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The 48th episode of the Creative Flow Podcast features Drs. Molly Holinger and Melodi Özyaprak, esteemed faculty members at the Center for Applied Imagination at SUNY Buffalo State. Molly, an assistant professor with a PhD in educational psychology, researches positive outcomes of creativity. Melodi specializes in creativity in mathematics and gifted education, having founded the first magnet school for gifted students in Turkey. Their careers span roles in institutions like Miami University, the University of Connecticut, and Johns Hopkins, making them pioneers in creativity education and gifted learning.The episode reveals critical insights into creativity education, emphasizing that creativity is not just a skill but a comprehensive approach to understanding and engaging with the world. Molly and Melodi emphasize the importance of experiential learning, structured creativity models, and integrating both cognitive and non-cognitive aspects of creativity. They also discuss the growing recognition of creativity as a fundamental skill by institutions like the World Economic Forum. Together, they offer actionable strategies for incorporating creativity into curriculum development and differentiated learning approaches.Don't miss this episode, which offers a unique blend of personal creativity journeys, academic insights, and passionate discussions about creativity's transformative potential. The conversation provides a deep understanding of how creativity can be systematically learned, applied across disciplines, and used for personal and professional growth. 

Professor of Economics and Finance at SUNY Buffalo State, Dr. Fred Floss on the labor picture in Western New York in 2024, and heading into 2025 full 347 Thu, 02 Jan 2025 09:30:42 +0000 b5hZUWE8ZGjVcugjJsezZi1Kl6933YT1 buffalo,news,western new york,wben WBEN Extras buffalo,news,western new york,wben Professor of Economics and Finance at SUNY Buffalo State, Dr. Fred Floss on the labor picture in Western New York in 2024, and heading into 2025 Archive of various reports and news events 2024 © 2021 Audacy, Inc. News

Novel approaches are always fun. Nowhere is this more apparent than in today's podcast. We revisit a conversation with Dr. Camille Holmgren from SUNY Buffalo State about her research reconstructing ancient desert climates using pack rat middens. Join us for a fun and interesting discussion that will take you back thousands of years in the past. This episode was produced in part by Maia, Rens, David, Robert, Thomas, Valerie, Joan, Mohsin Kazmi Photography, Cathy, Simon, Nick, Paul, Charis, EJ, Laura, Sung, NOK, Stephen, Heidi, Kristin, Luke, Sea, Shannon, Thomas, Will, Jamie, Waverly, Brent, Tanner, Rick, Kazys, Dorothy, Katherine, Emily, Theo, Nichole, Paul, Karen, Randi, Caelan, Tom, Don, Susan, Corbin, Keena, Robin, Peter, Whitney, Kenned, Margaret, Daniel, Karen, David, Earl, Jocelyn, Gary, Krysta, Elizabeth, Southern California Carnivorous Plant Enthusiasts, Pattypollinators, Peter, Judson, Ella, Alex, Dan, Pamela, Peter, Andrea, Nathan, Karyn, Michelle, Jillian, Chellie, Linda, Laura, Miz Holly, Christie, Carlos, Paleo Fern, Levi, Sylvia, Lanny, Ben, Lily, Craig, Sarah, Lor, Monika, Brandon, Jeremy, Suzanne, Kristina, Christine, Silas, Michael, Aristia, Felicidad, Lauren, Danielle, Allie, Jeffrey, Amanda, Tommy, Marcel, C Leigh, Karma, Shelby, Christopher, Alvin, Arek, Chellie, Dani, Paul, Dani, Tara, Elly, Colleen, Natalie, Nathan, Ario, Laura, Cari, Margaret, Mary, Connor, Nathan, Jan, Jerome, Brian, Azomonas, Ellie, University Greens, Joseph, Melody, Patricia, Matthew, Garrett, John, Ashley, Cathrine, Melvin, OrangeJulian, Porter, Jules, Griff, Joan, Megan, Marabeth, Les, Ali, Southside Plants, Keiko, Robert, Bryce, Wilma, Amanda, Helen, Mikey, Michelle, German, Joerg, Cathy, Tate, Steve, Kae, Carole, Mr. Keith Santner, Lynn, Aaron, Sara, Kenned, Brett, Jocelyn, Ethan, Sheryl, Runaway Goldfish, Ryan, Chris, Alana, Rachel, Joanna, Lori, Paul, Griff, Matthew, Bobby, Vaibhav, Steven, Joseph, Brandon, Liam, Hall, Jared, Brandon, Christina, Carly, Kazys, Stephen, Katherine, Manny, doeg, Daniel, Tim, Philip, Tim, Lisa, Brodie, Bendix, Irene, holly, Sara, and Margie.

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Susan Rose, is the co-anchor of WBEN's 'A New Morning' program weekdays 5 a.m. to 9 a.m. and has been waking up Western New Yorkers for more than two decades on the radio. Susan is a Buffalo native and received a Bachelor's degree in Broadcast Journalism from SUNY Buffalo State. She started at WBEN in 1986. Susan was inducted into the Buffalo Broadcasters Association Hall of Fame in 2022 and is also a recipient of numerous regional Edward R. Murrow and Associated Press awards. #susanrose #radiopersonality #wben930 #buffalonewyork #anewmorningprogram #livewithcdp #radio #chrispomay #wqee #barrycullenchevrolet #sponsorship Want to create live streams like this? Check out StreamYard: https://streamyard.com/pal/d/54200596...

Dr. Rick Fleming, Director of Bands at SUNY's - Buffalo State University campus talks about his beginnings as a trombone player, and the steps that led him to his current position.  Rick also shares a wonderful question posed by his Ph.D. conducting professor, Dr. James Croft.  

Our 40th episode of the Creative Flow podcast features Sue Keller-Mathers, an associate professor who teaches graduate courses in Creativity at the Center for Applied Imagination, SUNY Buffalo State. Sue shares her passion for growing Creativity in education and continuing the development of the Torrance Incubation Model (TIM) for designing learning. She highlights the success of engaging learners through the Torrance Incubation Model (TIM) to “set purpose and motivation up front, to dig the learners deep into their content, and to connect it to things to go beyond.” Sue emphasizes the importance of attitudes like openness and flexibility in creative problem-solving. She discusses her work researching the history of Creativity through scholars like Ruth Knoller and Calvin Taylor. When describing the future, she shares her vision of fostering Creativity in schools and understanding diversity. “Wouldn't it be great if every kid grew up knowing their creative abilities were present and appreciated?” Don't miss Sue's insights from her extensive career experience in creative education and problem-solving. You will also enjoy her tips on entering a state of creative flow deliberately through visualization and isolation to immerse yourself in complex projects fully.   

Our 39th episode of the Creative Flow: Thinkers and Change Agents Podcast Series features Miggie Wong, a museum professional and artist who creates situation-based performance projects exploring ideas of social interaction, a sense of belonging, and acts of sincerity. Born and raised in Hong Kong and later migrating to the United States, Miggie was creative from a young age but did not have a way to describe her process to others. Studying the Science of Creativity at the Center for Applied Imagination, SUNY Buffalo State, helped her understand how to utilize Creativity as an artist and have a common framework and language to promote it in others.    One example of how Miggie uses Creativity as a survival skill is a project she did when studying for her Bachelor of Fine Arts from the California Institute of the Arts. She created a participatory art project by playing Mahjong for 24 hours to help her make friends despite the language barrier. In 2021, she withstood the enforced isolation of quarantine in a hotel room for 14 days while visiting Hong Kong during the pandemic by working on a creative art project that resulted in her publishing a graphic diary called ‘14 Days Quarantine Meal Drawing Project'. Her current work uses participatory art to connect with her audience and encourage them to tell her stories about the community.   Don't miss our discussion of Miggie's wish for the future of Creativity as “using scientific and artistic creativity to continue to maintain and improve our well-being.” This concept of art as essential to mental health is aligned with her Creative Flow of making art that encourages a connection with the viewer. Find our podcast today on all of your favorite platforms.  

In Episode 82, The Occupational Philosophers chat with the amazing Dr Cyndi Burnett - Author, Academic and Creative on a on a mission to infuse creative thinking into every classroom around the world! Dr Burnett has studied, taught, and written about both the art (expression) and the science (problem-solving) of creativity for the last 25 years. As an academic, she spent 20 years teaching deliberate creativity to undergrad and graduate students at the International Center for Studies in Creativity at SUNY Buffalo State. During her tenure, she was awarded the President's Medal for Excellence in Teaching and co-designed and delivered a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on Everyday Creativity to over 60K participants. Three years ago, she left my tenured position to build Creativity and Education, whose mission is to empower educators to infuse creativity into the classroom. Cyndi's goal is to bridge the gap between creativity researchers, practitioners, administrators, and educators and move the conversation about creativity in education forward. She is the co-author of several books including, Weaving Creativity into Every Strand of Your Curriculum, 20 Lessons to Weave Creative Thinking into Your Curriculum, and My Sandwich is a Spaceship: Creative Thinking for Parents and Young Children, and numerous articles. She has also been featured in the NYTimes, Women's Health Magazine, and Woman's World Magazine. She is also the host of the smash hit podcast, Fueling Creativity in Education (Pretty impressive resume!)  In this episode, they explore:  Why creativity is at the heart of managing change How we should look at things that are obvious to you and ask questions Why homework should be about finding questions rather than answers How leaders need to give the space for new ideas Understanding if you want to see creativity you have to model that creativity Why we don't need a script for creativity (think schools and organisations)  The difference between creative thinking and creative problem-solving The importance of staying open to novelty Why we should all be reading “Why you should be orbiting a giant hairball” Why we should all beware of alcoholic pigs As always, there are some great thought experiments. This time it's "Funny or Fake?"  The Occupational Philosophers hope you enjoy the show as much as they did making it.    About Cyndi  Socials https://www.linkedin.com/in/cyndi-burnett/ https://twitter.com/cyndiburnett?lang=en https://www.facebook.com/cyndiaburnett/  https://www.youtube.com/@creativityandeducation  Podcast https://fuelingcreativity.podbean.com/ Company https://creativityandeducation.com/   References: https://dreamachine.world https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halo_effect   Say Hello to The Occupational Philosophers www.occupationalphilosophers.com Their day jobs JOHN: https://www.bowlandconsulting.com/  SIMON: www.simonbanks.com.au SIMON SHOWREEL: https://youtu.be/YZQdJI6qGvg    

It's YOUR time to #EdUp! In this episode, recorded LIVE & in person from the ⁠⁠⁠⁠Middle States Commission on Higher Education (MSCHE)⁠⁠⁠⁠ 2023 Annual Conference, in Philadelphia, PA... YOUR guest is Dr. Kate Conway-Turner, MSCHE Commissioner and former President at Buffalo State University. Kate recently retired in June of 2023. Find out what her advice is for Presidential longevity, how she balanced competing priorities, and what she thinks about the state of higher education today. YOUR Host is ⁠⁠⁠⁠Dr. Joe Sallustio⁠⁠⁠⁠. Listen in to #EdUp! Visit MSCHE ⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠. And visit our sponsor LeadSquared ⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠. Thank YOU so much for tuning in. Join us on the next episode for YOUR time to EdUp! Connect with YOUR EdUp Team - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Elvin Freytes⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ & ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Dr. Joe Sallustio⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ● Join YOUR EdUp community at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The EdUp Experience⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠! We make education YOUR business! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/edup/message

Our 37th episode of the Creative Flow: Thinkers and Change Agents Podcast Series features William Shepard, a thought leader who worked closely with Sid Parnes and many greats in the field of Creative Problem Solving.  Bill's first exposure to Deliberate Creativity was in 1972 when he provided technical and logistical support at the Creative Problem Solving Institute (CPSI), which impacted him personally and professionally. He later obtained a Graduate Certificate in Creativity from the Center for Applied Imagination, SUNY Buffalo State, and served as Director of CPSI and its programs for 18 years.  Bill masterfully walks us through how the history and evolution of the field of Creativity have changed from the beginning to the present day. He describes traveling around the world with  Sid and Bea Parnes and working with many of the seminal thought leaders of Creative Problem Solving, such as Ruth Noller, Paul Torrance, and Edward DeBono. He discusses his own emotional breakthrough as he found the side of him that could be creative and the tools to do it deliberately.  Don't miss this discussion of how he uses the principles and tools personally and professionally for individuals, teams, organizations, and executive coaching. As the Group Vice President of the Creative Problem Solving Group – Buffalo (CPSB), he worked on projects with leading firms worldwide. For him, the most personally and professionally rewarding activity was training individuals within organizations to address problems and challenges better. Find our podcast today on all of your favorite platforms.

Our 36th episode of the Creative Flow: Thinkers and Change Agents Podcast Series features Jane Fischer, a Creative Change Facilitator for individuals and groups who focuses on the tools of applied improvisation and Creativity. Jane is a creative trainer at the Creative Education Foundation with over 25 years of experience developing and delivering educational sessions and 20 years of experience as a professional improv comedy performer.  Jane was involved in the Applied Improvisation community for many years in her hometown of Jamestown and was introduced to the Center for Applied Imagination by a graduate in this group. The program was so transformative that she described her life “BC – Before Creativity” and “AC – After Creativity.” One surprising benefit of the Graduate Certificate in Creativity from the Center for Applied Imagination, SUNY Buffalo State, was the inclusion of Creative Leadership in the curriculum. She credits this degree with helping her to empower her workplace and make everything “exponentially better” for the people who worked for her.  Jane discusses how she uses the improvisational mindset to help teams and organizations experience Creativity. She incorporates exercises and activities from the world of improv, and participants learn how to balance divergent and convergent thinking while finding new and exciting possibilities. One of her favorite success stories involved a person who considered improv fluff until she could practice it and experience the impact it can have on collaboration and communication skills.  Don't miss this chance to laugh while you also hear insights from a respected leader who  has a vision for the future of the creativity community, where we will continue to convert people and help them make their “own meaning with creativity.” Find our podcast today on all of your favorite platforms.  

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Our 34th episode of the Creative Flow: Thinkers and Change Agents Podcast Series features Roger Firestien, Ph.D., who has proudly trained more people to lead the creative process than anyone else in the world. He is a Senior Faculty member at the Center for Applied Imagination at SUNY Buffalo State, President of Innovation Resources, Inc., and Author of Create in a Flash: A leader's recipe for breakthrough innovation. Roger discusses how he came to creativity through music and a desire to help his students become more creative and enjoy their music lessons more. Research led him to the Center for Applied Imagination, where he was the seventh person to graduate with the degree. He discusses his work facilitating, teaching, and creating resources such as offering a breakthrough lab for clients facing a challenging problem to solve. You will feel his passion and fire as he describes a legendary career: "It's just extraordinary to have been in this business for 40-plus years and still just having a blast.” Roger describes three success stories that stood out in his long and impressive career. Working with Clorox, the team solved a problem that plagued the company for 70 years in 15 minutes. He helped Mazda Motor Manufacturing USA combine creative problem-solving with quality techniques, resulting in the plant coming up to speed faster than any other plant in the automobile maker's operation. His work with the New York State Economic Development Council, the Western New York division, helped Buffalo, New York, secure a billion dollars in economic development funding. Now Roger works at the University of Buffalo School of Medicine, teaching residents and medical students to ask creative questions to get better diagnoses. Roger is a prolific author and shares a preview of his new book that will be coming out in the Summer of 2023 called "Solve the Real Problem." His creative flow is writing, and he shares his knowledge in his courses, free videos, and numerous books. Don't miss this discussion of the future of creativity and the insights of a leader who has positively impacted the field of Creativity in many ways. Find our podcast today on all of your favorite platforms.  

How is teaching art different than teaching creativity? How do you teach creativity in the context of art? In this throwback episode of Fueling Creativity in Education podcast, Dr. Cyndi Burnett and Dr. Matthew Worwood revisit their discussion with Tamara Doleman, head of the Visual Art department at Ashbury College in Canada. Tamara is passionate about exploring the intersection between art, creativity, wellbeing, and the growth and healing potential it can provide our communities and schools.   Listen in to learn about Tamara's deliberate approach to teaching creativity in the art classroom and the difference between teaching art and teaching creativity. She details the many benefits of teaching for creativity in schools, especially now during the pandemic, along with how to facilitate a long-term program for creativity in your classroom.   “Creativity is the celebration of pluralism and diversity. I think that our world, in essence, really needs to come to terms with the fact that all of us are different and we all have something to contribute to the world. And so, when we're teaching for creativity, we're really teaching an individual how to be comfortable with who they are and start to think about what they want to bring into the world… to make it a better, more enjoyable, beautiful place”             - Tamara Doleman   Tamara's Tips for Teachers and Parents: Read up on creativity, but also read up on what skills and characteristics different artists have. Were they risk-takers, detail-oriented, etc? Don't focus on and criticize the outcome of a creative experience. Focus on the creative process and how each student differs from one another. Acknowledging how you talk to yourself during your creative process is an opportunity for learning in a creative space. Encourage your kids to work through frustration, getting stuck, and their inner critic. Engagement and connection will increase once you focus on creativity in the classroom. Set up expectations and awareness around behaviors and how our actions impact others. Foster a space where kids feel comfortable being playful and coming up with crazy ideas.   Eager to bring more creativity into your home or classroom?  Access various creativity resources and tools & listen to more episodes of The Fueling Creativity in Education Podcast by visiting www.CreativityandEducation.com.   What to learn more about Design Thinking in Education?  Do you want to build a sustained culture of innovation and creativity at your school?  Visit WorwoodClassroom.com to learn how Design Thinking can promote teacher creativity and support professional growth in the classroom.    Subscribe to our monthly newsletter!   You can also find The Fueling Creativity Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Audible, and PodBean! Make sure to rate, review, and share the podcast if you enjoy it!   About Tamara Doleman: Tamara Doleman has been teaching for over 20 years. Her experience includes teaching a variety of subjects in elementary and secondary, in single sex and co-educational schools, both public and private. She is head of the Visual Arts department at Ashbury College in Ottawa, Canada. Tamara has a Master's degree in Creativity from SUNY Buffalo State. She has coached individuals, run workshops, written articles, and presented a TEDX talk on the topic of creativity in schools. She is passionate about exploring the intersection between art, creativity, wellbeing, and the growth and healing potential it can provide our communities and schools. Her future goals involve getting training in expressive arts therapies.   Visit Tamara's website Connect with her on LinkedIn Follow her on Twitter Follow her on Instagram

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The world is filled is with challenging people and situations and it's easy to reach an impasse where forward progress stops. Roger L. Firestien, PhD, Senior Faculty and Associate Professor at the Center for Applied Imagination at SUNY Buffalo State, President of Innovation Resources, and author of several popular books including Create In A Flash: A Leader's Recipe For Breakthrough Innovation, believes that getting beyond the impasse requires a shift in your mindset, process, and actions. In this CareerCast, Roger shares his research-based methodology, vast experience working with clients all of the world, and strategic insights that you can apply for greater success in your career, company, and life.

Our 31st episode of the Creative Flow: Thinkers and Change Agents Podcast Series features Teresa Lawrence, Ph.D., PMP, the subject matter expert on integrating Creative Problem Solving into Project Management. She is the president of International Deliverables, LLC, and provides professional services in creativity, creative problem-solving, and project management. She is a certified Project Management Professional and received a Graduate Certificate from the International Center for Studies in Creativity, SUNY Buffalo State, and a Ph.D. in Social and Philosophical Foundations of Education from the University at Buffalo. Teresa shares insights from her career working with many organizations and teaching over 80,000 people how to apply creativity in ways that are novel, useful, and on-demand. She describes the importance of instilling an understanding in her participants of where they are in the problem and then helping them select the best tool to move them forward. She is passionate about helping the people she works with become empowered and skillful in problem identification so they solve the problem, not the symptom. While she points out the many misconceptions about creativity, Teresa shows how creative problem-solving is an evidence and performance-based process. She describes two success stories, one with a nonprofit organization hiring a new executive director and one with a large healthcare IT company. These impactful examples demonstrate how a facilitated process using the right tool at the right time can impact the entire future of an organization and save millions of dollars. Don't miss this discussion with a change agent doing impactful work in service to others while living a richer, more alive, and rewarding life. Find our podcast today on all of your favorite platforms.

Today we discuss the release of video in Memphis showing police beating Tyre Nichols. Prof. John Torrey from SUNY Buffalo State is a member of the city of Buffalo's Police reform commission. Then Attorney Miles Gresham, a policy fellow with the Partnership for Public Good, and a longtime advocate for more police accountability weighs in.

Gov. Kathy Hochul's State of the State message included a new minimum wage proposal a new housing inititiative, and talk of reforming bail reform measures. Also, a look at Canadian airline delays that persist since the holidays. And we have the latest on Bills safety Damar Hamlin and a new name for for SUNY Buffalo State .

Our 30th episode of the Creative Flow: Thinkers and Change Agents Podcast Series features Nathan Schwagler, a Military Design and Innovation Facilitator at the US Space Command. He also worked as an expert-level facilitator of Military Design and Creative Problem Solving programs for US Special Operations Command, Dept of Defense, and International NATO allies. As the founding co-director of Innovation Labs at The Dali Museum, he designed programs and facilitated organizations. He received an MS in Creativity at the International Center for Studies in Creativity, SUNY Buffalo State, and an MS in Entrepreneurship from the University of South Florida, where he worked as a Creative-in-Residence and Instructor. Nate shares how his introduction to Creativity began when he came across a flyer and explored the halls of the International Center of Studies in Creativity and found an environment that looked “unlike anything he had ever seen before in his life.” He worked in diverse circumstances by finding champions at organizations as varied as the Department of Defense and the Dali Museum. His success stories span working with one of the largest breweries to helping a leader develop a whole of government approach to designing national security. Nate discusses the exciting future of Creativity in Extreme Environment Research and using “AI (Artificial Intelligence) in creatively serviceable and optimized ways.” His creative flow is found on the billiard table or climbing stairs for exercise. Don't miss this discussion of big ideas and opportunities to take deliberate Creativity to space and beyond.Find our podcast today on all of your favorite platforms.

Carol DeNysschen is a Full Professor and Dean of the School of Professions at SUNY Buffalo State College. Carol's heavy science background opened multiple career doors. Her research focus, in her spare time, is with cancer patients at Roswell Park Cancer Institute and she uses her love of nutrition and exercise to help cancer survivors prevent cancer recurrence. Carol was Department Chair of the Health, Nutrition, and Dietetics department for the past 6 years until she stepped into the Dean's role. She is an Adjunct Assistant Professor at Roswell Park Cancer Institute where she is an active member of the Survivorship Research Department and created a program for adolescent and young adult cancer survivors centered around healthy behaviors. Carol has a strong background in Biology, Public Health, Exercise Science, and Nutrition, and to round out her educational portfolio, she earned an MBA in 2021. Carol or Dr. DeNysschen is an active Board Member of FeedMore WNY and sits on the Programs and Services subcommittee. Recently she was appointed to the Finance Committee as the organization proceeds with a capital campaign project. On top of this, she holds an Executive Chair position of HOPE Haiti out of Rochester. As Past-President of her State level Professional Organization (NYS Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics) – she led the board through operational changes that brought the organization out of a budget deficit, created a diversity liaison position, and strategically hired a lobbyist for advancement towards licensure in the state. She has received several notable awards including the SUNY Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Faculty Service, the Buffalo State President's Award for Excellence in Faculty Service, the Buffalo State President's Award for Excellence in Research, Scholarship and Creativity, the President's Caring Bengal's Award, and the national Abbott Nutrition Award in Women's Health. Most recently she was featured by Business First with the “Making Buffalo Better” recognition for her active commitment and efforts to combat food insecurity. In her spare time, her long-time hobbies include running (she qualified for and ran the Boston marathon 5 times and completed over 20 marathons), biking and recently she became a rower and has found it a whole new challenge, admitting that she certainly has work to do on her rowing form!!!! How to contact Dr. DeNysschen: denyssca@buffalostate.edu Your Body Is Your Business! Shawn and Laura are professionals based out of Atlanta “Trust, respect, passion, & integrity. These core values can be offered on your journey to optimize your lifestyle changes. Our goal is to provide you with the tools, knowledge, & confidence to provide you the edge over your competition. ” Interested? Click on the link below! Use the link below to access this podcast on #applepodcasts, discount on #thorne #supplements, nutrition services, and my professional experience (Linkedin) https://linktr.ee/rootsrd Sponsors: If you are interested in sponsoring the show please contact Shawn at sportsrd607@gmail.com #podcast #nutrition #sportnutrition #strength #mentalhealth #sportsmedicine #atc #leadership #strengthandconditioning #performance #athletes #coordinatedprogram #educator #professor #undergraduate #SUNYBuffalostate #academia --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/shawn-pitcher/support

In our weekly Producer's Picks segment we bring you highlights of recent important interviews including:- Kelly Whitfield the founder and director of HealingHubny.org shares an intimate story of her own struggles and the various community efforts her group undertakes to help people heal.-On the eve of his annual Black Achievers Awards Dinner in Buffalo, Herb Bellamy Jr. talks about entrepreneurship.-Activist Kevin Gaughan gives a preview of his national conference on Food Equity coming to Buffalo on Oct. 12.-Kayla Elliot from the Education Trust looks at what else needs to happen besides student loan forgiveness to jumpstart Black educational attainment.- Prof. Anthony Neal from SUNY Buffalo State talks about Black voting patterns and community needs.

Nate Young brings almost 20 years of strength and conditioning experience to the table. He is currently working privately with remote clients. Previously, Nate was the Head Strength and Conditioning coach for Buffalo State College for 10 years, a public Division 3 college in Western New York where he was responsible for overseeing, designing, and assisting with the implementation of training initiatives related to the 18 varsity teams at the institution. Prior to his role at Buffalo State, Nate spent two years as a civilian musculoskeletal action team coach with the United States Army at Fort Sill in Lawton, OK where he was the subject matter expert in the FM 7-22, the Army's physical training manual. He spent three years as the men's and women's basketball strength and conditioning coach at Murray State University, and three years as an assistant strength coach at Florida International University. He began his professional career as a strength and conditioning intern at Binghamton University. Young competed in track and field as a thrower locally at Canisius College before transferring to Liberty University where he was the Big South shot put conference champion in the year 2000 and also played defensive tackle with the football team for one season. The native of Rome, N.Y. completed his bachelor's in exercise science from Liberty in 2003 and went on to earn his master's in exercise physiology and strength and conditioning from Florida International in 2005. Young is a certified strength and conditioning specialist from the National Strength and Conditioning Association. You can contact me via email: nate_62@yahoo.com or coach.natey@gmail.com Your Body Is Your Business! Shawn and Laura are professionals based out of Atlanta “Trust, respect, passion, & integrity. These core values can be offered on your journey to optimize your lifestyle changes. Our goal is to provide you with the tools, knowledge, & confidence to provide you the edge over your competition. ” Interested? Click on the link below! Use the link below to access this podcast on #applepodcasts, discount on #thorne #supplements, nutrition services, and my professional experience (Linkedin) https://linktr.ee/rootsrd Sponsors: If you are interested in sponsoring the show please contact Shawn at sportsrd607@gmail.com #podcast #nutrition #sportnutrition #strength #mentalhealth #sportsmedicine #atc #leadership #strengthandconditioning #performance #athletes #D3 --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/shawn-pitcher/support

Our Friday “Producer Picks” segment this week is an encore of a wide-ranging discussion Jay Moran had earlier with Prof. Michael Niman from SUNY Buffalo State.

Dr. Cindi Burnett is the director of possibilities for creativity and education. Like her creativity Focus curriculum for students and teachers, Cindy embraces the creative Life Style that she teaches. You will often find her trying on new ideas, exploring resources to stretch your thinking, and being an advocate for playfulness and humor. Although she loves to research and write about creativity, Cindy is a firm believer in field service. She has 20 years of teaching experience as an academic at the International Center for Studies in Creativity at SUNY Buffalo State where she instructed classes in creative thinking and creative problem-solving. Cindy is the co-editor of the big questions in creativity book series and co-author of the books weaving creativity into every strand of your curriculum, 20 lessons for weaving creativity into your curriculum, and my sandwich is a spaceship: creative thinking for parents and young children Some of her projects include: working with Educators to bring creative thinking into the classroom, connecting communities of creative thinkers via social media, and designing and running a massive open online course on everyday creativity. She's the recipient of the president's medal for excellence in teaching in 2018 by SUNY Buffalo State, was Buffalo business first, women of influence 2018 for her work in creativity, and was featured in The New York Times article titled “creativity becomes an academic discipline.” Cindy has a Bachelor of Fine Arts in theater, a master of science in creativity and change leadership, and a doctorate of Education in curriculum, teaching, and learning, all of which she uses to help ignite creativity and education around the world. In her spare time, she can be found singing and dancing with her two children, propagating plants, and trying to find the world's best slice of pizza. Key Takeaways: Don't ask what you want to do with your life, instead ask what do you want to learn about. The science of creativity is just as important as the art of creativity because it helps teach others the strategies to become more creative. Creativity is the generation of novel and appropriate ideas. Leaders can help educators infuse more creativity into their classroom by reframing what creativity actually is. Educators by definition are creative because they are problem solvers. Creativity cannot be treated as an add on it must be infused into the curriculum. Creativity isn't always about the feel good emotion of success because because there is ambiguity in the process. Give people a mistake quotient when trying to get them to take risks or be vulnerable with their creativity. Use creativity boards. Use teacher superhero capes. Stay in Touch: Twitter Director of Possibilities: http://CreativityandEducation.com Fueling Creativity in Education podcast: http://fuelingcreativity.podbean.com

Today we look at access to education for minority populations and whether the federal student loan forgiveness plan has the possibility to change any of that, with Brittani Williams and Kayla Elliott from The Education Trust. Then Prof. Anthony Neal from the Political Science and Africana Studies Departments at SUNY Buffalo State looks at ballot access and issues of importance to the Black voting population. Dr. Neal is the author of The American Political Narrative, a look at the American political system and what is needed to maintain it.

 Universal Design for Learning principles were developed to make our courses more accessible for all students. In this episode, Andrea Nikischer joins us to discuss how universal design principles can be expanded to address the trauma that can adversely impact student learning. Andrea is an Associate Professor and Program Coordinator for the Adult Education Program in the Social and Psychological Foundations of Education Department at SUNY Buffalo State. A transcript of this episode and show notes may be found at http://teaforteaching.com.

Roger L. Firestien, Ph.D. has trained more people to lead the creative process than anyone else in the world. He is Senior Faculty and Associate Professor at the Center for Applied Imagination at SUNY Buffalo State. As president of Innovation Resources, Inc., he consults, creates training programs, runs Breakthrough Labs, and has created a series of courses for Open Sesame. He is the author of several popular books including Create In A Flash: A Leader's Recipe For Breakthrough Innovation.

Roger L. Firestien, PhD, president of the Innovation Resources, Inc., and author of several popular book on business, innovation, and creativity, discusses the symbiotic relationship between creativity and innovation in solving real problems. This episode also unpacks the reality and practicality of asking creative questions.More about our guest:Roger L. Firestien, PhD has trained more people to lead the creative process than anyone else in the world. He is Senior Faculty and Associate Professor at the Center for Applied Imagination at SUNY Buffalo State, as well as a guest lecturer at the University at Buffalo School of Medicine. As president of Innovation Resources, Inc., he consults, creates training programs, runs Breakthrough Labs, and has created a series of courses for Open Sesame.  He is author of several popular books including Create In A Flash:  A Leader's Recipe For Breakthrough Innovation and WHY DIDN'T I THINK OF THAT?: Better Ideas & Decision Making At Home And At Work. For more information, please visit www.RogerFirestien.com------------------------------------------------Episode Guide:1:45  - What is Innovation?2:14 - Creativity consultant vs Innovation consultant4:02 - Book: Solve The Real Problem5:57 - The Boeing 747 windshield problem10:05 - Myth: Mandated Innovation System12:15 - What isn't innovation?13:47 - Asking the creative questions15:44 - Innovation and Creativity17:27 - How has innovation shaped your career?19:04 - Advice to innovators-------------------------Resources Mentioned: Books / Articles:Book: Solve The Real Problem (pre-order here!)--------------------------OUTLAST Consulting offers professional development and strategic advisory services in the areas of innovation and diversity management.

Our 26th episode of the Creative Flow: Thinkers and Change Agents Podcast Series features Tamara L. McMillan, MS, an award-winning Lecturer, Author, and TEDx speaker working on her dissertation for the Ph.D. in Creative Leadership for Innovation and Change from The University of the Virgin Islands. As an adjunct lecturer at SUNY Buffalo State and Chief Empowerment Officer at empower mee, she uses deliberate creativity in the classroom and with her clients. Tamara discusses her passion for using deliberate creativity in her own life and being deliberate about who she is as a person. She learned about the academic program, Creativity and Change Leadership at the SUNY Buffalo State from her sisters. After taking one class, she went on to complete an Advanced Certificate and is continuing her studies today at the doctorate level. She describes the sacred relationship between professors and scholars and the many success stories she has achieved using creativity in the classroom. You will learn about the Failure Fanaticism Framework and the idea that we all “pass failure on our way to success.” Using the example of Silicon Valley, Tamara describes the subject of her dissertation on using failure to empower rather than disempower. Failure is positive because if you are not failing, you are “probably playing it safe” and may miss out on opportunities to “elevate, scale and leverage.” Tamara uses her voice as her vehicle in her business, empower mee, to help women navigate their next move forward. She has assembled a tribe of women from diverse backgrounds to be Bold Together. Her book, Liberation Now, is a “love letter to her younger self,” and her Creative Flow involves “trusting me with me.” Don't miss this open discussion of why creativity is essential today because it “allows everyone to show up as their authentic self “ and “holds the space for everyone at the table.” Find our podcast today on all of your favorite platforms.

How do you find joy in your classroom and infuse creativity into your students' curriculum? In this throwback episode of the Fueling Creativity in Education podcast, Dr. Cyndi Burnett and Dr. Matthew Worwood revisit their discussion with Dr. Susan Keller-Mathers, an Associate Professor at the Center for Applied Imagination at SUNY Buffalo State. Susan teaches graduate courses in creativity, chairs the curriculum committee, and serves on leadership teams of various departments across campus dedicated to infusing creative learning into their teaching and learning practices. Her focus is educating the next generation of creativity experts who will utilize their degree in creativity in diverse professional and personal arenas.  “Good teaching is creative teaching.”                        - Susan Keller-Mathers Tune in to learn how to infuse creativity into your curriculum and how to find joy every single day you walk into your classroom! You'll gain insight into the importance of the practitioner-scholar model, the difference between teaching creativity and creative teaching, and the best practices for nurturing long-term professional learning in teachers. Susan also gives great advice for teachers who are overwhelmed or challenged with constraints in the classroom. “You have to be an advocate for creativity outside of your classroom to do it in your classroom. You can close your door and you can do what you want to do, which is what a lot of teachers want to do, but you must also be that teacher leader who helps others understand the value of it. Then, it becomes more embedded in the educational environment because you can't do it in isolation.” - Dr. Susan Keller-Mathers Susan's Tips for Teachers: Your attitude and energy make a difference in the classroom. Remember why you're an educator and come in refreshed and ready to engage with your students. Always think about how you can meet the needs of your students and bring out their creative thinking.   About Susan Keller-Mathers: Susan Keller-Mathers is an Associate Professor at the Center for Applied Imagination at SUNY Buffalo State. Susan holds a BS in Elementary Education, an MS in Creativity, and an Ed.D in Curriculum and Instruction.  She teaches graduate courses in creativity, chairs the curriculum committee and serves on leadership teams of various departments across campus dedicated to infusing creative learning into their teaching and learning practices. Susan's focus is educating the next generation of creativity experts who will utilize their degree in creativity in diverse professional and personal arenas.  For nearly three decades she has continued the development of the Torrance Incubation Model (TIM) to infuse creativity into lesson, unit, course and training frameworks, develop creative learning and creative problem-solving initiatives in educational and business institutions and travel the globe teaching creativity to international educators on five continents.   Eager to bring more creativity into your home or classroom? Access a variety of creativity resources and tools & listen to more episodes of The Fueling Creativity Podcast by visiting our website,  CreativityandEducation.com.   Follow Cyndi and Matt on Linkedin. Subscribe to our monthly newsletter! Follow Cyndi and Matt on Linkedin. You can also find The Fueling Creativity Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Audible, and PodBean! Make sure to rate, review, and share the podcast if you enjoy it!

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The Context of White Supremacy welcomes Dr. Jason Knight. A professor in SUNY Buffalo State's Department of Geography and Planning, Dr. Knight's research interest focuses on the physical and social evolution of cities and their constituent neighborhoods, with a particular interest in policy and planning for distressed neighborhoods. A C.O.W.S. listener sent Gus his 2018 report: Walkable and resurgent for whom? The uneven geographies of walkability in Buffalo, NY. Dr. Knight documents how black Buffalo residents are stockpiled in parts of the city where few amenities can be reached on foot. This makes it harder for black people to access employment opportunities, enjoy the health benefits of walking to work or the supermarket, and makes for consistently inefficient travel. This type of refined White Supremacy is just as deadly as Payton Gendron, the teenage White Terrorist who killed 10 black people in an east Buffalo Tops grocery store. We'll get Dr. Knight's thoughts on last week's re-opening of the supermarket just weeks after the massacre. In addition to engaging in "Racial Showcasing Confusion - Dr. Knight blamed Buffalo's black mayor for championing "Neo-liberalism" and ignoring the black resident of the east side, he also accused Gus and callers of asking "slippery," "gotcha" questions. He specifically accused Gus of using a "double negative" in a question (a false charge). After approximately 90 minutes elapsed, Dr. Knight changed his answer to Gus's question about evidence of Whites discontinuing the practice of Racism. The White professor spoke proudly about being a west New York native. However, he knew few details about Joseph G. Christopher and the 22 Caliber Killings. In fact, Dr. Knight said his parents' house used to be on Genesee street on the east side. 14-year-old Glenn Dunn, the first Victim killed in the 1980 slayings, was shot to death outside of Tops grocery store on Genesee street. #DomesticWhiteTerrorism #TheCOWS13 # INVEST in The COWS – http://paypal.me/TheCOWS Cash App: https://cash.app/$TheCOWS CALL IN NUMBER: 720.716.7300 CODE: 564943#

Tuesday, July 19th 8:00PM Eastern / 5:00PM Pacific The Context of White Supremacy welcomes Dr. Jason Knight. A professor in SUNY Buffalo State's Department of Geography and Planning, Dr. Knight's research interest focuses on the physical and social evolution of cities and their constituent neighborhoods, with a particular interest in policy and planning for distressed neighborhoods. A C.O.W.S. listener sent Gus his 2018 report: Walkable and resurgent for whom? The uneven geographies of walkability in Buffalo, NY. Dr. Knight documents how black Buffalo residents are stockpiled in parts of the city where few amenities can be reached on foot. This makes it harder for black people to access employment opportunities, enjoy the health benefits of walking to work or the supermarket, and makes for consistently inefficient travel. This type of refined White Supremacy is just as deadly as Payton Gendron, the teenage White Terrorist who killed 10 black people in an east Buffalo Tops grocery store. We'll get Dr. Knight's thoughts on last week's re-opening of the supermarket just weeks after the massacre. In addition to engaging in "Racial Showcasing Confusion - Dr. Knight blamed Buffalo's black mayor for championing "Neo-liberalism" and ignoring the black resident of the east side, he also accused Gus and callers of asking "slippery," "gotcha" questions. He specifically accused Gus of using a "double negative" in a question (a lie). After approximately 90 minutes elapsed, Dr. Knight changed his answer to Gus's question about evidence of Whites discontinuing the practice of Racism. The White professor spoke proudly about being a west New York native. However, he knew few details about Joseph G. Christopher and the 22 Caliber Killings. In fact, Dr. Knight said his parents' house used to be on Genesee street on the east side. 14-year-old Glenn Dunn, the first Victim killed in the 1980 slayings, was shot to death outside of Tops grocery store on Genesee street. #RickJames #GhettoLife #CynthiaWiggins #JosephGChristopher INVEST in The COWS – http://paypal.me/TheCOWS Invest in The C.O.W.S. - https://cash.app/$TheCOWS CALL IN NUMBER: 720.716.7300 CODE 564943# The C.O.W.S. Radio Program is specifically engineered for black & non-white listeners - Victims of White Supremacy. The purpose of this program is to provide Victims of White Supremacy with constructive information and suggestions on how to counter Racist Woman & Racist Man. Phone: 1-720-716-7300 - Access Code 564943# Hit star *6 & 1 to enter caller cue

The start of our third season and the twenty-fifth episode of the Creative Flow: Thinkers and Change Agents Podcast Series features Gerard J. Puccio, Ph.D., the Distinguished Professor and Chair of the Creativity and Change Leadership Department at SUNY- Buffalo State. Dr. Puccio explores the trajectory of the field of Creativity from a pioneering graduate program founded in 1967 to a growing program of distinction known worldwide. The degree program is a transformational educational experience that helps students actualize as human beings, build creative confidence and develop leadership skills. Two exciting upcoming projects discussed are the new Innovation Suite planned for the Butler Library at Buffalo State College and launching a doctoral degree in Creativity and Change leadership. Dr. Puccio's journey to Creativity started at Jamestown Community College when he took a course in Creativity recommended by his academic advisor, Dr. Dean Patton. Today he is one of the preeminent leaders in the field, having written more than 60 articles, chapters, and books. As an accomplished speaker and consultant, he has delivered creativity workshops and presentations across the US and in more than 20 different countries. The Burchfield Penney Art Gallery is an example of a success story where Dr. Puccio led brainstorming concept development sessions for a large group of stakeholders. Concepts directly taken from these sessions are a living representation of using CPS to “engage a community to create something world-class.” The NY Times named it one of the top buildings to visit in the year it was built. Don't miss this inspiring discussion on the future of Creativity as we discuss the impact of neuroscience in providing insights into why creativity methods work and opportunities for improving physical and mental health with Creative Problem Solving.

Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series with Buffalo-based Jazz Trumpeter, Composer & Educator Mark Filsinger ..We caught up with him while on tour as a sub with the Indie Rock Band Bright Eyes .. He opened up about quite a bit with us from his tour stop in Dallas to talk about his new 2022 CD Mark Filsinger Chamber Big Band Groovin' High .. Also these days is on the faculty at SUNY Buffalo State .. As evidenced by this tour her is on, he is a versatile musician that  performed with many orchestras, ensembles, and artists .. Enjoy the story .. Click to listen.Thanks for listening and tuning into yet another Neon Jazz interview .. where we give you a bit of insight into the finest players and minds around the world giving fans all that jazz ..  If you want to hear more interviews, go to Famous Interviews with Joe Dimino on the iTunes store, visit the YouTube Neon Jazz  Channel at https://www.youtube.com/c/neonjazzkc, go The Home of Neon Jazz at  http://theneonjazz.blogspot.com/ and for everything Joe Dimino related go to www.joedimino.com When you are there, you can donate to the Neon Jazz cause via PayPal https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=ERA4C4TTVKLR4 or through Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/neonjazzkc - Until next time .. enjoy the music my friends ..

Our twenty-fourth episode of the Creative Flow: Thinkers and Change Agents Podcast Series features Laura and Tim Switalski, a married couple who share a passion for using deliberate creativity in their lives and work. Originally from Milan, Italy, Laura met her husband in Buffalo, NY, at the Creative Problem Solving Institute (CPSI). They used creativity to find a way to be together despite the distance from Milan to Buffalo. Ultimately, they came to work together at Darwin Associates, the consulting business Tim founded, now celebrating its 27th anniversary. They both have an MS in Creativity and Change Leadership from the Center for Applied Imagination, SUNY Buffalo State, where Laura is also on the adjunct faculty. Tim discusses a success story with the NYS Office of Mental Health, Division of Children and Families, teaching facilitators and conducting youth summits statewide. This work prompted real social, policy, and funding changes, and is being published in a book on Collective Intelligence. During the pandemic, they worked to help two private schools successfully merge into one. From dialogue sessions to action teams, they helped the new organization create a shared vision and strategy. Another legacy of Tim and Laura is their work founding the CREA Conference in Europe, a multi-cultural event that has been held for over 18 years. Tim describes the creative flow he finds in musical harmony, and Laura discusses her flow when doing yoga, dancing, and walking in nature. Don't miss this entertaining discussion from a married couple who describes using creativity in their everyday lives together and the many successes they have achieved in their work with Creative Problem Solving.

Our twenty-third episode of the Creative Flow: Thinkers and Change Agents Podcast Series features Amanda Lohiser, Ph.D.. Amanda has over twelve years of experience in higher education, teaching undergraduate and graduate students in the United States, Singapore, and Denmark. Her educational background includes a BA and Ph.D. in communication studies, an MS in public relations, an MS in Creativity and Change Leadership from the Center for Applied Imagination, SUNY Buffalo State, and facial action coding systems certifications. Her Ph.D. focus was on socio-emotional intelligence and how understanding your own emotions and the emotions of others can help you be a better communicator. Amanda uses Creative Problem Solving in the classroom at SUNY Fredonia by infusing her lessons with creativity and deliberately teaching workshops on the topic. She describes how she was faced with the challenge of moving her classes from in-person to virtual with only a few days' notice and used her training and a creativity mindset to incorporate techniques such as virtual whiteboards, resulting in a successful semester for her students. Amanda has collaborated with Dr. David Yates, to define best practices when leading a workshop or teaching a course online. She has collaborated with colleagues working on book chapters and sees benefits from incorporating virtual whiteboards in her in-person classes. The key is making learning a fun environment by incorporating interactive elements that are engaging for students. Learn about the crossover between communication and creativity as defining elements of the human experience. Amanda's research combines emotional intelligence with Communication Studies to explore how our emotions help us communicate more effectively. Don't miss this positive discussion of using creative problem solving in higher education, communications, and remote learning.

For this very special, one-year anniversary episode of the Fueling Creativity Podcast, Dr. Cyndi Burnett and Dr. Matthew Worwood have gone through all 28 interview transcriptions from the Fueling Creativity episodes and identified four powerful themes that have emerged from these discussions. They originally presented these themes at the Creativity Expert Exchange at SUNY Buffalo State. Today, you get to listen in on this informative and powerful presentation!  Or, you can read the transcript here. If you'd like to book Dr. Cyndi Burnett and Dr. Matthew Worwood to deliver this presentation as an interactive workshop to your school or institution, don't hesitate to send them an email at questions@fuelingcreativitypodcast.com.   Themes & Subthemes from Year 1 of Fueling Creativity: #1 – Setting the creative environment of the classroom  Trust and Safety Risk-Taking- feeling comfortable making mistakes Openness to new ideas and perspectives Allow time for questions and exploration Encourage respectful debate Challenging students to highest ability- not average Value differences Think beyond the walls of the classroom #2 – Creative Teachers Creative Teachers are designers Creative Teachers Model Creative Behaviors and Attitudes Creative Teachers are Lifelong Learners Creative Teachers are open and willing to try new things Creative Teachers take risks and are willing to admit if they failed or made a mistake Creative Teachers make time for self-care Creative Teachers don't have all the answers #3 – Instructional Practice Ask Open-Ended questions Embed time for wondering and curiosity Expose students to diverse things (books, museums, nature, etc). Use Inquiry/Problem Based Learning Spend time problem-finding Help students find meaning, purpose and connection to content Work through ambiguity, uncertainty and complexity Get students comfortable with discomfort and failure Shift student perspectives, allowing an openness to new ideas Explore feelings and emotions related to the learning/creative process Give students agency- a choice and voice on what they are doing #4 – The Future Creative (Preparing our students for the future!) A person who is cable of working with people of varied backgrounds and perspectives A person who can think ethically when selecting ideas and developing solutions A person who can work though complex problems and manage change A person who can identify what humans do best, and what machines might do better A person who can work in collaboration with AI “This pandemic, although challenging, is really highlighting the creativity that exists within the teaching profession.”  - Dr. Matthew Worwood   Do you have a theme that we haven't covered yet? Let us know! Email us at questions@fuelingcreativity.com.   Eager to bring more creativity into your home or classroom? Access a variety of creativity resources and tools & listen to more episodes of The Fueling Creativity Podcast by visiting our website,  www.CreativityandEducation.com.   Subscribe to our monthly newsletter!   You can also find The Fueling Creativity Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Audible, and PodBean! Make sure to rate, review, and share the podcast if you enjoy it!    

Our twenty-second episode of the Creative Flow: Thinkers and Change Agents Podcast Series features Beth Slazak, MBA, MS, a certified humor professional, the Education and Events Manager at the Creative Education Foundation, and the conference manager of the Creative Problem Solving Institute (CPSI). She has an MBA and a Master's in Creativity and Change Leadership from the Center for Applied Imagination, SUNY Buffalo State. Beth shares her work with teachers sharing tools such as empathy maps to make learning more engaging, and describes the experience of CPSI as so much more than a conference. This year is again in person, and there are opportunities to learn foundations in Creative Problem Solving or take advanced immersion classes that are deep dives into topics. One of the highlights will be Massimo Agostinelli from Cirque du Soleil, who explores the concept of bouffon characters with a sense of humor. Some people have attended 40 CPSIs, and they keep coming back for the campfires, networking, labyrinth as well as the learning. Beth describes her journey as self-actualization, where deliberate Creativity has given her more awareness and a deeper understanding. She studied improv at Second City and the Comedy Sport and a three-year program offered by the Association for Applied and Therapeutic Humor. She uses improv in every training at CEF and regularly experiences how games can help warm up the brain and help participants practice in a lower-risk way. Don't miss this lively discussion of what it is like to work in the field of creativity and be in the forefront of teaching at the highest level. We hope to see newbies and old friends in June at the CPSI Conference, where the community gathers to learn and laugh.

Our twenty-first episode of the Creative Flow: Thinkers and Change Agents Podcast Series features Nicole Jones, Owner of Artisans Journey, LLC, based in Charlotte, NC. She is a graduate of the Master's program at the International Center for Studies in Creativity, SUNY Buffalo State. Her career included working as a Confidential Criminal Investigator for the Erie County District Attorney, a Detective with the Buffalo Police Department for 21 years, and a forensic examiner. Nicole shares how her path to creativity was accelerated by some health challenges she experienced. Using Creative Problem Solving to explore alternative healing modalities helped her solve her problem and find a new world view. She now runs a wellness company where she uses multiple modalities to help her clients heal, and creative problem-solving runs through all processes. Nicole discusses how she was always a clarifier (Foursight Preference https://www.foursightonline.com) in her career as a detective and how her Master's studies illuminated her natural skills in creativity that played a role in her successes throughout her career. One skill that she regularly used in law enforcement was the power of observation, and she tells fascinating stories on how she learned to stop, pause, ask the right question, and hold space for the answer. Now she uses this same skill to ask intuitive questions deliberately. Don't miss this inspiring discussion of using creative problem solving to look within. Nicole discusses how the future of Creativity lies in our ability to attend to the self within and access what is below the surface. If we can free ourselves, we can be as creative as we choose.

Our twentieth episode of the Creative Flow: Thinkers and Change Agents Podcast Series features Shazina Masud, Chief Executive Officer at the Aman Foundation and Sindh Integrated Emergency and Health Services. She is a graduate of the Master's Program at the International Center for Studies in Creativity, SUNY Buffalo State. In her current role, she leads an organization of 700 people to provide state-of-the-art ambulance and emergency services in Karachi, Pakistan, offering advanced emergency care for people who previously had no access. She has worked worldwide and applied creative problem-solving in a range of commercial and social sector organizations. Shazi is passionate about using deliberate creativity in nonprofits and the social sector. She describes using the Kotter 8-Step Change Leadership Model to successfully restructure the manpower and finances of her organization. In her telehealth call center, her volume of calls went from 3000 per month to 1000 calls per day. She increased the impact and effectiveness of this service by rethinking what was missing and ensuring the organization was dealing with the most critical issues of patients' health. Don't miss this inspiring discussion of how to use creative problem solving to deal with social issues such as hunger, nutrition, healthcare, and education, by focusing on the people and defining the problem correctly. She generously shares fascinating stories and leadership insights from her vast experience working with government, partners, and international aid organizations. Shazi is leading the way to increasing the effectiveness of money spent in nonprofits by educating everyone in her organization about creativity and finding new ways to arrive at a solution.

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Episode 46 of the podcast welcomes Coach Garrett McLaughlin, who is currently in his second season with the University of New Hampshire Wildcats and serving as the defensive ends coach and special teams coordinator.Prior to New Hampshire, McLaughlin was as an assistant coach at Bates College from 2018-2021, serving as the special teams coordinator and defensive line coach.His other coaching stops were at Wagner College in 2017, New Haven in 2016, and SUNY Buffalo State from 2012-2015.McLaughlin graduated from Syracuse University in 2012, where he began his coaching career as a student assistant coach with the Orange.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Roger L. Firestien, Ph.D., has trained more people to lead the creative process than anyone else in the world. He is Senior Faculty and Associate Professor at the Center for Applied Imagination at SUNY Buffalo State. As president of Innovation Resources, Inc., he consults, creates training programs, runs Breakthrough Labs, and has created a series of courses for Open Sesame. He is the author of Create in a Flash: A leader's recipe for breakthrough innovation and Why Didn't I Think Of That?: Better Ideas & Decision Making At Home And At Work. For more information www.RogerFirestien.comMore about Creativity:"Creativity Without Frontiers" is now available at Unknown Origins Books and all relevant book retailers. Stay in touch:Web: https://www.unknownorigins.com/Twitter: Unknown Origins (@UnknownOrigins9) / TwitterInstagram: Unknown Origins (@unknownoriginsuo77)Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Unknown-Origins-112791887004124LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/unknown-origins/YouTube: Unknown Origins - YouTubeMusic by Iain MutchWALKERANDWILLIAMSupport the show (https://www.paypal.com/unknownorigins)

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About Lou Rera Lou Rera's latest book is a collection of thirteen short stories titled: AWAKE: Tales of Terror (May 2020) by NightWriter Publishing. His first novel SIGN, published by Mirador in the UK for worldwide distribution (June 2014). SIGN is a supernatural thriller of deception and murder. In 2008, Rera published a collection of flash fiction stories titled, There are no doors on a cocoon. His fiction has been published in anthologies and numerous print and online publications. Lou Rera is a retired Associate Professor in Communication at SUNY Buffalo State, Buffalo, New York. He is a member of the Horror Writers Association (HWA), Just Buffalo Literary Center, and IMDB. https://lourera.com/intro

Kim Chinquee is the author of seven collections, most recently Snowdog, due out in January 2021 with Ravenna Press. She is the recipient of two Pushcart Prizes and has published in several joumals and anthologies including Noon, Denver Quarterly, Fiction, Story, StoryQuarterly, New Miro: Exceptionally Short Fiction, Buffalo Noir, Conjunctions, The Best Small Fiction 2019 and others. She is Senior Editor for New World Writing, and an associate professor of English at SUNY-Buffalo State.

Our seventeenth episode of the Creative Flow: Thinkers and Change Agents Podcast Series features Clara Kluk, a renowned global leader in creativity, author, and entrepreneur from Mexico. She started as a successful artist in Mexico City and suffered a tragic experience that altered her life forever. She attended a Creative Problem Solving Institute (CPSI) Conference where she met Dr. Gerard Puccio, Chair of the Master's Degree program in Creativity. She developed a close connection with him and quickly decided to change direction to pursue her MS in Creativity from the Center for Applied Imagination, SUNY Buffalo State. She tells the story of her incredible career and life journey, a gift for which she is forever grateful. Clara started a Creativity and Innovation Company called Grupo Piensa, which grew to become the largest organization of its kind in Latin America with 14 offices worldwide and a team of 140 people. She describes the successes she worked on with her varied client base, from commercializing the stainless-steel credit card to achieving 12 patents in fuel cells for hydrogen energy to developing new processes for Coca-Cola. She is passionate about taking the Creative Problem Solving (CPS) process beyond the corporate setting, and this creativity and social innovation became the topic of her first book. Her company helped people in poverty start businesses and partnered on social innovation topics, from developing new forms of proteins to harnessing the energy of spoiled bread. Clara has recently finished writing a manual on ISO 56000 to help businesses manage innovation as a process, set an international standard for innovative practices, and develop master innovation professionals. Don't miss the fascinating discussion on the future of creativity. She sees innovation as essential to the future of economies and expressed a desire to see the community continue to grow through ongoing study, accepting new methodologies, and nurturing individuals. Her Creative Flow is not when she is working or facilitating a CPS process but evident in her personal life, playing with her grandchildren, and being in nature. Clara shares great wisdom and humor in this episode while she details her incredible life and work.

We are so thrilled to share with you our very special extended-length season finale! It's been a pleasure bringing this podcast to you, and we can't wait for season two. We've got a jam-packed episode for your listening pleasure: Statler leads a panel of local queer activists, discussing local queer history and remembering queer elders we've recently lost 3:03 Song by local legend Madeline Davis 17:44 Rawlf and Brian Nowak do a deep dive on the history of Buffalo's German American Bund 21:50 Bean and Scooter discuss cops at pride and why it's a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad idea 43:12 Song by Calamity Orchestra 1:01:53 The Beaker and Bunsen Safety Corner covers internet and digital safety 1:05:50 ********* Links from this episode: Growing LGBTQ Youth Support: http://www.glyswny.org Buffalo Niagara LGBTQ History: https://www.facebook.com/buffaloniagaralgbtqhistory/ Second Annual People's Pride: https://m.facebook.com/events/1163363990791766?mds=%2Fsharer-dialog.php%3Fsid%3D1163363990791766%26m%3Dself&mdf=1 Madeline Davis archives at SUNY Buffalo State: https://digitalcommons.buffalostate.edu/mdaviscollection/ Calamity Nation on Twitch: https://twitch.tv/CoralineAda ********* Please please please subscribe and review our podcast on Itunes and Spotify because, you know - algorithms. Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NoQuarterBuffalo/ Visit us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/noquarterbuffalo/?igshid=1rmhpht2w9vhe Join us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/NoQuarterBuff

Dr. Roger Firestien has trained more people to lead the creative process than anyone else in the world. He is the Senior Faculty member at the International Center for Studies in Creativity at SUNY Buffalo State, President of Innovation Resources, Inc. and Author of Create in a Flash: A leader's recipe for breakthrough innovation. He has trained creative problem solving to produce unprecedented results with an impressive list of clients including AT&T, Clorox, Disney, The Los Angeles Times, Farmers Insurance, General Electric, and General Mills. Find Roger at: https://rogerfirestien.com/Discover the power of play. At PlayfulHumans, we hear inspiring stories from expert players about how they have added fun, flow, and fulfillment to their lives through play. Come play with us at PlayfulHumans.com.In this episode, you'll hear:- Joke of the Week- How our guest plays for a living and helps others do the same- How to have the most fun in your life and work- If our guest can win the Wheel of Weird in a game against MikeThe show is brought to you by Playful Humans. If you need a little more fun, flow, and fulfillment in your life, join our club where we transform the burned out and bored quantity-seekers into energized and engaged playful humans focused on their quality of life.Take the free playfulness quiz or join the club at https://www.playfulhumans.com.Don't forget to subscribe to the podcast on iTunes, Spotify, or YouTube, and leave us a 5-star review!Theme Music: Chasing the Sunshine by Pink Zebra - Licenced at Envato ElementsSupport the show (https://paypal.me/mikedmontague)

Dr. Cyndi Burnett is the Director of Possibilities for Creativity and Education. Like her creativity-focused curriculum for students and teachers, Cyndi embraces the creative lifestyle that she teaches. You will often find her trying on new ideas, exploring resources to stretch her thinking, and being an advocate for playfulness and humor. Although she loves to research and write about creativity, Cyndi is a firm believer in field service. She has 20 years of teaching experience as an academic at the International Center for Studies in Creativity at SUNY Buffalo State where she instructed classes in creative-thinking and creative problem-solving.Cyndi is the co-editor of the Big Questions in Creativity book series and co-author of the books Weaving Creativity into Every Strand of Your Curriculum, 20 Lessons for Weaving Creativity into your Curriculum (coming Spring, 2021), and My Sandwich Is a Spaceship: Creative Thinking for Parents and Young Children.In this episode, you'll hear:- Joke of the Week- How Cyndi plays for a living and helps others do the same- How to have the most fun in your life and work- If Cyndi can win the Wheel of Weird in a faceoff with MikeThe show is brought to you by Playful Humans. If you need a little more fun, flow, and fulfillment in your life, join our club where we transform the burned out and bored quantity-seekers into energized and engaged playful humans focused on their quality of life.Take the free playfulness quiz or join the club at https://www.playfulhumans.com.Don't forget to subscribe to the podcast on iTunes, Spotify, or YouTube, and leave us a 5-star review!Theme Music:Chasing the Sunshine by Pink Zebra - Licenced at Envato ElementsSupport the show (https://paypal.me/mikedmontague)Support the show

Our fifteenth episode of the Creative Flow: Thinkers and Change Agents Podcast Series features Branko Broekman, a landscape architect and environmental engineer from The Netherlands. He has worked with organizations to amplify the creative mindset in his own consulting and facilitation business for over 15 years. Branko experienced the power of creative thinking when working as a project leader on the restoration of natural areas at the Ministry of Transportation and Water Management in the Netherlands. A consultant achieved such great results applying Creative Problem Solving that their leadership invested 500,000 Euro in the project. He became fascinated by the process, attending the Creative Problem Solving Institute (CPSI), and coming to earn his MS in Creativity and Change Leadership from the Center for Applied Imagination, SUNY Buffalo State. He believes the same experience should be available in Europe and has worked with the Center to offer the MS Program he studied in Buffalo with an in-person option in Europe. They have already completed the first two cohorts and hope to have the third in 2022. Branko is a certified Foursight Advanced trainer and works as a certified Master Coach in intercultural Neuro-linguistic programming (NLP). He shares many examples of his work in creative leadership projects at municipalities and ministries in the Netherlands. One success story led to one organization creating hubs of part-time facilitators who were empowered to spend 10% of the time working as a process facilitator of creative change throughout the organization Branko discusses the differences in culture between the Netherlands and other countries and how this impacts the creative mindset. He has been instrumental in training creative leadership and helping others evolve from “efficiency” to “effectiveness “in an organization. He describes his Creative Flow as working with his hands, sculpting, and creating in 3D, which emulates his process for idea development. Branko shares his deep understanding of deeper and deeper levels of applied Creativity. Don't miss his introduction to the concept of “Nearling” as part of a different dictionary of innovation.

Dr. Katherine S. Conway-Turner, President of SUNY Buffalo State and a member of the Middles States Commission on Higher Education (MSCHE) Executive Committee, sits in the interview chair for this edition of the MSCHE Pillars of Change podcast. Dr. Conway-Turner, who was interviewed in the inaugural podcast, speaks with  Pat McGuire, president of Trinity Washington University. Their conversation about diversity, equity, and inclusion issues in higher education takes on more relevance coming the day after former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was found guilty of killing George Floyd.

How do you find joy in your classroom and infuse creativity into your students' curriculum? In this episode of the Fueling Creativity podcast, Dr. Cyndi Burnett and Dr. Matthew Worwood speak with Dr. Susan Keller-Mathers, an Associate Professor at the Center for Applied Imagination at SUNY Buffalo State. Susan teaches graduate courses in creativity, chairs the curriculum committee, and serves on leadership teams of various departments across campus dedicated to infusing creative learning into their teaching and learning practices. Her focus is educating the next generation of creativity experts who will utilize their degree in creativity in diverse professional and personal arenas.  “Good teaching is creative teaching.”                        - Susan Keller-Mathers Tune in to learn how to infuse creativity into your curriculum and how to find joy every single day you walk into your classroom! You'll gain insight into the importance of the practitioner-scholar model, the difference between teaching creativity and creative teaching, and the best practices for nurturing long-term professional learning in teachers. Susan also gives great advice for teachers who are overwhelmed or challenged with constraints in the classroom. “You have to be an advocate for creativity outside of your classroom to do it in your classroom. You can close your door and you can do what you want to do, which is what a lot of teachers want to do, but you must also be that teacher leader who helps others understand the value of it. Then, it becomes more embedded in the educational environment because you can't do it in isolation.” - Dr. Susan Keller-Mathers Susan's Tips for Teachers: Your attitude and energy make a difference in the classroom. Remember why you're an educator and come in refreshed and ready to engage with your students. Always think about how you can meet the needs of your students and bring out their creative thinking.   About Susan Keller-Mathers: Susan Keller-Mathers is an Associate Professor at the Center for Applied Imagination at SUNY Buffalo State. Susan holds a BS in Elementary Education, an MS in Creativity, and an Ed.D in Curriculum and Instruction.  She teaches graduate courses in creativity, chairs the curriculum committee and serves on leadership teams of various departments across campus dedicated to infusing creative learning into their teaching and learning practices. Susan's focus is educating the next generation of creativity experts who will utilize their degree in creativity in diverse professional and personal arenas.  For nearly three decades she has continued the development of the Torrance Incubation Model (TIM) to infuse creativity into lesson, unit, course and training frameworks, develop creative learning and creative problem-solving initiatives in educational and business institutions and travel the globe teaching creativity to international educators on five continents.   Eager to bring more creativity into your home or classroom? Access a variety of creativity resources and tools & listen to more episodes of The Fueling Creativity Podcast by visiting our website,  CreativityandEducation.com.   Follow Cyndi and Matt on Linkedin. Subscribe to our monthly newsletter! Follow Cyndi and Matt on Linkedin. You can also find The Fueling Creativity Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Audible, and PodBean! Make sure to rate, review, and share the podcast if you enjoy it!

How do you approach writing a modern alma mater? SUNY Buffalo State will soon find out. The college is holding a competition to rewrite the lyrics of their 60-year-old song for the 150th anniversary of the college.

Patterson on how to help students narrow the gap some students may have from a lack of in-person learning. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dr. Timothy W. Gordon is currently the Vice President for Student Affairs at Buffalo State College, the urban engaged campus in the State University of New York (SUNY) system. In his role at SUNY Buffalo State he is responsible for providing leadership for the division of student affairs, which includes 12 other units and over 130 employees. Contact Dr. Gordon at https://suny.buffalostate.edu/

Our twelfth episode of the Creative Flow: Thinkers and Change Agents Podcast Series features five students who attended the Service-Learning and Civic Engagement Program in Myanmar in 2018 and 2019. This episode is the second part of our series about this program of the State University of New York, Buffalo State's International Center for Studies in Creativity founded by John Cabra, Ph.D. The participants usedCreativity to transform, make history, and profoundly impact the people of Myanmar. Rakia Akter is a fourth-grade teacher in Buffalo who traveled to Myanmar to connect with people, cultures, and languages. This life-changing experience helped her be a better teacher and relate with her students and parents who immigrated from this country. Matthew Burch has a BFA in wood working and furniture design from SUNY Buffalo State and is a US Army Vet who went to Myanmar to work on new and improved techniques for funeral caskets. This work led to an opportunity to design a guitar-shaped casket for a beloved local musician and activist. This project became a life-changing experience for a new designer that made him part of the country's history. Jeremy Brewster participated in the Myanmar program twice and worked for over a year to develop a unique course to help students express themselves through art. This class became a unique, shared experience for people who don't usually learn art at school and brought the students and teachers closer together. Ashley Daigle is an arts educator in Buffalo who was involved in delivering this course at a Monastery School and discussed co-creating a large piece of art. She discovered the difference and connection that art can make in lives. Maggie Giamo is a Visual Arts instructor in Buffalo Public Schools and a freelance artist who also taught the class. She discusses how she was able to connect with students at a profound level and shares her view of creative flow through the eyes of a teacher. This emotional discussion discusses how the University's program brings more meaning to each student's life and the far-reaching impact they had on the people of Myanmar. Don't miss the stories of five students who became global citizens and worked together to make the world a better place.

Aitina Fareed-Cooke Bio Aitina Fareed-Cooke was told at a young age that she would be a “failure to thrive” as a result of her biological mother's addiction to drugs. At 14 months old her and her 2 siblings were placed into foster care and diagnosed as “Emotionally Handicapped”. When Aitina was three years old she and her sibling lost their mother due to a drug overdose. Though the odds were against her she managed to strive due to her adoptive mother's efforts in keeping her involved in extracurricular activities, community arts programs which introduced her to photography, film, and creative writing. Aitina continues utilizing her camera or “my weapon of mass creativity” and her love of writing music and poetry as a type of “Art Activism” igniting thought and change within her community. Aitina received her Associates degree in Arts & Humanities at Erie Community College (2009), Bachelor Arts degree in English (2012), and Masters in Science & Education with a focus in Educational Technology (2016) at Buffalo State. Aitina has worked within various non-profit organizations for over 15 years throughout the city of Buffalo NY where she has developed, managed, and implemented countless high-quality creative arts programs. Her unique and innovative ideas have assisted countless youth and young adults in fostering opportunities for growth in creative thinking and problem solving, self-esteem, self-expression, social awareness, and peer collaboration. Aitina has worked with organizations such as Say Yes to Education serving as a Community Schools Navigator; Young Audiences of WNY serving as the ArtWorks Director & Education Coordinator, Community Action Organization serving as a Youth Services Site Coordinator; CEPA Gallery continuously serving as a Photography Teaching Artist and Board Member, just to name a few. Throughout her tenure at each organization, she was able to contribute to the increase in retention rates of youth and parent involvement in programming and activities, the development and increase in community engagement and partnerships, and securing grant funding for the successful longevity of such programs within such organizations. The skills that Aitina has developed over time has led her to developing ​Get Fokus’d Productions​ (GFP). GFP is a creative media arts company ​dedicated to capturing project-based stories, designing curriculums to teach youth soft skills through the implementation of photography, film, and creative writing programs, and giving back to the next generation of creatives through a movement called ​Young & Fokus’d​. ​Aitina’s original work has been exhibited at ​CEPA Gallery​, Jamestown Community College, Darwin Martin House, Crzurles-Nelson Gallery at SUNY Buffalo State, Main Street Art Gallery, Blue Plate Studio, and PineAppleCo. Aitina is now an award-winning photographer, teaching artist, creative director, and lyricist earning recognition through ​43North​’s Ignite Buffalo People’s Choice Award, CEPA Gallery Exhibition Award, SUNY Buffalo State Young Alumnus Achievement Award, Canisius College Trailblazer Award, the National Society of Leadership & Success Excellence in Teaching Award, Kingdom Choice Up Next and Breakthrough Artist Award, BULYPNY Entrepreneurship Award, Mayors Citizens Participation Academy Award, and more. Aitina has also been featured in Buffalo Healthy Living Magazine, Upstart New York, Challenger News, Buffalo News, Buffalo State Alumni Magazine, National Young Audiences Emerging Leaders, ​DJ Booth​, Rapzilla, Trackstarz, and much more.

Jeffrey "Cousin Jeff" Hirschberg is a film professor and founding director of the Television and Film Arts program at SUNY Buffalo State.For more about professor Hirschberg, including his upcoming novel, Completely Incomplete, go to: www.threeact.comAs mentioned in this episode, this is the first week of Charity Of The Week.  To  learn more or donate to ASPCA, please go to ASPCA.ORGAlso, for all things Marvel, you can go to  Marvel.com Share what your thankful for! Email us at: lightsinthetunnelpodcast@gmail.comLights In The TunnelLITT in the Boston Globe!Host / Producer  - Abby HirschbergAssociate Producer  / Editor - Ron Hirschberg  

In the inaugural episode of MSCHE's Pillars of Change,  Dr. Davie Gilmour, President of Pennsylvania College of Technology and Vice-Chair of the Middle States Commission on Higher Education interviews Dr. Katherine Conway-Turner, President of SUNY Buffalo State, who also serves as an MSCHE Executive Committee member.

Our tenth episode of the Creative Flow: Thinkers and Change Agents Podcast Series features Najja Bouldin, an Innovation Coach, a Leadership and Entrepreneurial Development expert, and Founder of Phoenix Innovation Group. He holds a Master's Degree in Creativity from the International Center for Studies in Creativity, SUNY Buffalo State. Najja shares his path to Creativity, where he started studying for his Masters as a new father in the middle of a semester. After graduation, he launched his consulting firm to work as a growth coach and consultant for many large, international companies. He shares some of the creativity tools and frameworks he uses as a Creatologist and Innovation Coach. The story of his work with a physician that he called reverse engineering serendipity involved helping her break through a period of career disillusion to help make an impossible dream come true. Known for his work with disadvantaged youth 17-25 years old, Najja discusses how he validates their issues, appeals to their need for freedom, and gives them tools to overcome their challenges. Best of all, he furnishes them with innovation fitness sessions that make them the victor of their own story vs. the victim. He also discusses cultural competence and its role in working with organizations to explore issues of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. Don't miss this episode and the opportunity to hear the story and wisdom shared by this leader, who is changing the field with his insightful perspective.

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Yacobucci previews the Amy Coney Barrett confirmation hearing. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Our guest for the eighth episode of the Creative Flow: Thinkers and Change Agents Podcast Series is Noor Baig, M.D., an emergency room physician in one of the largest hospitals in Karachi, Pakistan. Dr. Baig is currently working on his Master's Degree in Creativity from SUNY Buffalo State and PhD. in Clinical Sciences at The Aga Khan University. Dr. Baig shares how he developed an interest in creativity and the ways he applied it with medical students to open up new thinking. The story of creativity and his passion project is particularly moving. His mother passed away prematurely from a sudden cardiac event and he wants to prevent this tragedy for others. By applying deliberate creativity he has trained more than 2,000 people in CPR skills and is on his way to teach 10 million people CPR and life saving skills - making Pakistan a nation of lifesavers. Dr. Baig discusses what he has learned about using creativity in the world of medicine and describes his latest exciting project — a new app designed to help prevent COVID19 in Pakistan. It was developed in collaboration with other students in his Master's Program, who helped him achieve its recent launch on the Google Store. Finally. we discuss his approach to creative flow and lessons learned in using creativity to help in the field of medicine in the future.

Aaron Daniel Annas is an Associate Professor and the director of Television and Film Arts at SUNY Buffalo State. He joins Dean and Jenn to chat about his new paranormal documentary film THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS GHOSTS? The fascinating discussion examines Aaron's chilling experiences while filming at some of America's most famous haunted locations including, the Hinsdale House, The Knickerbocker Hotel, and The Demon House of Brownsville Road. They also converse about different interpretations of paranormal phenomenon, life after death, and Aaron's own very personal encounter with the paranormal. THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS GHOSTS? is available to watch on most streaming platforms. For a full list of platforms and more info, visit the film's official website at: https://ghostdocfilm.com/ Like THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS GHOSTS? on Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/theghostdoc Follow THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS GHOSTS? on Twitter: https://twitter.com/thinkhaunted Find the film on Instagram at: https://www.instagram.com/thinkhaunted Subscribe to the film's YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4WWHUdltH7XrmLgwGiGYgg

Our seventh episode of the Creative Flow: Thinkers and Change Agents Podcast Series is Juliana Sanchez Trujillo. Based in Colombia, she is a Creativity and Innovation Consultant at Borealis Innovations. Juliana holds a M.S. in Creativity from the International Center for Studies in Creativity, SUNY Buffalo State is also a certified Prosci Change Management Practitioner, a Lego Serious Play workshop designer and FourSight facilitator. Juliana shares how she came to Buffalo to learn about the Masters Degree in Creativity program in the worst snow storm she had ever seen, yet knew the program was meant for her. She shares her passion for helping her clients, at Borealis Innovation, to put everything in place to make innovation sustainable in their own organizations, Her new business focuses on nutrition and wellness to help individuals to create the lives of their dreams. Through teaching and consulting she has trained over 7,000 people in Creative Problem Solving in Colombia, Peru, Mexico and Panama. She inspires people to increase sales, take their business in new directions, have a healthier family life, and most importantly deliver new purpose for their organization. She also discusses living happily in ambiguity and her approach to creative flow.

Meet Aaron Daniel Annas, director of the Television and Film Arts program at SUNY Buffalo State, and the filmmaker behind "There's No Such Thing As Ghosts." Aaron also holds the record for most comments on any Why Bother? podcast episode! Join in as John and Aaron discuss his film, the entertainment industry, and being a college professor in a esteemed film program! You won't want to miss it! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/john-szablewski/support

Voices For Impact conversation with Kyle Mecca, an ambitious director, assistant director, and casting director from Buffalo, New York, Kyle Mecca graduated from SUNY Buffalo State with a B.A. in Television and Film Arts. Mecca's career in film began with his directorial debut, Dwelling (2016), distributed by SP Releasing, a subsidiary of Sony Pictures Entertainment. Mecca is co-owner and partner in Casting Buffalo, a casting company created in Western New York, as a collective, the company has cast films like; Marshall (2017), The True Adventures of Wolfboy (2019), and Bashira (2021).Voice for Impact is a wellbeing brand bringing thought leaders together to share new ways of thinking about work, life, business, and leadership. Made in Syracuse

Joey Nicoletti is the author of 4 poetry chapbooks and 4 full-length collections, including Boombox Serenade (BlazeVOX, 2019), and Cannoli Gangster, which was selected as a finalist for the 2009 Steel Toe Books Award. His Pushcart Prize-nominated work has appeared in Ovunque Siamo, Gradiva, Voices in Italian Americana, and Drawn to Marvel: Poems from the Comic Books, among other journals, magazines, and anthologies. A graduate of the University of Iowa, New Mexico State University, and Sarah Lawrence College, Joey teaches creative writing at SUNY Buffalo State.

Meet Elyssa Harper! Local mural artist, graphic designer, world traveler, Eternal Flame lighter, and voted most likely to succeed in defacing library books! Elyssa is most notably world renown for her Pizza mural on Hertel Alley...which has been used in publicity without her knowing! John and Elyssa student taught in the same "support group" and completed their degree work in Art Education at SUNY Buffalo State! Follow her on Instagram at @fivefootharp --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/john-szablewski/support

Meet Kyle Mecca, local film guru, film director, and one of John Szablewski's best friends! They will talk about their days in Film School together at SUNY Buffalo State, some trips they took for a chance at making it big in Hollywood, and how they both were vital in the discovery of a cure for Stamp Licking Addiction! You can purchase his film, "Dwelling" here: https://amzn.to/2LPv6Zr --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/john-szablewski/support

Meet Lou Rera, a man with a million talents! (We counted!) Lou was one of John's professors in Film School at SUNY Buffalo State. Hear about Lou's new collection of short stories called "Awake: Tales of Terror." Available wherever books are sold! You can purchase your copy on Amazon here: https://amzn.to/3cGABWb --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/john-szablewski/support

The guests in our fourth episode, hosted by Kim Marie McKernan and Anthony Billoni are Dr. Cyndi Burnett and Ismet (Izzy) Mamnoon, both thinkers and change agents in the area of Creativity in Education. Cyndi is a Creativity and Education Specialist and Izzy is the Founder and Guardian of Imagination at Beyonder. Both are graduates of the Master's Degree program at the International Center for Studies in Creativity, SUNY Buffalo State where Cyndi was also a faculty member. The focus of this episode is on the deep collaboration that Cyndi and Izzy have developed, starting with Izzy's Master's project and continuing with the Missouri Project. In just six weeks they developed a new online program to bring creativity to the education of gifted and talented students in the state of Missouri. That collaboration continues with Cyndi's work on her Five Star Model for education on her new website, where visitors will be prompted to “Go Beyond” to access the deep resource Izzy shares on her website. You will be introduced to Izzy's alter ego, Wanda, and learn about her powerful creative flow. Cyndi also shares valuable tips for harnessing creative flow both in her work and artistic life. Don't miss this episode to learn how Cyndi and Izzy are is changing the world of education.

Dr. Roger Firestien has trained more people to lead the creative process than anyone else in the world. He is the Senior Faculty member at the International Center for Studies in Creativity at SUNY Buffalo State, and President of Innovation Resources, Inc.

Dr. Deb Silverman, APR, Fellow PRSA, the chair and associate professor of communication at SUNY Buffalo State shares her her insights into the top PR ethics questions and challenges facing students and young professionals.   She highlights: The most common PR ethics questions from college students What unethical activities to businesses ask interns to do for them What ethics exercises engage the students the most Where the industry is failing with ethics training

Dr. Roger Firestien is a master facilitator of the Creative Problem Solving process. He has been using it, studying it, researching it, and teaching it for 40 years. In this episode he shares his thoughts on facilitating a well-crafted Creative Problem Solving session. He talks about how to get the best results for the clients, how to be an amazing facilitator, and some tips he has learned over the last four decades. What You'll Learn How one company saved $50,000/week after using Creative Problem Solving The tools Roger Firestien uses more than any others Three levels to strive for in your own facilitation practice How to design the physical space to achieve maximum results About Roger Firestien Dr. Roger Firestien has taught more people to lead the creative process than anyone else in the world. By applying Roger's work in creativity: Clorox solved a 77-year-old problem in 15 minutes; General Motors came up with a $1.50 solution that saved the company $50,000 a week; Mead Paper developed a world-class line of products and saved $500,000 a year; The Los Angeles Times set their vision for the future; Buffalo, New York received One Billion dollars for economic development. Called “The Gold Standard” of creativity training by his clients, he has presented programs in creativity to over 600 organizations nationally and internationally ranging from major fortune 500 corporations, government agencies, universities, associations and churches.   Dr. Firestien is Associate Professor and the Senior Faculty member at the world renowned International Center for Studies in Creativity at SUNY Buffalo State.  He is the author and co-author of five books. Roger's expert views on creativity have been reported in Fast Company and The New York Times. When Roger is not traveling, he lives in Buffalo, New York, and regularly works cattle on the SK Hereford Ranch near Medina, New York Resources Roger Firestien's website - here you will find the resources he mentioned, as well as the GM Story and other helpful examples. Climer Cards Weekly Challenge Take a look at how you show up as a facilitator. Remind yourself of your purpose to serve others. Transcript Feel like reading instead of listening? The transcript will be available in a few days.

Jenn Hunt is an Associate Professor of Psychology at SUNY Buffalo State. She earned her BA at Creighton University in 1995 and her PhD in Social Psychology (minoring in Law) at the University of Minnesota in 2001. Dr. Hunt’s research examines the way that stereotypes, prejudice, and other expectations related to gender, race, and culture influence people’s judgments and behavior. Much of her research examines these issues in legal contexts, examining racial bias in juror decision making, and the influence of race, ethnicity, and culture on jurors’ deliberation behavior. She also investigates the development and impact of gender ideologies and stereotypes on women’s attitudes, relationship beliefs, and career goals. She teaches courses on the Psychology of Gender, the Psychology of Diversity, and Advanced Legal Psychology. Dr. Hunt served as Coordinator for the Women and Gender Studies program at SUNY Buffalo State for six year, and she has an appointment at the Baldy Center for Law and Social Policy at the University at Buffalo School of Law. She won the Action Teaching Award from the Social Psychology Network in 2012. Dr. Hunt is on the editorial board of Law and Human Behavior, and is currently is serving as a Member-at-Large of the American Psychology-Law Society. If you want to stay up-to-date on future episodes or you want access to our Spotify Power Playlist, sign up at www.aprilseifert.com 

In this episode Thomas Thurston spoke with Christienna Fryar, an Assistant Professor of History at SUNY Buffalo State and a visiting fellow at the Gilder Lehrman Center, on post-emancipation Jamaica, an era that scholars of British imperial history have defined as the three decades between full freedom in the 1830s and the Morant Bay Rebellion … Continue reading Slavery and Its Legacies – Christienna Fryar →

In this episode Thomas Thurston spoke with Christienna Fryar, an Assistant Professor of History at SUNY Buffalo State and a visiting fellow at the Gilder Lehrman Center, on post-emancipation Jamaica, an era that scholars of British imperial history have defined as the three decades between full freedom in the 1830s and the Morant Bay Rebellion … Continue reading Slavery and Its Legacies – Christienna Fryar →