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Creative Juice Blog
Loyal blog readers, when you logged on to Blog.CatalystRanch.com this morning (as I know you do so diligently every morning, right?) you may have noticed some minor (read: massive) changes. We have been working hard over the past few weeks with designer and guest blogger Kristin Neperud Merz to totally overhaul the old Catalyst Ranch blog and [...]
The following post is written by Juice on the Loose facilitator Adam Shames: Read more about Adam’s musical story, click the picture In my mid-twenties, I did not believe I could ever, ever, play music or respectably sing or write my own songs. Even though I loved music, my mindset was: [...]
Get to know Jill Wachholz, GroupStir principal, and one of our workshop leaders for Juice on the Loose – World Creativity and Innovation Week: Who am I: I’m an experimenter, explorer, and evolver… seeking to make a sliver of a positive difference. The work I do: […]
We were so honored to join the many nominees of this year's Illinois Meetings + Events Magazine 8th Readers' Choice Awards on Thursday March 7, 2013. Some of the meetings and events industry's biggest movers-and-shakers gathered at the lovely Spiaggia to mix, mingle, and hear the announcement of this year's winners. We were doubly honored to win the [...]
As another year comes to a close, we look back on some of our favorite moments here at Catalyst Ranch: 5. Cubicle Makeover 2013 Every year we run a contest for Admin Appreciation Day to share the love for those hardworking folks that keep our offices running! It's always a great time helping the winner's workspace [...]
Sheryl Kosovski Artful Work Area of Expertise: I help creative entrepreneurs, artists, designers of all kinds and craftspeople grow their businesses and make more money doing what they love. What is your business & what makes it unique? I have been helping artists, designers, craftspeople and all kinds of creative entrepreneurs for over 20 [...]
The Hayloft Gang: The Story of the National Bar Dance is a one hour documentary that tells the story of a changing America through the lens of one of the nation's most popular country music radio shows during the 1930s and 40s: the National Barn Dance. We will be presenting a screening of it here at the [...]
Meet the author of our next Match Books event on December 6, 2012! Name: Sarah Miller Caldicott Title of Book: Midnight Lunch: The 4 Phases of Team Collaboration Success, from Thomas Edison’s Lab What are some of the main themes of your book? - Learn how collaboration differs from teamwork - Establish collaboration as [...]
We are very excited to host a special screening of the Emmy-nominated documentary The Hayloft Gang on December 7! For more info on our event, visit here. The Hayloft Gang traces the history of the pioneering radio show, The National Barn Dance, and its role in shaping American music and popular culture. Unfortunately, the Emmy nominated documentary [...]
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 [...]