Creative Workplace Consultant and keynote speaker
Athens, Georgia Area
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- NSA member & CSP at National Speakers Association
- owner at Cre8ng People, Places & Possibilities
- keynote speaker, concurrent presenter at Creativity Conference Presenter
- presenter at CPSI, ACA, ACRE, CREA, ACE, Dow, Greenwich University, Mindcamp and other annual creativity conferen
- Presenter/Leader at CPSI, ACA, CREA, ACRE, GUCJ, Mindcamp, ACE, FCW
- Past
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- Extending and Applied Imagination Forum Coordinator at CEF - Creative Problem Solving Institute
- Board Member at ACA
- professor, doctoral student, alumni at University of Georgia
- held 47 different jobs-1960 to today at Robert Alan Black, Ph.D., Inc (Self-employed)
- Education
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- The University of Georgia
- Florida Atlantic University
- Wayne State University
- Lawrence Technological University
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Alan - Robert "Alan" Black’s Summary
Since I was in high school I have had or held 47 jobs in the past 48 years....
I have been employee of the month for 298 months in row (only employee).
Since 1983 I have been a full-time creative thinking consultant and professional speaker focusing on the Development of Cre8ng Communities from the front and rear doors of organizations to the Executive Floor.
My clients include Fortune 100 to 1,000 companies, professional associations (national and state chapters), credit unions, banks, police and fire departments, parks & recreation departments and associations.
Each year for several years I have been presenting at creativity conferences, institutes and workshops around the US and around the globe.
Here is a listing of the various jobs I held since I turned 16. in 1960.
Apprentice mechanical draftsman
Architect
Architectural designer
Architectural draftsman
Architectural job captain
Architectural project architect
Blueprint boy
Busboy
Calculus tutor
Candy Sales
Cleaning crew member
Freelance Cartoonist
College professor
Consultant
Draftsman-mechanical
Freelance advertising designer
Freelance art director
Freelance display artist
Freelance writer
Geometry tutor
Graphics and signage designer
Interior designer
Janitor at a church
Janitorial service employee
Kitchen helper
Math tutor
Model maker
Newspaper boy
Physics tutor
Shoe salesman
Signage designer
Sign maker
Soap salesman
Speaker
Tile estimator
Trainer
TV News writer
TV News editor
TV News weekend desk editor
Volunteer construction worker (Habitat for Humanity)
Volunteer gifted education teacher-elementary school
Volunteer gifted education teacher-middle school
to learn about them in order from 1960 ask me some time...
Alan - Robert "Alan" Black’s Specialties:
idea generation, problem solving facilitation, management coaching, training of idea generation and problem solving processes, meeting facilitation
Alan - Robert "Alan" Black’s Experience
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NSA member & CSP
National Speakers Association
(Professional Training & Coaching industry)
1988 — Present (20 years)
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owner
Cre8ng People, Places & Possibilities
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Management Consulting industry)
June 1983 — Present (25 years 4 months)
Consulting company that helps organizations develop Cre8ng Communities while developing the creative thinking skills of all their people from the front and rear doors to the executive floors.
CP3 provides keynote speeches, workshops, training programs and consulting in the development of skills and styles of
Leading
Communicating
Teaming
Creative Thinking & Problem Solving -
keynote speaker, concurrent presenter
Creativity Conference Presenter
(Educational Institution; 1-10 employees; Professional Training & Coaching industry)
March 1978 — Present (30 years 7 months)
Since 1978 I have been presenting creative thinking and problem solving keynote speeches, training programs and workshops or been facilitating such sessions and meetings for clients and at creativity conferences around the world including CPSI, ACA, DOW, IN-Convergence, Mindcamp, CREA, FCW in the US, Canada, Italy, Denmark, Netherlands, France, Austria, Australia, South Africa, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, Singapore, Sri Lanka, India, Trinidad-Tobago, Mauritius, New Zealand, UK, Scotland....
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presenter
CPSI, ACA, ACRE, CREA, ACE, Dow, Greenwich University, Mindcamp and other annual creativity conferen
(Professional Training & Coaching industry)
1978 — Present (30 years)
Annually I continue to serve on the faculty of several creativity conferences in the US, Canada, Europe, Africa, Asia.
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Presenter/Leader
CPSI, ACA, CREA, ACRE, GUCJ, Mindcamp, ACE, FCW
(Partnership; 11-50 employees; Executive Office industry)
June 1978 — Present (30 years 4 months)
Since 1978 I have been presenting at and attending creativity conferences. workshops, innovation fairs both public and internal within corporations in the US, Canada, South Africa, Europe: England, Scotland, France, the Netherlands, Denmark, Germany, Austria, Italy; Asia: Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Sri Lanka, India; Australia, New Zealand, Mexico, Trinidad-Tobago, Mauritius....
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Extending and Applied Imagination Forum Coordinator
CEF - Creative Problem Solving Institute
(Non-Profit; 51-200 employees; Think Tanks industry)
2005 — 2007 (2 years)
From 2005 to 2007 I served on the CEF - Creative Education Foundations's Program Team for its annual CPSI - Creative Problem Solving Institute.
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Board Member
ACA
(Professional Training & Coaching industry)
2003 — 2005 (2 years)
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professor, doctoral student, alumni
University of Georgia
(Educational Institution; 10,001 or more employees; Higher Education industry)
1979 — 1983 (4 years)
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held 47 different jobs-1960 to today
Robert Alan Black, Ph.D., Inc (Self-employed)
(Self-Employed; 1-10 employees; Management Consulting industry)
March 1960 — September 1980 (20 years 7 months)
Freelance cartoonist sign maker
Blueprinter
Junior draftsman
tutor: Math, Physics, Calculus
Writer
Cartoonist
Bus boy
Kitchen help
Shoe salesman
WXYZ-TV News writer, wk desk editor
Tile estimator
WXYZ-TV editor
ME draftsman
archl draftsman:
Siegel, Rogvoy
designer: Rogvoy, Confer
model maker
De conti
Design House
Restaurant display & fabric store
Birkerts draftsman, detailer, junior job captain, designer
SH&G graphics & signage designer
Alpern designer, draftsman
Amway agent
Powell Edge architect, designer
weekend cleaning crew
S&T architect
S&T graphics & signage art director
Masiello architect
RAB architecture
janitor
Volunteer teacher gifted: elementary & middle
RAB, Architect
S&T architect and graphics designer
HRD Associates
RAB design
College professor
Architect, Designer-Wood Campbell
Speaker
Trainer
Consultant
MCI consultant
Trainer IG
Trainer IFB
professional speaker
trainer
consultant
Adjunct professor at UGA, CSU
Alan - Robert "Alan" Black’s Education
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The University of Georgia
Ph.D., teaching/training of creative thinking, 1979 — 1983
because I changed jobs and careers often and lived in urban areas I took courses and was enrolled in college from 1962 to 1983.
- Activities and Societies:
- started 9 course degrees finished 5
Ph.D. Creativity/Educational Psychology
M.Ed. Guidance & Counseling: Gifted, Talented & Creative
M.A. - Interior Arch
M.A. - Visual Commn
B.S. - Arch
finished all by 5 to 15 hours credit each.
B.Ed. mid school math all but 5 hours & internship, completed later during masters
B.F.A. - advertising finished all but 15 hours
M.A. - Art History most coursework did not do thesis
M.A. in Urban Planning got thru 1/2 of the coursework
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Florida Atlantic University
MEd, Guidance & Counseling, 1977 — 1979
- Activities and Societies:
- primary took classes for my masters. prior to that I worked on a BEd in Middle School Math.
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Wayne State University
MA, Interior Architecture & Visual Communication, 1967 — 1971
- Activities and Societies:
- primary took classes in the evening and on weekends
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Lawrence Technological University
BS, Architecture, 1962 — 1966
Additional Information
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Alan - Robert "Alan" Black’s Interests:
walking, international travel, mystery novel writing, creativity, design, contemporary art, architecture
Alan - Robert "Alan" Black’s Groups:
Creative Education Foundation, American Creativity Association, National Speakers Association, Southern Order of Storytellers, National Storytelling Membership, Mindcamp
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Innovation People Expert Innovators Creative Network
Alan - Robert "Alan" Black’s Honors:
Creative Education Foundation: Colleague (1989), Leadership Service and Commitment (1999), Distinguished Leader Award (2006), Leader With Most Dangling Things on His Name Badge (2007 CPSI), Torrance Center Fellow
Alan - Robert "Alan" Black’s Contact Settings
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