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DEVELOPMENT OF CREATIVITY

TO WARM-UP, ENERGIZE THE MINDS OF PARTICIPANTS, TO SHOW THEM THE POSSIBILITY TO

ESCAPE CLICHE WAYS OF THINKING AND STEREOTYPES IN ANY KINDS OF ACTIVITIES, AND TO

GIVE THEM A SET OF TOOLS TO DEVELOP THE INSPIRATION AND CREATIVE WAY OF THINKING.

BY ALIAKSEJ BURNOSENKA

TOOLFAIR 2013, DELPHI, GREECE.“EPAM SYSTEMS”, MINSK, BELARUS.

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THIS IS NOT A PRESENTATION

THIS IS A CHEATSHEET

THIS IS NOT A PRESENTATION

THIS IS A CHEATSHEET

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•Association prison.

•Pink Elephant trap.

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• “Associations” – the game

• Trainer start the first object (item, phenomenon, concept, etc.)

• The next participant should come and represent and show the coupled association: subject, phenomenon, concept, etc.

• The next image should be associated with the previous one. NOT with the first one or some else one – just with the previous one.

• Participants show and represent their associations and name it shortly. One by one randomly.

• Participant represents it still.• Participant represents it until the next coupled

association will come.

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• The trainer takes an object and describe it (its characteristics: shape, weight, size, etc.)• Trainer show the first

“transmutation”: show using that object as something different, some other object with similar characteristics.• Pantomime.• One by one in a circle.

“An Object transmutations” – the theatre game

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“Norwegian highway”- the game.

•A trainer gives you words: “a departure point” and “a destination point”. It will be an items, or concepts, or anything. Nouns.•You should create an association “highway” between those 2 points, using as many additional “points” as you need. •It should be a clear and present association between one point to next one. But you don’t need longer associations than between 2 points.•Use minimum amount of “points”: as few as you can.

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• “Norwegian highway”-• itself.

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Practical tips and hints on inspiration and creativity.

•If You have a question, problem or situation to be solved in a creative way: •Meditate.•Ask a dilettante, an amateur, a dabbler (like Wikipedia)•Go outside –to the forest, seaside or park. Find a stone or branch. Look at it and decide – how do it’s shape answers your question. If no – find another stone/branch.•Use special techniques: the “Golden Fish” method, the “Brainstorming”, the “Morphological tables” method.•The main tip what to do: go and make the first step. May be a small one, maybe not important. But just make that first step. Associations will come – remember the “Associations” game.

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• Brainstorming

•Do you do it in the correct way?

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•The “Goldfish” technique

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•Morphologic•tables

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A journey of a thousand miles

begins with a single step.

Lao Tzi

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Thank You! Aliaksej “Bekar” Burnosenka

E-mail: bekar@tut.by.phone: +37529 5076263

www.medievalbelarus.org