| Making Visionary Community Change
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Hello,
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If you missed our
last newsletter, you will find it
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Welcome to our
first newsletter with our new name - Creating the Future! Over the next few
months we will be changing a lot around here, as we file for tax exemption and
moving forward as a Community Benefit Organization dedicated to helping this
sector reach its potential.
Here’s what
we have to share with you this month, to help you create an amazing future for
your community.
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Creating
the Future
Our New Name! |
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Our name change
has significance beyond simply “rebranding.” All the decisions that
led to the name were made by engaging discussion publicly and
transparently.
How can your
organization’s decisions be more transparent and engaged?
Fascinating
stuff - read it now!
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Book
Sale to Benefit Creating the Future |
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Making room for
this new organization means clearing out our old
stuff!
• Buy every
single thing Hildy has written - and save 50%! !
½ Price on
All Our Stuff Here!
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We’re also closing our bookstore of other authors. Jim Collins, Andy
Robinson, Mal Warwick & more.
50% off all
these books!
All proceeds
benefit
Creating the Future! |
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New
Video! Building & Sustaining Engaged Programs |
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What will
sustain your programs in this new economy?
A video from the
workshop Hildy taught in Phoenix just last week.
Watch it
and Thrive!
This 3-part
article moves beyond the video.
Read
it and Thrive!
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What
We Have vs.
What We Lack |
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This month Hildy
interviewed Brett McNaught, VP of International Relations for
buildOn.
Brett shared how
buildOn builds schools and communities by identifying what people have
vs. what they lack. You will love this
interview!
Listen
online
Download from
iTunes
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Consultants’
Corner |
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Tips for
consultants.
Classes for
consultants.
Twitter chats
for consultants.
If you are a
consultant working with community benefit organizations, there is something in
this mini-newsletter for you.
Curl up in the
Consultants’
Corner
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Cool
Distraction |
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Our office still
has an IBM Selectric typewriter. Hildy still uses it now and then.
One day, 25 year
old Nick walked in, and seeing Hildy typing, said, “So that’s what
that noise is!”
This
month’s cool distraction is therefore dedicated both to those who could
never imagine not knowing what that sound is, AND to those who grew up in a
newer age. Enjoy!
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The mission of
Creating the Future is to help Community Benefit Organizations reach their
potential to make a difference in the communities they serve. That means
providing tools and approaches and programs to help your organization reach its
own potential. 
If our work has
helped your own work, will you show your gratitude with a donation? We
appreciate your support as we create the future together.
Donate
here.
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Thank you, as
always, for the work you do to make your communities better places to live. We
wish for you all the possibilities life
holds. |
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