At Catalyst Ranch, we’ve created an environment that stirs up inspiration and creativity, making corporate meetings infinitely more productive and weddings and special events wildly original.
Welcome to Creative Juice: the Catalyst Ranch blog, where you’ll find:
- our own insights into what makes creative magic happen at Catalyst Ranch
- activities and ideas you can use at home or with your colleagues, to juice up your imagination
- people, places and events around town that will feed your creative spirit
We’re glad to have you here. Now fill up your cup!
Our most recent posts:
Get Moving to Boost Brainpower!
At Catalyst Ranch, Chicago's unique meeting venue, our goal is to ensure clients have the most productive offsite session they've ever held. The meeting rooms at the Ranch are designed to engage the senses, encourage purposeful [...]
#WeddingWednesday: One Stop Shopping for your Green Wedding
Welcome back to #WeddingWednesday, our semi weekly column where we bring you wedding tips, tricks, crafts, interviews, and interesting Chicago wedding happenings. Considering a green wedding? Eco-conscious weddings are on the rise - and why [...]
3 Incredibly Inspiring Inventions
Where would we be without great inventions? Without the lightbulb? Without airplanes? Or silly putty? Chicago can take credit for many innovations including the zipper, the skyscraper, and the Ferris Wheel! At Catalyst Ranch, we [...]
5 Tips for Planning the Perfect Winter Wedding
Welcome back to #WeddingWednesday, our semi weekly column where we bring you wedding tips, tricks, crafts, interviews and interesting Chicago wedding happenings. Planning a winter wedding can present a few challenges - stilettos or snow [...]
Catalyst Ranch 2013 Roundup!
Once all the eggnog is gone, it is time to reflect on the past year, recall happy memories, and celebrate the good times. 2013 flew by at Chicago's Catalyst Ranch with so many exciting meetings [...]
8 Life Lessons Learned While Making A Gingerbread House
Today’s blog entry is guest written by Kristin Neperud Merz of www.unscribbled.com where she has been designing, branding and doing all things creative since 2000. Kristin also serves Catalyst Ranch as a Creative Strategist and is our designer of all things [...]
Incredible Bookcase Art!
One of the things that makes Catalyst Ranch such a wonderful place is the incredible talent and creativity of the staff. Many of our Ranch Hands lead a rich and talented artistic life outside of [...]
3 Ways Games Can Improve Your Meeting
Games and play are an essential part of the Catalyst Ranch philosophy. Everything at Catalyst Ranch is custom designed to take you back to that point in your childhood when we all had boundless imaginations, [...]
How One Idea Can Turn Into Millions
Today’s blog entry is guest written by Kristin Neperud Merz of www.unscribbled.com where she has been designing, branding and doing all things creative since 2000. Kristin also serves Catalyst Ranch as a Creative Strategist and is our designer of all things [...]
At Catalyst Ranch, we’ve created an environment that stirs up inspiration and creativity, making corporate meetings infinitely more productive and weddings and special events wildly original.
Welcome to Creative Juice: the Catalyst Ranch blog, where you’ll find:
- our own insights into what makes creative magic happen at Catalyst Ranch
- activities and ideas you can use at home or with your colleagues, to juice up your imagination
- people, places and events around town that will feed your creative spirit
We’re glad to have you here. Now fill up your cup!
Our most recent posts:
Get Moving to Boost Brainpower!
At Catalyst Ranch, Chicago's unique meeting venue, our goal is to ensure clients have the most productive offsite session they've ever held. The meeting rooms at the Ranch are designed to engage the senses, encourage purposeful [...]
#WeddingWednesday: One Stop Shopping for your Green Wedding
Welcome back to #WeddingWednesday, our semi weekly column where we bring you wedding tips, tricks, crafts, interviews, and interesting Chicago wedding happenings. Considering a green wedding? Eco-conscious weddings are on the rise - and why [...]
3 Incredibly Inspiring Inventions
Where would we be without great inventions? Without the lightbulb? Without airplanes? Or silly putty? Chicago can take credit for many innovations including the zipper, the skyscraper, and the Ferris Wheel! At Catalyst Ranch, we [...]
5 Tips for Planning the Perfect Winter Wedding
Welcome back to #WeddingWednesday, our semi weekly column where we bring you wedding tips, tricks, crafts, interviews and interesting Chicago wedding happenings. Planning a winter wedding can present a few challenges - stilettos or snow [...]
Catalyst Ranch 2013 Roundup!
Once all the eggnog is gone, it is time to reflect on the past year, recall happy memories, and celebrate the good times. 2013 flew by at Chicago's Catalyst Ranch with so many exciting meetings [...]
8 Life Lessons Learned While Making A Gingerbread House
Today’s blog entry is guest written by Kristin Neperud Merz of www.unscribbled.com where she has been designing, branding and doing all things creative since 2000. Kristin also serves Catalyst Ranch as a Creative Strategist and is our designer of all things [...]
Incredible Bookcase Art!
One of the things that makes Catalyst Ranch such a wonderful place is the incredible talent and creativity of the staff. Many of our Ranch Hands lead a rich and talented artistic life outside of [...]
3 Ways Games Can Improve Your Meeting
Games and play are an essential part of the Catalyst Ranch philosophy. Everything at Catalyst Ranch is custom designed to take you back to that point in your childhood when we all had boundless imaginations, [...]
How One Idea Can Turn Into Millions
Today’s blog entry is guest written by Kristin Neperud Merz of www.unscribbled.com where she has been designing, branding and doing all things creative since 2000. Kristin also serves Catalyst Ranch as a Creative Strategist and is our designer of all things [...]