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The Surprising World of Your Creative Mind

Catalyst Ranch is celebrating its 14th anniversary, and for all that time, we have understood the importance of environment.  We have colorful fuzzy pipe cleaners on the tables to bend into fun shapes.  Ethnic and [...]

Meeting Planner Spotlight – Juan Phillips

As a meeting and events facility, we at Catalyst Ranch have the pleasure of working with Meeting Planners every day.  It occurred to us that these hard-working behind-the-scenes go-getters receive as much recognition as a [...]

What We’ve Known For 14 Years. . .

I stumbled across this article written for LinkedIn by Rene de Ruijter, and thought it was terrifically written and would be of great interest to our Ranch audience.  I figured I would "dissect" it below. [...]

Alexandra Eidenberg Talks About Her Passion – Supporting Women & Children

  Ever stumble upon a great accident? Well that is how motherhood went for me. I was running for US Congress against Luis Gutierrez in the 4th District. It was 2012 and I had raised [...]

Who Wouldn’t Love a No Waste Grocery Store?

ZERO WASTE MARKET I remember when I was a kid and my mom would take me a half hour away to piano lessons.  After the lesson, as a reward, Mom would take my [...]

Meet Networking Ninja Tehilla Newman!

  Hello! My name is Tehilla. (sounds like "tequila") Newman; Catalyst Ranch's new Business Development Manager, Networking Ninja and Relationship Revolutionizer. After having grown up in Cherry Hill, NJ, I came to Chicago to go [...]

Do You Really Know Thoughtly Crew?

We sat down with Holly Birnbaum, one of the founders of Thoughtly Crew, to ask about Creative Thinking Agents, consumer market research groups, and partnering with Catalyst Ranch.  Here's what she said!   Who is [...]

Meeting Tip for 9/14/16 – Holiday Parties Part II!

Last Minute?  No Problem Part II! Meeting Tip of the Week for September 14th, 2016   As we talked about last week, in my experience, there are two types of people in this world; people [...]

Meeting Tip of the Week for 9/9/16

Last Minute?  No Problem Meeting Tip of the Week for September 9th, 2016In my experience, there are two types of people in this world; people who plan ahead and people who wait.  I would consider myself [...]

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Planning an Event or Meeting in Downtown Chicago?

Catalyst Ranch is a creative venue rental space in Downtown Chicago for:


Our colorful loft-style event spaces offer a more inspiring alternative to traditional hotel meeting rooms and banquet halls — with flexible layouts, hybrid capabilities, and an experienced support team. Explore Our Chicago Venue Spaces

Inspiring Meetings!

The Surprising World of Your Creative Mind

Catalyst Ranch is celebrating its 14th anniversary, and for all that time, we have understood the importance of environment.  We have colorful fuzzy pipe cleaners on the tables to bend into fun shapes.  Ethnic and [...]

Meeting Planner Spotlight – Juan Phillips

As a meeting and events facility, we at Catalyst Ranch have the pleasure of working with Meeting Planners every day.  It occurred to us that these hard-working behind-the-scenes go-getters receive as much recognition as a [...]

What We’ve Known For 14 Years. . .

I stumbled across this article written for LinkedIn by Rene de Ruijter, and thought it was terrifically written and would be of great interest to our Ranch audience.  I figured I would "dissect" it below. [...]

Alexandra Eidenberg Talks About Her Passion – Supporting Women & Children

  Ever stumble upon a great accident? Well that is how motherhood went for me. I was running for US Congress against Luis Gutierrez in the 4th District. It was 2012 and I had raised [...]

Who Wouldn’t Love a No Waste Grocery Store?

ZERO WASTE MARKET I remember when I was a kid and my mom would take me a half hour away to piano lessons.  After the lesson, as a reward, Mom would take my [...]

Meet Networking Ninja Tehilla Newman!

  Hello! My name is Tehilla. (sounds like "tequila") Newman; Catalyst Ranch's new Business Development Manager, Networking Ninja and Relationship Revolutionizer. After having grown up in Cherry Hill, NJ, I came to Chicago to go [...]

Do You Really Know Thoughtly Crew?

We sat down with Holly Birnbaum, one of the founders of Thoughtly Crew, to ask about Creative Thinking Agents, consumer market research groups, and partnering with Catalyst Ranch.  Here's what she said!   Who is [...]

Meeting Tip for 9/14/16 – Holiday Parties Part II!

Last Minute?  No Problem Part II! Meeting Tip of the Week for September 14th, 2016   As we talked about last week, in my experience, there are two types of people in this world; people [...]

Meeting Tip of the Week for 9/9/16

Last Minute?  No Problem Meeting Tip of the Week for September 9th, 2016In my experience, there are two types of people in this world; people who plan ahead and people who wait.  I would consider myself [...]

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Planning an Event or Meeting in Downtown Chicago?

Catalyst Ranch is a creative venue rental space in Downtown Chicago for:


Our colorful loft-style event spaces offer a more inspiring alternative to traditional hotel meeting rooms and banquet halls — with flexible layouts, hybrid capabilities, and an experienced support team. Explore Our Chicago Venue Spaces

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