Posts Tagged ‘Playful Creative Summit’
Playful Creative Summit – wretched news
Playful Creative Summits will be no more, fabulous though they were. David Chislett and Alyea Sandovar, the mad genius innovators and motivators behind the Summits, had to admit their efforts were exhilarating, electrifying and exhausting. I will miss the magic: woefully, I didn’t manage to transcribe all the presentations. I passionately believe I gleaned all…
Read MoreDave Pelham – The Step-by-Step Route to Creative Photography – Playful Creative Summit 2020
I own a camera. An intimidating camera. Lots of buttons. None of the buttons are permanently dedicated to one function. It’s a camera designed for an octopus who might want to grip the machine in different ways at different times and then the creature’d need redundant or reprogrammed buttons all over the place. I’m quite…
Read MoreTrickster Mindset: Designing a Playful Life and Business – Alyea Sandovar – Playful Creative Summit 2020
“Trickster Mindset: Designing a Playful Life and Business” – Alyea Sandovar – Playful Creative Summit 2020. Sandovar interviews David Chislett during the Summits; Chislett interviews Sandovar. Sandovar believes, fervently, that intuition sustains creativity. But intuition isn’t entirely spontaneous and creativity can be mindfully cultivated. She has a morning ritual to tap into both: she exercises,…
Read MoreDavid Chislett – Humans are Weapons of Mass Creation – Playful Creative Summit 2020
There was a 2020 Playful Creative Summit. I’m savoring all of those recordings just as I prized the 2022 offerings. A client cancelled. Despite aquamarine skies, it’s cold and I want to hide under blankets with a hot chocolate. Perfect for catching a bunch. So I’m going to post my impressions, a haphazard few at…
Read MoreAnne Vries – How does one dare to birth an idea into the world?
Anne Vries, Idéfix, asked “How does one dare to birth an idea into the world?” for her conversation with Alyea Sandovar during the 2020 Playful Creative Summit (I’m linking to 2021; 2020 is now private.). Start simply, start by making the smallest possible version of your thought as you can. Find community for support and…
Read MoreLet de Jong – How to sidestep labels and tap into your inner resources
Let de Jong, Let’s Salsa, and David Chislett focused on How to sidestep labels and tap into your inner resources during their 2020 Playful Creative Summit conversation (I’m linking to 2021; 2020 is now private.). This is my kind of woman!!!! A Dutch native, and (former) graphic designer fed up with design, she went adventuring…
Read MoreArt As A Pathway To Self – Rebecca Tolk
Art As A Pathway To Self, Rebecca Tolk‘s 2021 Playful Creative Summit conversation with David Chislett, appealed to me on many levels. The dialogue was free-flowing. Tolk notes, for example, that she spends a good part of her time on inartistic efforts, such as her marketing, which can have a dispiriting effect on her creativity.…
Read More52 2021 Creative Playful Summit conversations analyzed and on line!
All of them, all 52 2021 Creative Playful Summit conversations listened to, thought about, summarized and the summaries on line. Parcelled out once a week on Wednesdays through March 15, 2023. And now on to the 47 2020 recordings, 45 of them DIFFERENT PEOPLE. YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Read MoreHow to Use Creative Play to Build a Better Future Chrissy Levett
How to Use Creative Play to Build a Better Future. I liked the sound of this before I even listened to the exchange between Chrissy Levett of Creative Conscience and David Chislett for the 2021 Playful Creative Summit. I wasn’t disappointed. I’m quoting Levett from within one minute of their conversation: “In order to change…
Read MoreMake An Impact With Game-based Solutions – Rob Alvarez
Rob Alvarez, Professor Game, was eye-opening as he and David Chislett discussed how to Make An Impact With Game-based Solutions during their 2021 Playful Creative Summit conversation. If playing games is hard work, developing them and introducing them to their players is even harder. Intelligent, successful game design involves careful research to understand what you…
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