March 30th, 2012 by Beth Hondl
You may have seen the recent headlines. Brainstorming is dead. It’s counter-productive, ineffective. A waste of time. As someone who’s been part of many a brainstorming session over the years, I can’t say I found this too surprising. I’ve seen a lot of ideas come out of...
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March 27th, 2012 by Beth Hondl
Acclaimed science journalist Jonah Lehrer has written a new book entitled Imagine: How Creativity Works that sheds a fascinating light on the mysterious process known as “Creativity.” In a recent Wall Street Journal article, adapated from the book, he writes: …Creativity is not...
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March 22nd, 2012 by Beth Hondl
In Ann Arbor this week, arts administrators, educators, and musicians are meeting at the American Orchestra Summit, organized by our very own Mark Clague, co-moderator of the live events in San Francisco and a frequent contributor to this blog. The goal of the summit is “to inspire new...
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March 21st, 2012 by Beth Hondl
This is Spotlight Conversation #2 from our Talking About Creativity event in San Francisco, March 17, 2012. Ed Sanders, formerly of YouTube, now Group Marketing Manager of the Creative Lab at Google, and Margo Drakos, cellist turned tech entrepreneur and Co-founder of InstantEncore, talk about...
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March 20th, 2012 by Beth Hondl
This is Spotlight Conversation #1 from our Talking About Creativity event in San Francisco, March 17, 2012. Composers John Adams and Mason Bates talk about writing music for the modern orchestra, perceptions about classical music, tweeting in the concert hall, the role of technology and more....
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