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July 2
IN THIS ISSUE:
* Quote of the Month
* Announcements
* Events/News Items
* FEATURE A
"Project Renaissance goes to
* Comments, Feedback
* Question Quest - Challenge #5
* Organizational Notes
* Links
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QUOTE OF THE MONTH
"If I treat you as you are, I will make you worse. If I treat you as
though you are what you are capable of becoming, I help you become
that." -- Goethe
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
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WELCOME to all new members who have joined us this month. We hope to
hear from you and to give you much food for thought. Back issues are
available upon request. Just add the month to the subject line:
mailto:thestream@winwenger.com?subject=BackIssues
Or see the online archives: http://www.winwenger.com/strmlist.htm
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** LATEST NEWS **
PROJECT RENAISSANCE TRAINER TRAINING -
And Feb. 28/March 1, 2
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CO-AUTHORS WANTED:
Active and/or retired professionals in psychology, economics, history,
biology, physics, sociology, chemistry, etc., to co-author with me new
kinds of introductory texts (various age levels) and methods-of-teaching
texts. These texts are to become part of an eventual discovery
curriculum.
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EVENTS
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CREATIVE PROBLEM-SOLVING WORKSHOP -
A 2-day creative problem-solving workshop will take place
in
Invest NI sponsored event is being promoted to local businesses in
Express, for more information: mailto:cora@createexpress.com
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TRAINER TRAINING -
Module 1 of the first-ever Project Renaissance Trainer Training is
taking place in
scheduled to run 28 February-2 March 2
opportunity to learn directly from the inventor of the methodology. The
Early Bird Special Price is available until July 31, 2
contact
information: mailto:cora@createexpress.com
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MICHELLE JAMES IMPROVISING IN
Two of Project Renaissance's key trainers,
Robinson, are combining forces to deliver a series of leading-edge
improvisation and creative problem-solving workshops for Irish clients
this September.
Please contact
information: mailto:cora@createexpress.com
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PROJECT RENAISSANCE DOUBLE FESTIVAL - November 12-14, 2
13th Annual Conference on Creativity and Accelerated
Maryland/Washington, DC area
This year's theme is the 'Theory and Practice of Education'. The leading
experts in the field of learning and education will share their
practical success stories and secrets to help you accomplish the same in
your school or classroom. The combination of a membership with a
support environment of 'Progressive Educators' makes this THE event to
attend.
http://www.winwenger.com/upcoming.htm#df
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IAL CONFERENCE CALL SERIES
The International Alliance for
calls with leaders in the field of Accelerated
IAL International Conference in
Further information is available from
mailto:CBubar@aol.com
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Feature Article:
PROJECT RENAISSANCE GOES TO
by
Three Project Renaissance trainers were fortunate enough to be invited
to present a paper at the Fifth International Conference on Creative
Thinking at the
The trainers -
early that this was going to be an experiential session rather than pure
theory. Accordingly, a workshop was designed giving a brief outline,
explanation and example of "flick gazing", "windtunneling" and "over the
wall" experience.
Run as a workshop, with delegates participating in the experiences, this
was a very different model from many of the other sessions that were run
at the conference. This attracted great interest and fascination from
participants at the methods that were being explored. In fact, the
interest that was generated was fascinating. Three workshops were running
concurrently throughout, and it was clear that Project Renaissance had
the lion's share of participants - there being well over
5
session.
The Conference was hosted by Dr. Edward de Bono, famous for the concept
of Lateral Thinking and the Six Hats for Parallel Thinking, and was
titled "Designing Future Possibilities".
Among many other presentations were fascinating insights into the world
of creativity and innovation. From the outset it was clear this was to be
a valuable opportunity to share ideas and learn where similar approaches
and synergy could provide benefits for all, as well as a great chance to
meet like-minded people and "network" across the globe. Not to mention
the occasional party just to foster international relations.
Other experiences included the Irish pitting their driving prowess
against that of the Maltese - at times it was hard to know who came off
best. That we survived the experience was enough.
The three trainers were also invited to represent Project Renaissance at
the prestigious inauguration of the World Centre for New Thinking which
was opened with due ceremony in a wonderful setting on the site of the
The conference was followed by the annual Edward de Bono Seminar, which
again gave great insight into the methods and thinking of this school of
thought. The whole experience was tremendously valuable in giving an
opportunity to present Project Renassance and the work of
an international stage. Expressions of interest in the work have followed
and will give further opportunities for further promoting this great work.
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COMMENTS and FEEDBACK
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YOUR HELP NEEDED
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Hi from
problem-solving techniques, which I intend to complete within the next
month. Key to part of that quickbook, I find I want to broaden our
experience base with the advanced but simple visual thinking technique,
"DIDA," described below. Because of my writing situation, this is very
time-urgent. I need for as many of you reading this as possible to:
(A) Try out the technique, which we are presently calling "DIDA."
(B) Success or failure, please report to me your immediate result as
to whether you get reliably good answers by this method. (Also a brief
description of your experience and estimated proficiency thus far with
other visual thinking methods such as Image-Streaming or High Thinktank.
You can see why that information is very much needed.)
(C) From those who failed with DIDA initially, a week later whether
you trained yourself in visual thinking practice of one sort or another
during that week and, if so, whether you reached success with DIDA by
the end of that week - um, this week.
The first of your replies to me on your results, win, lose or draw, I
need as immediately as possible. Send the follow-ups a week hence, so
I can determine which of several ways to take this new quickbook, and to
complete it.
Please note that DIDA, below, is a very simple method. It is advanced,
but simple. Project Renaissance seeks not only to have many people at
large empowered to solve the problems they encounter, but actually to
solve them. Making the process as simple as possible could bring us
further toward that goal. Even if DIDA requires advanced skills,
working toward those defined skills in our training programs and
resources could provide an invaluable focus.
Please also note: Our main tool for interpreting our own imagery,
whether in deliberate processes or gotten from our dreams, is inductive
inference, as in the "High Thinktank" article at
http://www.winwenger.com/htt.htm
Those of you who don't initially succeed with DIDA, practice of
inductive inference - with either High Thinktank or straight Image-
Streaming on questions - is the main way recommended for training
yourself to the point where you CAN accurately and reliably use DIDA
to good effect.
Because my own work with various problem-solving methods now makes
EVERYthing work well and easily for me, it's harder for me to get a
differentiation between more effective and less effective methods. I
need your help with DIDA, and I may need it with other new methods as
part of our basic effort to get problem-solving skills and practices as
simple and as useful to as many people as possible.
When you write to me at wwenger1
subject line), also advise whether I may use your name in appreciation
on the Acknowledgments page of the new quickbook. Thank you.
Here, then, is the description/instruction/recipe for the simplified
problem-solving process, DIDA...
1. "D" - Determine and write down your problem or question. (This seems
to be the hardest part for most people, actually determining there is a
difficulty or opportunity to focus on and solve, and what it is.)
2. "I" - Intend - and to some extent, expect (without blowing any
gaskets with effort to do so) - that the image(s) which will come up in
answer to your question will be not only accurate but immediately
meaningful to you and understood by you.
3. "D" - Detail your image(s) - to whatever receiving or recording
medium - live partner (much preferred for best effectiveness), tape
recorder (next preferred), even computer (convenient - look where you
are right now!) or notepad (carry with you, use anywhere, any time).
4. "A" - AFTER those sensory details, examine how that set of images
answers your question.
Please send your feedback to
"DIDA" in the subject line.
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JUST UNDER THE WIRE...
to the Wire") hit a mark. Why DO we wait until the last minute to do
something we know we'll do eventually, anyway? It has been said, in a
humorous vein, that if it weren't for that last minute, nothing would
get done.
My own experience suggests that the longer I delay, the more tension
builds internally, until the realization that I'm running out of time
triggers the needed response, fueled by adrenalin. In the meantime, my
subconscious, that poor dear old hard-working constant slave, has been
churning away on the assignment I gave it, even while I was shirking
and procrastinating, and when at last I gird myself for the ordeal, the
faithful, infinitely patient inner resource is there with the answers.
Like a pressure cooker released, it geysers forth the good and useful
stuff to make my task so much easier, and to get it done just under the
wire.
As Angus relates, Freenoting is a great way to trigger answer production
and to extract all those inner resources when you most need them. You can
even trust them to work on auto-pilot to deliver on demand. Let's say I
need to write an article or poem, or give a talk, with a tight deadline.
I take one moment to focus inward and ask my resources to run the show
in the best possible way. Then I hang on for the ride. Talk about being
"wired"!
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QUESTION QUEST - Real-world solutions to real-world problems
You may use any means for deriving either questions or answers - any of
the creative problem-solving techniques described in the Project
Renaissance website, or other techniques you may know, or even
consulting experts in relevant fields.
Question Quest is being coordinated by Project Renaissance as a public
service and as an exploration into practical applications of creativity.
Please see http://www.winwenger.com/question.htm for a full list of
questions now open to work on. This month's selected question:
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Question No. 5
How can countries with high unemployment achieve full employment and
move towards economic self-sufficiency without upsetting the powers that
be?
Submitted by Louis Brown ( mailto:loubb@cygnet.cjb.net )
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Email your questions and recommended solutions to: Question Quest
(mailto:thestream@winwenger.com?subject=Quest). Please include a note as
to what problem-solving methods, if any, you used in arriving at your
answers. Prizes will be awarded for the successful solutions upon
implementation. Let's make a real difference in the world. New questions
will be posted here and on the website as they are selected.
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ORGANIZATIONAL NOTES
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TOPICAL INTEREST GROUPS:
Our membership is large and diverse, and many of you have expressed an
interest in communicating with other members who share your topic of
concern or research interest. If you'd like us to share your email
address with other interested members, and to supply theirs to you,
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Your communications will be private. If you'd like to take a topic
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One such interest group is the
LUCID GAME GROUP (http://lgg.youngprer.com)
They are looking for testers to explore accelerative learning through
combining PhotoReading and lucid dreaming to use dream-activated
PhotoRead material to "run a game" scripted off printed material you
looked at subconsciously in reality. They also use Brainwave Generator
software to aid higher chances of lucidity. If you're game for such
experiments, visit their forum at http://pub73.ezboard.com/byoungprer or
contact co-director Young at mailto:youngprer@youngprer.com .
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