New Dimensions in Creative Thinking

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New Dimensions in Creative Thinking

• Ellen Dolsen,
  Presenter
• Zonta Club of
  Pontiac-
  North Oakland

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Word Puzzle

• BSAINXLEATNTEARS

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Objectives

• Examine your own creativity
• Seven Strategies for Creative Thinking
• Six Thinking Hats Parallel Thinking
• Everyday Creativity

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Meet Your Neighbor

• Introduce yourself to a person you dont know
  beside you, in front or in back of you
• Share what you expect out of todays session

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Examine your Creativity!

• Follow these instructions, please
• Take the blank piece of paper
• Turn the funny picture UPSIDE
• DOWN
• Start drawing from the top
• 10 Minutes

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Creativity

• Upside down focuses on lines and shapes and space
  not the PICTURE -- not the whole
• This frees you up from perception
• We need to know how to freeup the creative part
  of our brain

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Left-Brain, Right-Brain

• Left Right
• Logic Creativity
• Analysis Intuition
• Time orientation Emotion
• Structure Free Association
• Detail Humor

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Seven Strategies for Creative Thinking

• Google Dr. Jill Ammon-Wexler

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Three Greek Philosophers
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The Six Thinking Hats
Edward de Bono
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The Six Thinking Hats de Bono

• Solutions Creativity
• Facts Control
• Feelings Obstacles

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Small Group Activity

• Read each statement as a part of a conversation
• What hat is the person who is talking wearing?

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Activity Individual First

• Put the hats in order for a fast and thorough
  decision.

Blue
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Everyday Creativity

• Dewitt Jones Photojournalist
• The Next right answer .. Nine Key
  Concepts

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Plan of Action

• What was surprising?
• What will you do more of?
• What will you do differently?

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Take Aways

• Six Thinking Hats Worksheet
• Everyday Creativity Worksheet

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Thank You