TEDxTucson - Hildy Gottlieb - Creating the Future

About This Talk
What does it take to create a healthy, vibrant world? Hildy Gottlieb shares a simple framework for creating powerful change in communities and around the world.

About Hildy Gottlieb
5 years after transforming her business turnaround practice into a consulting firm helping community organizations, Hildy Gottlieb had a realization: she had changed her life to change the world, but nothing was really changing.

So Hildy and her business partner began turning around the systems used by those organizations - strategic planning, governance, program design, funding. And the results they witnessed - rapid, joyful, graceful change - challenged virtually all the assumptions they had about what creates social change.

Hildy has co-founded Creating the Future, whose mission is to make visionary community improvement the norm in social change work, rather than the exception. She is the author of several books about social change systems, including The Pollyanna Principles: Reinventing Nonprofit Organizations to Create the Future of Our World. Hildy is also the co-founder of the first Diaper Bank in the U.S., an accomplishment that won her a Points of Light Citation from President Bill Clinton.

"I have previously written that Gottlieb is a practitioner's practitioner. I will now add one new observation: Gottlieb is the Community Benefit sector's philosopher." Stephen C. Nill, CEO, CharityChannel on Amazon.com

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Category:

Nonprofits & Activism

Tags:

• Global Issues
• Education
• AIDS
• Poverty
• Activism
• Social Change
• Community
• Creating the Future
• Planning
• Futurism
• Problem Solving

[24sweetroller7]

This woman seems to have a practical, straight forward, no nonsense way of trying to change the world. There are some good ideas here. Take the time to watch this video. Little by little, change can happen.

[Onward59]

This is an approach that just.makes.sense. It's an eye-opener to realize how often we strive for zero, and to have the courage to demand more of ourselves, on behalf of our communities. I've been fortunate to work with organizations who have taken that step, and have watched them describe their success with amazement and joy. Hildy, long may you continue your work!

[JaneGarthson]

I can attest to how well this approach is working with my clients. The Creating the Future framework really is both a highly inspiring and an extremely practical way to expedite change towards a better community.

[merylste]

Hildy isn't talking anything woo woo here. Creating the Future is onto something. It works. It's so simple that it may be overlooked. But please don't. Watch this and spread it. Then use it the next time you walk into a board meeting or think about starting a group to combat "today's problems" instead of finding a way to play your way to the future you really want.

[floraharidan]

Thank you dear woman for bringing me to tears of hope. I salute you and your work!