sense that this year totally kicked butt at Creating the Future. When you look at the … Read more
It’s official: Creating the Future is building its infrastructure and becoming a real live organization! Not that our efforts haven’t been “real” so far. It’s just that we have always felt like we’ve lived in two worlds. On the one side, we have always believed in our hearts that the Community Benefit Sector holds the … Read more
The vision of the Community Driven Institute is a healthy, vibrant, resilient, peaceful, humane world. To make that vision a reality for all of us, the mission of the Institute is to encourage and support the Community Benefit sector to leverage its considerable resources to do so. In developing our plans for the next 12-24 … Read more