A. Keynote Presentations

Robert Kelly is well known as a featured keynote speaker and seminar leader on the topic of creativity and education with his insightful ideas, and humourous anecdotes that are mined from his diverse personal journey. His motivational presentations have inspired many to develop their own creative potential and to bring that potential into their professional practice across disciplines. He has presented to a broad range of educational and private organizations regionally and nationally. 

Presentation topics include (but not limited to):
Creative Expression, Creative Education: Creativity As A Primary Rationale For Education
Idea Generation and Development
Creating Environments for Creative Practice
The Irrelevant A+: An Educational Culture of Creativity
The Disposition of Design

Assessing Creative Maturity

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B. Professional Development

This involves tranformational work with individual educational and school cultures as well as diverse organizational cultures to develop a culture of creative practice through application of strategies for personal creative development, professionial creative practice and the design of environments that support a culture of creativity. Focus is placed on development of creative maturity through creative process competencies, collaborative competencies, and leadership and change competencies. Professional Development Sessions can be shorter term and specifically focused, however comprehensive culture transformation requires a substantial time window of sustained engagement and coaching.

C. Classes and Workshops

Classes and workshops are available as both graduate and undergraduate credit courses for educators on creativity and educational practice through the Faculty of Education at the University of Calgary as well as non-credit classes for the general public that focus on personal creative and artistic development at various venues that are part of Robert Kelly’s Creative Journey sessions.

1. Credit classes on Creativity and Educational Practice in the Faculty of Education at the University of Calgary

i) Expanding Horizons Program – These 500 level undergraduate courses are available to all educators. These courses are offered throughout the year. For registration information go to http://education.ucalgary.ca/dtp/expandinghorizons

Next class: Creativity and Educational Practice, July 5 to 9, 2010

2. Creative Journey non-credit courses  for the general public on personal creative development and artistic development

i) Developing Personal Creativity –  This five-day workshop will focus on personal creative development through the arts both independently and collaboratively. Summer 2010. Location TBA. 

ii) Art On The Water – This three-day workshop in the summer of 2010 combines sea kayaking with drawing and painting in a lodge-based experience with Tofino Sea Kayaking Company in beautiful Clayquot Sound on the west coast of Vancouver Island. Registration information will be available in late fall 2009.