Florida Creativity Conference 2025

Values are qualities or characteristics that describe who we are and who we want to be - as facilitators, educators, leaders, and people. When we understand our values and act on them, we are more likely to make a positive impact on ourselves, others, and the world around us. In this session, you’ll engage in hands-on exercises, reflection, and discussion to identify your core values and discover creative ways to take action on them, giving you a new tool to show up as your authentic self in your work and your life in general.

Participants will:
• Identify your core values
• Discover ways to act on your values
• Plan which values you’ll prioritize and how

Participants will use LEGO bricks to build 3D models. They are asked to 'build' based on a question they are asked (Build a model where you feel your creativity shines) 2) They share their model (This provides them with story telling confidence and allows others to get to know them - find commonalities/differences) 3) Reflect - participants reflect on the experience, their learnings etc. Depending on the number of participants we will be able to get through 2-3 questions. A final question in each workshop is to build "one action they will take away and apply to their work/life."

Key Takeaways:

• Confidence (in their ability to share)
• Story Telling (ability to use alternative methods for sharing their thoughts) 
• Awareness (through a tactile exercise they can learn something about themselves and others for which a question may not uncover or unlock)

If you are a member of a committee, head of a business or organization or simply a person who has difficult people in your life, like a colleague, friend, family member, who are e.g. angry, controlling, demanding, this course is for you. You'll experience creative ways of dealing with difficult people so you make peace not war. Bring your difficult people scenarios and we’ll generate, thru role playing, many powerful and practical approaches to solving these frustrating situations and you'll leave with a time-tested handout of tools and techniques, in a session that will be filled with humor and poignant moments.

Key Takeaways:

• Identify the underlying reasons why people become frustrated, upset, angry, entitled or controlling. 
• Learn specific techniques and phrases to defuse an angry person and calm their behavior.
• Make life easier and more enjoyable by not allowing difficult people to steal your joy — no matter what!
  

This workshop will assist participants to unearth their hidden creativity to discover their originality in ideas and thoughts that appeal to the Affective domain of teaching and learning. An exploration of perceptions, activities, and reflections will mobilize unforeseen talents and boost confidence in the use of creative tools and techniques grounded in theories and research.

Key Takeaways:

• A range of hands-on activities
• Creative thinking strategies and application to teaching and learning
• Ideation tools that supersede traditional brainstorming
• You can implement the new tools that you take home in your classroom immediately

We all experience creative blocks! Whether working on a blog post, a piece of art, or a client presentation, we sometimes freeze in front of a blank canvas (or an empty Google Slide). This sense of paralysis can lead to internal conflict, judgment, or shame—but it can also create a pathway to greater intimacy with ourselves. In this workshop, you will learn a unique step-by-step approach to turning creative blocks into opportunities for self-connection and growth.

Key Takeaways:

• Learn a step-by-step process to turn creative blocks into opportunities for self-knowledge and deeper self-expression.
• Practice identifying the assumptions and expectations that may be limiting your creativity.
• Explore the difference between emotions and perceptions, and practice recognizing the emotions that arise when feeling disconnected from your creativity—so you can transform them.

This will be an engaging workshop that invites participants to explore the both the strengths and challenges of their personality style and learn ways to maximize the creative flow in themselves and others by thinking critically, engaging empathy, and acting mindfully.  Attendees will learn about Enneagram personality styles, wings, subtypes, and patterns of thinking, feeling, and doing when in stress and when at our best that either hinder or support creativity and growth.  They will collaboratively create action plans based on personality styles to help them move through their creative blocks.

Key Takeaways:

• A deep dive into multiple ways to utilize the Enneagram to support their creative growth.
• Ideas for how to facilitate creativity of others based on different personality styles.
• Links for free resources to support their continued creative growth using the Enneagram.