Envisioning the Future

The Central Texas Chapter of the World Future Society will hold it's next monthly meeting on Tuesday, February 21, 2005. It will be held at the meeting room of the Marie Callender's, 9503 Research Blvd. #400, Austin, TX 78759 (512.349.7151) at 6:00 p.m. Dianna Amorde will discuss "Envisioning the Future".

Join Dianna Amorde of Inspired Leap Consulting for an interactive presentation on the critical importance of looking at the future from a right brain perspective.

In his book, A Whole New Mind, author Daniel Pink talks about the movement from the left brain dominate information age to the right brain dominant conceptual age. Thomas Friedman tells us in The World is Flat that countries such as China, India, and Russia are focusing on matching or beating the United States’ traditional leadership in creativity and innovation.

Dianna will share insights into why those who actively develop and use their right brains will be the "winners" in the future, share with you ways to tap into your creative and intuitive intelligence, and have you make your own predictions for the future from a right brain perspective.

Come listen and participate in a stimulating conversation about the future from a perspective only your imaginative and visionary right brain can give you!

The discussion will follow announcements, topical discussion and dinner (three-item menu selection). Attendance fee is $20 per person, for members, $25 for nonmembers, cash or checks only. (Make checks payable to CenTexWFS.) The fee includes meal, and is charged even if you do not eat. The meeting room is at the back of the restaurant on the right.Seating is limited so please reserve your place at www.centexwfs.org/Register.html.

As founder and president of Austin-based Inspired Leap Consulting Inc., Dianna Amorde inspires and trains people to use all their inner resources, including their intuitive intelligence, to permanently elevate their performance, productivity and creativity in the work environment.
Prior to launching Inspired Leap, Dianna had a successful 20-year corporate career, including leading a software division of Sierra On-Line and creating and launching consumer products at Procter & Gamble.

Dianna holds an MBA from Harvard University and a BS in business administration from the University of Southern California.

For more information about Dianna, visit http://www.inspiredleap.com.

For more information about the Central Texas Chapter of the World Future Society, visit www.CenTexWFS.org. For more information about the World Future Society, visit www.wfs.org.

Paul SchumannPresident
paul.schumann@centexwfs.org
512.302.1935
www.centexwfs.org

American Creativity Association International Conference

The American Creativity Association International Conference will be held on March 22 - 25, 2006 in Austin, Texas. What will this conference mean to your organization and your employees? You and your employees will gain skills and knowledge that will increase their value to your organization while enhancing their self-growth. They will have opportunities to learn from and network with renowned national and international experts – including:

• Peggy Van Pelt (Walt Disney Imagineering, Los Angeles, CA)
  
• Andrew Ouderkirk (3M Corporate Scientist, 3M, Minneapolis, MN)
  
• David Pearce Snyder (Independent Consulting Futurist)
  
• Michael Beyerlein (Director of the Center for Collaborative Organizations, University of North Texas, Denton, TX)
  
• Sam Stern (Dean, School of Education, Oregon State University, Portland, OR)
  
• Doug Hall (Founder and CEO, Eureka Ranch, Cincinnati, OH)
  
• Kirpal Singh (Professor, School of Economics & Social Sciences, Singapore Management University, Singapore)
  
• Ann Herrmann-Nehdi (CEO, Herrmann Brain Dominance Institute, Lake Lure, NC)
  
• Alex N. Pattakos (Director, Center for Personal Meaning, Santa Fe, NM)
  
• Abdullah Alsafi (Professor, King Khalid University, Abha, Saudi Arabia)
  
• Ta -Wei Lee (Professor, National Taiwan Normal University, Taiwan)
  
• Betty Otter Nickerson (COO, Lance Armstrong Foundation, Austin, TX)
  
• Mitchel Stoller (CEO, Lance Armstrong Foundation, Austin, TX).
  

A few of over 70 sessions offered in four session tracks plus Master Classes:

• Enabling Collaborative Creativity at Work
  
• The Athlete Mindset: Learn and apply the same creative methods used by professional athletes to succeed in pressure situations
  
• Using TRIZ Lines of Evolution to Predict and Unfuzzy the Fuzzy Front End
  
• Creativity, Innovation, and Global Competitiveness
  
• Innovate On Purpose™
  
• Creative Ways to Recruit a Creative Workforce – A Case Study
  
• The Birth of Novelty: Ensuring New Ideas Get a Fighting Chance
  
• A Study of the Applicability of Idea Generation Techniques
  
• Risk Taking as factor of Creative Thinking
  
• Top Ten Tips for Capitalist Creativity Success
  
• A study of the relationships among gender, group size, personal creativity, and group technological creativity
  
• Trends in Collaborative Creativity & Innovation
  
• Creating an Innovation Commons

Contact Barry Silverberg for special rates for groups of 3 or more from the same organization.(512) 223-7076 barry@amcreativityassoc.orgwww.amcreativityassoc.org

Tradeshow

ACA's International Conference 2006 takes place at the beautiful Hilton Austin Airport Exhibition dates are: March 22nd through March 25th We understand that location is everything in business, which is why ACA will place exhibitors in the flow of conference traffic. We want to help you succeed in the creative environment.How much will it cost me to exhibit during the entire conference? $500 for a full table $275 for a half table How big are the tables? 6 foot & draped Will there be a secure room to store my materials? Yes. All three days Can I exhibit without having to staff my table? Yes. Additional or substitute promotional set-ups may be arranged so long as they remain contained within the area reserved for the specific exhibitor.

To contract for exhibit space and arrange payment by check or credit card e-mail: exhibit@amcreativityassoc.org

Exhibitors wishing to participate in the conference and/or meal functions, contact: barry@amcreativityassoc.org

Advertising
OpportunitiesA printed Conference Program will be distributed to all Conference registrants and include resource information that will lead registrants to retain the Program for future reference. Accordingly, advertisers have the opportunity to share their message at and beyond the Conference.

The Conference Program will be printed in black and white on white stock in a 8.5" x 11" portrait format.Advertising options include:Full page - $750Half page - $500Quarter page - $250

To contract for Conference Program Book advertising, and arrange payment by check or credit card, e-mail confprogram@amcreativityassoc.org