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The debate about “working from home” continues. Last week, Chicago Ideas Week shared the video “World of Work,” a conversation between 37Signals co-founder and CEO Jason Fried and James Warren of The Daily Beast/Newsweek. (if reading from email, click here to view this video) Fried presents his office’s non-traditional work methods, including “quiet Thursdays” where [...]
As we prepared for our friend Brendan Sullivan's workshop Why Didn’t We Think of That? Ideas for Generating a Culture of Innovation in Your Workplace on March 21st, I couldn't help wonder what my own "Why didn't I think of that?" moment was. One of my favorite websites is BuzzFeed. I love how they present topics relevant to varying demographics [...]
Yahoo CEO Marissa Meyer made headlines last week when she ended the company's work from home policy. Remote workers from around the world argued that their productivity increased when they could work on their own terms. Advocates for collaboration and innovation applauded Mayer's attempt to "reignite collaboration." One such response [...]
Valentine's Day is a day to celebrate love. This year Valentine's Day is particularly special in Illinois as gay marriage is expected be put to a vote in Senate today. Ever since we started hosting special events, Catalyst Ranch has been a venue that celebrates love for all. In 2006, we hosted a NuptEquality, a vendor [...]
Here at the Ranch, we're extremely passionate about arts education for the next generation. Every year, we host fundraisers for LYDIA Home's Project Music (sending forty of their children-in-need to camp,) the parents of Skinner School in an effort to bring arts programming to their school, and Kaleidoscope Kid Art Show which auctions off art created by the [...]
We’ve had an amazing ten years in business and it’s all thanks to our fantastic clients and supporters. We've had some great times and created incredible memories. We began a countdown of our top ten favorite moments last week. Below are the final five! Want to help us make some more? Be sure to join us for FanFair: Catalyst [...]
Voting for Illinois Meetings + Events Magazine 8th Annual Readers Choice Awards ends on November 16th! I wrote about some of our choices for Best Caterer a couple of weeks back and Ranch Czarina Eva gave her overall picks last week. Here's a closer look at some of my choices for Best Videographer/Photographer: Jeremy Lawson Photography Jeremy's motto is "It's your [...]
We've had an amazing ten years in business and it's all thanks to our fantastic clients and supporters. We've had some great times and created incredible memories. Here's a look at our top ten faves. Want to help us make some more? Be sure to join us for FanFair: Catalyst Ranch's 10th Anniversary Party by RSVPing here. [...]
An entry for our Biggest Fan Contest from Ticia Smith, Tom Finnegan, and the rest of the amazing team from Kaleidoscope: The Story of Pogo How he came alive Once upon a time, 10 years ago to be exact a monkey named Pogo began to come alive. Immediately he showed himself to be an entertainer. He [...]
Voting season is upon us and while weighing the pros and cons of this election's candidates, we're gonna help make voting for Illinois Meetings + Events Magazine 8th Annual Readers Choice Awards easier for you! No, this ballot sheet is in no way as confusing as election ballots, but there are quite a few categories to nominate [...]