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American Creativity Association
International Conference 2007Conference Presentations and Presenters
March 21 - 23 2007
with pre-Conference Institutes - March 20, 2007
in Austin, Texas
Legend:
Tuesday, March 20, 2007 - Pre-Conference Institutes
| 9:00 am - 4:00 pm |
The Story Factor: The Narrative Way to Create Leaders,
Brands, Plans, and Organizational Culture (Gerry Lantz,
President, STORIES THAT WORK(R),INC.) – Detail
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| 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm |
Thinking Expedition (Rolf Smith, Lead
Guide, The School for Innovators) - Detail
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Wednesday, March 21, 2007
| 7:30 am |
Registration and Breakfast
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| 8:30 am |
Opening Plenary
Greetings
Keynote: Seven Levels of Change - Rolf Smith, Lead Guide,
The School for Innovators - Detail
Tribute to Dr. Morris I. Stein |
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| 9:45 am |
Break |
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| 10:15 am |
Concurrent Sessions: |
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Bottom Line Decision Making: Knowing Which Path to
Take (Donald Noone, Professor/Doctor, Caldwell
College) - Detail
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Unpacking Creativity Research (Tara Grey
Coste, Associate Professor of Leadership and Organizational
Studies, University of Southern Maine & Mary C. Murdock, Associate Professor, International Center for Studies in Creativity) - For Graduate Students Only - Detail |
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| C |
Changing the World Is a Team Sport —That Requires
Creative Ideas: The Worldchanging Story (Jon Lebkowsky,
Activist/Blogger, Worldchanging) - Detail |
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| 11:30 am |
Concurrent Sessions: |
| A |
Practical
Applications of Using de Bono Thinking 24x7 in Your Organization, Department,
or Team (Mary Ellyn Vicksta, Innovation Pioneer, Kimberly-Clark
and Natalie Jenkins, Vice President, Innova Training & Consulting,
Inc.) - Detail |
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| B |
Innovisation – Advanced
Tools for Innovation (Gregg Fraley and Doug Stevenson,
Partners, The Innovise Guys) - Detail |
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| 12:30 pm |
Luncheon Plenary
Keynote: The Leader's Bible: "Mickey's Ten Commandments" (and 10 more) - Marty Sklar, Vice Chairman and Principal Creative Executive, Walt Disney Imagineering, The Disney Company - Detail |
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| 2:00 pm |
Break |
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| 2:30 pm |
Concurrent Sessions |
| A |
Brainstorming
As A Factor In Creative Thinking (Abdullah
Alsafi, Department of
Educational Psychology, King Khalid University, Saudi
Arabia) - Detail |
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| B |
S.P.R.E.A.D.ng Creative Thinking from
the Front or Back Door to the Executive Floor (Robert
Alan Black, Consultant, Cre8ng People, Places & Possibilities) - Detail |
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Everyday Creativity with DeWitt Jones (Marilyn Schoeman Dow
, President, ThinkLink) - Detail |
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| 3:30 pm |
Break |
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| 4:00 pm |
Concurrent Sessions |
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Life Stories of Creative Women (Susan Keller-Mathers,
Assistant Professor, International Center for Studies in
Creativity, Buffalo State) - Detail |
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| B |
What
Makes For A Creative Organizational Climate? (William
Wurtz, Director, Business & Community
Services Practice, Institute for Applied Creativity,
Texas A&M University) - Detail |
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| 5:15 pm |
ACA Members Reception and Meet the Board |
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| 7:00 pm |
Open Networking & Dinner Opportunities |
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| 8:30 pm |
Kafka Circle - Revealing the Gatekeepers
of Mind (Arne Stjernholm Madsen, Innovation Manager.
Novo Nordisk A/S – Denmark) - Detail - No more than 12 participants |
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Thursday, March 22, 2007
| 7:30 am |
Registration and Breakfast
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| 7:30 am |
Xtreme Thinking (Rolf Smith, Lead Guide, The School for
Innovators) - Detail |
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| 8:30 am |
Breakfast Plenary
Keynote: Storytelling in Organizations: Fad
or Fundamental to Success? What Narrative Leaders Know
that You Might Not - Gerry Lantz, President, Stories That
Work, Inc. - Detail
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| 9:45 am |
Break |
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| 10:15 am |
Concurrent Sessions: |
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Seeing the Gorilla: Developing Well Defined
Problems in Complex Space (Russ Ward, Director of Global
Consumer Insight Research, IMP, Inc. and Ken Lauer, Senior
Qualitative and Quantitative Data Analyst, IMP, Inc.) - Detail |
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| B |
Creativity Across Cultures: A Research Perspective
(Tara Grey
Coste, Associate Professor of Leadership and Organizational
Studies, University of Southern Maine) - Detail |
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| Double Session |
What Components Make Up a
Creativity Curriculum? (Roberta Shoemaker-Beal, Art Therapy Clinician) -
Detail |
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| 11:30 am |
Concurrent Sessions: |
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Winning With Innovation: Achieving Environments to Gain
the Competitive Edge (Brad Fregger, President/CEO, Groundbreaking
Press) - Detail |
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Creating Transformational
Experiences (Jamie O'Boyle, Senior Analyst,
Cultural Studies & Analysis) - Detail |
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| Double Session (cont.) |
What Components Make Up a
Creativity Curriculum? (Roberta Shoemaker-Beal, Art Therapy Clinician) -
Detail |
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| 12:30 pm |
Luncheon Plenary
Keynote: In and Out of the Box - Linda Russek,
President, Heart Science Foundation -
Detail |
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| 2:00 pm |
Break |
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| 2:30 pm |
Special Plenary
Panel: Exploring the Creativity of Cinema Artists -
Barbara Morgan, Executive Director - Austin Film Festival; Steve Collins,
Writer/Director (Gretchen); Dano Johnson, Animation Director (Flatland);
Seth Caplan, Producer (Flatland); Jeffrey Travis, Director (Flatland)
- Detail |
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| 3:30 pm |
Break |
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| 3:30 pm |
Afternoon Option
Creativity Exposition - Hilton Austin Airport -
Detail
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| 4:00 pm |
Concurrent Sessions: |
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Metaphors for Meaning: Creating Original Art as an Effective Means to Teaching Learning and Leading (David Trott, Associate Professor
of Human Resource Development, St. Edwards University & Ta-Wei Lee,Ta -Wei Lee, Professor, Taiwan Normal University) - Detail |
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Views on Creative Thinking from the
College Campus (Joyce Juntune, Executive Director of
the Institute for Applied Creativity, Texas A&M University and A. Baris Gunersel,
Ph.D. student, Texas A&M University) - Detail |
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A Whole Brain Look at Creative Thinking
(Lynne Krause, Chief Innovation Officer, BBTD Services, Inc:
Brain Based Training & Development) - Detail
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| 6:30 pm |
Evening Option
Cooking as a Creative Act - Whole Foods
Culinary Arts - Detail
Limited Space -- Must Reserve Seats ASAP |
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| 7:00 pm |
Open Networking & Dinner Opportunities |
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Friday, March 23, 2007
| 7:30 am |
Registration and Breakfast
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| 7:30 am |
Xtreme Thinking (Rolf Smith, Lead Guide, The School for
Innovators) - Detail |
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| 8:30 am |
Breakfast Plenary
Keynote:
Creative Leadership: Skills that Drive Change - Gerard
Puccio, Professor, & Mary C. Murdock, Associate Professor, International Center for Studies in Creativity - Detail,
Handout
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| 9:45 am |
Break |
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| 10:15 am |
Concurrent Sessions: |
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Special Panel -- Re-Thinking Education: Can We
Produce The "Global" Creative Student? (chaired by Kirpal Singh) -
Detail |
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Musical Numbers: Songs About Math Written by Children (Paul Caron, Assistant Professor, University of Southern
Maine) - Detail |
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Nurturing Creative Teams -- Managing
for Innovation (Assaf Avni,
Advertising Creativity Instructor/Doctoral Candidate,
University
of Texas at Austin) - Detail |
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| 11:30 am |
Concurrent Sessions: |
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How Your Problem-Solving Style Affects
Your Work (Susan Robertson, Innovation Process Consultant,
Ideas To Go, Inc.) - Detail |
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Thinking for Dummies (Rolf
Smith, Lead Guide, The School for Innovators) - Detail |
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| 12:30 pm |
Luncheon Plenary
Keynote: Why I Wrote A Business Fable on Creative Process
(Gregg Fraley, Partner, The Innovise Guys) - Detail |
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| 2:00 pm |
Break |
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| 2:30 pm |
Concurrent Sessions |
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Creativity Tests – Introduction
to Creativity Assessment (Kyung Hee Kim, Assistant Professor,
Eastern Michigan University and Hang Eun Lee, International
Program Coordinator, The Torrance Center for Creativity
and Talent Development, University of Georgia) - Detail |
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The
Hardy Personality: Putting Ideas Into Action (Darlene
Boyd, Director UCI Gifted Students Academy,
University of California Irvine) - Detail |
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| Double Session |
Transformational Thinking in the Workplace: Creative
Leadership (Ladi Terry, Consultant, Create Your Legacy
Consulting) - Detail |
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| 3:30 pm |
Break |
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| 4:00 pm |
Concurrent Sessions: |
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Creative
Extension: Opening the University to People of
Differing Abilities (Antonio Basauri, Faculty of Humanities and Education,
Universidad Andrés Bello) - Detail
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Psycholog-ization -- The Implications of the
Emergence of Practical Psychology in Mainstream Culture, Especially
Regarding Work, Education, and Everyday Life (Adam Blatner, M.D.,
Certified Trainer of Psychodrama, Senior University
Georgetown) - Detail |
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| Double Session (cont.) |
Transformational Thinking in the Workplace: Creative
Leadership (Ladi Terry, Consultant, Create Your Legacy
Consulting) - Detail |
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| 5:00 pm |
Closing Reception |
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| 7:00 pm |
Open Networking & Dinner Opportunities |
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| 8:00 pm |
Evening Option
Esther's Follies Revue
- Detail
Limited Space -- Must Reserve Seats ASAP |
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