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:
Creativity on the Go
A co-worker came across this article in Forbes.com last week and thought it might be handy to add a few more tools to the electronic creative toolbox. So, the next time you get stuck at [...]
Memory Triggers from the Rhinoceros who Knows
Today, I've decided to share with you one man's story behind a significant object. We all have at least one object in our life that spurs certain memories. Well, here's a man, Nathaniel Rich, who [...]
Innovating outside the lines
I found an interesting blog today that was posted a month or so ago by Jeffrey Phillips, author of "Make Us More Innovative." If you'd like to check out any other tidbits he has to [...]
Creative Meeting Space in NYC & Columbus, OH
I know that you can't always get to Chicago for your meeting and finding creative meeting space seems to be the country's best kept secret, so I thought I would start introducing you to some [...]
Pecha Kucha Night
I attended Pecha Kucha night just a couple of days ago at the Hyde Park Arts Center and had a really great evening listening to the wildest range of subjects ever put together under one [...]
FableVision — On a Mission to Infuse Kids with Creativity
If kids are part of your life, you probably already know the work of Peter H. Reynolds. Peter’s simple, charming books — Ish, The Dot, and Someday – encourage kids to be creative by teaching [...]
A New Creative Outlet — Virtual Graffiti from YR Wall
If you've always secretly wanted to grab a spray paint can and just go to town on a pristine garage door or brick wall, making your mark and starting your own gang, the folks from [...]
Art to Drape Over Your Walls & Windows
There's a fascinating artist from Iceland (living and working in Chicago), who is exhibiting her work in Chicago right now by the name of Anna Joelsdotter. Anna recently spent 18 months creating a [...]
The Cartoon Character Ice Breaker Exercise
Today I thought I'd share a fun "getting to know you" exercise that you can use at the start of your next meeting and get everyone's creative juices flowing. This one is perfect to use [...]
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:
Creativity on the Go
A co-worker came across this article in Forbes.com last week and thought it might be handy to add a few more tools to the electronic creative toolbox. So, the next time you get stuck at [...]
Memory Triggers from the Rhinoceros who Knows
Today, I've decided to share with you one man's story behind a significant object. We all have at least one object in our life that spurs certain memories. Well, here's a man, Nathaniel Rich, who [...]
Innovating outside the lines
I found an interesting blog today that was posted a month or so ago by Jeffrey Phillips, author of "Make Us More Innovative." If you'd like to check out any other tidbits he has to [...]
Creative Meeting Space in NYC & Columbus, OH
I know that you can't always get to Chicago for your meeting and finding creative meeting space seems to be the country's best kept secret, so I thought I would start introducing you to some [...]
Pecha Kucha Night
I attended Pecha Kucha night just a couple of days ago at the Hyde Park Arts Center and had a really great evening listening to the wildest range of subjects ever put together under one [...]
FableVision — On a Mission to Infuse Kids with Creativity
If kids are part of your life, you probably already know the work of Peter H. Reynolds. Peter’s simple, charming books — Ish, The Dot, and Someday – encourage kids to be creative by teaching [...]
A New Creative Outlet — Virtual Graffiti from YR Wall
If you've always secretly wanted to grab a spray paint can and just go to town on a pristine garage door or brick wall, making your mark and starting your own gang, the folks from [...]
Art to Drape Over Your Walls & Windows
There's a fascinating artist from Iceland (living and working in Chicago), who is exhibiting her work in Chicago right now by the name of Anna Joelsdotter. Anna recently spent 18 months creating a [...]
The Cartoon Character Ice Breaker Exercise
Today I thought I'd share a fun "getting to know you" exercise that you can use at the start of your next meeting and get everyone's creative juices flowing. This one is perfect to use [...]