1. Creativity Dr. Robert Alan Black Turn Your Classroom into a
C.r.E.8.N.G! environment.
Dr. Robert Alan Black

2. Warm-Up Exercises
Why do them?

3. Warm-Up Exercises
To open up a group or team's creative thinking Warm-Up Exercises are very helpful.
The exercises help to loosen up paradigms, mindsets, and points of view brought to a creative thinking session.

4. a. look beyond the obvious
Some goals of
Warm-Up Exercises are to
encourage people to:
a. look beyond the obvious
or known answers
(“correct” answers)
b. stretch thinking
c. breakout of establish thinking
d. look for multiple possibilities

5. e. take on many
different perspectives
f. practice producing
a variety of potential solutions
g. to take a few risks and play
W/ ideas & possible solutions
h. get discussion going
I. raise interest level

6. Negatives of/to
Creativity

7. Tombstones or
Trophies
of creativity

8. RIP Tombstones of creativity today RIP RIP idea idea here lies a good
yesterday
RIP
idea
tomorrow
today

9. ! Trophies of creativity idea fantastic! impressive Clever approach!
worth a try
very cool!
does make waves....
but that’s ok!
an inspiration
impressive
bold idea
changes are good
Clever
approach!
crazy enough
to work
idea

10. ! Trophies of creativity fantastic! impressive Clever approach!
worth a try
very cool!
does make waves....
but that’s ok!
an inspiration
impressive
bold idea
changes are good
Clever
approach!
crazy enough
to work

11. Next Chapter Who Might Be Creative? Are You Creative?
How Creative Are You?

12. What Might
It Be?

15. Are You
Creative ?

16. 32 Traits Adaptable Curious Divergent thinker Energetic
Fantasize, able to
Flexible thinker
Fluent
Future oriented
Humor
Idealistic
Imaginative
Independent
Ingenious
Learning, always
Non-conforming
Not motivated by money
Observant, highly
Open-ended
Original - uniqueness
Passionate about their work
Perceive world differently
Question asker
See possibilities
Self- knowledgeable
Self-actualizing
Self-disciplined
Sense of destiny
Sensitive
Severely critical
Specific interests
Synthesize correctly
Tolerant of ambiguity

17. Cre8ng™
Styles

18. Creativity: a Gift, an Attitude, a Process, a Strategy

19. Think
Learn
Communicate
Solve Problems
CREATE!

20. - process information, knowledge
- take in, use info/knowledge
- share info/knowledge
- apply info/knowledge

21. looking from
different frames
of reference.

22. Solo
Convergently
Divergent
Solo/Team
Divergent
Organizationally
Convergent
Divergent
Family

23. Rational,
Logical,
Analytical,
Individual
Intuitive,
Exploratory,
Unknown,
Fanciful
Systematic,
equations,
Step-by-step,
Proven Answers
Fun,
Harmonious,
Involving all,
Family/Team

26. your cre8ng style M Dd i i i i i i i Innovation- Imagination-
Problem-Finding
Self
Imagination-
Idea-Generating
Self i i i i i M i i Dd n n n n n n
Recovery-
Implementing
Self
Discovery-
Idea Sensing
Self

27. Idea Grid
Attribute Listing
TRIZ
Excursions
Forced Relationships
Metaphors
S.C.A.M.P.E.R.
Checklisting
Brain Writing
Writing Relay
Group Excursions
Guided Imagery

28. QUOTE We all create Our own box shapes “ .”
Barriers, Containers, Limiters, etc.

29. Creative
Thinking Tools
Divergent & Convergent

38. Quantity breeds Quality Freewheeling of ideas Hitchhike/Combine Ideas
Brainstorming
Quantity breeds Quality
Freewheeling of ideas
Hitchhike/Combine Ideas
No Judgement =
Divergent Thinking Tool

39. Quantity breeds Quality Freewheeling of ideas Hitchhike/Combine Ideas
Brainwriting
Quantity breeds Quality
Freewheeling of ideas
Hitchhike/Combine Ideas
No Judgement =
Divergent Thinking Tool

40. Alphabetizing A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z=
Divergent Thinking Tool

41. Bob Eberle S. = substitute C. = combine A. = adapt, adopt
M. = minify, magnify
P. = put to other uses
E. = eliminate
R. = reverse
Bob Eberle

42. Forced Relationships + =

43. Idea or Morphological Grids
Zwicky
Fred Stryker

44. PCP
Pluses
Concerns
Potentials

45. Hits & Misses
Sample
Hits
Unsure?
Misses

46. Being creative
is a choice…
a daily choice!
Individuals, leaders,
entire organizations
can make the choice.

47. Every aspect & part of teaching and our classrooms can be made more CREATIVE! As you develop, expand and enrich the creativeness
EVERYONE will generate more ideas, solutions and have fun doing it.

48. May you all… as individuals & teachers make the choice to be...
Creative

49. And may all your
Classrooms become
Communities

50. My time has come to an end today.
Break Your Crayons and Draw Outside the Lines

51. Grazie
Abrigado
Gracias
Origato
Danke
Merci
Gratis
Xie xie ni
Nandri
Terima Kasih
Thank you lah
No worry mate

52. The End

54. Robert Alan Black, Ph.D., CSP
Contact information
Robert Alan Black, Ph.D., CSP
Cre8ng People, Places & Possibilities
P. O. Box 5805
Athens, Georgia 30604