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Bob Anthony
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Saturday, 10:45 a.m.: PIP CPS: A fast, new tool
for promoting resilience in teens
Following a career
in the wireless industry that included earning patents and launching a software
company, Bob Anthony founded Adolescent Wellness, Inc. in 2002 to simplify youth
depression prevention. Collaboration with Boston's Children's Hospital, McLean
Hospital and South Shore Hospital has yielded curricula for depression
prevention and other resources for school staff, teens, parents and youth clergy
which are free downloads at
www.AdolescentWellness.org . Most recently Bob, whom is a certified trainer
for the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Connect suicide prevention
program, collaborated with the founders of Creative Youth Leadership on a tool
for youth to learn and practice creative problem solving during the brief time
period of a health class or youth group meeting.
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Min Basadur, Ph.D
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Saturday, 10:45: How to Make Innovation a Way of
Life by Engaging the Creative Thinking Skills of Every Individual
Min is a recognized world leader in the field of applied creativity with years
of experience in building creative thinking, innovations and problem solving
capabilities across organizations. His research-based work is noted for its
applicability and scalability within organizations of all kinds.
Educated in organizational psychology and engineering
physics, Min began refining his insights about applied creativity at Procter &
Gamble while working with teams developing new products and helping senior
management engage employees at all levels in cost & profit improvement.
Min has written many great books and he and his
associates at Basadur
Applied Creativity work with clients worldwide in the fields of
aerospace, health, finance, software, microelectronics, telecommunications, food
and beverage, publishing, energy, retail, manufacturing, e-commerce & more.
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Marcia Berkey, DBA-MIS
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CoChair, Friday Pre-Weekend Session: e-Creativity: Digital
Story Telling
Marcia teaches full time online in the IT department for South University.
She has a wonderful time living and learning and
applying the many concepts learned from everywhere. She has presented
a variety of e-Creativity sessions for both education and business. Marcia also
consults on Word, PowerPoint, Access databases, and Excel spreadsheets. Email:
profmberkey@hotmail.com
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Joe Bettley, CPA, CIPT-
Accounting/Finance- |
Friday PreWeekend Workshop (9-4:30):
Laser Consulting with Expert Panel
Joe has 30+ years as a public, private and consulting accountant. He has
been CFO of a large company and assists organizations in their quest for
financial stability in these challenging times. His detailed analysis of the
best current and desired financial decisions for your organization will be most
beneficial during the session.
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Robert Alan
Black, Ph.D.
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Saturday, 9:00 a.m.: Reach Me!
Alan (Robert Alan Black, Ph.D. CSP) has been drawing since birth. He
drew before he could speak. He drew on walls of his bedroom until his
mom stopped him and gave him paper. In school he was the kid who did all
the hallway art. He went on to earn 3 college degrees in art and design
out of 5 he began plus two degrees in education out of 3 he began and
has worked as a licensed architect, cartoonist, graphic, interior and
industrial designer, as well as, a college professor teaching design and
drawing at the Univ of Ga. For the past 25 years he has been a creative
thinking consultant and trainer who travels around the world to teach
and learn while having a lot of fun with new friends. he Since 1964 has
been learning from many fields how to create visual ideas and solve
problems graphically.
Alan says: I have spent most of the past 32
years focused on learning and helping myself and others to recognize
their natural creativity and to develop skills and knowledge about how
to become DELIBERATELY CREATIVE. I have been an eclectic learner and
teacher exploring and working in many fields. The common threads to my
47 jobs in 8 fields in the past 48 years are....
1. I am an obsessed visual person
2. I love to design and draw
3. I love to help people grow
Now at the age of 65 I am integrating all of my life to focus on my
truly strongest gifts: being creative by choice, growing drawing skills
and love of helping.
Each day when he
wakes up he sees life as “a creative journey, not a guided tour.”
http://www.cre8ng.com/
Email:
alan_cre8ng@yahoo.com
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Ann Bracken, M.Ed, CPT
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All Day Friday (9-4:30) co-presenter: Panels of Possibility: using a visual
processing approach to problem solving and Sunday, 9:15:
Possumbilities in Your Life: Dare to
Dream
Ann Bracken is an educator, an expressive arts coach, a program developer,
and the owner of her own business, The Possibility Project. In addition, she
holds certification in poetry therapy, journal facilitation, drama in education,
and special education. For more than thirty years she has worked in education,
linguistics, writing, and small business development.
Ann has had a long and varied career in education
with jobs ranging from working as a speech pathologist to working with troubled
adolescents in a psychiatric facility. She has taught English and reading in
high school and professional writing at the college level. Ann currently works
as a high school special education teacher in Howard County, Maryland where she
incorporates elements of drama to help at-risk students improve reading and
writing skills. As a poetry therapist and expressive arts coach, she has
created an original expressive arts program for women in transition called The
Three Pillars of Hope©. She has also designed poetry and writing workshops for
The National Association for Poetry Therapy, The University of Maryland, Howard
Community College, The Maryland Writers Association, Charlestown Retirement
Community, and the World Bank. Most recently, she co-authored and presented a
paper on journaling in business education at the Global Business and Technology
Association Conference in Madrid, Spain
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Rev. Maria Clemente
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Saturday, 10:45: Creating a Spiritual Masterpiece
As a spiritual coach, consultant, and counselor
Maria has spent two decades working with dozens of non-profit communities,
including the Gandhi Foundation USA,
India America
Cultural Association, Soka Gakkai International, Martin Luther King, Jr.
National Historic Site, Albany Civil Rights Movement Museum,
and Morehouse College. As a public speaker,
workshop facilitator, and transformational trainer she has traveled to churches,
bookstores, conferences, and educational centers across the United States.
Her articles, essays, and meditations have been
published in various magazines. She has self-published numerous books and
manuals, and released two recordings of guided meditations. She's created a
variety of classes, workshops, programs and events that are designed to build
community, teach peace, and explore creativity.
http://www.be-the-change.com
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Anne Dennehy, M.Ed.
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Saturday, 1:15:
Active Aging:
Using creativity and fun to maintain a healthy brain
Anne has created and conducted workshops, seminars, presentations and retreats
on humor, public speaking, stress, creativity, and various other topics for
government and private organizations, colleges, training centers, churches, and
other non-profit associations over the past 13 years. A few years ago, she
became interested in the possible prevention of Alzheimer’s disease when she
learned about a study on elderly nuns who were dying virtually free of the
disease. On studying this topic in more depth, Anne discovered that striving to
be creative can keep the brain young and healthy and possibly help prevent
Alzheimer’s, and she is excited and motivated to get this message out. Email:
newlifeunlimited@sympatico.ca
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Andre de Zanger
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Saturday, 9:00: Finding 'Neverland' - Our Creativity Code and
Symbols
Andre is Co-Director of the Creativity Institute. He is an engineer, inventor,
author, and seminar leader. He has facilitated "Creative-Innovation" projects at
AT&T, Bell Labs, Ogilvy and Mathers, United Technologies, Federal Reserve and
the DOD. He is the author of The Creative Genius Book, Zingers, TRIZ - 40
Principles of Inventing, Instant Selling and has co-authored the creativity
chapter in The Advertising Managers Handbook (1997) and The Tao of Living on
Purpose (1998). Andre is creator of INVENTIUM ® Card Game and the inventor of
the "Flasher" (an anti-theft auto device), and the co-creator of the "Creativity
Machine", a creativity computer software program. (212) 289-8856
http://www.creativityinstitute.net.
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Judith de Zanger
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Saturday,
3:00: The Wonder Dance of Improve Writing
Judith is the Director of the Passionate Path Institute, a subdivision of the
Creativity Institute. She is very involved in the arts and the use of creative
self expression for self discovery, personal growth, fun, well being and beauty.
Judith explores the many links between the arts, mystic spirituality, quantum
physics and creativity. She uses her background as a sculptor and
psychotherapist to help herself and others find their “Tao” or “Way” through
creative self expression and harvesting subconscious wisdom. She is the
Co-author of The Tao of Living on Purpose and the author of Creativity Therapy,
Connectium and Getting Stoned: The Tao of Sculpting. Judy and Andre are engaged
in a “creative living project” which some have labeled as “Extreme Living”.
(212) 289-8856 http://www.creativityinstitute.net
www.flickr.com/photos/taosculpting
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Emma Downey
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Saturday,
1:15: Teen Forum
and Sunday, 9:15:
Bridging Generations:
Exploring
Perspectives Across Generations
Written by Kathleen O’Leary about Emma:
Imaginative, finder of humor in “odd and unusual” places, Girl Scout
extraordinaire, cookie selling maniac, creative beyond imagination, eater of
Honi Hanta mud pies, involved citizen, shining example of leadership, helper and
giver, friend, daughter, sister (to many!), lover of music and
dancing-hopping-running-skipping-jumping or anything that takes a lot of energy
(especially after a double chocolate chip Frap from Starbucks), motivator, and
above all...... Emma is an AMAZING young woman with a smile brighter than
sunshine who brings joy to those around her! |
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Art Emrich
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Saturday, 9:00:
Altered States: How to Provoke
Yourself Into Creativity.
Art Emrich has been working successfully with
groups and individuals as a coach, advisor, and facilitator for over 40 years –
helping them to achieve more than they thought possible. First in the U.S. Air
Force, then with Dupont, retiring as Corporate Manager of Human Development, and
more recently with Kanbay as U. S. Vice President of Learning and Culture, Art
is devoted to bringing new approaches and discoveries about how to succeed to
individuals and businesses. He has
extensive global experience, having introduced a variety of breakthrough
learning interventions for many years in the US, Canada, Mexico, South America,
Europe, UK, Asia, India, Australia, and New Zealand. Art is the co-developer of
Targeted Development, a Dupont “Best Practice” on how to manage a career in a
large corporate environment during turbulent times. He is active in ASTD,
Greater Sarasota Coaches Alliance, and founder of
U-Solutions, LLC,
Coaching for Success.
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Larry Face
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Friday PreWeekend Workshop (9-4:30):
Laser Consulting with Expert Panel
Larry Face is the founcer and President of
Next Level Achievement, a company that provides
Leadership and Organizational Development Programs to leaders that inspire them
to develop mission driven organizations, high-performing teams, stronger
families, and world-class communities.
His personal sessions and group programs have
assisted some of the most high profile organizations in the area. He is a
master coach and assists organizations in maximizing the potential of their
current leadership to insure success in the near and long term.
Larry
is active in his community with leadership roles in The Sarasota Chamber of
Commerce, Leadership Sarasota County, and Girls Inc., and by presenting
leadership development workshops for the Sarasota Young Professionals Group, the
Leadership Sarasota County Program, the Englewood Leadership Program, the
Lakeland Leadership Program, and the Nonprofit Resource Center who awarded him
the 2006 Trainer of the Year award. Larry has spoken to thousands of people
about leadership and business development subjects that have helped them to step
up to their next level of achievement.
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Lynn
Frankel
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Saturday All-Day CEF YouthWise™ Program
Lynn is a retired elementary school principal from a large suburban school
district in New Jersey. Her educational expertise includes staff development for
teachers, mentorship, and training in the areas of differentiated instruction,
Emotional Intelligence and multiple intelligences, imagery, reflection, personal
growth, Creative Problem Solving, Cooperative Learning, and instructional
strategies. Presently, she is working for Learning Plus, an organization that
provides quality staff development programs specializing in differentiated
instruction, assessment, strategies for diverse learners, collaborative
teaching, and multiple intelligences to name a few. Lastly, Lynn is most proud
of being a facilitator/presenter for the Creative Problem Solving Institute and
has facilitated workshops in CPS, developing leadership style, team building,
mentoring, and tools and techniques of creativity. Email:
lwfrankel@aol.com
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John Frederick
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Saturday All-Day CEF YouthWise™ Program
As executive director of the Center for
Executive Leadership and Change (Daemon College, Amhurst, NY), John developed
and directs the innovative master’s degree program. He is active with Leadership
Buffalo and is an adjunct professor at the International Center for Studies in
Creative Leadership (Buffalo State College). His doctorate is in education. A
proud father and husband, John strives for creative, respectful and healthy
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Christina Gonzalez, LMHC, NBCC,
Ed.D.
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All Day Friday (9-4:30) co-presenter:
Panels of Possibility: using a visual
processing approach to problem solving
Christina Gonzalez is a licensed mental health counselor and educator. She
has been involved with education at many different levels and has been very
active in the mental health and education fields in both the United States and
in Mexico. Her work has encompassed many aspects of the mental health field
including prevention, intervention, immigrant psychology, child welfare,
substance abuse, disaster intervention, and much more. She currently works full
time with children involved in the child welfare system due to abuse,
abandonment, or neglect, and also teaches college courses in college writing,
behavioral sciences/psychology, and health and human services administration.
She also does professional editing, writing, and loves applications of research,
focus groups, and program evaluation techniques to programs that make a
difference for others in ways that can help bring the voices of everyone
involved in the process to be heard. She is a dynamic and entertaining trainer
and enjoys incorporating her love of creativity, art, dance, music, travel, and
film into her psychotherapy and education work. She currently lives in Sarasota and her most recent passion is exploring the
world of dance.
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Paul Groncki
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Saturday, 9:00 a.m.: Jung and Osborn and Saturday, 1:15: Changing
Perspective: New ways to stimulate unexpected connections
An economist and student of consumer behavior by training, Paul has been a
marketing professional for 30 years. Most recently he was the principal of
a marketing, strategy, and business development group using creative
problem solving techniques to help clients identify and prioritize their
complex research and marketing needs. He has served as treasurer on the
Board of Trustees for the Creative Education Foundation, is on the Board
of Trustees for Hudson Guild — a 100-year-old+ settlement house in New
York City, facilitates not-for-profits and serves as the New York Hub
Leader for Facilitators Without Borders, is on the faculty of the Creative
Problem Solving Institute, volunteers as a docent at the Rubin Museum of
Himalayan Art, and serves on numerous community organizations.
Paul has helped firms such as J. P. Morgan, HSBC, Bankers Trust, and
Citibank develop marketing strategies targeting the sophisticated banking
and investment management needs of affluent and private banking clients in
the U.S., Japan, and Europe. Before entering the financial services
industry, Paul was an associate scientist at Brookhaven National
Laboratory where he modeled energy supply and demand responses to changes
in energy pricing and availability using large-scale econometric and
linear programming models. He holds an MA and doctorate in economics from
SUNY Stony Brook and lives in New York City..
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Katherine (Kitty) Heusner, Ph.D.
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CoChair and Saturday, 1:15 p.m.: Changing Perspective: New ways
to stimulate unexpected connections
Kitty is a lifelong learner who has been
involved in education as a student (PreK through PhD) and professional for over
fifty years. She has also made a lifelong commitment to community involvement
and is passionate about applying creativity to make a positive difference in her
own life and the world. Currently Kitty is actively involved in the Creative
Education Foundation [a member and secretary on the Board of Trustees and a
long-time leader at CPSI (Creative Problem Solving Institute)] and has been very
involved in the development of the CEF YouthWise Program. In her community she
is a part of the Meadows U committee and is also active as a GS GulfCoast
Florida volunteer. Kitty is the Co-Chairman for
Florida Creativity Weekend and has
been involved since it began. Sharing with family and friends both at home in
Sarasota and around the world, spending time in the North Carolina mountains,
traveling and photography also bring her great joy.
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Dianne Kaiyoorawongs
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Saturday, 1:15: Teen Forum
and
Sunday, 9:15:
Bridging Generations:
Exploring
Perspectives Across Generations
Dianne is a sophomore at Pine View School in Osprey, Florida. She is an active
Girl Scout that serves on the Board of Directors and Teen leadership Board for
Girl Scouts of Gulfcoast Florida. Dianne has taken part in the creativity
weekend for three years and is ready to take on a new challenge by leading her
peers and other adults in this workshop. Dianne loves applying her knowledge of
creative problem solving to challenging situations and cannot wait to teach
others about creativity and its implementation in daily life.
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Sherry Kessel
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Creativity
Weekend Planning Team and
Saturday Key Note co-presenter,
4:45: 'Possumbilities:' What did the day hold?
Sherry is
currently the Director of Adult Development for the Girl Scouts of Gulfcoast
Florida and we couldn't do this without her. Providing training opportunities for the over 3,000 adult volunteers is
no small task! She began college majoring in physical education and then
completed her degree in Organizational Development/BusinessAdministration.
Sherry ‘speaks’ fluent sign language and serves as the signer for her church.
She is active in ASTD and as a volunteer with the Manatee Players. Sherry has
also taught motorcycle safety. She and her husband, Don are currently
enjoying working on their antique car, a ’58 Corvette. Email:
SherryK@GSGCF.org
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Kathy Leydon-Conway
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Saturday, 3:00: Parenting Adult Children
and Sunday, 9:15:
Possumbilities in Your Life: Dare to
Dream
For 25 years, Kathy has worked with individuals, groups and organizations as a
consultant, facilitator, mediator and trainer; encouraging their fullness and
inherent capacity.
As a Colleague of the Creative Education Foundation, she has trained leaders at
the Creative Problem Solving Institute and has integrated cps into her
lifestyle. As a Gestalt trained organizational consultant, she sees her
environment and pursuits thru that lens. And, as mother of three adult
daughters, she has co-developed a program on that changing role. See
www.nurturingourselves.com for information on her women’s programs.
Kathy revels in expressive painting, clay work, walking and yoga. She savors
time with her five grandchildren, partner Bob and their cottage on the coast of
Maine. Contact her at kathconway@comcast.net. |
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Liz Monroe-Cook, Ph.D.
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All Day Friday co-presenter:
Polarity Mapping: A Path to Understanding
Liz is a
consulting psychologist focusing on individual, group and organizational
effectiveness through creative thinking, the polarity perspective and the
factors of “emotional intelligence.” She calls Chicago home. Her independent
practice includes facilitation, training, qualitative research, public speaking,
counseling and psychotherapy. A rich array of work settings and clients –
academic, corporate, government and nonprofit – has given Liz many opportunities
to “manage polarities.” She serves as a leader at the Creative Problem Solving
Institute, is a graduate of the Mastery Program in Polarity Management™ and is a
consultant affiliate of Polarity Management Associates and thinkx intellectual
capital.
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Nancy Myers
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Sunday, 9:00 a.m.: Soul Collage and CoChair Florida Creativity Weekend
Co-Chair,
Nancy's extensive work with Fortune 500 companies led to Seeds for Change,
her program for empowering people in the midst of increasing change. Nancy
custom designs programs for organizations in these turbulent times to increase
employees' and teams' emotional intelligence, creativity, and peak performance.
Nancy also coaches individuals and teaches teleclasses. She is a Trainer for
Heartmath, a Charter Associate Partner of George Land's Leadership 2000, a
trainer in thinking styles., Foundations of Productivity and is experienced in
Leadership and Team Building training. In her free time Nancy studies and
performs ballroom dancing, enjoys live theater, opera and cinema, and performs
in community theater. She goes scuba diving, travels and enjoys riding her
Harley. She is also active as a community volunteer with non-profit agencies
and organizations. Contact Nancy directly at 941.929.0809. Nancy also arranges dream vacations
online through www.bighearttravel.com.
Email:
nancybigheart@verizon.net.
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Susan Newhouse
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Saturday 10:45
a.m.: We're Off to See the Wizard
As VP of Innovation, Susan leads the
strategic development and implementation of the TNS Landis innovation offering.
From insight generation and analysis, to creative design and ideation
facilitation, to concept writing and testing, Susan collaborates with her
insights and marketing strategy counterparts to develop winning ideas for
clients.
Susan received her B.A. in Speech Communication from the University of Illinois
at Urbana-Champaign, focusing on interpersonal communication and psychology. A
dynamic speaker and certified in Creative Problem Solving, Susan is in high
demand for teaching and speaking at a number of creativity conferences. She
also studied improvisation at Josephine Forsberg’s Players Workshop in Chicago,
and hosts a party of fun characters in her creative soul. In her free time,
Susan pursues her passion for music, food, all things Italian, and enjoying
creative experiences with her family.
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Dan Novak, Ph.D
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Saturday, 3:00 p.m.: The Innovation Advantage:
How leaders encourage the cross-boundarying of ideas and build a culture of
innovation across the organization.
Dr. Dan Novak
serves as Assistant Professor of Leadership at South University, where he
directs and teaches in the Master’s of Science in Leadership program. He
also serves as Adjunct Professor at Texas Christian University where he
teaches a graduate-level course in innovation and executive workshops in
TCU’s Executive Education program.
Dan holds a Ph.D.
in Organizational Leadership from Regent University, with additional focus
on Human Resource Development. He has an MBA from the University of Dallas,
a BBA from the University of North Texas, and a Six Sigma Green Belt
certification with a specialization in healthcare. Dr. Novak has published
book chapters and articles on the organization-customer interface, leading
virtual teams, servant leadership, and on leading in collaborative,
networked, and highly-matrixed environments. He has presented at conferences
in the U.S., Canada, and U.K. on innovation, collaborative leadership,
social and organizational networks, Web 2.0., and Healthcare 2.0.
Previously, Dan
spent 31 years at IBM in a broad range of leadership, sales,
entrepreneurial, and international roles. He also consults and coaches in
the areas of leadership breakthrough, organizational strategy, innovation,
and organizational diagnosis.
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Kathleen
O'Leary
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Coordinating Teen
Involvement and Sunday, 9:15:
Bridging Generations:
Exploring
Perspectives Across Generations
Written by Emma Downey about Kathleen:
Lifelong Girl Scout, student of theology, involved philanthropist, mentor to
many, mother, grandmother, motivator, creator, community leader, amateur mud
wrestler, coffee addict, advisor, role model, explorer, benefactor, friend,
kayak enthusiast, a light to lost moths, humanitarian, strong woman….Kathleen is
spectacular! |
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Julia Onnie-Hay
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Co-coordinating Teen Involvement and Yoga Sessions
Julia lives in Sarasota and enjoys yoga,
volunteering at a local community garden, cooking with friends and studying
herbal medicine. Julia is the Girl Scouts of GulfCoast Florida’s Healthy Girls
Initiative (HGI) Program Specialist. She is a holistic health counselor
certified by the American Association of Drugless Practitioners. She earned
degrees with honors from the Institute of Integrative Nutrition (an affiliate of
Columbia University) and New College of Florida.
With a background in not-for-profit administration
and leadership development, she is delighted to be working with the Girl Scouts
of GulfCoast Florida, Inc. in promoting holistically healthy lifestyles for
girls.
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Gordana Pesakovic, Ph.D.
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Saturday, 9:00: 4Cs:
Creative, Comparative, Critical and Constructive
Gordana is a Professor of International Business and Economics at Argosy
University, Sarasota, and a visiting professor at Universities in Thailand and
Argentina. She has traveled extensively and taught at Universities in
China, Taiwan, Thailand, Czech Republic, Serbia, Mexico, Chile, Argentina,
and The Bahamas. Gordana organizes a short-term program abroad for graduate
students where she takes students to different countries. They meet and
exchange ideas with government officials, business people, students, and
educators. The students’ testimonials speak the best about the importance of
this course: “More people need to travel outside the U.S. to get a complete
understanding of the U.S.” “The books, pictures and research do not offer
the emotional and physical feelings that being there and experiencing a
different culture, geography and country does”. “The international project
serves as a stage for awakening and focusing on what are my priorities and
goals in life”.
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Tom Potter
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Saturday All-Day CEF Youthwise™ Program
In his role as CEO of the Parent
Education Program, Tom oversees a variety of strengths-based programs and a
staff of 38. He is a consultant in Creative Problem Solving and Parent
Education. He is co-author, with Bea Parnes, of Parenting Playfully, a book for
parents of children from pre-natal to age three. He loves to hike, bicycle and
kayak. Tom is the father of two talented young adults Crystal and Gabriel. Tom
participated in the 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007 Creative Education Foundation
YouthWise™ Program in South Africa and is a CEF Colleague and recipient of the
Leadership Service and Commitment and Distinguished Leader Awards.
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Cherri Prince
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Friday night Key Note Speaker: Sign Here!
Cherri Prince is a Senior Vice-President/Planning Director at global ad
agency, Leo Burnett. Cherri has developed business-building brand
strategies and award-winning campaigns for industry leaders such as
Kellogg’s, Procter & Gamble and Dean Foods. Cherri co-founded LeoShe, a
group within Leo Burnett designed to discover new insights into women. Some
of these insights have been featured on “The Oprah Winfrey Show” and ABC’s
“The View” and has sparked new ad campaigns for Procter & Gamble and
Kellogg. In addition to being a Lifetime Member and Colleague of the
Creative Education Foundation, Cherri is also a Certified Practioner of
Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) and a graduate of Second City’s Improv
Training.
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Frank Prince
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Friday night Key
Note Speaker: Sign Here!
Founder, Unleash Your Mind Consulting. Unleash
Your Mind has been conducting skill building within organizations in the
areas of innovation, leadership and strategic planning since 1988. These
skills are utilized to transform an organization into a true "Idea Factory"
that achieves bottom line results. Idea factories implement processes that
create sustained innovation making them more and more successful over time.
Frank is the author of over 30 books and articles in the field of creativity
and innovation in business. He recently coauthored the book Stepping Stones
to Success, a printing in a highly successful leadership series. This book
is coauthored with best-selling authors Dr. Warren Bennis (author of On
Becoming a Leader), Jack Canfield (co-creator of Chicken Soup for the Soul
®), and Deepak Chopra (author of Seven Spiritual Laws of Success). Last year
Frank was published in the first edition of the book Blueprint for Success
that was co-authored with Stephen Covey (Seven Habits of Highly Effective
People) and Ken Blanchard (One Minute Manager). His clients include several
Fortune 100 firms including Bayer Schering Pharmaceutical, Time Inc.,
Procter & Gamble, Perrier, PepsiCo, Kellogg and Nabisco. He serves as a
Colleague, Leader, and Lifetime Member for the Creative Education
Foundation. He is also a member of the National Guild of Hypnotists. Frank
is a frequent keynote speaker around the world focusing on innovation
techniques for individuals and organizations. He has delivered keynotes at
many business and creativity conferences throughout the United States,
Europe, South Africa, Turkey, and Japan.
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Gloria Rapport
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Saturday, 10:45
a.m.: PIP CPS: A fast,new tool for promoting resilience in teens
Gloria is a
co-founder of the Creative Youth Leadership Program. She is widely
experienced in the area of community organization, especially educational
and social program design. While president of a board of education, Gloria co-designed its student assistance program, which has since been replicated
in numerous school districts. She has developed and delivered, creativity
and innovation programs for the Singapore Institute of Management in
Singapore and for the Center for Entrepreneurship at Canisius College. She
has also designed and delivered training to teachers and students in South
Africa. Gloria holds a Master of Science degree in Creativity and
Innovation. When not designing and delivering programming, Gloria can be
found spending time designing jewelry and learning to play the "blues"
harmonica.
www.creativeyouthleadership.org
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Hedria Lunken Saltzman
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Creativity
Weekend Planning Team and
Saturday 9:00: Intro to Creative
Thinking; Saturday 10:45: Navigating the Changes you Dare to Dream; and Key Note co-presenter, 4:45: 'Possumbilities:' What did the day
hold?
When creativity came into my life, it changed my life. When my life changed, it
was creativity that helped me continue." Hedria loves to teach others the magic
of creativity. Her presentations are dynamic, inspirational, practical, and
funny. She has presented and worked for fortune 500 companies on 5 continents as
a speaker, coach, writer, and authority in the field of Creativity. Known for
delivering valuable and practical advice in a humorous and engaging style,
Hedria gives audiences and readers the tools to deal with challenges and change,
turn inspiration into action, and achieve personal and professional success.
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Russ Schoen
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Saturday, 10:45
a.m.: PIP CPS: A fast,new tool for promoting resilience in teens
Russ is a co-founder
of the Creative Youth Leadership Program, as well as an experienced
innovation, trainer, speaker and facilitator. He has delivered creativity,
innovation and leadership programs worldwide including programs in
Singapore, Italy, Australia, England, India, New Zealand, South Africa and
the US. Russ is also a Lecturer at the International Center for Studies in
Creativity where he teaches graduate courses in facilitating creative
process. When he is not working, he can be found in Chicago practicing
aikido, improvising and learning Italian.
www.creativeyouthleadership.org,
www.RussSchoen.com |
Anita Scott
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Creativity Weekend Planning Team and
Sunday,
9:15:
Bridging Generations:
Exploring
Perspectives Across Generations
Anita Scott
is a retired school psychologist who practiced parent counseling and group
therapy in a private school for neurologically impaired and emotionally
disturbed children in New Jersey. In 1995 she retired and returned to her
native state of Florida to begin a new life as a "senior citizen." She is a
graduate of the Florida State University and has a master’s degree from the
Eastman School of Music. Before turning to school psychology, Anita was a
professional bassoon player. She was on the faculty at Texas Christian
University, played in the Ft. Worth Symphony and met her husband who was
playing in the Houston Symphony. After marrying they spent a year in
Vienna, Austria, returned to Illinois where Alan earned a PhD in Chemistry
and Anita taught band and PE in a country grade school near Urbana. They
ended up in New Jersey, had two sons in the mid 60's and Anita returned to
school to find out what the heck to do with two growing boys. The family
spent a year in Brazil in 1976, where everyone became literate in Portuguese
-- well, everyone, that is, but Anita, who could only talk a good game. In
retirement her favorite pass times are cooking, travel and photography. She
has recently developed an enthusiasm for Zen water coloring.
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Mary Ann Smorra, Ed.D
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Sunday,
9:00 a.m.: The Enchanted Loom: Using the Imagination to Facilitate Learning
Mary Ann
Smorra is a Professor of Education at Georgian Court University, New Jersey,
USA where she is fortunate to work with motivated and dedicated students!
She also serves as a presenter and performer for organizations located
nationally and internationally - including Denmark, Great Britain, Turkey,
Italy, Canada, Brazil, and South Africa. Inspired by the Creative Problem
Solving Institute for many years, Mary Ann received the Colleague Award and
Leadership, Service, & Commitment Award. Additionally, she was part of the
CEF YouthWise team working with students from the Xhosa community in South
Africa.
Most recent publications
include:
Intelligence Connections,
ASCD (Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development) Multiple
Intelligences Network;
“Magic Mirrors: Using the Intrapersonal Intelligence to Develop Reflective
Teaching Practice",
December 2009; “The Emotions, the Brain, and Learning in the
Classroom”, ASCD Express, (Association for Supervision and Curriculum
Development, 2008); “Creative
Communication: Connecting with Style”, Revista
reCREARTE,
Santiago de Compostela, Spain (2008);
“Teaching - Learning in
Higher Education: Do We Walk the Talk?” ASCD Express (2007); CCN’s
Whole Brain Creativity – “Learn About You” College Student Assessment
(2007). Mary Ann embraces the roles of teacher-learner, traveler and
creative artist!
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Susan Wenger
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Saturday, 3:00:
Raising Happiness: Do you want more?
Susan has retired from the federal
government. Previously she taught Philosophy and English. She enjoys humor,
puzzles and wordplay. Susan is a member of Mensa and Intertel, and is the
coordinator for Mensa's Patrick O'Brian Special Interest Group. She is the
author of The Port-Wine Sea, co-author of Your Limitless Inventing
Machine, and author of The Better Baby, a new book about raising
happy geniuses. She has taught workshops at the Creative Problem Solving
Institute (CPSI) and at other creativity venues both in the USA and abroad
(the picture is from South Africa)..
Susan and her husband Win call Montgomery Village, Maryland home. Email:
susanwengermail@yahoo.com
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Win Wenger,
Ph.D.
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Friday
PreWeekend Session (9-4:30): An Adventure in Easy Ways to Solve Problems & Saturday, 1:15 -
Creative Thinking to Boost Learning: How to gain 4.4 years in only one
Win
is a
researcher, trainer, author of 50 published books, and a pioneer of both new
creativity and Creative Problem Solving methods and accelerated learning
methods. He has taught at the Creative Problem Solving Institute (CPSI) for
nearly thirty years and frequently leads workshops around the world. He and
his wife, Susan call Montgomery Village, Maryland home.
http://www.winwenger.com/ Email:
WWenger101@aol.com
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Jack Wolf,
Ph.D.
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Friday PreWeekend Workshop (9-4:30):
Laser Consulting with Expert Panel
Jack has 31
years as an Internationally experienced facilitator, trainer and speaker
with clients including the Government of Hong Kong, the University of
Mexico, the FedEx Leadership Institute, HBO, Starbucks and GE. Jack is a
former trainer for Jack Canfield's Self-Esteem Seminars and has presented
classes at the creative Problem Solving Institute for over 10 years. He has
the company Jack Wolf Learning
and has written many articles and the book
Powerful
Presentation Techniques. . Email:
jackwolf@ij.net |
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