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CREATIVITY
WORLD FORUM
NOVEMBER 15-17, 2010
Join colleagues
from around the world who are interested in and applying creativity. Keynotes
from Sir Ken Robinson, Daniel Pink, Pilobolus, Americans for
the Arts, and many others! Participate in the launch of the National
Creativity Network on November 15, 2010, followed by the "Shaping the
Future of Creativity Today: Moving From Advocacy to Action" workshop
facilitated by Steven Dahlberg of the International Centre for
Creativity and Imagination and Cheryl Whitesitt of the Minnesota
Future Problem Solving Program. The rest of the Creativity World Forum runs
November 15 and 16. All events are in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Find
more about the Creativity World Forum here and also share
your RSVP on the Facebook page for this workshop!
PRE-CONFERENCE
WORKSHOP - NOVEMBER 15, 2010:
Shaping the Future of Creativity Today: Moving From Advocacy to Action - REGISTER
NOW!
Facilitated
by Steven Dahlberg, Director, International Centre for Creativity and
Imagination; and Cheryl Whitesitt, Executive Director, Minnesota Future
Problem Solving Program ... Plus, we'll be joined in the first hour by
invited guests who include creativity advocate and author Sir Ken Robinson,
play consultant Mary Alice Long, Imagination
First co-author Scott Noppe-Brandon,
Oklahoma A+ Schools executive director Jean Hendrickson, ArtScience
Labs executive director Carrie Fitzsimmons, arts
advocate Dan Hunter, Scholastic Testing Service
assessment specialist Scott Rich, and more.
Do
you care about creativity, yet feel like a "minority of one" in
your efforts to promote it? Come and discover others who share your sense of
urgency and passion for change! Every person has the capacity to be creative.
We are equipped with the power of our imagination and can intentionally
develop and apply this part of ourselves. We have a responsibility to imagine
what might be, collaborate with others, and act to positively transform our
schools, our workplaces and our communities through creativity. One of the fundamental tenets of creativity is
that we can reframe crises as opportunities. Reviving the
sluggish economy, solving massive oil spills, transforming how and what we
learn -- even the so-called "creativity crisis" itself -- all
require creative alternatives. In this experiential workshop,
you will:
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EXPLORE
the state of creativity today.
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ENGAGE
creative alternatives about the future of creativity.
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PARTICIPATE
directly in creative processes and tools that help us move beyond merely
advocating the value of creativity to igniting action for change about
creativity's role in society.
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THINK
and act in new ways about what is possible.
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SEEK
ideas that point in the direction of change.
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PRACTICE
the creativity we desire to see more of in society.
This
workshop is open to all, and aims to involve diverse participants --
representing education, business, arts, government, nonprofits and beyond --
who all share an interest in applying more personal, organizational and
community creativity. Be inspired, imagine the future of creativity, and
engage in creating it now!
REGISTER
NOW for this pre-conference workshop!
ABOUT
THE FACILITATORS:
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Steven
Dahlberg is head of the International Centre for Creativity and
Imagination, which is dedicated to applying creativity to improve the
well-being of individuals, organizations and communities. He teaches
"Creativity + Social Change" in the Public and Community
Engagement theme at the University of Connecticut, co-hosts the Creativity in Play online radio show, edits the
Applied
Imagination blog, and authored the foreword to the book Education is
Everybody's Business. Steven has nearly 20 years experience collaborating
with artists, scientists, business people, educators, nonprofit and
government professionals, and others to help people develop and apply
their creativity. His work in the United States, Europe, Asia and South
Africa includes directing international creativity and training
conferences, directing and managing nonprofit and academic creativity
programs, teaching undergraduate and graduate creativity courses, guest
lecturing at several universities, helping toy inventors launch a
creativity consulting business, collaborating on participatory public art
projects, and teaching creativity to incarcerated men. Steven has worked
with the Yale University, the Guggenheim Museum, Yahoo!, Americans for the
Arts, Danbury Public Schools, UNESCO, Louisiana's Office of the Lt.
Governor, Lincoln Center Institute, New Economics Foundation, Connecticut
Commission on Culture and Tourism, World Knowledge Forum, City of
Providence, 3M, Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, State of Connecticut, and
Rhode Island College, among other organizations.
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Cheryl
Whitesitt is the executive director of the Minnesota Future Problem
Solving Program (MN FPSP) and has been teaching critical and creative
thinking skills to students and adults since 1985. She is an evaluator for
the state program and has evaluated at the international level, as well.
Cheryl serves on the International FPSP Governing Council. As the
director, she strives to expand E. Paul Torrance's FPSP -- training
adults, children and youth in the application of the Creative Problem
Solving Process to predictable challenges of the future. Having served 15
years on her local school board, she is able to see the challenges that
both teachers and administrators must deal with. Besides her experience
with education, Cheryl sees a side of the business world as she and her
husband operate a small business in southeast Minnesota.
ABOUT
THE GUEST CONTRIBUTORS:
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Sir
Ken Robinson is the author of The
Element.
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Mary
Alice Long is a play consultant and
advocate.
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Scott
Noppe-Brandon is executive director of the Lincoln
Center Institute and co-author of Imagination First.
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Jean
Hendrickson is executive director of Oklahoma
A+ Schools.
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Carrie
Fitzsimmons is executive director of
ArtScience Labs.
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Dan
Hunter is an arts advocate and policy expert.
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Scott
Rich is an assessment specialist at Scholastic Testing Service.
REGISTER
NOW for this pre-conference workshop!
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