Catalyst Ranch’s
Creative Juice Blog
We're very excited to host the Serious Games Workshop with Robert Becker of Becker Multimedia. In a previous blog post, we shared some benefits of gamification. We thought our readers would like to get to know the man who will be leading the Serious Games Workshop here at the Ranch on 10/23: Catalyst Ranch: What makes Becker Multimedia [...]
Over the past few years, I have had the great pleasure of working with Jamil Khoury, artistic director of Silk Road Rising. Not only is he a wonderful artist to collaborate with, he is both amiable and inspiring. As an artist, he is constantly asking provocative questions and fostering stimulating conversations through his work. We are proud to [...]
Social Media Week is coming back to Chicago for a second year and we're very excited to be part of it again on September 25th. Last year, we hosted a lively and informative panel about how the different generational groups use social media differently. Within that panel, we found the inspiration for our event this year. [...]
A sublime spectrum of Chicago historical and cultural perspectives coalesce in SHORTS!, the second installment of our Local Feature film series.
Our film series LOCAL FEATURE debuted with The Interrupters last week and the event was a smashing success! Attendees arrived early to munch on some delicious snacks, including the scrumptious cupcakes provided by GiGi's Bake Shop. After a warm welcome from our ever-friendly Ranch Staff, Gala Gal Lauren Smith kicked off the event by talking about the [...]
If anyone can attest to the joys (and challenges) of being a creative entrepreneur, it’d be our owner Eva Niewiadomski! In a recent interview with Womenetics, she said: “I worked at Quaker Oats for 15 years. My last year there was post the Pepsi merger with Quaker Oats. As is typical with mergers, the environment is stressful as the organizations try to meld together two disparate cultures. It was just not a good fit anymore for either of us. I took the severance package and decided to take this once in a lifetime opportunity and start my own business.”
From Drab to Fab... the Catalyst Ranch design team does it again. Dessa, our 2012 spring winner, now happily enjoys her newly improved desk. Dessa vocalized a desire that one wall of her long cubicle be an area of inspiration for her when she's working on projects. We addressed this aspect of the design by creating [...]
We've had a great first week of June at Catalyst Ranch, with events like Using Storytelling to Better Connect with your Audience with Esther Choy and tonight's Socially Smart & Savvy book release with Sharon Ringier. We're very lucky to have some amazing thought leaders to collaborate with and it's very appropriate that our June calendar [...]
Who doesn’t like robots?! Well now you can have one of your very own to build & decorate as you wish! The amazing Calafant Calabot Robot is made from high-quality cardboard & pieces together with no glue or adhesive required. Standing at about 21” high, it’s as big as some kids! Stretch the limits of your [...]
Here is a collection of work that just breathes new life into something old. Exactly what we like to see! Artist Sean Avery has come up with what is without a doubt an amazing use for old CDs. Instead of selling his old CDs, he creates stunning animal sculptures using shattered shards and imagination. Using a [...]