New Program – What do you think?
We’ve had an idea for a program at Creating the Future, and in following our own advice, we don’t want to launch anything until we get all the possible insights we can. Programs are so much more...
View ArticleFundraising True Confessions
In December of last year, we made the last minute decision to do a year-end fundraising campaign for the very new organization that is Creating the Future. In the spirit of transparent engagement, we...
View ArticleScholarship Stone Soup
I say it a lot in this space – and in every space I can. If we are creating the future with everything we do, and if that means we can create the future we want, then it is simple logic – community...
View ArticleWhat Do You Wish Your Board Would Learn?
We’re excited to be launching a new program in the next few weeks – a program that readers here, and colleagues at Facebook and LinkedIn all said would be a huge help. Board education in digestible...
View ArticleHelping Changemakers Create More Impact
With only 2 days left before Creating the Future’s first Scholarship Fund Campaign closes, we are going to do something we rarely do at this blog: We are asking for your help as we head into the final...
View ArticleDeciding Who Qualifies
We did it! And by “we” I mean all of us together: We raised $4,055 to help changemakers learn what it really takes to create the future of our world! So first, thank you to everyone who donated, and...
View ArticleGiving Boards What They Need to Lead
What does a board need in order to lead? No, I’m not talking about what boards are supposed to DO. Leading is not about “doing” but about “being” and “thinking.” What do board members need in order to...
View ArticleGetting People to Change
If creating the world we want means getting people to change what they currently do, how can we get people to change? That’s a question we hear a lot when we tell people what we’re doing at Creating...
View ArticlePayroll – and a New Blog
Hello, dear readers – I have missed you! Over the past few months, we’ve been working on several projects that have kept me from blogging. The good news is that you are going to love the results of...
View ArticleBlog Roundup: December 2012
At the beginning of this year, this blog transitioned from being Creating the Future’s blog, to become what it is now: Hildy’s blog – a place where I can explore and rejoice and share what tickles me...
View ArticleFinished!
It’s done! The post that has been taking every last bit of my energy – the one that has led to this post about beating ourselves up, and this post about sticking with it and finding the muse – it’s...
View ArticleNeed Your Thoughts
Many of you have been part of our journey to build Creating the Future. And right now, we could really use your ideas. We are finally – yes finally – preparing to go out to bid for a logo that actually...
View ArticleWriting: Creating the Future’s Theory of Change
You all have been part of this journey, encouraging me when the writing was flowing, encouraging me even more when it wasn’t going so well. Well the weeks in front of the computer, writing and...
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