March 22 - 25, 2006
with Pre-Conference Institutes
March 20 - 21, 2006
at Hilton Austin Airport in Austin, TX

Friday, March 24, 2005

[early morning before Breakfast] - eXtreme Thinking led by Rolf Smith

Breakfast Plenary - Discovering the Meaning Difference: Creativity and Responsibility led by Alex N. Pattakos (Director, Center for Personal Meaning, Sante Fe, New Mexico)

Creative Thinking for Business People by Dianna Amorde (President, Inspired Leap FConsulting, Inc., Austin, Texas)

Dream Work as a Proven Practical Creative Resource led by Dillon McKinsey (Consultant, Austin, Texas)

Think in Another Box led by Mark Fox ( CEO, Sly as a Fox, LLC, Roy, Utah)

A Study of the Applicability of Idea Generation Techniques led by Jon-Chao Hong (Professor) National Taiwan Normal University, Taiwan) & Ming-Yueh Hwan (Professor, National Taiwan Normal University, Taiwan)

Risk Taking as factor of Creative Thinking led by Abdullah Alsafi (Professor, Educational Psychology, King Abdullah University, Abha, Saudi Arabia)

The Eight Irresistible Principles of Fun led by Michael Bungay Stanier (Principal, Box of Crayons, Toronto, Canada)

Exploring Creativity Research by Tara Grey Coste (Associate Professor, Leadership & Organizational Studies, University of Southern Maine, Standish, Maine)

Creativity and Quality Can Go Together by James J. Lynch (Ajunct Assistant Professor, Widener University and Holy Family University, Medford, NJ) and Karen Smith (Associate Dean, Sam Houston State University College of Education, Huntsville, TX)

From Creativity to Innovation: Making the Path Easier led by Donald Noone (Professor of Business, Caldwell College Westfield , NJ)

MASTER CLASS on Top Ten Tips for Capitalist Creativity Success led by Doug Hall (Founder and CEO, Eureka Ranch, Cincinnati, Ohio)

Luncheon Plenary - Whither the Creativity Clan: Challenges for Global Solidarity led by Kirpal Singh (Professor, School of Economics & Social Sciences, Singapore Management University, Singapore)

A study of the relationships among gender, group size, personal creativity, and group technological creativity led by Ta -Wei Lee (Professor, National Taiwan Normal University, Taiwan) & Yushan Chang (Associate Professor, National Taiwan Normal University, Taiwan)

Facilitator's Dilemma: How to get people to really participate led by Marci Segal (President, CreativityLand Inc., Toronto, Canada)

So You Think You're Creative? Making the Sale by Tara Grey Coste (Associate Professor, Leadership & Organizational Studies, University of Southern Maine, Standish, Maine) & Daniel Reuster (Principal Engineer, Spectra Research, Seattle, Washington)

Creating Your Living - Applying Psychodramatic Methods in Everyday Life led by Adam Blatner (Teacher / Writer, Senior University, Georgetown, Texas)

Afternoon Plenary - Corporate Creativity led by Sam Stern (Dean, School of Education, Oregon State University, Portland, OR)

Group Activities or Be on Your Own

Esther's Follies

"Club Hopping"

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