Big Ideas
Scott Tillitt
Visioning: Map Your Purpose and Change the World

Everyone's talking about purpose these days. Everyone tells you that you need to find yours — for your own sake and for that of humanity’s. There is a growing proliferation of books and articles and workshops with various approaches promising to help you find yours. One approach is visioning, a vogue-ish high-level process used in business, urban planning, nonprofits... anywhere where thinking strategically about future direction is helpful. (5-min read)

Visioning: Map Your Purpose and Change the World
Nonprofit, PR + Communications
Scott Tillitt
Cool Job: Fund the People Communications Manager

Amplify the campaign to maximize investment in nonprofit workforce as Fund the People's new communications manager.

Cool Job: Fund the People Communications Manager
Social Enterprise / Innovation, Local Living Economy, Antidote News
Scott Tillitt
Hudson Valley Farm & Food Business Accelerator

Developed by the Hudson Valley AgriBusiness Development Corporation and facilitated in part by Antidote Collective, this intensive 6-month program includes online training activities, expert instruction, one-on-one mentoring sessions, group interaction and industry networking events. Applications due Aug. 15, 2016. (quick read)

Hudson Valley Farm & Food Business Accelerator
Nonprofit, Social Enterprise / Innovation
Scott Tillitt
Profiting From Pro Bono: Taproot Foundation

For 5 years (2005 to 2010) I was a consultant on pro bono branding and communications projects for several nonprofit clients through Taproot Foundation. It was a highlight of my career, and I encourage it for everyone. Here's an interview that gives a feel of why it's rewarding and impactful. (2-min read)

Profiting From Pro Bono: Taproot Foundation
Big Ideas
Scott Tillitt
Slow Activism

In this TED Talk, "How the Internet has made social change easy to organize, hard to win," techno-sociologist Zeynep Tufekci makes an argument against digital activism, exclusively. And an argument for what I'll call "slow activism." (quick read)

Slow Activism

TEDxLongDock

'Out of the Trance & Into Action'

'Out of the Trance & Into Action'

I was recently profiled by Bonnie McEwan, New School professor and longtime communications consultant, for her series of people "who have made a positive difference in the world."

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Localism + community impact + social innovators + visioning... whew!

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Antidote Collective has always been a platform for social impact through a variety of means, not just consulting for like-minded clients. Here, a sampling of how that's been manifesting (client work included).

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TEDxLongDock: This is What Community Looks Like

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TEDxLongDock: This is What Community Looks Like

Nothing I've done has been as personally fulfilling as what transpired in Beacon, NY, on June 7, the culmination of months and months of planning and hard, selfless work with a small, dedicated team.

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Save Us. Be Creative!

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Save Us. Be Creative!

Think about how many of your friends and acquaintances work for themselves — not just those with their own business, but also those who freelance or consult (whether full or part time). How many consider themselves “creative”? Chances are, you know a lot. While the positive impact of cultural institutions is pretty much conventional wisdom at this point, the larger creative economy that includes DIY (do-it-yourself) makers and small, creative businesses is less understood.