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C,r,e,8,n,g! Challenges

Do you want to increase your creativeness? Do you want to expand your creative thinking skills? Do you want to spark your creativity? Do you want to learn fun ways to tap and improve your creativity in 15 minutes? Become More Creative Every Day! Receive C,r,e,8,n,g! Challenges you can begin using each day to develop your creative thinking skills and learn...

Broken Crayons-Book

BROKEN CRAYONS has been published in 4 countries (US, Turkey, Slovakia, South Africa) and translated in a 5th (Japan) M.I.N.D. Design™ Styles….. Alan’s Cre8ng™ Challenges Cre8ng Bookstore Are you creative? Do others call you creative? Do you wish you were more creative? How are you creative? If your answer to any of the above is yes, then my...

2012 World Creativity &...

World Creativity & Innovation Week April 15 – 21 Creativity is in you…use it…Go! Skip to content HOME ABOUT WORLD CREATIVITY AND INNOVATION WEEK APRIL 15 – 21 Creativity: Next step (III) World Creativity and Innovation Week personal project Posted on January 21, 2012 | 2 Comments Image via Wikipedia To recap – it’s World...

2012 Florida Creativity Wee...

Florida Creativity Weekend Creativity for everyone! Skip to content Home 2012 Location Previous Conferences Creativity Links Contact Us Presenters for 2012 Get to know these wonderful people who will share their talents at the Florida Creativity Weekend IX on March 2-4, 2012. They truly make a difference in our world! Bob Anthony Saturday: PIP...

SOS Winter Festival

Purveyors of the Oral Art of Storytelling Home 2012 Festival Tickets! Ballot Storytellers Clusters Membership Links Donate! 2012 Festival The 30th Annual SOS Storytelling Festival A 2012 NSN Regional Spotlight Event February 17-18, 2012 Featuring Storyteller, Songwriter and two-time Grammy award-winning artist Bill Harley, and many fantastic SOS...

Improve L/C/T/CT Skills

Learn to be a… Productive Leader – Supervisor, Team/Group, Manager to CEO Effective Communicator – verbal, written, visual, physical Successful Team Leader/Member Much More Creative Thinker and Problem Solver - – - - Benefits to clients: Increased skills in a. Leading today’s workplaces b. Communicating more effectively: verbally,...

Tools 4 Creative Ideas

Creative Thinking Tool & Techniques Yes Hammers Can Be Used for More Than Pounding Nails PPT Involving 40 to 40,000 People (ppt program) All of the consultants involved with Cre8ng People, Places & Possibilties are highly trained in many creative thinking tools and problem solving processes. Whether as individual facilitators or teams of facilitators CP3...

M.I.N.D. Design

(click on image, choose your 9 answers, click on SURVEY RESULTS) What is your Thinking Style? What is your Leading Style? What is your Communicating Style? What is your Creative Problem Solving Style? - – - – - M.I.N.D. Design explained in one minute - – - – - to learn more Click HERE and take the questionnaire. (click on image, choose your 9...

Articles

My Articles – Creativity, Leading & Lessons from Life Since 1976 Alan has had over 500 articles published in magazines, journals, newspapers, newsletters, ezines, blogs. His articles focus on Creative Thinking & Problem Solving, Productive Leading, Effective Communicating and Successful Teaming & Teamwork. C,r,e,8,n,g!™ Articles &...

Do You NEED IDEAS!?

Do you need Ideas? - – - - Actually we are all seeking solutions! - – - - Ideas come first and most solutions need many ideas to make them truly work. - – - - Why might you need ideas or to learn how to facilitate strong idea sessions? 1. new perspectives 2. new directions 3. spark ideas in your staff 4. break the boxes you may be in 5. explore new...

Creativity Books List

Books on creativity Below is a GROWING list of books about creativity, creative thinking and creative problem solving. What would you add? 10 Faces of Innovation by Tom Brown 10 Rules for Strategic Innovators and The Other Side of Innovation by Vijay Govingarajan and Chris Trimble 101 Creative Problem Solving Techniques: The Handbook of New Ideas for Business...

2012 Humor Project

http://humorproject.com/ Humor Conference 2012: Save the Dates! Fast-breaking news: The HUMOR Project’s 55th international conference on “The Positive Power of Humor and Creativity” will take place from June 1-3, 2012 at scenic Silver Bay Conference Center! After reviewing hundreds of evaluations from our 2011 conference, we are delighted to report...

C,r,E,8,N,G! Process

C,r,E,8,N,G! Creative Solution Generating Process In 1976 thanks to Bob Eberle, author and creator of his famous creative thinking tool: S.C.A.M.P.E.R., I was introduced to the Creative Education Foundation‘s annual CREATIVE PROBLEM SOLVING INSTITUTE. In 1978 I attended my first CPSI and have been attending yearly ever since. One of the greatest learnings from my...

Creative Thinking in Kids/C...

TTCT – Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking by SJS click on this link to receive a PDF about the TTCT TTCT STS 2003 Catalog Developing Creative Thinking in Children Over the past 60 to 70 years and all the way back to Maria Montesorri, John Dewey and Fredrik Froebel you can find a vast amount of material devoted to the development of creative thinking in children in...

Kobus Neethling-ACRE

“My first impressions of Alan Black were shaped when I met him at the Creative Problem Solving Institute in Buffalo in 1991. He demonstrated fun, creativity and a zest for life — not by talking about these qualities, but by living them.” “He has presented well at several of our conferences combining humor and creativity in a very special way. The...

CSIR South Africa Testimoni...

Dear Dr Alan Black Thank-you for an excellent idea generation session last week! We thoroughly enjoyed it and learnt a great deal! The group found great value in it, and asked me to thank you. You have also inspired some very left brain engineers to embark on a learning journey in creative thinking! It will assist us as we generate ideas and address the problems of South...

Jonathan Vehar, N&I

“Alan knows what he’s talking about! Yes, he’s funny, entertaining, and compelling, but unlike so many other presenters on the topic of creativity, he knows the research behind it. He can present the headlines AND he knows the full details to back it up. It’s possible that no one knows more about what’s behind creativity than Alan.” March 31,...

TUT Melien Rossouw

TUT Melien Rossouw, Head Student Recruitment Dear Dr Black On behalf of the Tshwane University of Technology I would like thank you for honoring us with your most inspiring session on BROKEN CRAYONS: Break Your Crayons and Draw Outside the Lines. The delegates enjoyed the interactive session very much. They definitely learned a lot about themselves and this is proven by...

Doug Stevenson, Consultant ...

“Dr. Alan Black is ubiquitous in the applied creativity community. Wherever people gather to celebrate creativity via conferences, workshops, special projects, or to support associations dedicated to creativity, there you will also find Alan. He is always involved knee-deep and is an iconic leader. That’s perhaps because he truly lives the creative life —...

Sjra Putts

Sjra Putts says….. “Robert ” Alan” Black was the first person I spoke to on my first CPSI (Creative Problem Solving Institute) event in Buffalo USA in 2004. Alan was one of the three trainers in the Tools and Techniques program. My impressions of Alan by that time where the calmness he exposed. You would say ” so what” but digging deeper...

Porter Poole WOW!

“Alan is an amazing creative force and teacher. His unique perspective from traveling the world and many years of living creatively make him a fantastic presenter, author and teacher. I’m proud to know him as a friend and associate.” Porter Poole, Owner, WOW! Solutions,...

ASIA Testimonials

During my 3 weeks in Singapore from October 28 to November 18 I did a two day workshop in Singapore, a 2 hour demonstration of one of my workshops to several SIM staff, plus I did a series of presentations at Universities and professional groups plus did a 2-day workshop in Malaysia: Penang, Georgetown, Kampar, Kuala Lumpur, and PJ. The following include testmonials from...

Tom McWilliams, MCUL

“If you listen closely . . . you can still hear the applause. Great job, what a delight to have you be a part of our 56th Annual Meeting and State Convention. It was a joy to have you be our guest. Great ratings . . . 4.7 and 4.8.” Tom McWilliams, AVP Human Resource Development Mississippi Credit Union System

Harry Vardis, KSU CBusCrty

Harry Vardis,Director of KSU Center for Business Creativity and Innovation - – - - “Alan is the most engaging, fun and knowledgeable facilitator and trainer I have met, period. He understands human nature, understands how to motivate a group and teaches or produces results when all seems to be impossible. Alan makes the impossible, possible. I highly recommend...

Dave Klug Illinois DHS

Dave Klug & Team Illinois DHS The follow-up Train-the-Trainer sessions you did with the ten of us were exquisite! The creativity you brought — the creativity you taught us — was just amazing. To this day I’m not certain how you were able to pass on to us so much of your ability to create. We are “walkin’, talkin’ proof’ that what you...

Michael Podolinsky

Dear Alan, Just a quick note to say how much your presentation at APSS meant to me and to our association of speakers. You have been and ARE Mr. Creativity. Alan, you do not just talk about creativity, you teach it (creatively) and empower us to BECOME creative. You are a master ‘potter’ at work and we are the clay. You posses the ability to mold us, shape us and...

Creativity Conferences

Global Creativity Conferences lThe following is information about Creativity Conferences held around the globe. Also check: http://www.ifoco.org for more information - – - - For over 60 to 70 years there have been annual creativity conferences, institutes, workshops held in many different countries. CPSI (57 yrs) JCS (30+) ACA (20+) ACRE (16) NextIdea Mindcamp...

2012 Mindcamp

2012 Mindcamp Aug 23 to 26 outside of Toronto. to learn more go to http://mindcamp.org/ 2012 sessions will posted in the next few...

2012 SIM Broken Crayons

2011 SIM Broken Crayons Nov 1 & 2 in Singapore PDF of program - – - – Creativity & Innovation Broken Crayons - Break Your Crayons And Draw Outside The Lines Benefits to You No single person nor corporation has become and stayed successful ‘staying within the lines’. All successful companies have learned to break out of boxes that prevent...

My Professional Work

1) Ideas can be discovered, combined, created, improved
2) Orchestrating with and through your people
3) S.T.I.R. It up – Show, Tell, Involve & Reach Me
4) Teams are individuals doing great work together

IDEA GENERATION SERVICES

Robert Alan Black, Ph.D., CSP

Creative Thinking consultant – creativity – creative problem solving - creativity consultant

My Life Passion: Creativity

Do you want to increase your Creativity, Creative Thinking & Problem Solving Skills?

Books, CDs, DVDs, Workbooks, e-books, Handouts, links to Blogs, and Articles.

IDEA GENERATION SERVICES

Robert Alan Black, Ph.D., CSP

Creative Thinking consultant – creativity – creative problem solving - creativity consultant

My Love: Global Travel

Have you always wanted to travel the world?

Do you travel around the world now and want to more?

May you enjoy virtually traveling with me through my website pages.

Robert Alan Black, Ph.D., CSP

Creative Thinking consultant – creativity – creative problem solving - creativity consultant