Catalyst Ranch’s
Creative Juice Blog
Catalyst Ranch is best known as a creative meeting venue in Chicago, providing an inspiring environment where companies large and small come together for brainstorming sessions, product development, training, and corporate retreats. However, did you know that the innovation continues after hours? We love to bring folks from the creative community together to exchange ideas, network, [...]
This summer Catalyst Ranch, a unique meeting venue in Chicago's West Loop, welcomed the first intern in its history, Jocelyn Hernandez. Jocelyn is a Schuler Scholar who is currently studying at Denison University and preparing to study abroad soon in Ecuador! She was an incredible addition our team and kind enough to find time in her [...]
Catalyst Ranch, a unique meeting venue located in Chicago’s West Loop, is designed to enhance and support the creative process. We are surrounded by stimulation; dazzling colors, vintage furniture, eclectic artwork, and toys work together to inspire our clients to new heights! We’re all about innovation, so we’re always looking for fresh ways to get the [...]
Here at Catalyst Ranch, Chicago’s most creative meeting venue, we give away a different prize every month to one lucky Ranch visitor selected at random! The chance to win a unique gift adds even more fun and excitement to your day here, and we’re just generous like that! Sometimes the prize is an inspiring book, an amazing piece of [...]
Welcome back to #WeddingWednesday, our semi-weekly column where we bring you wedding tips, tricks, crafts, interviews, and interesting Chicago wedding happenings from Chicago’s creative wedding venue, Catalyst Ranch. The interwebs, magazines, and fashionistas everywhere have a ton of advice on women’s wedding fashion. There are infinite possibilities for the bride’s dress alone. A-line? Mermaid? Ball Gown? [...]
Welcome back guest blogger, Kristin Neperud Merz! Kristin is a multi-talented founder of Unscribbled, Inc. where she has been designing, branding and practicing the art of creative problem-solving since 2000. Kristin also serves Catalyst Ranch as a Creative Strategist and is our designer of all things digital. You can see some of her fabulous work in [...]
Catalyst Ranch, Chicago’s most creative meeting venue, is staffed by a talented team of quirky characters known as Ranch Hands. Individuals who have artistic leanings are drawn to Catalyst Ranch’s colorful workspace, diverse clientele, and co-workers of similar sensibility. That’s why you’ll find that every Ranch Hand leads a full life filled with an array of [...]
Welcome guest blogger, Jon Wool! Mr. Wool is the President and Owner of JHW Hospitality Consulting and one of the hospitality industry's foremost experts. He is also the founder of the boutique catering company, Finesse Cuisine Catering and Events. As a consultant, coach, and speaker, Jon has been applauded for his warmth, humor, and ability to clearly [...]
Catalyst Ranch was the first venue in Chicago to realize that the results of any offsite meeting can be enhanced if attendees are placed in the right environment. Our quirky colorful meeting space in the West Loop inspires guests to have the most beneficial offsite meeting possible. We put this theory into practice in our own [...]
At Catalyst Ranch, the original creative meeting venue located in Chicago’s West Loop, we take play pretty seriously. Games are part of the landscape here at the Ranch. Board games, card games, and puzzles adorn the book shelves around the perimeter of each room. Sometimes our Monthly Giveaway Prize is a challenging puzzle or funky desktop [...]