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Creative Emergence Newsletter May 2011
In This Issue Creativity Conference Creativity Books New World of Work Liberating Creativity CreativiTweet Links CreativiTweet Musings Our Services
Hi everyone!
Really excited that our Creativity in Business Conference is coming together with some really awesomely diverse and amazing presenters and panelists! And lots more to come - over the next few weeks we will be adding more and more to the site
Other news: really enjoyed co-facilitating the Revolutionizing the World of Work event in DC May 12-13. Along similar "new paradigm" theme, I am excited to be co-facilitating an event called The Gathering To Build a Better Future in Melbourne, Australia in June. Love the mission! This past weekend, I had fun presenting Nonverbal Creativity for Sensing and Sense-Making session at Win Wenger's Learning and Creativity DoubleFest in Pasadena, MD. Also honored to be on this list of "Inspiring Change Agents I met on Twitter" on the Emergent By Design blog: http://bit.ly/iWBvBX.
Just FYI, from June 4 - June 21, I will be in Australia - for some work and some play - and rarely checking emails. Unless it's an emergency, I plan to return emails and calls upon my return into the office on June 22.
Have a happy, lively and safe holiday weekend!
Warmly,
Michelle
Creativity in Business Conference Dive-In Special
Pre-earlybird Dive-in Discount! A chance to save $100 off the regular rate ($50 off earlybird rate) through midnight June 5 for pioneers and brave souls who enter into the unknown and dive in while the program is still being created. You can see the emerging cast of characters here and emerging schedule at here. More to come!
Our sincere hope is that you learn a lot, think new ideas, see with new eyes, have relevant and worthwhile take-aways, meet kindred spirits, make plentiful and generative connections and collaborations, feel safe enough to creatively open up...and challenged enough to move out of your comfort zone, leave with practical ideas and applications, solve problems, create visions, tap into your creative uniqueness and aliveness, are inspired toward positive change in your work and life, are more confident as a creator who has the capacity to influence your business or work environment, cultivate your own a-has, are more in touch with your passion, calling or creative spark, and have FUN doing it!...any or all of the above...and then some... :-) Feeling adventurous? Dive in at http://creativity-conf-2011.eventbrite.com
77 Awesome Creativity Books 
Apparently people really like lists. My most re-posted blog post is just a list - albeit one with links to each book. It's a list of books - some classics and some newer ones - that either informed my journey or otherwise resonated with me over the past 2 decades. My only criteria was that I had read it, liked it, and could feel good about recommending it. Feel free to add other suggestions.
Revolutionizing the World of Work
We had a great 2-day event (organized by Steve Denning and Seth Kahan) with more to come! It really seemed to hit a generative place in participants. You can read Seth's article about the event on Fast Company online and Rod Collins' post on his blog.
Short blog post in going underneath business buzz words (which someone had accurately pointed out that 'buzz word' is a buzz word in itself) to liberate creativity...going beyond the habitual into deeper meaning and context.
CreativiTweet Links
Every issue I include some of my recently tweeted links - articles, videos, and other creativity-related links of interest. I hope you find something of value within them. Come join me on Twitter anytime at @CreatvEmergence
1. The Hidden Art of Achieving Creative Flow by Everett Bogue http://bit.ly/kOJx082. The Pull of Narrative - In Search of Persistent Context http://bit.ly/ifeO7F
3. Conan O'Brien's Guide to Creativity - Fast Company - http://bit.ly/kuKQdT
4. Great list of Collaborative methods and tools - http://bit.ly/9sJFsO
5. How to Increase Your Odds of Getting a Big AHA - http://bit.ly/iNUmyB
6. Music, Improvisation & Creativity: http://t.co/NfKd1nd
7. 12 Sparks for Heads-Up Creativity l Forbes: http://t.co/qaMFogr
8. Why culture matters - Berkana Collaborative - http://ow.ly/4XRB39. TED talk: The Hidden Super Power of Smiling: http://on.ted.com/9EQ1
10. An Emergent Manifesto of Emergent Design by Pravin Pallay: http://t.co/scmex91
11. How To Make Your Ideas Actually Happen - Innovation Management http://bit.ly/lekgIx
12. Creativity - Generating new ideas and more - Success Mag: http://bit.ly/lfbXAI
13. Collaborative Emergence & Creativity in Improv by Keith Sawyer: http://bit.ly/jAoya0
14. Collective intelligence and the "genetic" structure of groups - http://t.co/lBRq96P
15. Play Power: How to Turn Around Our Creativity Crisis http://t.co/RUwHNvl
16. The Neurobiology of "We" - Parabola magazine - http://bit.ly/jjJKED
17. See Possibilities - Turn upheaval into opportunity - http://j.mp/kAvA2M
18. Innovation: How the Creative Stay Creative | Inc. - http://bit.ly/lVb68a
19. The Biology of Great Organizations - http://t.co/ADtZFRu
20. 12 Ways to Tap Into an Endless Well of Creativity - http://t.co/KNz9Qir
21. The Builders' Manifesto by Umair Haque - HBR - http://t.co/jEOwDmf
CreativiTweet Musings
Every issue I also include some of my musings in 140 characters or less. These are some of my recently tweeted thoughts about creativity and emergence.
1. When inspired, passionate people meet, they share their stories - not their job description - as a way of contextualizing their work
2. Designing for and facilitating creativity means designing for surprise...theirs and yours
3. I think Creativity Manifestos come to life with accompanying experiential practices, in order to become ingrained and embodied
4. The difference between 'woo-woo' and creativity practices that transform is in the foundations: principles, meaning, intention
5. Conventional: think and talk about it. New paradigm: that...plus experience, embodiment and engaging the whole brain
6. Creativity tapped in a system, by its nature, creates structure change - we can't "get creative" and expect same type of containment in the system
7. Systems are not meant to stay static...they are meant to be engaged in dynamic co-creation 8. Ask, "What do you do?" and the energy is flat. Ask, "What is your story?" and the energy becomes alive
9. I believe at the core every soul wants to create, contribute, love and be loved
10. Creativity can transform disjointed chaos into purposeful aliveness
11. In a static world, conflicting truths fight. In a creative world, conflicting truths dance
12. The initial novel thoughts out of the gate are mostly messy and unpolished. Don't judge them...engage them into being first
Our Services
The Center for Creative Emergence is a creativity consulting, facilitating 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, and organizations. CEO Michelle James has a mission to engage people into their full humanness via whole-brain (and body) creative process for innovative work, positive social change and consciously creating a generative, life-giving future. Our Services include creativity and emergence coaching and facilitating, whole-brain corporate and public workshops, conference presentations, creativity events and Quantum Leap Business Improv. Coaching Clients include Entrepreneurs who want to discover their calling, develop their signature approach, products and services, or create their new future story; Leaders who want to draw out and focus the creativity of their work force; Pioneers who are forging new territory or creating new models; Facilitators who want to create new programs or workshops; Partners and Teams who want to co-create or establish a creative work culture. Organizational Clients have included Deloitte, Microsoft, GEICO, RAPP, Kaiser Permanente, Inova Health System, Teach for America, Cable & Wireless, National Institutes of Health, The World Bank, Invest Northern Ireland, Service Employee International Union, American University, Search for Common Ground, Center for Nonprofit Advancement, Teach for America and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration among others. Blog: is The Fertile Unknown at www.creativeemergence.typepad.com.
Web: www.creativeemergence.com
Conference: www.creativity-conference.com
Twitter: CreatvEmergence
Facebook: Michelle James
Email: michelle@creativeemergence.com
Phone:703-760-9009
The Center for Creative Emergence | Old Meadow Road | McLean | VA | 22102
Thursday, May 26, 2011
Creative Emergence Newsletter
Great resource to share.
Tuesday, May 24, 2011
Tales of Sweet and Sour
Countless number of the people around the world have had Chinese food at a local Chinese restaurant. Around the wok of every kitchen in these restaurants, there were hundreds of tales that represents both the sweet and sour of life. For the western world, we may call it bitter sweet.
Both inspirational and insightful, Dr. Jung weaves the tales of source labor with sweet dreams. The book, Sweet and Sour: Life in Chinese Family Restaurants, is now available in Kindle Edition through Amazon at $2.99 ABZee Tips: Reading the books from Prof. John Jung offers you an insight to the backdrop for the life of many earlier Chinese immigrants.Sunday, May 22, 2011
Great Wall to the Great Lakes at Chicago Chinese-American Museum
For anyone who has taken an interest with anything Chinese, treat yourself to a delightful collection with a visit to the Chinese-American Museum. It will be an education, a walk in the memory lane or merely for an inspiration. Behind the scene is a network of academics and scholars from the Chicago Museum community, weaved together by a group of dedicated volunteers and visionary board members. Great job, everyone.
http://www.ccamuseum.org/Exhibition.html#anchor_268 ABZee Tips
http://www.ccamuseum.org/Exhibition.html#anchor_268 ABZee Tips
Step back to spring forward. Looking at the past to gain perspectives.
Saturday, May 21, 2011
Sweet and Sour Lecture at Chicago Chinatown Museum
After your DimSum brunch in Chicago Chinatown today, stop by the Chinese-American Museum by 2 pm.
A rare opportunity to meet Dr. John Jung, the renown psychology professor from Cali, an author and speaker. He has published a suit of 4 books on the experience of Chinese immigrants, from the laundry business to the restaurants enterprise. If you have any interest at all in the Chinese culture and business, this is a must to attend. Cost? $2 for non-member. Also depends on how many books you wish to take home.
Chinese-American Museum of Chicago
ABZee Tips: To know is to experience. To experience is to understand.
Amy
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also known as Amy Lee Segami
Speaker, Engineer, Artist
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Virtual Art Gallery
Friday, May 20, 2011
2 out of 3 Speech Winners
Toastmasters International Spring Conference 2011 International Speech Contest was held on May 14, 2011.
(left to right) Amy Basic (Speakeasy, Windy City), Dwayne Jackson (1st place winner, Speakeasy), Nancy Depcik (Windy City) and Conor Cunneen (2nd place winner, Windy City & Platinum), Joanne Telser-Frere (Windy City) and Melody Byrd (3rd Place Winner)
Yours truly have the great honor to be in the same clubs with both the 1st and 2nd place winners. Please come and join us sometime. I trust that you will enjoy the experience. = = =
Windy City Professional Speakers Club #5283
Stan Piskorski, President (member for 25 yrs+) Windy City is a different kind of club.
Windy City Professional Speakers Club #5283
Stan Piskorski, President (member for 25 yrs+) Windy City is a different kind of club.
Members include many award-winner speakers including Conor Cunneen, 2nd place winner of the International Speech 2011; 1st place in 2010.
Pres Vasilev, 1st place winner of the Evaluation Contest in Fall 2010.
We meet on the 2nd Sunday monthly, from 6 - 9 pm.
DoubleTree, 1909 Spring Road, Oak Brook, IL 60523
http://windycityspeakers.org/
Speakeasy offers a noon and an evening meeting time to accommodate members' schedule.
Chicago Speakeasy Toastmasters Club - Club #: 953192
Chicago Board of Trade & CME Group Headquarters
141 W. Jackson Blvd (2nd Tues 12 - 1 pm)
20 S. Wacker Dr (4th Tues 5:30 - 6:30 pm)
Anthony Smith, President
Table Topics Winner
Members of Extreme celebrating with Tim Wilson, winner of 2011 Table Topics: (left to right) Jason Peck, Maxine Godar, Pres Vasilev, Tim Wilson, Stefania Aulicino, Jim Condon and Amy Basic.
Tim has won numerous awards. His blog is a living and breathing library with valuable tips on public speaking.
http://speakingquicktips.blogspot.com/
http://speakingquicktips.blogspot.com/
Extreme meets on Wed weekly, in the shadow of the Gold Coast, at a cozy hospitality room (on the 2nd floor) of a residential high rise. The members consist of published author, 8 Emmys TV personality, actor, comedian, musician, business executives, award-winning artist and two winners of the past evaluation contest. If you enjoy diversity, fun and learning atmosphere, please come and have a sample taste.
Extreme Toastmasters Club - Club #595201
100 W. Chestnut St. (Clark & Chestnut)
2nd floor Hospitality Room
Chicago, Illinois, 60610
6:15 -8:15 pm Weds
www.extremetoastmasters.com #EndAmy
Direct +1(312) 612-9211
Direct +1(312) 612-9211
Amy
= = =
Amy Basic
also known as Amy Lee Segami
Author, Artist, Engineer
+1(312) 953-6800 Office
+1(312) 612-9211 Direct
One drop of Water, One Drop of Ink
Like stone pebble, Your presence ripples to no end ~ Segami
Friday, May 06, 2011
Art of Science Learning Conference May 16-17Chicago IIT Main Campus
As one of the members for the National Advisory Board for the conference, I am excited that the days are approaching quickly.
Chicago Partners:
Chicago Arts Partnerships in Education
Illinois Institute of Technology
Museum of Science and Industry
Below is based on the email from
Liz Dreyer, Producer, Art of Science Learning conferences
Executive Director, Learning Worlds Institute
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Liz Dreyer <ldreyer@learningworlds.com>
Subject: Art of Science Learning Conference May 16 and 17
To:
Dan Ryan Expressway west to 35th Street exit, continue north to 33rd Street, turn right (east). Contact Liz for a parking permit and map to the parking lot.From Lake Shore Drive:
Exit at 31st Street, go inland (west) to State Street, turn left (south). Contact Liz for a parking permit and map to the parking lot.
From: Liz Dreyer <ldreyer@learningworlds.com>
Subject: Art of Science Learning Conference May 16 and 17
To:
Chicago IL May 16 and 17
Illinois Institute of Technology
3241 South Federal Street
Hermann Hall
The conference takes place on May 16 and 17 at:
The Illinois Institute of Technology
3241 South Federal Street
Hermann Hall
I've attached the preliminary agenda. Please check our website (www.artofsciencelearning.org) for periodic updates. The final version will be available when you register.
Best,
Liz
DIRECTIONS:
From the conference hotels:
Directions from Hyatt McCormick Place to IIT’s Hermann Hall
Walk directly west 8 blocks to the Cermak/Chinatown Red Line stop. Take the southbound Red Line train (towards 95th) one stop to Sox-35th. Exit to the north, and walk east one block. Hermann Hall is on the left.
Directions from Best Western Grant Park to IIT’s Hermann Hall
Walk west 2 blocks and south 2 blocks, to the Roosevelt Red Line stop. Take the southbound Red Line train (towards 95th) two stops to Sox-35th. Exit to the north, and walk east one block. Hermann Hall is on the left.
Driving directions:
From the North:
Dan Ryan Expressway east to 31st Street exit, continue south to 33rd Street, turn left (east). Contact Liz for a parking permit and map to the parking lot.
Dan Ryan Expressway west to 35th Street exit, continue north to 33rd Street, turn right (east). Contact Liz for a parking permit and map to the parking lot.From Lake Shore Drive:
Exit at 31st Street, go inland (west) to State Street, turn left (south). Contact Liz for a parking permit and map to the parking lot.
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Liz Dreyer
Producer, Art of Science Learning conferences
Executive Director, Learning Worlds Institute
Sunday, May 01, 2011
Google Into Life and Apps
On google.com today, mouse over the doodle and watch the image coming to live !!!
Seeing is believing. Try it yourself. Hint: mouse over the fountain.
Mouse over a name and see the face.
Mouse over a movie title or TV show and watch the trailer.
OMG, mouse over a commodity and see the ad ???Please make sure the function can be turned off and that one can choose the category. ABZee Tip: Creativity is the ability to create what has not existed before. Innovation is to combine what have existed.
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