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

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!
  

We're having a TASK Party!

A TASK Party is an improvisational, participatory event designed to unlock creativity, foster collaboration, and break down barriers between participants. Initially conceived by artist Oliver Herring, the format encourages open-ended exploration and innovation, making it an excellent addition to a creativity-focused conference like this.

Step into a world where play meets purpose! This intensive hour invites you to break free from mental loops and discover solutions hiding in plain sight. Using the innovative ProPlay Method, you'll physically model your challenges and watch as new pathways naturally emerge.

Even creative minds can get trapped in their own brilliance. This experience moves beyond brainstorming into physical wisdom. When your hands take over, they reveal solutions your imagination hasn't verbalized and connections your analytical mind missed. It's not a new technique—it's a different pathway to the genius you already possess.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

What you'll experience:
- Observe your challenges from a third-person perspective, revealing patterns invisible from within
- Extract surprising insights as natural understanding emerges through play
- Transform these discoveries into immediate action steps

Key Takeaways:

1. Experience how physical play bridges the gap between misalignment and clarity, allowing your innate wisdom to surface in ways thinking alone never could
2. Learn a repeatable 4-step process (Play-Observe-Extract-Decide) that transforms abstract challenges into tangible solutions
3. Walk away with a personalized action plan built from insights that emerged naturally through your play experience

"When rigid thinking creates barriers, playful modeling reveals the path."

Join us for this dynamic session and discover why leading professionals are embracing Pro.Play® to connect, innovate, and transform both personal challenges and professional landscapes. Let's shape your future together—one playful moment at a time.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

Get creative in this hands-on workshop!  In this session, participants will discover how communication can transform conflict and enhance creativity. They'll learn simple, practical techniques to foster collaboration and turn conflict into opportunities for growth.

Key Takeaways:

• Understand personal conflict styles
• Gain insight on how these styles impact conflict at work
• Learn communication skills to navigate conflict

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

The formula is simple: Find an old story, change it, get a new one.
That’s the universal quest—and the process of Story Alchemy®.
But how do we that? How do we find our deepest core issues, transform them, and become the hero of our own life?
Story Alchemy® is the only stand-alone therapeutic system, rooted in four foundational pillars: insightful journaling, meditation, mindful movement, and a connection to nature. Separate, each of these healing modalities is a potent elixir. Together, they are magic.

Key Takeaways:

• Shift your point of view and perspective through a unique process called “Transformational Narration.”
• Cultivate healthy self-love
• Access the knowledge, creativity, and confidence you need to write a new life story

In this experiential session, we will share our challenges and stories ( imagines or experienced) of reentry into the "real" world after Florida Creativity, where people can sometimes appear judgmental and insensitive...so that we can keep safe, the beautiful and precious Florida Creativity moments.

I ask the questions, and thru group discussion answer: How do you keep precious the magical, empowering and creative experience of Florida Creativity when you return home? What do you say to your family and friends when they say "How was it? What parts of the experience did you share and what parts do you keep for yourself? How do you use what you have learned on a daily basis?

Key Takeaways:

• Learn the keys to successful reentry after Florida Creativity?
• Discover what you may wish to share or not share with people who ask "How was it?" 
• Learn how to keep the essence of Florida Creativity precious within you when you return home and how keep it fresh until next year

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.