Florida Creativity Conference 2025: Full Schedule

1:00pm EDT

Probe the Power of Play and Paradox

Thursday March 13, 2025 1:00pm - 2:30pm EDT

Do you ever get stuck when deliberate creativity bumps up against reality? Do you know why? In this discovery-focused workshop, you'll combine to powerful strategies to gain insights into yourself and the creative process. You'll start with the Playmobil ProPlay™ method--a way to invoke that magical mindset that allows you to see and say things through play that are often difficult to express through words alone. Next, you'll apply Polarity Thinking™, the both/and approach that enables you to understand and leverage the normal tension of interdependent truths (for example, Focus on the Team AND focus on the individual) to shatter the most common barriers to truly productive problem solving.

Key Takeaways:

Explore ProPlay™ as a tool for understanding the key forces that can both constrain and liberate your thinking
Discover basic Polarity Thinking™ principles and explore at least one creativity polarity that is important for you
Challenge yourself to think about specific applications of these insights for those you lead, facilitate, and work with

Speakers

Tim Hurson

Consultant and Facilitator

In third grade, Tim spread pasted sheets of paper, sticky-side up, on his classroom floor. He was thrilled with the results. Not much has changed, though he now focuses on more productive activities as an innovation consultant and facilitator for businesses and social purpose start-ups... Read More →

Thursday March 13, 2025 1:00pm - 2:30pm EDT
Room 218

Breakout Workshops, Inetermediate

By Track Play, CPS Tools, Facilitation, Communication

9:00am EDT

The Neuroscience of Creativity

Friday March 14, 2025 9:00am - 10:30am EDT

Room 218

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Unleash the power of your brain to supercharge creativity and innovation! In this hands-on session, you’ll explore the neuroscience of creativity, learning how key brain networks like the Default Mode, Executive Control, and Salience Networks fuel your best ideas. Gain practical tools to overcome creative blocks, enhance problem-solving, and inspire innovation in yourself and your teams, all while collaborating in a dynamic and inspiring environment.

Key Takeaways:

Practical Neuroscience Tools: Understand how to leverage brain networks to enhance creative thinking and problem-solving, with actionable techniques to apply immediately
Overcome Creative Blocks: Learn strategies to break through mental barriers and ignite new ideas, helping you and your team stay innovative in any environment
Inspire Innovation in Teams: Gain insights into fostering a creative culture within your organization, using neuroscience-based methods to inspire collaboration and fresh solutions

Speakers

Haley Forest

Consultant, HCForest

Haley Forest is a seasoned strategist and international consultant with a deep focus on innovation, leadership, and behavioral science. Currently pursuing a PsyD in Leadership Psychology with a concentration in Neuroleadership at William James College, Haley merges her extensive background... Read More →

Friday March 14, 2025 9:00am - 10:30am EDT
Room 218

Breakout Workshops, Advanced

By Track CPS Tools, Facilitation, Communication

4:30pm EDT

AI & CPS: Powering Up Creative Problem-Solving

Friday March 14, 2025 4:30pm - 6:00pm EDT

Room 218

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Welcome to a fresh look at how Artificial Intelligence could become a powerful partner in Creative Problem-Solving! This session will give you an engaging overview of AI’s potential to streamline effort, speed up results, and even enhance the CPS experience. Together, we'll brainstorm, explore, tinker and discuss how AI can both open doors and raise questions, all while keeping our focus on the ways it can improve our ability to support ourselves and our clients.

Key Takeaways:

A fun, friendly look at where we are now with AI integrations as of March 2025.
How AI might impact the CPS process in practical and surprising ways.
Strategies to embrace AI’s potential in CPS while being mindful of any potential pitfalls.

Speakers

Bradford Partridge

Chief Goaling Officer, Goaling Places LLC

A certified life coach and creator of The Goaling Method, Brad Partridge specializing in CPS, Career and Goal Coaching.Brad has worked in corporate partnership management, sales, marketing, and consulting within the theme park (3), media (TV, radio, print and online), pro sports... Read More →

Kristen Petersen

Adjunct Professor, Creativity & Change Leadership, SUNY Buffalo State University

Kristen Peterson is a master facilitator, trainer and organizational development consultant who specializes in the people skills organizations need to create growth through innovation. She brings a big dose of passion, energy, and infectious can-do mentality to her work as an Innovation... Read More →

Friday March 14, 2025 4:30pm - 6:00pm EDT
Room 218

Breakout Workshops, Advanced

By Track CPS Tools, Creativity, Facilitation, AI

4:30pm EDT

Discovering What Matters in the Big Picture: Challenge Mapping to Awaken Breakthrough Powerful Problem Definitions

Friday March 14, 2025 4:30pm - 6:00pm EDT

Room 214

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Experience an innovative conceptual thinking tool that integrates analytical and imaginative thinking to create better, more robust business strategies applicable to any complex problem. In this highly interactive session learn a tool and techniques you can use day-to-day to discover both real root causes and awaken to new aspirational opportunities in complex problems leading to new insights on how to best innovate. We will create an explicit logical map connecting actionable tactics to strategic pillars to broad strategic vision as a better way to articulate robust strategies with ownership.

Key Takeaways:

How to use a structured process to surface new connections and hidden insights
Greater ability to identify the right level of challenge using the “Why/What’s Stopping?” analysis
Converge with commitment on the most important challenges

Speakers

Tim Basadur

Lead Trainer and Facilitator, Basadur Applied Innovation

I have been facilitating and training people in CPS for 30+ years. I have been a presenter at CPSI for nearly 20 years now and when I was a wee lad I helped my father, Min Basadur, with his CPSI presentations.

Friday March 14, 2025 4:30pm - 6:00pm EDT
Room 214

Breakout Workshops, Intermediate

By Track CPS Tools, Self-Reflection, Communication

9:00am EDT

Hello Fellow FLCCers (Flickers)! Is Your Mind Abuzz with Ideas? Let's do something about them!

Saturday March 15, 2025 9:00am - 10:30am EDT

Room 215

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After an enlightening and stimulating conference, participants have the chance to give themselves the gift of time for pausing and reflecting, so they can be more effective at implementing change when they get home? This workshop serves as an opportunity for participants to consider what they've learned and how they will implement their new ideas. The session will incorporate collaboration, mindfulness, reflection, and planning.

Key Takeaways:

Participants will experience self-reflection regarding their implementation successes of the past and use that information to support their future endeavors
Participants will engage in a guided visualization
Participants will leave with a plan in place for implementing the new ideas they've gleaned from the conference

Speakers

Jen Verbakel

Owner, The Art of Amateurity

Jen is a doodler, a creative dabbler, and a sewing gal! She is also a certified Kaizen Muse Creativity Coach. She believes that creativity helps people take up their own unique space, and she is working towards embodying that presence as well. She loves to chat about creative... Read More →

Saturday March 15, 2025 9:00am - 10:30am EDT
Room 215

Breakout Workshops, Beginner

By Track Self-Reflection, Communication, Creativity, CPS Tools

1:00pm EDT

The Basadur Profile: Creativity and Innovation with Original Style

Saturday March 15, 2025 1:00pm - 2:30pm EDT

Room 208

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The aim of this interactive, experiential session is to enable participants to discover and describe their unique preferred blend of the different stages of the Basadur creative problem solving process, and also to understand the preferences of others. Through use of the original CPS style preference instrument, the Basadur Profile, learn how to more fully internalize the process and put it into everyday practice, honing your own unique approach to creativity and increasing your effectiveness in working with others.

Key Takeaways:

Increase sensitivity to individual differences in problem solving style
Identify your own unique creative process style
Understand the power of cognitive diversity as distinct from knowledge diversity

Speakers

Tim Basadur

Lead Trainer and Facilitator, Basadur Applied Innovation

Saturday March 15, 2025 1:00pm - 2:30pm EDT
Room 208

Breakout Workshops, Intermediate

By Track CPS Tools, Self-Reflection, Communication

3:00pm EDT

Advanced Prompting for the Creative Problem Solving Process

Saturday March 15, 2025 3:00pm - 4:30pm EDT

Room 208

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This session will demonstrate how to use the "CRAFT-TS" framework to create personas and leverage AI throughout the Creative Problem Solving (CPS) model. Attendees will learn techniques for crafting detailed AI prompts to ideate, analyze, and prototype solutions for complex creative challenges. The session will cover best practices for prompt engineering, managing AI outputs, and integrating AI into each stage of the CPS process.

Key Takeaways:

Learn the CRAFT-IT framework for persona creation and usage in CPS
Discover methods for crafting effective AI prompts at each stage of the CPS model
Develop strategies for seamlessly integrating AI tools and techniques into the creative problem-solving workflow

Speakers

Sgt. Luke Buschman

Student

Sgt. Luke Buschman served as a distinguished leader in healthcare leadership and logistics within the U.S. Army. He is transitioning to a career in creative leadership, AI enhanced creativity, and cybersecurity. Currently enrolled in creativity and innovation decision-making for leadership... Read More →

Dr. Gregory A. Buschman, MSMKT, MSIS, Ph.D.

President, Strategic Leadership Development

A leadership author, keynote speaker, professor, and expert in leadership development and workforce optimization. Dr. Buschman specializes in creative leadership for innovation and change, generational diversity, and strength-based employee coaching. He has facilitated creative leadership... Read More →

Saturday March 15, 2025 3:00pm - 4:30pm EDT
Room 208

Breakout Workshops, Advanced

By Track CPS Tools, Creativity, AI

3:00pm EDT

An Adventure in Creative Problem Solving – Join the Quest!

Saturday March 15, 2025 3:00pm - 4:30pm EDT

Room 214

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This engaging session brings the Creative Problem Solving (CPS) process to life through the educational strategy of gamification. Teachers and Trainers will embark on a creative adventure, guided by four problem-solving experts: The Detective (Clarifying the Problem), The Idea Engineer (Ideation), The Quality Control Solution Inspector (Develop), and The Trailblazer (Implement). As participants navigate each challenge presented, they will sharpen their communication, collaboration, critical thinking, and the creative problem-solving skills.

Key Takeaways:

By experiencing the educational strategy of gamification firsthand, educators/trainers will learn how to apply it to design more engaging, effective, and fun lessons/ training sessions.
Participants will deepen their understanding of the CPS process and the Creative Thinking Skills involved as they progress through each step of the gamification /simulation as they collaborate to solve the “Climate Quicksand Challenge.”
Educators will learn strategies to integrate the Creative Problem Solving process into their classroom curriculum and training sessions.

Speakers

Kathy Frazier

Gifted Education and Creativity Specialist, Touching the Future Today LLC

Kathy Frazier, M.A., EDS, is a gifted education specialist at Orange City Schools, Ohio, and co-founder of Touching the Future Today LLC, which provides professional development for K-12 teachers. She holds a Bachelor’s and Master’s Degree in Early Childhood Education, an Educational... Read More →

Saturday March 15, 2025 3:00pm - 4:30pm EDT
Room 214

Breakout Workshops, Intermediate

By Track CPS Tools, Creativity, Self-Reflection, Facilitation

3:00pm EDT

Picture this: Graphic facilitation for the Artistically Apprehensive

Saturday March 15, 2025 3:00pm - 4:30pm EDT

Room 218

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In this workshop, we will gain a better understanding of why we doodle, demonstrate the potential of drawing as a communicative medium, and learn how to draw ten (or more!) new symbols you can begin to use right away. Whether you are taking a brave first step into the world of doodling or simply looking to add a new creative tool to your facilitation toolbox, this workshop offers practical techniques for all skill levels. No experience necessary!

Key Takeaways:

Demystify the art of graphic facilitation (it’s easy, anyone can do it!)
Demonstrate the benefits of graphic facilitation (or adding doodles to your note-taking)
Teach/Equip participants with a toolbox of basic doodles they can use all the time

Speakers

Rachel Taylor

Director of Innovative Programming, Lindsey Meyer Teen Institute, a program of Partners in Prevention

Rachel is a proud product of the Lindsey Meyer Teen Institute (Alumni ’09)! They have been a full-time staff member with LMTI & PIP since 2016 and are currently supervising the LMTI department. She is a Board-Certified Music Therapist and holds a Bachelor’s in Music Therapy as... Read More →

Mark Bylancik

Chief Administrative Officer, Partners In Prevention

Mark holds a B.A. in Contemporary Arts: Professional Communication from Ramapo College and an M.A. in Public and Organizational Relations from Montclair State University. In his spare time he teaches public speaking at MSU, enjoys movies and games, and spends time at home with his... Read More →

Saturday March 15, 2025 3:00pm - 4:30pm EDT
Room 218

Breakout Workshops, Beginner

By Track Facilitation, CPS Tools, Creativity