Creativity

Want an idea for World Creativity and Innovation Week April 15 – 21?

This short video outlines several obstacles to energizing creative energy.  Why not choose one to overcome during  April 15 – 21? Which will you choose to eliminate? [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2hPRoiHo8k&w=420&h=315] Video created by Steven Volpe, who is an undergraduate minor in Creative Studies at the International Center for Studies in Creativity, Buffalo, NY

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If so… what are some ways you might boost your students’ feeling of surprise with a novel and relevant activity during World Creativity and Innovation Week April 15 – 21? Definition of creativity from Mark A. Runco & Garrett J. Jaeger (2012) The Standard Definition of Creativity, Creativity Research Journal, 24:1, 92-96, DOI: 10.1080/10400419.2012.650092. With thanks to …

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What if…for one week, everyone believed in creativity?

Just imagine, pretend.  Pretend during World Creativity and Innovation Week April 15-21, that everyone you interact with, including you, has amazing creative powers – to generate new ideas, to make new decisions and to take new actions. How would that be, eh?  Well, for one thing, new ideas would be greeted with welcome …  they …

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18 Things Highly Creative People Do Differently

See on Scoop.it – Creativity and Learning InsightsCreativity works in mysterious and often paradoxical ways. Creative thinking is a stable, defining characteristic in some personalities, but it may also change based on situation and context. Marci Segal, MS‘s insight: Read this article and choose one behavior to begin or use during World Creativity and Innovation …

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We Say We Like Creativity, but We Really Don’t

See on Scoop.it – Creativity and Learning InsightsIn the United States we are raised to appreciate the accomplishments of inventors and thinkers—creative people whose ideas have transformed our world. Marci Segal, MS‘s insight: Are you like the many written about in this article? Do you say you want creativity on one hand and then, on …

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Conversation about Creativity is Changing

Former US President Bill Clinton, Richard Florida, author of the Creative Class and Director of the Martin Prosperity Center,  & Walter Isaacson, President and CEO of the Aspen Institute discuss why creativity matters….and the importance of creative collaboration. At the Creativity Conference in Washington, DC, April 26, 2013. http://bit.ly/10nLSBw It’s great to see these kinds …

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Design Like Leonardo da Vinci during #WCIW (World Creativity and Innovation Week April 15-21)

Leonardo da Vinci’s birthday marks the beginning of World Creativity and Innovation Week each year – April 15 – 21. Here’s a SXSW slide presentation by Brian Sullivan that has lots of fodder to enhance your own creative process and those of others. Remember to post your event in our WCIW facebook group and WCIW …

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