Creative Risk Taking

PLUS a drawing to win a free copy of Ana Ottman's book, Discover Your Right Livelihood

Presented by Ana Ottman, creativity coach, author and mentor; founder of Creatuitive Coaching

RSVP requested to Michelle@CreativeEmergence.com

"When patterns are broken, new worlds emerge." ~ Tuli Kupferberg

Rather than consciously building risk-taking into our daily to-dos, we often take risks only by accident or because we feel "forced" to. For entrepreneurs that want to integrate creativity into their work, risk-taking allows you to generate more novel ideas and move those brilliant ideas forward in big jumps. In this interactive workshop, Ana Ottman will guide you through creative risk-taking and how you can harness its power for your business. Through a dynamic 5-step process to engage your whole-brain in dreaming bigger and bolder, you will:

• Learn creative methods to bring more originality into your business or work
• Discover insights and detect patterns within your previous risk-taking
• Create a Risk Autobiography-moving one step closer to understanding your Risk DNA
• Uncover the risks you want to take this year, and identify creative action steps to help you take those risks

Learning to take more risks in your thinking and your business will allow you to develop your signature brand; produce original products and services; and confidently put your offers out there. Prepare to challenge your creativity muscles, and leave the workshop inspired and emboldened to embark on a new path of risk-taking...and with some tools to do it.

Ana Ottman, CEO of Creatuitive Coaching and author of Discovering Your Right Livelihood, helps entrepreneurs with the practical and emotional aspects of running a business. Known for integrating the practical with creativity and intuition, she developed a unique process that helps business owners make meaningful inquiries in the way they vision and carry out their work - resulting in breakthrough changes. Ana's integrative approach is informed by master's level psychology, gender studies, sociology, extensive training with the International Coaching Federation, the arts, intuitive processes and a life path of honing the art of successful risk taking. Clients credit her with reconnecting them to their one-of-a-kind power source, allowing them to think more innovatively and make bold decisions and actions informed by their intuition. She also hosts the Creatuitive Living podcast series, offering tips and resources for a living more authentic and creative life. You can reach Ana at http://anaottman.com.

* IMPORTANT! Due to an increase in operating expenses, all regular CCN meetings at the Cleveland Park Club House will be $25 (instead of $20) after February. Certain special events might be priced differently.

SAVE THE DATE! On March 10th, in lieu of a regular CCN meeting, The Center for Creative Emergence and CCN will host an event with best-selling author, Dan Pink, on his new book, DRiVE, in Georgetown from 3:00-5:30pm. Details and online registration coming soon.

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