Category Archives: Creativity
Better Together – Brain Trusts and Collaboration
October 19, 2015At Creative New Jersey, we’re always in awe of the depth and breadth of the brain trusts in action during meetings of cross-sector, collaborative people (like Dodge’s Imagine Great Things gathering!). At the intersection of diverse perspectives, imagination, and collaboration … Continue reading
Creative Elizabeth launches its Call to Collaboration
November 3, 2014Last week, we were thrilled to launch a creativity convening in the city of Elizabeth. This Call to Collaboration welcomed a large, diverse group of dynamic community leaders, educators, environmental and sustainability professionals, artists, economic development and local business leaders, … Continue reading
Creativity, Inc.: A Love Letter to Pixar
July 28, 2014I love Pixar. I love the ingenuity of their stories from Toy Story to Finding Nemo and Wall-E to Brave. I love the vividness of the worlds they create through animation. And I sure do love Co-Founder and President Ed Catmull’s book … Continue reading
Dodge Q&A: Margaret Waldock
June 30, 2014This is the fourth installment of our new series featuring Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation staff here on the Dodge Blog. We’re going to check in with what they’re learning and thinking about as they visit with nonprofits around the state, … Continue reading
10 Reasons You Can’t Miss Art All Night Trenton
June 17, 2014I love it when a community latches on to the transformative and revelatory power of the arts. For my money, Art All Night Trenton, produced by Artworks Trenton, exemplifies the best of what the arts in the Garden State has … Continue reading
Creativity and Collaboration Take Courage
May 28, 2014Residents share topics for small group discussion at Creative Highlands: Call to Collaboration. As I reflect upon our recent Creative Highlands: Call to Collaboration, I am reminded of the power of the human spirit to overcome adversity and loss. Elizabeth … Continue reading
How Do You Build a Truly Creative Community?
May 21, 2014It’s not surprising, but the places we want to live in are the ones that have embraced and fostered creativity and sustainability. When asked about the qualities that people want in a region, they are experiential; we want a mix … Continue reading
The Intersection of Creativity and Community
March 17, 2014Intersections are places of movement, excitement, and sometimes danger. When we enter an intersection, we are presented with a choice: do we go straight through?; turn right or left?; spin around the circle for a few times until we are … Continue reading
Celebrating Creative Abundance
July 15, 2013One of the things I like most about being an Advisory Board member and partner of Creative NJ is the opportunity to explore big ideas that can make a direct impact on our everyday lives, communities and society. One recent … Continue reading
Making Orange Pop!
March 18, 2013Some of the Creative Orange participants The City of Orange Township, NJ has a powerful spirit that is fueled by its passionate, committed residents, nonprofit leaders, business owners, teachers, and local officials. Last Friday and Saturday, nearly 100 of these … Continue reading
A Culture of Creativity
January 31, 2013Here we are….on the last day of the first month of the New Year. The month of January connotes new beginnings and a fresh start. It is also designated as International Creativity Month—a time to remind individuals and organizations around … Continue reading
It’s Time for Journalists to Learn Math
January 30, 2013Watching someone like Matt Ericson of the New York Times show off the fabulous data visualizations that his department makes is a little like watching a master magician. What is there, after all, to pulling a rabbit out of a … Continue reading
Board Recruitment: It’s Not Just Paint By Numbers
January 28, 2013Finding the right board members is part science and part art. The science is easy; the art, as with anything creative, is the harder part. In a nutshell, the science part of finding good board members who bring to the … Continue reading
Poetry Friday: Education and Creativity Part II
January 25, 2013If we mandate that teachers’ rank, salary and job security be determined by how their students perform on standardized tests, we are mandating that teachers teach toward standardized tests. If we mandate that school districts’ performance on these tests determines … Continue reading
Creative Rahway Makes its Mark
January 24, 2013Seventy-five adults from all walks of life sat in a circle, looking at a stack of blank paper and markers in the center of the floor. Once the instructions were given, a flurry of action erupted as participants began approaching … Continue reading
