Resources

Products

Products made by Amy Climer: educational videos, teambuilding processing cards, professional-grade hula hoops, and more.

Books

Creativity Books - A list of my favorites books about creativity and artistic expression.

Facilitation Books - Great books on the art of facilitation and adventure activities.

Outdoor Education Books - A list of books/websites that may be useful when starting a new outdoor program.

Articles

The Creativity Crisis - article in Newsweek on July 10, 2010 about how creativity in America is declining

The Most Successful Way to Brainstorm by Art Markman - a short article in Huffington Post about brainstorming technuques

Videos

School Kills Creativity - an excellent TED Talk video by Ken Robinson

Nurturing Creativity - another great TED Talk video by Elizabeth Gilbert, author of Eat, Pray, Love

ABC Nightline showcases IDEO, Part 1- watch creativity in action as this design firm redesigns the shopping cart. Great examples of brainstorming and the creative process.

ABC Nightline showcases IDEO, Part 2

ABC Nightline showcases IDEO, Part 3

Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi on Flow - A brilliant scholar and leading researcher on creativity

Drive: The suprising truth about what motivates us - an interesting video by Daniel Pink, great wipeboard animation too.

Websites

Madison Area Network for Innovation and Applied Creativity (MANIAC) - offers breakfast series and workshops series on creativity and innovation. Includes some creativity tools.

Wilderdom - a huge index of problem solving, teambuilding, and trust building activities and games.

LeaderShape, Inc. - one of the best leadership development programs for college students. If you are a college student and are interested in attending a national session I have $500 scholarships available. Contact me for more information.

Association for Experiential Education - a community of progressive educators and practitioners. The 2012 International Conference will be in Madison, WI.

750words.com - a website designed to do the Artist's Way Morning Pages online. Great for increasing creativity.