Creative Grab Bag

Author : Ethan Bodnar
Publisher : HOW Books
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2009-08-28
Category : Design
ISBN : 9781600611476

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Creative Grab Bag by Ethan Bodnar Pdf

Push the Limits of Your Creativity Creative Grab Bag captures the spirit of exploration and innovation—inside, you'll find inspiring work from 101 artists from around the world. Ethan Bodnar asked each artist to take on a task outside the realm of their normal work. Each task was randomly selected from a grab bag. The result is a collection of work brimming with creative energy. In this book, you'll find short biographies of the artists, examples of their typical work, their thoughts on the creative process, and images of their completed creative task. Here's a sampling of the creative grab bag tasks: Design a Building Make a Self-Portrait Make Art like a Child Design a Brand Create Visual Statistics Illustrate a Memory Illustrate Your Day Create a Collage Create a Sculpture Design a Book Cover Design an Album Cover Create a Photo Essay Photograph Strangers Design a Skateboard Design a Pair of Shoes Make a Wallpaper Pattern Design a Typeface Create an Animation Design a Character Creative Grab Bag also features tear-out cards, so you can do the creative challenges yourself. Work together or in a group, and push the limit—you'll break out of your routine and take your work into unchartered territory. PLEASE NOTE: Tear-out cards are NOT included with the ebook version of this title

Author : Arthur B. VanGundy
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 411 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2008-03-11
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780470368909

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101 Activities for Teaching Creativity and Problem Solving by Arthur B. VanGundy Pdf

Employees who possess problem-solving skills are highly valued in today?s competitive business environment. The question is how can employees learn to deal in innovative ways with new data, methods, people, and technologies? In this groundbreaking book, Arthur VanGundy -- a pioneer in the field of idea generation and problem solving -- has compiled 101 group activities that combine to make a unique resource for trainers, facilitators, and human resource professionals. The book is filled with idea-generation activities that simultaneously teach the underlying problem-solving and creativity techniques involved. Each of the book?s 101 engaging and thought-provoking activities includes facilitator notes and advice on when and how to use the activity. Using 101 Activities for Teaching Creativity and Problem Solving will give you the information and tools you need to: Generate creative ideas to solve problems. Avoid patterned and negative thinking. Engage in activities that are guaranteed to spark ideas. Use proven techniques for brainstorming with groups. Order your copy today.

Author : John Fabian
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2018-01-10
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781351079655

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Creative Thinking And Problem Solving by John Fabian Pdf

A practical new book for scientists, engineers, project leaders, and others working in the technical fields. The book adds depth, "how-to", and success to your creative thinking and problem solving. This book will allow you to sharpen your creative edge, giving you better problem solving skills. Whether you are a scientist working on breakthrough research, an engineer on the forefront of product development, or a project manager forging teams to reach and exceed goals, this new book gives you the fundamentals and advanced techniques of creative thinking to break new ground and reach higher levels of excellence.

Author : Angela Carstensen,Young Adult Library Services Association
Publisher : American Library Association
Page : 175 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2011-05-27
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780838985700

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Outstanding Books for the College Bound by Angela Carstensen,Young Adult Library Services Association Pdf

Connecting teens to books they’ll truly enjoy is the aim of every young adult librarian, and the completely revamped guide Outstanding Books for the College Bound will give teen services staff the leg up they need to make it happen. Listing nearly 200 books deemed outstanding for the college bound by the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), this indispensable resource Examines how the previous lists in the series were developed, and explains the book’s new layout Features engaging, helpful book descriptions useful for readers’ advisory Offers programming tips and other ideas for ways the lists can be used at schools and public libraries Includes indexes searchable by topic, year, title, and authorMore than simply a vital collection development tool, this book can help librarians help young adults grow into the kind of independent readers and thinkers who will flourish at college.

Author : Alex Osborn
Publisher : University Press of America
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2008-11-18
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9780761842903

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Your Creative Power by Alex Osborn Pdf

Alex Osborn wrote the following: 'Emotional drive is self-starting and largely automatic, whether based on hunger, fear, love, or ambition. ' 'For all of us, a good rule is always to encourage ideas—to encourage speaking up as well as thinking up.' 'Whatever creative success I gained was due to my belief that creative power can be stepped up by effort, and that there are ways in which we can guide our creative thinking. ' 'If we set aside a defined period for creative thinking we can best lure the muse.' 'With enough creative effort, each of us could find the ideas that would smooth out rocky roads!'

Author : Alex Osborn
Publisher : University Press of America
Page : 143 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2009-05-16
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780761846260

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Unlocking Your Creative Power by Alex Osborn Pdf

Your Creative Power is a guide to harnessing and expressing your creative potential and leadership in the workplace.

Author : John Philip Jones
Publisher : SAGE Publications
Page : 329 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2003-11-20
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781452222097

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Fables, Fashions, and Facts About Advertising by John Philip Jones Pdf

John Philip Jones, bestselling author and internationally known advertising scholar, has written a textbook to help evaluate advertising "fables" and "fashions," and also to study the facts. He uses the latest trends and cutting-edge research to illustrate their occasional incompleteness, inadequacy, and in some cases total wrongheadedness. Each chapter then attempts to describe one aspect of how advertising really works. Unlike most other advertising textbooks, Fables, Fashions, and Facts About Advertising is not written as a "how to" text, or as a vehicle for war stories, or as a sales pitch. Instead, it is a book that concentrates solely on describing how advertising works. Written to be accessible to the general public with little or no experience studying advertising, it makes the scholarship of an internationally renowned figure accessible to students taking beginning advertising courses.

Author : Donald J. Treffinger,Patricia F. Schoonover,Edwin C. Selby
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 239 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2021-09-03
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781000492330

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Educating for Creativity and Innovation by Donald J. Treffinger,Patricia F. Schoonover,Edwin C. Selby Pdf

Today, more than ever before, we must all be able to think creatively, manage change, and solve complex, open-ended problems. Education today is different in its structure and practice than it was in any previous generation, not just because of the impact of technology and the Internet, but also because, across the lifespan, every person studies, works, and plays in a global community that was previously unknown to most generations. Although organizations worldwide recognize that their success both now and in the future depends on a workforce capable of effective thinking, problem solving, and innovation, educational practice still lags behind our knowledge in these areas. Educating for Creativity and Innovation is a powerful resource to close the gap between research and practice and to promote understanding and effective practice relating to creativity and innovation. In short, this is a book whose time is now!

Author : David K Carson,Kent Becker
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2014-04-23
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781317788355

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Creativity in Psychotherapy by David K Carson,Kent Becker Pdf

Examine the dynamic role of creativity in therapy! Creativity in Psychotherapy: Reaching New Heights with Individuals, Couples, and Families examines the nature, role, and importance of creative thinking in counseling and therapy. Authors David K. Carson and Kent W. Becker combine extensive backgrounds in marriage and family therapy and counseling to give you a unique resource that fills a crucial gap in the therapy literature. The book explores various aspects of creative thinking, personal characteristics of highly creative therapists, creative techniques and interventions, barriers to creative work, and creativity development. Not designed as a “cookbook” for conducting therapy, Creativity in Psychotherapy features practical techniques and interventions for conducting therapy with children, adults, couples, and families. Creativity in Psychotherapy: Reaching New Heights with Individuals, Couples, and Families is a much-needed response to the need for a pragmatic approach that makes sense, using methods, techniques, and applications based in respected, established theoretical principles and empirical research. The book establishes a mind-set the therapist can use to work with clients in discovering creative solutions, instead of viewing creative interventions as a grab bag of techniques. Creativity in Psychotherapy includes: a look at the various dimensions of creativity in counseling and psychotherapy an overview of the relationship between creativity and healthy functioning an examination of the connection between creativity and dysfunction a review of the role of creativity in supervision a survey of 142 therapists in the United States on the use of creativity in their practices in-depth discussions, practical examples, and illustrations “Creative Incubation” and “Break Out of The Box” exercises in each chapter! Creativity in Psychotherapy: Reaching New Heights with Individuals, Couples, and Families is well-suited for use as a primary or supplemental textbook for graduate and undergraduate courses in marriage and family therapy, psychotherapy, and counseling, and can easily be adapted for use in social work, counselor education, and clinical psychology courses. The book is an essential read for practicing psychotherapists, family therapists, counselors, social workers, psychologists, and other human service professionals.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : University of Arkansas Press
Page : 84 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Education
ISBN : 1610754697

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Wits:writers in the Schools: a Guide to Teaching Creative Writing in The... (p) by Anonim Pdf

"Sound Heritage is the first study of music in the historic house museum, featuring contributions from both music and heritage scholars and professionals in a richly interdisciplinary approach to central issues. It examines how music materials can be used to create narratives about past inhabitants and their surroundings - including aspects of social and cultural life beyond the activity of music making itself - and explores how music as sound, material, and practice can be more consistently and engagingly integrated into the curation and interpretation of historic houses. The volume is structured around a selection of thematic chapters and a series of shorter case studies, each focusing on a specific house, object or project. Key themes include: Different types of historic house, including the case of the composer or musician house; what can be learned from museums and galleries about the use of sound and music and what may not transfer to the historic house setting; Musical instruments as part of a wider collection; questions of restoration and public use; and the demands of particular collection types such as sheet music; Musical objects and pieces of music as storytelling components, and the use of music to affectively colour narratives or experiences. This is a pioneering study that will appeal to all those interested in the intersection between Music and Museum and Heritage Studies. It will also be of interest to scholars and researchers of Music History, Popular Music, Performance Studies and Material Culture"--

Author : Ellen Booth Church
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Education
ISBN : 043920108X

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Terrific Transitions by Ellen Booth Church Pdf

Presents fifty suggestions for keeping the attention of children when they are between activities.

Author : Gary P. Pisano
Publisher : PublicAffairs
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2019-01-15
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781610398763

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Creative Construction by Gary P. Pisano Pdf

This myth-busting book shows large companies can construct a strategy, system, and culture of innovation that creates sustained growth. Every company wants to grow, and the most proven way is through innovation. The conventional wisdom is that only disruptive, nimble startups can innovate; once a business gets bigger and more complex corporate arteriosclerosis sets in. Gary Pisano's remarkable research conducted over three decades, and his extraordinary on-the ground experience with big companies and fast-growing ones that have moved beyond the start-up stage, provides new thinking about how the scale of bigger companies can be leveraged for advantage in innovation. He begins with the simply reality that bigger companies are, well, different. Demanding that they "be like Uber" is no more realistic than commanding your dog to speak French. Bigger companies are complex. They need to sustain revenue streams from existing businesses, and deal with Wall Street's demands. These organizations require a different set of management practices and approaches--a discipline focused on the strategies, systems and culture for taking their companies to the next level. Big can be beautiful, but it requires creative construction by leaders to avoid the creative destruction that is all-too-often the fate of too many.

Author : Emily K. Neuburger
Publisher : Storey Publishing, LLC
Page : 153 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2012-08-29
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 9781603428972

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Show Me a Story by Emily K. Neuburger Pdf

Encouraging children to let their imagination run wild, Emily K. Neubinger offers 40 inventive projects and activities that will inspire kids ages 5 to 12 to express themselves through storytelling. Younger children will love making story stones and a storytelling jar, while older kids will open up and thrive as they embark on guided story walks and inspiring journaling exercises. Sparking creativity while developing a child’s love of language, Show Me a Story will kindle a lifelong passion for both writing and telling original stories.

Author : Becky Kirby
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2005-09-01
Category : Counseling in middle school education
ISBN : 1575431335

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Grab Bag Guidance by Becky Kirby Pdf

Author : Brian Clegg
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 124 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2009-11-03
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781136413261

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Creativity and Innovation for Managers by Brian Clegg Pdf

Creativity and Innovation for Managers will appeal to any manager responsible for getting more out of a business. Creative thinking, creative problem solving and creative idea generation have become essential business drivers. This book provides an excellent executive briefing for senior management to understand what business creativity is, how it can benefit the company, and how to get the most out of it. It looks at the pitfalls on the road to innovation and the ways to avoid them, pulling together the experiences of key practitioners in the field both in the UK and the US. By concentrating on the essentials, Creativity and Innovation In Brief is a waffle-free approach to creativity, providing a quick action focused and accessible insight into a complex topic. It provides; - a practical approach to business creativity without the hype; - an agenda for making innovation happen in your business - a real world view.