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Creative Juice Blog
While crowd sourcing is a hot concept in almost all businesses at the moment, one realm it hasn't touched is the mystical world of novel writing. But a San Francisco-based author came up with an uber-tech-savvy way to write a first novel. Her name is Natalie Linden. She calls herself the Unreliable Novelist, and her project [...]
Fantastic February- Get Your 2012 Catalyst Ranch Calendar today! Evil you say? The fun-loving mascot of Catalyst Ranch is definitely not evil. Creative, cutesy, orange, approachable yes, but not evil. This month I bring you Pogo’s devious alter ego – Evil Robot Pogo. The metallic ying to Pogo’s yang was inspired by variety of sources: my [...]
Congratulations Courtney Rickard, you are our 2012 Cubicle Makeover Winner! Check out Courtney's entry below: I am an office manager at a cool marketing agency in Chicago and we just moved. Our space is a mess and I would LOVE to win this for someone in my office!I am sending you a photo of the holiday [...]
Jump into a bold New Year with Catalyst Ranch's 2012 Calendar 2012 marks a landmark in Catalyst Ranch history – the company’s 10th year of business. In celebration of this milestone, our Gala Girl, Lauren Smith, created a colorful calendar showcasing the many faces of our company mascot Pogo. He’s a world traveler and creative spirit [...]
2011 has been a great year for us at the Ranch! Here are a few reasons why: 5. "Harmony, Hope, and Humanity" a cabaret fundraiser to benefit disaster relief for Japan. When the disastrous earthquake and subsequent tsunami hit Japan in March, we (like many others) felt compelled to find a way to help. With ten [...]
Catalyst Ranch's Monthly Giveaway Prize - Perplexus Check out the Ranch’s new prize giveaway for the month of December! Perplexus is an addicting, mind-bending 3-D puzzle that will undoubtedly put your sanity to the test, yet will be nearly impossible to put down! Work with and against gravity to carefully shift, flip & twist the sphere [...]
Chicago Ideas Week kicked off on Monday with Labs, Talks, MegaTalks and Partner Programs. I attended one of the talks that was held at the Chicago History Museum by some of Chicago’s innovators and explorers in Architecture. Blair Kamin, Architecture Critic for the Chicago Tribune and author of Why Architecture Matters: Lessons from Chicago, hosted [...]
The global event Social Media Week hit Chicago for the first time from 9/19 - 9/23/2011 and Catalyst Ranch was in on the action! With such great local events like "Journalism in the Age of the Tweet" and "The Power of Social Media for Social Activism", we wondered where we might fit in. But with our passion for innovation and creativity, as well as invoking conversations no one else was having, we came up with the perfect event.
It's time for a cubicle makeover everyone can achieve! Considering the amount of time you spend inside it, set out to convert your workspace into a place you can look forward to and enjoy. Thinking ‘inside the box’, if you will. Not only will you feel good, but chances are your productivity will increase as well. [...]
Let’s get a splash of color going… Who says office cubicles need to be dreary? In honor of Administrative Assistant Day (April 27th), Catalyst Ranch will be sprucing up one lucky admin's office space. Send us a photo of your desk/workspace and tell us why your office needs a little facelift. One lucky winner will be [...]