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Creative Emergence Newsletter
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June 2009
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Hi everyone! Just a reminder to mark your calendars for October 4th, the day of our Creativity in Business Conference. The web site - and registration info - will up by July 1. Also, I'm offering an all new workshop on Whole Brain Facilitation starting July 7 - info on both is below.
For other creativity and innovation newsletters, visit creativity colleague Robert Alan Black's website - he complied a great list at http://www.cre8ng.com/ezines.htm.
Happy summer!
Warmly,
Michelle
PS. Connect with me on Facebook and Twitter and join our Capitol Creativity Network group online.
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NEW! Whole Brain Facilitation Evening Workshop ~ July 7-28
4 week program! Meeting 3 Thursdays in a row from 6:30 -9:00pm in McLean, VA, followed by a follow-up phone teleclass on the 4th Thursday
Earlybird discount through June 25th!
Join the creativity training revolution! This workshop is for professional facilitators, trainers, OD practitioners, coaches, consultants and anyone who wants to facilitate creativity, dynamic learning and positive culture change. Explore techniques to get your creative juices flowing, draw forth your natural gifts as a facilitator, explore the applications of the tools, have fun and think and respond spontaneously. Learn key creative facilitation principles, creativity training design guidelines, and a variety of fun, engaging whole brain approaches to design and facilitate innovative learning environments. Leave with creative activities for icebreakers, energizers, creativity and innovation, team building and navigating change. Earlybird discount through June 25th!
More info and registration at http://www.creativeemergence.com/id47.html
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 Creativity in Business Conference ~ Sneak Peek Slide Show
The conference website is not quite up yet, but you can take a look at this short slide presentation to get a sneak peek at some of what to expect at our Creativity in Business conference on Sunday, October 4th. There is still more to emerge, but this will give you and idea of where we are so far. We have some great break-out sessions and some truly inspiring and fascinating thought leaders on the panels. Save the date on your calendar! We're also excited to partner with ProjectCreateDC.org to offer an Arts & Biz Service auction at our event - all proceeds from that auction will go to Project Create. Conference: 9am-5pm. Festival/Reception: 5-7:30pm
Conference Slide Show: http://www.creativeemergence.com/conference.html
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Dynamic Tension and the Third Way
There is a dynamic tension between what is, and has been, and what is
emerging - what is calling to be created into the world. Businesses are
facing that as the old models are no longer working in this new
culture. And the new ones have yet to be created. This is a fertile,
rich time in the "in-between" because it means we get to be on the edge
of conscious creativity. A space has opened up for exploration,
experimentation, real-time feedback and modification. We get to create
and "play with" what is next...
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 Capitol Creativity Network Meeting ~ July 8
On July 8, we are delighted that business storyteller, Michael Margolis, will be coming back to his old DC stomping grounds from the Big Apple to present a fantastic session at CCN on Brand Story Mojo: How
Stories Shape and Re-Create Brand Perceptions. Michael is President and Founder of Thirsty-Fish Story and Strategy.
Learn more about his work at http://www.thirsty-fish.com
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 Other Recent and Upcoming Events
In April, I was on a panel at ConvergenceDC hosted by Rasul Sha'ir, CEO of Vosica. See the short video of the event here. The theme was the convergence of business, culture and technology. Click here to see the video of the event.
On June 9th I was one of 10 women business owners to present at the Creatives DC event at the National Museum of Women in the Arts - the theme was women who used their creativity to create their businesses. Go to creativesdc.ning.com to learn more about CreativesDC and their upcoming events.
On July 1st, I will be the presenter at the Dante Netconnecting Luncheon in Reston, speaking on creativity as the driver for navigating the new business paradigm, and leading a speed networking section so bring your business cards. This is an open event. Click here for more details.
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 Our Services
The Center for Creative Emergence is a
creativity consulting, training and coaching company dedicated to
integrating inspired creativity, meaning, organizational culture and business
for a happier and more productive work life and a richer bottom line. We
cultivate breakthroughs and emergence with entrepreneurs, teams, corporations and non-profits. CEO Michelle James has a mission to
"mainstream" creativity and engage people into their full
humanness for innovative work, positive social change and consciously creating a life-giving future.
Our Services include emergence consulting, corporate and public workshops, creativity training, Creative
Emergence coaching, ideation and crowdsourcing facilitation, professional development and
somatic (body-centered) programs, conference presentations, creativity events and Quantum Leap Business Improv.
Coaching Clients include Entrepreneurs who want
to develop their signature approach, products and services, or future story;
Leaders who want to draw out and focus
the creativity of their work force; Pioneers who are forging new territory and
breaking new ground in their field; Partners and Teams who want to optimize their collective
intelligence for new solutions and directions.
Organizational Clients have included Microsoft, GEICO, Kaiser Permanente, Inova Health System, Cable & Wireless, National Institutes of Health, The World Bank, Invest Northern Ireland, Service Employee International Union, Search for Common Ground, Center for Nonprofit Advancement, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and the Association of Performing Arts Presenters among others.
Blog: is The Fertile Unknown at www.creativeemergence.typepad.com.
Web:
www.creativeemergence.com
Twitter: CreatvEmergence
Facebook: Michelle James
Email:
michelle@creativeemergence.com
Phone:
703-760-9009
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My Random Thoughts on Creativity
Creativity is to innovation what oil is the Tinman
I look forward to
the day when art and recess are mainstreamed as the essential part of a
creative working culture that they really are
With every
creative Yes there comes a series of life-giving No's - discerning what
something is not is important when cultivating what it is
Creativity does not pick favorites...it's there in equal abundance for all, waiting to be cultivated and expressed in our individually unique ways
Would love to see an org. job title, Chief DreamGiver and a department with the focus on helping employees achieve their dreams
Quotes for the Road
Among those whom I like or admire, I can find no
common denominator, but among those whom I love, I can: all of them
make me laugh
~ W. H. Auden
New is the new old ~ @jtwinsor's Twitter post
You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation ~ Plato
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