A Climber of Trees (Private)

Roberta B. Ness -- "Innovative Thinking -- Can You Be Taught?" Move the needle -- take the risk. Ignore the fear, leave the comfort zone. Look at things from the side. Innovation --     Frames define our thinking; expectations     Frames are ubiquitous, cognitive, and emotional     To innovate, we must break the frames     1. Observe     2. Reversal (including visualization)     3. Analogies     Re-examine the frames of the problem; consider flipping the problem See things as new, be open to new ideas         [Conference --         Music         Kurt Podeszwa -- a bigger picture of "why" we study literature         Moving Lit and Lit Ed into improving the community         In-community service afternoon of conference]...