Archive for 'Musings'
Creativity4aCause launches first campaign to raise money for Room To Read!
I am very pleased to announce the start of my latest venture Creativity4aCause! Creativity4aCause’s mission is simple: to use the power of creativity to make a difference for children by using raised funds to help build schools. I am excited to announce that our first project is now underway raising money for Room to Read! […]
Posted: October 26th, 2007 under Musings, Favorite Books.
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Sir Ken Robinson - great clip on creativity, education and children - worth 19 min!
A friend of mine had mentioned Sir Ken Robinson and his take on creativity and education a few weeks ago. Well, I finally watched it this week and I was blown away in a good way. Ken’s take is that we need to not only rethink how children are educated, but that creativity needs to […]
Posted: October 25th, 2007 under Musings.
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Want to raise some money? Donate some money? Check out these two websites then!
During the last few months, I have come across two amazing websites that I invite you to check out! Are you looking to raise some money for a good cause? Then check out the website firstgiving. This website allows you to set up your very own fundraising webpage that you can email out to friends, family, […]
Posted: September 26th, 2007 under Musings.
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POINT your Way To Better Ideas!
What’s one of the biggest barriers to innovation? The way new ideas are treated! Typically, the more novel an idea is, the more likely it is rejected right away. In order for creative ideas to succeed, they need time to be nurtured and developed! So, how might you develop and strengthen a new idea?For close […]
Posted: September 24th, 2007 under Musings.
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What does a rubber chicken have in common with a Bi0-degradable cell phone?
A great question, and the opening line from David Vail’s (Geek Squad agent) latest blog entry on this past week’s Geek Squad’sDo Tanks at the idea festival in Louisville, Kentucky. David and his fellow agents, idea festival attendees, and contest winners got toexperience a high paced, professionally facilitated interactive innovation session! As David puts it […]
Posted: September 19th, 2007 under Musings.
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What’s a “Do Tank?” /The Idea Festival
I just returned on Sunday from this year’s idea festival where I was invited by the creative education foundation to design and facilitate "Do-Tank’s" for the GeekSquad’s "What’s your big idea?" nationwide challenge. A challenge put out to ordinary people to come up with ideas that would make a big difference to the planet! So […]
Posted: September 18th, 2007 under Musings.
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where did the i-pod come from and what can you learn from it?
Well after years of resisting the trend, I recently received an ipod nano as a gift for my birthday and I have to say it is indeed cool. From design to function, this is a great product! So from an innovation perspective, where did the i-pod come from? how was it developed? and what can […]
Posted: September 4th, 2007 under Musings.
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Plane delayed? got internet access? then try this..
What to do when you are at an airport and the thunderstorm hits and all flights are delayed or canceled? Well if you decided to stick it out and have internet access, here’s a site that will let you create and get your inner Jackson Pollock out…it’s fun, but I warn you, it is a […]
Posted: August 23rd, 2007 under Musings.
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2 Happiness quotes…
Happy end of August. After a bit of time off from the blog, it’s time to get writing. Two happiness quotes came across my email recently that I’d thought I’d share…"Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony." - Mahatma Gandhi brought to me via Real Simple"Happy people […]
Posted: August 21st, 2007 under Musings.
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Apple’s got the i-phone ~ microsoft?
Unless you have been living in a cave, you have probably been bombarded with the unbelievable hype of the arrival of the apple i-phone. This past week, I got my first hands on experience using a friend’s i-phone and I have got to tell you that it is really unbelievably cool and hip. Apple has […]
Posted: July 15th, 2007 under Musings.
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Heads up ~ Mindcamp creativity conference in September
For those interested in deliberate creativity, there is a great creativity conference in Toronto held every September called Mindcamp! Just wanted to give you a heads up in advance and invite you to attend as this is a great conference to learn and apply the latest in deliberate creativity techniques, models and theories.I just went […]
Posted: July 1st, 2007 under Musings.
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The difference between creativity and innovation ~
What is your definition of creativity and innovation? Is there a difference? If so, what?I recently found this definition from (Amabile, Burnside & Gryskiewicz, 1999) which I like“Creativity is the crucial ‘front-end’ of the innovation process; before innovation can happen, the creative ideas must be generated by individuals and teams so that they can be […]
Posted: June 30th, 2007 under Musings.
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a website worth checking out!
Happy July… Ever now and again, I come across a website that is just so cool that I wonder how did I spend my time before finding this site! Well, thanks to a friend who forwarded me this link, I can forward it on to you.It’s called TED which stands for technology, entertainment and design. […]
Posted: June 29th, 2007 under Musings.
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3 Questions to get you into creative action
Last night, I participated in a great conference call put on by Leslie Sann of living-bydesign.com as part of her living by design course. Leslie shared with us a set of three questions that help get you into creative action. I found them practical and simple to implement so I thought I would share them […]
Posted: June 7th, 2007 under Musings.
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International Center for Studies in Creativity…
Just wanted to share some good news with you all. I have just been appointed as an Adjunct faculty member at the Center for Studies in Creativity at Buffalo State College where I will be teaching (along with my colleague Jonathan Vehar) a graduate course titled: Facilitation of Group Problem Solving. I am excited to […]
Posted: June 1st, 2007 under Musings.
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