2010 Atlanta Creativity Exchange Presenter Index (in process)
Here are the names and bios of the
2009 Atlanta Creativity Exchange Presenter
Cheryl Perkins
is a thought leader in innovation and a creative catalyst in brand-building initiatives that contribute to rewarding consumer experiences and improved business performance. She was identified as one of the Top 25 Champions of Innovation by Business Week magazine in June 2006, and named as a top executive driving vision within the consumer goods industry (Visionaries 2006) by Consumer Goods Technology magazine.
As President of Innovation Edge LLC, she is leading companies across many industries build sustainable innovation capabilities and define sustainable growth opportunities. Her work involves designing and implementing organizational structures, processes, systems and tools that enable open innovation and growth. These include but are not limited to ambidextrous growth incubators for new business development, design
capabilities, strategic alliances and partnerships, environmental sustainability, safety and regulatory affairs, disruptive technologies and product brokering, and portfolio management.
Cheryl has over 23 years experience directing growth and innovation and most recently served as the Senior Vice President and Chief Innovation Officer for Kimberly-Clark Corporation, reporting to the CEO and Chairman of the Board. In this role she provided leadership to global teams, and oversaw the development of new strategic business opportunities that delivered competitive advantage across key business platforms in mature and emerging markets. Cheryl led teams who developed technologies, partnerships, and intellectual assets to identify and transform insights, designs, technologies and capabilities into total solutions and new-to-the-world innovations.
Cheryl has made many notable contributions during her career, delivering long-term growth and a continuum of innovative solutions. As a passionate champion for innovation, she has helped drive growth through the design, development and delivery of solutions while reducing cycle time and engaging external partners through an open innovation model.
She serves on the Board of the Product Development Management Association (PDMA) and the Consumer Goods Research Advisory Board. She is also on the Board of Directors of the Governor’s Wisconsin Technology Council, the Fox Cities’ Performing Arts Center, Community First Credit Union and the Georgia Institute of Technology External Advisory Board. Cheryl has been granted eight U.S. Patents and has several other patent applications pending.
David Eckoff
is a technology entrepreneur, (soon to be) author and life & business strategist.
He is President of Revolutionary Ventures, a boutique consulting company that specializes in taking revolutionary ideas from the drawing board to market. Clients include Kleiner Perkins backed Zazzle.com, Ustream.TV, 3D virtual world innovator Kaneva, and more.
In addition, Eckoff teaches people how to use principles of innovation to reinvent the most important product of all – themselves – in his acclaimed by-invitation-only course, Innovate YOU!™
For the past three decades, Eckoff has been an innovator in Fortune 500 and start up companies alike: Eckoff has served as Vice President, New Product Development & Innovation at Turner Broadcasting; Senior Director at RealNetworks; Senior Vice-President at Rivals.com, founder of Inside Carolina, and financial management at IBM.
You can read his thoughts about innovation, new media and the Bigger Better Deal, on his blog at www.DavidEckoff.com
Robert Alan Black
Each day Alan strives to S.P.R.E.A.D. creative thinking wherever and however he can around the globe and has been doing so since 1976. As a consultant, speaker, trainer, coach and author he works to help people expand and enrich their natural creative abilities. Through workshops, keynote speeches, university courses he strives to help leaders and managers learn how they can turn their organizations, departments and teams into productive and profitable Cre8ng Communities.
Alan has been earned and be given several awards from the Creative Education Foundation: colleague, leadership and commitment, Distinguished Leader, Leader Choice: Prince of Creativity and People’s Choice. He has served on the Board of the American Creativity Association. Also he has presented at over 100 creativity conferences around the globe.
Alan uses his 48+ years of daily creative working experience at 47 different jobs in 8 fields along with his formal education in creativity -Ph.D., design-MA, architecture-BS, counseling-MEd and educational psychology-Ph.D. to provide examples, skills, tools and techniques to everyone he works with. Alan sees life as A Creative Journey, Not a Guided Tour.
Starr and Jerry Cline
are both colleagues of the Creative Education Foundation and have been involved in creativity for the last thirty years. They have both involved in teaching the creative process and presenting at conferences. Starr received her Doctorate from Teachers College, Columbia University and is the author of several books on giftedness and has recently published The Power of Yes which is devoted to creativity and the creative process. She would like to share the "power" that has supported her with others. Jerry is an attorney and in facilitating the creative problem solving process at the Creative Problem Solving Institute has incorporated the process into his life. They have been invited to present at the African International Creativity Conference next October.
Eileen Doyle
is president of Deeper Dives; a qualitative market research firm that conducts focus groups, taste tests and ideation sessions. Moderating specialties include online focus groups, consumer products, kids, travel, pharmaceuticals and insurance. Her facilitation style includes creative problem solving, projective techniques, team building and laughter! Eileen is co-founder of the New England Creativity Group and recent co-chair of the New England Chapter of the Qualitative Research Consultants Association. She is a Certified Laughter Leader and an international cat sitter.
Mary Ann Smorra
Dr. Mary Ann Smorra is a Professor of Education at Georgian Court
University, New Jersey, USA. She also serves as a presenter and performer
for organizations located nationally and internationally - including
Denmark, Great Britain, Turkey, Brazil, Italy, and South Africa.
Inspired by the Creative Problem Solving Institute for many years, Mary
Ann received the Colleague Award and Leadership, Service, & Commitment
Award. Additionally, she was part of the CEF YouthWise team working with
students in South Africa.
Recent publications include: “The Emotions, the Brain, and Learning in
the Classroom”, ASCD Express, Volume 3, Issue 20, (Association for
Supervision and Curriculum Development) (2008), “Teaching - Learning in
Higher Education: Do We Walk the Talk?” (2007); and CCN’s Whole Brain
Creativity – “Learn About You” College Student Assessment (2007).
She also has a number of videos and CDs to her credit.
Mary Ann embraces the roles of teacher-learner, traveler and creative artist!
Jack Hipple
Jack Hipple is Principal in the consulting firm Innovation-TRIZ, which works with clients in both a training and problem solving role to educate and use the principles of inventive problem solving in resolving difficult technical and organizational problems.
He is a chemical engineering graduate from Carnegie Mellon University and spent 30 years in the chemical and materials industry prior to starting Innovation-TRIZ in 1999. He was Discovery Research Director for Dow Chemical and also held project and product management roles with the National Center for Manufacturing Sciences, Ansell Edmont, and Cabot Corporation.
He is the TRIZ and Introduction to Chemical Engineering Instructor for the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, as well as innovation and creativity workshop leader for PDMA, ASQ, and PDMA. His clients include GM, S.C. Johnson, Siemens, Honeywell, the U.S. Navy, and the Department of Homeland Security.
Mary Ann Hoffman, M.Ed.,
is an elementary principal at St. Luke's School in New York City. She has 30 years in the education field where she has been Teacher of the Year three times, principal of a Blue Ribbon School of Excellence, and has developed gifted and talented programs in both in elementary and middle schools in PA and SC. She has written a thinking skills program for her elementary school that uses both original lessons and commercial programs. She has coached both Odyssey of the Mind and Destination Imagination teams, and her students have garnered two national Invent America first place awards for the fourth grade. She has presented her Thinking Skills Workshops at national conferences for the National Association of Independent Schools, The National Center for Independent School Renewal, and The Commonwealth in Education in VA, and numerous other local and state conferences.
Bruce Rosove
Bruce is a humorous and engaging session leader. He uses experiential approaches to make his sessions personal, meaningful and fun. He has studied Non-Violent Communication under Marshall Rosenberg, Inner Journey Facilitation under Michael Schiesser and other modes of personal development under a variety of learned and gifted teachers. He is a certified Emotional Fitness Coach. During his 35 year career with Human Resources and Skills Development Canada Bruce developed career counselling tools and techniques and trained counsellors throughout the country. He has presented workshops all over North America at Counselling, Career Development and Creativity Conferences including CPSI, Mind Camp, and Next Idea Creativity Conference.
Kristina Jaskyte
Dr. Kristina Jaskyte is an Associate Professor at the School of Social Work and the Institute for Nonprofit Organizations at the University of Georgia. Her teaching, research, and service focus on the management of nonprofit organizations, with a special attention to the topics of innovation and individual creativity. Kristina has numerous publications on innovation and creativity, and she has presented her research at many national and international conferences.Debbie Ellison
is a Certified Laughter Yoga Leader and a freelance writer and editor. She facilitates writing, creativity, and laughter workshops in Atlanta, Georgia.
She is a volunteer for HOPE-HOWSE International, a peace and human rights
Organization, and in the prison system in Georgia. Her promise to the world is
“being peace in the world through writing and laughter.”
Michael McDermott
Michael has spent many years in Corporate America. During those years, he has taught leadership, specific management skills, teamwork, dispute resolution, diversity, problem solving and numerous other employee related classes to all levels of the organization. He has also worked with employees for their personal and professional development. Some of his other activities have included facilitating for problem-solving/quality improvement teams, facilitating for process mapping teams, facilitating employee dispute resolution and functioning as a control operator of an electric power generation plant.
Michael has had the opportunity to teach business and decision making classes, as adjunct faculty, for several colleges and universities. He feels that well prepared people are successful and have the potential to be innovative in their organizations.
Michael has been a past presenter and attendee at the Annual Creative Problem Solving Institute, the Annual International Creativity Conference at Northwood University in Midland, Michigan and the Atlanta Creativity Exchange.
Whether in Corporate America, academia, or through conferences his focus is to help others be the best they can be for who they are.
Rosemary Rein, Ph.D
is the Author of “Go Wild! Survival Skills for Business and Life” and a contributing author to “Blueprint for Success” with co-authors Dr. Stephen Covey and Ken Blanchard. President of Now to WOW!TM Learning Adventures, Rosemary hosts creativity, communication and leadership workshops worldwide in addition to keynoting association conventions and bringing leadership teams to her home in Costa Rica for Business Ideation and Executive Immersion Programs. Rosemary bring a “Go Wild! Go GREAT! Attitude” to her inspired programs which link head and heart connection to both business and classroom environments. She is a frequent presenter at international conferences including the Creative Problem Solving Institute, Mindcamp in Toronto and Sacreativity in South Africa and has been asked to work with students in 2009 at South Africa’s Oprah Winfrey School.
Dawn Depasquale
is an independent Training Consultant, Dawn works primarily as a Master Trainer for Development Dimensions International, serves as an Associate with The Creative Problem Solving Group-Buffalo, and provides facilitation for Five Star Leadership, and for “QBQ! The Question Behind the Question”.
Dawn certifies corporate client in Facilitation Skills, is qualified to teach over 65 leadership and workforce-related topics, and specializes in leadership, customer service, and creative problem solving,
Known as a “fun with substance” presenter, Dawn has provided keynotes, interactive workshops, team rallies, and facilitated CPS for both domestic and global audiences. She has served on regional and national boards (including a national research journal editorial board), and has published numerous research and feature articles.
Recent clients include: Thomson/Reuters News Group, Westinghouse, Citco Fund Services, Hitachi Global, Yale University, and Philips.Win Wenger
is one of the principal pioneers of the creativity movement, having created and developed several dozen CPS methods now in apparent successful use. "Practicing what he preaches," he has authored or co-authored 50 published books, is an inventor, and teaches several techniques of creatively composing music. Motivated by world conditions, Win has been active in the CPS and creativity movements for 35 years.
Gus Whalen
is the Chairman of The Warren Featherbone Company of Gainesville, Georgia. In its remarkable 123-year history, Warren companies have been active in manufacturing, banking, agriculture, publishing and philanthropy. The company has been profiled twice by The Wall Street Journal and most recently was described as "representative of that huge mass of often overlooked businesses that give breadth and stability to the U.S. economy." Of particular interest to Gus Whalen is manufacturing and philanthropy, which he believes have worked together to help strengthen communities across America. Gus is the author of three books. The Featherbone Principle: A Declaration of Interdependence was published in 1996 and reprinted in 2001. His second book, The Featherbone Spirit, Celebrating Life's Connections was published in 2000 and includes a special supplement on the role and work of foundations in America. The Gift of Renewal, his most recent book, was published in 2003.
Jack Wolf
For 31 years Jack has presented before audiences on the topics of Adult Learning, Teaching and Training Techniques, Meeting Leadership and Communication. His clients include the Government of Hong Kong, AIG, HBO, Starbucks and numerous school districts. His classes titled Creative Teaching Techniques is being utilized at the local, county and State levels with teachers, administrators and staff developers. He is certified in Learning Styles, Adult Learning, Accelerated Training and numerous psychological disciplines. His classes are interactive and immerse the learners in techniques that they can use back in their training and classrooms. He is an adjunct faculty member at Kennesaw State University and teaches at the annual creative Problem Solving Institute.
Ruth H. Moecks
Innovation Consultant & Trainer, based in Europe and the US.
Founder of MKS International a full-service market research institute, based in Luxembourg. Ruth studied economics, psychology and holds a diploma in sociology. Her extensive experience, working for top 500 companies - 25 years of research on technology, food and pharmaceuticals in 48 countries - has built expertise for her personal transition to consultancy. Ruth’s personal focus is on strategic problem solving, product innovation and creativity trainings within corporations. Her international research background is an additional supportive source of knowledge. Since 2004, she has been expanding her business in the United States. Her objective is to build a bridge between US and European research & creativity methods as well as to transfer knowledge about markets and cultures. Since 18 years she lectures on international market research at her home university in Germany and is regularly presenting at international creativity conferences such as CPSI (USA), CREA (Italy) and ACRE (South Africa) preferably about intuition.
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