July Calendar
Hover over the calendar and then click the magnifying glass to print your July 2016 crabby calendar page!
Ranch Hand Spotlight: Tatiana Green
Catalyst Ranch is staffed by an incredible team of quirky characters known as Ranch Hands. Ranch Hand Spotlight is an occasional blog series that invites you to take a sneak peek behind the scenes. Creative Juice readers please give a warm welcome to Ranch Hand Tatiana Green, who was recently promoted to Assistant Morning and Special [...]
Inspiring Found-Object Art by Jane Perkins
Inspiring Found-Object Art by Jane Perkins At Catalyst Ranch, Chicago’s first unconventional meeting venue, we love re-purposed art and furniture! Stroll around the Ranch and you’ll see classic lamp stands with modern lampshades, tea tins from around the globe that have turned into pen holders, and re-painted picture frames embellished with beads and trinkets. There is [...]
Diversity and Inclusion: ‘Build Bridges, Not Walls’
Welcome guest blogger and Catalyst Ranch Art-Work Program Facilitator, Troy Cicero! Diversity and Inclusion are indeed my passion, and what I have discovered is that as organizations attempt to embark on a diversity and inclusion journey, one of the biggest challenges faced is executive level commitment. Executives often view their role as approving the diversity and [...]
Meet Shannon From Find Your Prana, A One-Stop Shop for Workplace Health and Wellness
Welcome guest blogger, Shannon Terschluse, Certified Holistic Health Coach, Certified Yoga Teacher, and the Founder of Find Your Prana. “Argggh! 80% of Americans Stressed Out at Work” “Americans Cook the Least, Eat the Fastest” “How Eating at Home Can Save Your Life” “America’s Workers: Stressed Out, Overwhelmed, Totally Exhausted” “Change Your Lifestyle, Reverse Your Disease” These [...]
“You should be in the pictures, kid!”
Come one, come all to the second annual Creative Meeting Carnival at Catalyst Ranch! Join us on February 23 to explore the possibilities for your creative corporate meetings in 2015 and beyond! Meet our partner vendors and learn more about how their diverse offerings that can help you make meeting magic! Today we are spotlighting one [...]
And on the 12th day of creative inspiration, we celebrate (an anniversary)
Today Catalyst Ranch celebrates 12 years of creative meetings and events, innovation and creativity, connections and collaborations. Wow! What a journey! We are thankful to have been joined by an incredible list of clients that share our vision and enjoy our space. And of course we cannot forget to thank our amazing partners that have worked [...]
Innovative Collaboration Technology
At Catalyst Ranch, Chicago’s unique meeting venue, we’re always looking for innovative methods to improve the meeting experience. We recently test drove Get Going Meetings, a collaboration process that harnesses the power of technology to collect, organize, and prioritize information and insights from our management team. Everyone contributed anonymously and on their own time, which led [...]
12 Days of Creative Inspiration
To celebrate our upcoming 12 year anniversary, Catalyst Ranch is putting together 12 Days of Creative Inspiration. Inspiration is all around us, and we’re looking high and low for unexpected sources of creative inspiration. Where do you find inspiration? Maybe it is in something tactile like gardening or in the visual arts or in a piece [...]
Coffee Mug Personality Test
At Catalyst Ranch, the first creative meeting venue in Chicago, many of the Ranch hands begin their day with a cup of coffee or tea. We are lucky that we don’t need to stop at a coffee shop on the way to work because the some of the best coffee in the city is waiting for [...]