July Calendar
Hover over the calendar and then click the magnifying glass to print your July 2016 crabby calendar page!
Meet Artist MJ Ernst. She Illustrated our 2016 Coloring Book Calendar!
We are so pleased to introduce this month’s guest blogger and good friend to the Ranch, MJ Ernst. MJ is the owner, designer and artist of MJ Ernst Couture and Mysterious Mannequin. MJ is also the illustrator of our brand new 2016 Adult Coloring Book Calendar. Here is her story: I have been sewing and [...]
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 [...]
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The stories of the 40 children who live at LYDIA are consistently shocking and upsetting. These kids have been handed one of the most difficult challenges the world can offer - being taken from their parents due to abuse and/or neglect. The children in LYDIA’s Residential Treatment Center (home for abused and neglected children) are all [...]
Amazing Meeting Vendors, Resources & Experts Galore!
Have you ever planned and executed a meeting and then wondered "Did I get my point across?" or "Why wasn't there any action afterwards?" Have you ever attended a meeting and left with the feeling that you wasted your time? Now is your chance to find answers to your toughest meeting challenges. We've partnered with the [...]
How to Select the Best Summer Event from Management’s Perspective
Keep your spirits high as you bundle up and hunker down this winter by daydreaming about how lovely summers are in Chicago! Summer means sunny neighborhood festivals, biking on the lakefront path, movies in the park, and your company’s summer event! Beat the winter blues by thinking of all the fun you and your team are [...]
3 Ways to Make Work Fun!
Catalyst Ranch, our innovative meeting venue in Chicago's West Loop, is known for its unique environment. Many words have been used to describe the atmosphere and decor at the Ranch, including eclectic, bright, inspiring, quirky, whimsical, and . . . FUN! Back in the olden days, some folks said, “Work isn’t meant to be fun, that’s why [...]
Purposeful Play: Fostering Creativity in Business
Catalyst Ranch, Chicago’s first unique meeting venue, is designed to foster creative thinking. When some of our clients come to the Ranch for the first time, they see the bright colors, the mismatched vintage coffee cups, the whimsical décor, and they think, "People work here?!" The Ranch looks like such a fun place, some attendees are [...]