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CEF Newsletter - May 2007 Inside This Issue  CPSI 2007 Sign up Now! 
CPSI 2007 CPSI 2007: The Nature of Innovation ^ TopJoin us on our 53rd year of creativity! CPSI is the largest and longest continually running conference focused on the development of creativity and the teaching of the Osborn-Parnes Creative Problem Solving Process. If your goal is to awaken, expand, and enrich your creativity and creative thinking skills, then the GREATEST place to start is at CPSI 2007 at Callaway Gardens. Go to the website (http://www.cpsiconference.com)
and explore the many offerings from keynote and spotlight speakers
to CORE programs such as Springboard, Facilitating Creative Leadership,
Immersions, Applied Imagination, Extending sessions, Pre-Conference
workshops, special events, and more. The Creative Education Foundation
invites you to CPSI 2007.
Pre-Conference Workshops Start on Sunday, June 24th! ^ TopThis year we have a wonderful selection of six Pre-Conference Workshops that allow you to make the most of your week at CPSI! Sessions will be held Sunday, June 24th from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm and include lunch. Pre-Conference Workshops include: For full descriptions, click
here.
Join this
fast-paced, intense and interactive workshop on Group Collaboration
and Innovative Thinking skills. You’ll learn the Six Thinking
Hats® method along with two (2) Lateral Thinking techniques.
As a participant, you’ll leave the session with practical
tools you can immediately apply on the job and in your life. The Spirit of Change
MYTHOdoLOGY - Using Greek Myths and Drama to Learn the
CPS Model - Easily
Adventures in Reflection: Beyond the Looking Glass
Leveraging Differences in the Process of Innovating
Learn how to unlock the secrets of psychological diversity to enhance creativity and innovation in your organization. This session will provide a hands-on experience in utilizing the Insights Discovery profile (validated by over 1 million attendees) to create a common language for better understanding yourself and others. You’ll leave with tools to enable you to work more effectively with a diverse group, allowing innovation and creativity to dominate.
The Rhythm of Dialogue
Click here to learn more about our
Pre-Conference Workshops: Dr. E. Paul Torrance - 2007 CPSI Hall of Fame Inductee ^ Top E. Paul Torrance is known around the world as the “Father of Creativity” in part because of his nearly 60 years of research in the field of creativity and gifted education. He attended his first CPSI conference back in the 1950s and attended many thereafter with his wife, Pansy. Those who knew him and worked with him at CPSI spoke often of his kindness and generosity. Because of his contributions over 15 years, he earned the Service & Commitment Award in 1986. This year his lifetime of work will be honored as he becomes the 2007 Hall of Fame Inductee. The CPSI Hall of Fame Award is designed to honor those CPSI volunteers who, through their work at CPSI and their lives, support and inspire creativity and applied imagination. They are considered the elite in their specific areas of skills, experiences and performance. Dr. Torrance was the Alumni Foundation Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Educational Psychology at the University of Georgia. He devoted his career to teaching about and researching creativity. Those in gifted education applied his work to their work and to teaching children. Among the many awards he earned, Torrance was the recipient of the Arthur Lipper Award of the World Olympics of the Mind for outstanding original contributions to human creativity, as well as an elected member of Who's Who in the World, Director of the Bureau of Educational Research at the University of Minnesota. He was also the chair of the Educational Psychology Department at the University of Georgia for nearly 20 years. Torrance founded the Future Problem Solving Program and was world renowned for his work in assessing and enhancing creativeness. His Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking (TTTC), designed to identify and develop the creative abilities of children and adults, have been used extensively in education and translated into approximately 35 languages. Join us at CPSI as we honor a truly great man. Click here to read an article that appeared in the Atlanta Constitution when he died that captures his career to some detail. CREA Highlights – April 18-22, 2007 ^ TopThe CREA Conference was even more lovely than ever due to beautiful weather in Sestri Levante, Italy. Attended by 250 participants and leaders from 25 countries, the theme of the conference was Beauty. CREA Executive Director, Andrea Montuschi, hosted the conference. The conference ran from Wednesday night to Sunday noon with pre-conferences on Wednesday. CEF President David Horth conducted an immersion on Authentic Leadership with Tim Switalski; Board Member Gregg Fraley taught a CPS Thinking Skills class with Siri Lynn and Rossana Dell'Isola and Board Members Hedria Lunken and Tim Hurson were in attendance. Several other CPSI 2007 leaders attended and/or presented including CPSI 2007 MC Doug Stevenson, FCL Coordinator Deborah Potts, Jean Bystedt, Anthony Hyatt, Franka Leeson and Robert Verheule. Started by former CEF Board Member Matteo Catullo and others, CEF and CREA maintain a close relationship and work to support one another's efforts. If you are a CPSI fan but have never attended CREA, you might want
to start planning now to attend CREA
2008! Book Review – Jack’s Notebook by Gregg Fraley ^ Top
A look of recognition came over our faces. “He’s Jack!” we agreed. That’s Jack Huber, protagonist of Fraley’s Jack’s Notebook (Nelson, 2007). Gregg, a long-time CPSI leader and CEF board member confides, “I knew that when I wrote my book on CPS, it would be a business fable.” Fraley was inspired by the work of Patrick Lencioni, author of The Five Dysfunctions of a Team and Eliyahu Goldratt, author of The Goal. “Narrative brings an emotional component and when there’s an emotional component, people’s learning curves soar.” Jack’s Notebook is both a riveting story and a comprehensive CPS reference resource. One reader, Bob Anthony, directs Adolescent Wellness, a non-profit that helps prevent teen depression and suicide. “It’s an engaging, entertaining read. I learned Creative Problem Solving. Kids need these skills to build resilience - their ability to see their way through challenges they face.” Adolescent Wellness has already begun to integrate CPS into its teen and parent workshops. “When CPS first came into my life, I was 37,” says
Fraley. “I thought, ‘Oh, how I wish I knew about these
tools when I was a younger person.’ What I learned at CPSI
changed my life.” Gregg Fraley hopes Jack’s Notebook
will do the same for those who read it. CPSI registration is now open
Job Postings ^ Top
Volunteer, Volunteer Coordinator Wanted! This is your opportunity to make a difference! CEF is looking for an individual willing to step up and coordinate the volunteers who give of their time to help move the Creative Education Foundation forward. The Volunteer Coordinator’s main responsibilities will be to plan, develop, and implement volunteer programs, recruit volunteers, and supervise volunteers in support of the Creative Education Foundation. The right individual will have great organizational, people and communication skills. Will know how to keep volunteers on task through positive reinforcement, know when and where volunteers are needed. The individual we are looking for will have some or all of the
following skill sets: If you have any interest in this position or know of someone who might fit the bill, please contact Lisa Karlin: lisakarlin@cpsiconference.com CPSI registration is now open Upcoming Conferences ^ Top
CEF Newsletter Committee Editors / Writers: Suzie Nussel, Jane Goldwasser,
Doug Stevenson. Interested in helping us make the CEF Newsletter great? We need writers, photographers and artists for book reviews, creativity tips, and more. Contact us at CEFNewsletter@creativeeducationfoundation.org. ^ Top |
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De Bono Thinking Systems’ Six Thinking Hats®
& Lateral Thinking
Explore
how to transform negative notions into personal empowerment. This
workshop will explore how each of us can access and apply the power
that lies within us and beyond us in ways that can change our lives
and those of our families, friends, and world for the better. We
will use tools and techniques of CPS, improvisational theater, and
the universal traditions of spiritual disciplines to encourage transformative
change. Discover a powerful new way of seeing life and all its changes
as creative, loving and playful.
Have a flair
for the dramatic? Learn how to use Mythodology with Greek myths
such as Juno, Muses, Circe, Mermaids, Athena, Mentor, Midas king,
Daedalus, and Hercules to better understand the creative process.
During the session, you will develop a myth role as if you were
in theater. From making your own costume and interpreting your role
to going to the Oracle for more ideas, you will use drama to learn
how to improve your creativity and innovation.
Learn
how to slow down and reflect through an interactive day utilizing
your own digital camera, Kaleidoscopic Photos, journaling, movement,
and more. This small-group experience will give you the tools to
explore your experiences and make often unexpected connections.
You’ll learn how to expand your creativity in every walk of
life.
Have fun
and learn how to create meaningful music by confidently exploring
your active listening skills and making your expressive personal
contribution. This workshop will guide you towards discovering your
unique note and its invaluable contribution to the harmony of the
larger group, while emphasizing the importance of acknowledging
and celebrating every individual. No previous musical experience
required.
Gregg Fraley and I dined in Chicago recently when our personable
young waiter confided, “My buddy’s scored me an interview
with a software company,” adding wistfully, “I’ve
been waiting awhile now -- drifting.” Without hesitation,
Gregg asked him, “So, what’s your dream?” He replied
comically, “I wish I knew.” |
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