Capitol Creativity Network Meeting |
Next gathering: Wednesday, April 12
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Precipice Performances |
Full length improvised plays. Last show of the season: March 25 in Bethesda, MD
Click for Details
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Golden Fleece Conference |
Organizational Storytelling
conference April 21-22
Click for Details
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Corporate Innovation Blog |
Imaginatik's blog regarding innovation in practice
Blog link
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WESS Symposium |
Washington Evolutionary Systems Society is sponsoring "The Emergences of Designs" 3/24-26 at the National Science Foundation. Dr. Chandler for details: Jerry.LR.Chandler@cox.net
Registration
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Integral Theory Workshop |
"Gateway to Integral"
Saturday, May 13 in DC.
2 – 7 p.m. Cost: $35
Contact John Sanchez at jsanchez93@comcast.net
Integral Institute
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Comic Hypnotist Show |
Flip Orley taps the creative mind in spontaneous and funny ways. A case study in human nature, the brain and the power of belief. 3/16-26 in DC.
More information
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The Center for Creative Emergence
Information, Workshops & Events
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April 2006
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Greetings! We have some new events, products,
and connections to share. We are delighted to be
part of
the newly formed
Holistic
Entrepreneurs Alliance (HEA) - a network of
entrepreneurs who do business holistically. Email
founder Dianne Epplar Adams at
HolisticAlliance@aol.com for info. and
meeting schedule.
Their mission: to build relationships that support
members
business, financial, personal and spiritual growth.
We've also recently became affiliated with an
expansive
resource for entrepreneurs in all stages of business
development: the
WomensCommunity.com As one of
their Specialists, I
will be giving teleclasses, webinars, and workshops
as well as participate in their monthly "Ask-the-
Expert" series on the topic of business creativity.
Their
mission: to be a one-stop resource for exponential
business growth.
CCE is now a founding
member of Globond DC, who will be hosting a
local networking
brunch in April. See their website for
more
information about Globond and
and the brunch. Their mission: to develop quality,
relevant
connections for busy professionals doing
transformative work globally.
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Warmly,
Michelle
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Whole Brain Integration
Which is your dominant mode?
Research correlates whole brain usage with higher
productivity, attention and effectiveness.
It is
becoming increasingly necessary, and accepted, to
engage new and varied modes of whole brain
thinking
at work to thrive in our current organizational
systems. Click the link for a short exercise to
determine
which side of
the brain you predominantly use in your work, and a
few techniques to "activate" whole brain integration.
Click here for the exercise
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What is the Emergence Focus?
Emergence is an process found throughout the
natural
world where the the new whole emerges as greater
than
the sum of its parts. In improv theory, there
is the concept of "Yes
AND" which accepts and includes that which already
is, and add then adds something new. Using an
Emergence-Centered Approach in the
workplace includes the acknowledgement of problems
and the need to focus on desired outcomes...AND
expands beyond that to include new ways of
approaching the situation, generating new patterns
of solution-finding, immersion in the discovery
process, as well as engaging that which is
not yet known as a source of new
information. The
Creative Emergence Process(tm)
includes
various
whole brain and creativity approaches to cultivate
the new ideas, thought patterns, and
states of being which lead to new (and often
surprising) innovations and
outcomes. Emergence accepts and uses what
already
is - and adds a new dimension.
Problem focus........Outcome
focus......Emergence
focus
The past....................The future..............Now
What's wrong.............What's desired.......What's
emerging
Control......................Influence...............Explore
and
Engage
Expert
w/answers.......Collaboration.........Cocreation
What's missing...........What we
have........Unseen
Resources
Determine..................Answer.................Discover
Analysis.....................Goals/Action..........Unfolding
Isolate.......................Combine...............Integrate
Solve.........................Develop................Transform
Thinking.....................Acting...................Way of
being
Wiki Emergence Definitions
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Conscious Entrepreneurs & Creatives Reception
Saturday, April 8. Starts at 7:00p.m. FREE
I will be facilitating an interactive discussion at the
CEC gathering at the Spiral Flight studio in DC. You
will have the opportunity to engage
in dialogue with other global minded,
forward thinking entrepreneurs and creatives as you
enjoy the gallery. Come get to know your fellow
cultural
creatives, plant some seeds, and co-create
community in a lighthearted and artful atmosphere.
Contact
organizer Charlie Frohman
(from FLOW) at cfroh@yahoo.com to RSVP and find
out more about CEC.
More about FLOW
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NEW! Creative Facilitation Using Improv 2
Full day workshop. Call or email for details
This workshop was requested by those who took CF
1 earlier this month and is specifically for
facilitators
who have taken any of the CF 1 workshops or
who
have taken beginner improv theater classes. You will
delve deeper and experience ALL NEW activities that
were
not covered in CF 1. Experience of "Yes and" and
the basic improv principles is prerequisite.
Creative Facilitation Workshops
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Creative Emergence Coaching
Coaching for leaders, entrepreneurs, and change makers
Creative Emergence Coaching is a
whole-systems
process that integrates the right and left
brain,
reflection and action, being and doing, knowledge
and discovery, analysis and expression,
intuition and logic, and strategic planning with
improvisation for business bottom-line outcomes. It
unites the worlds of business success,
personal meaning and creative engagement. Call
for a free
consultation to see if
this approach is right for you or your team.
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Capitol Creativity Network Update
Thanks so much to
all who got back to us with potential meeting spaces
for the CCN meetings! We
found a
temporary home for the next couple months at the
Cleveland
Park Club House on Wednesdays,
but we
are still
looking for a permanent space to hold our monthly
Thursday night
gatherings. If you know of a
place, please contact us.
Capitol Creativity Network Website
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Thanks to Kris Northern for permission to use his
most amazing fractal artwork in this newsletter.
Found on www.phidelity.com.
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New Programs and Products
Call or email for more details about our latest offerings
New Organizational Program: Strategic
Improvisation - one-day workshop to 6-month
program
New Products: ShapeMaster Creativity
Techniques workbook; Creative Facilitation
Activities workbook and e-book
Coming soon: Cultivating Emergence
e-book
Click here for CCE offerings
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TO REGISTER FOR WORKSHOPS
Email Michelle James at
michelle@creativeemergence.com
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