2008

World Creativity and Innovation Day and Week

 
 

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Creativity and Innovation Day Worldwide April 21.


In your own way, celebrate WCID with family, friends or colleagues.


Let us know what you are doing from April 15 (Leonardo da Vinci’s Birthday) through to April 21

that will encourage people in your schools, communities, businesses, families, organizations, countries to


  1. Generate new ideas, Use imagination, Make new decisions


That will make the world a better place and make their place in the world better too.


Since 2002 people in over 106 locations covering 46 countries are involved.  You can too.

In your own way, celebrate WCID with family, friends or colleagues.


Contact: WCID co-founder, Marci Segal

 

Admit it.  You are Creative. 

And now there’s a time to celebrate it!

April 15 - 21 every year

Sestri Levante, Italy: International Creativity Conference, CREA

Bangkok,Thailand: The Learning Organization in a Learning World conference where the Bankgok WCID festival for street children was highlighted and activities held for the poorer children of Bangkok.

Buenos Aires, Zona Norte, Argentina: Quijote Pathway along 50 blocks where local businesses, artists, shops and individuals are invited to participate in creative activities.

Neenah, Wisconsin:

       a family has their children plan and make diner instead of the parents on April 21.  

Brussels,Belgium organized a number of simultaneous workshops with a number of prominent and stimulating facilitators on Creativity throughout the day.

Sydney, Australia planned a Mandala Day for April 21st which included a course and practice for the community.

Los Angeles, CA Sierra Club held a walk to generate creative ideas for getting people involved in Earth Day. The walk included four distinct habitats from marshlands to tide pools.

Staffordshire, England, a group of women each made a new recipe for a potluck dinner eaten while enjoying a new DVD.

Hamilton, Ontario, Dofasco Industries has been celebrating since 2001.

Toronto, Canada, one man happily wears one blue sock and one brown sock during the day and tells his children to brush their teeth with the other hand.


Add yours to the list.  Join the Creativity and Innovation Day Worldwide April 21 facebook group.

The United Nations sent "Creativity Day" emails to all its employees in Training and Development.

San Diego, a creativity and humor playshop engaged a cross-section of people in a variety of creativity-sparking exercises.

Buffalo Museum of Science and the Ontario Science Centre hosted hands-on workshops for children.

The Netherlands holds creativity walks with civil servants and officers of NGO’s to foster creative approaches to public policy and programs.

A group of schools in Argentina created collaborative art using the Internet. Students also created a radio program featuring the importance of Creativity week.

Markham, Ontario, a school wrote and produced a musical featuring the seven creative principles of  Leonardo da Vinci.

Contact: WCID co-founder, Marci Segal