Brainstorm Brewing in Boston with the Creative Problem Solving Institute

Business Wire, March 24, 2009

The Creative Problem Solving Institute comes storming in on June 21st

AMHERST, Mass. -- Imagine going to a conference that was created by the inventor of Brainstorming -- Alex Osborn. Or to a meeting where Thomas Edison’s great grandniece Sarah Miller Caldicott, will present what she uncovered when writing her book, “Innovate like Edison”. Or even learning about Design Thinking from Continuum, a Boston firm that has created product, service and organizational innovations around the world. “Boston is the perfect place for our conference, the Revolution of Creativity. There are few other locations where innovation has been the driver of breakthrough thinking,” says Victoria Cliche, CEO of The Creative Education Foundation, which runs the annual event. “Those who push their ideas beyond what is expected will be standing longer and taller as we move forward in this economy.”

Those who embrace innovation are already innovative and want to do more, are in crisis mode and don’t have a choice, or have recently had a change of management and innovation is an imperative. A full schedule of workshops and keynote presentations around the themes of innovation and creativity will inspire participants and provide them with the tools to push their thinking and actions in today’s world and create opportunities for the future.

Hundreds of creativity experts from around the US and from over 25 countries will make their way to Boston to lead and attend short or multiday interactive workshops with titles such as: Springboard to Creative Problem Solving, The Art of Innovation, and Organizational Leadership for Innovation in a Tough Economy.

People tend to choose conferences where they meet those in our own industries. Those who attend the Creative Problem Solving Institute are professionally as diverse as the problems we need to solve day-to-day. Attendees are corporate executives, entrepreneurs, educators, academics, consultants, advertising professionals, nonprofit leaders and even some motivated teenagers. This diversity allows participants to understand that solving problems the same way, every day, only gives us the same solutions that led us to where we are today.

Michael Wedman, Associate Director of KPMG suggests that, “you leave the conference so energized that you can't wait to share the experience with others. I've been doing that for 8 months now.” According to attendee Kathy McCurry, Director of New Product Development at Classy Rider, “the Creative Problem Solving Institute is by far the best value I've ever gotten out of a 'conference', since it is so participatory and the wealth of learning is intangible, but highly useful.”

Those interested in the conference can review the sessions and register at www.cpsiconference.com or call: 508-960-0000.

The Creative Education Foundation, which runs the Creative Problem Solving Institute and headquartered in Amherst, MA, is the Centre for Applied Imagination - helping individuals, organizations and communities transform themselves as they confront real-world challenges. Every day principles taught by CEF are helping someone, somewhere in the world develop new products, advance business operations and profitability, reinvigorate economies, improve our schools, revitalize communities, and replace ineffective methods and systems with new, more sustainable ones.

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