March 21 - 23, 2007
with pre-Conference Institutes - March 20, 2007
in Austin, Texas
The Hardy Personality: Putting Ideas Into Action
Darlene Boyd
Director UCI Gifted Students Academy
University of California Irvine
5171 California Ave, Suite 150
Irvine, CA 92697
949-824-8927 Office
949-824-1653 Fax
dboyd@uci.edu
www.cfep.uci.edu/gsa/
Dr. Darlene Boyd is the Director of the University Of california
Irvine's Gifted Students Academy. Previously, she served
as Director of Widener University's Gifted and Creative
Studies Network. She has also served as an assistant professor
of educational administration,educational policy studies
and gifted studies. Dr. Boyd frequently presents workshops
on designing curriculum that meets the social emotional needs
of the gifted. She has presented and published papers and
articles on gifted studies,serves as a board member for several
educational associations,is past president of the American
Creativity Association and has served on the board of the
California Association for the Gifted.
The Hardy Personality: Putting Ideas Into Action
Generating ideas is only one phase of creative productivity.Putting
ideas into action is not easy. A plan of action is needed
to enlist the support of patrons, entrepeneurs and other
resources. Sensitivity often becomes an issue in the process
of selling an idea. The "pitch" is a time of stress
and adversity. Coping strategies are essential to ensure
a smooth transition from idea generation to ideas in practice.
- better understand research based training activities
that foster the development of a "hardy personality".
- turn stress and adversity from potentially debilitating
circumstances into opportunities,thereby maintaining or
enhancing creative performance.
- demonstrate a confidence and assertiveness,which will
contribute to the promotion of support for innovation and
new ways of thinking.
Intermediate knowledge of topic
Combo format- lecture/dialogue/discussion/sample exercises
