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Testimonials from people from many professions, countries and age ranges Since 1993, The Creativity Workshop has been working with people from many different professions, nations, and age ranges to help them discover or rediscover their unique creativity. A typical workshop will be represented by an exciting mix of participants from different countries and professions ranging from CPAs to artists, medical doctors, educators, and CEOs. This makes for great group dynamics in all our workshops. Here is what some participants have to say about their Creativity Workshop experience.

Advertising, Marketing, Communications professionals

Ramón Vila
Art Director, Shanghai Disney Resort
"The Creativity Workshop took me back to the roots of creativity, those places in your mind you forgot they exist. Sometimes you struggle to get inspi...
Gail Freeman
Sr. Director Corporate Marketing, RSA, Security Div of EMC, Burlington, MA
"An excellent workshop! You provided new ideas for how to evolve individual creativity into creative collaboration. You were skilled facilitators with...
Nick Sauer
Copywriter, McCann Erickson, Detroit, MI
“The Workshop taught us that our brains are can take us places we never thought possible. That’s where new ideas live. I would definitely recommen...
Ben Mahoney
Communications Manager, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Louisiana
"The Creativity Workshop was a turning point for me, especially in how I approach my work. It's the place where I learned to be vulnerable, explore ev...
Monica Bessone
Communications Director, Jose Alvarez Group, Lisbon, Portugal
“I don't have enough words to thank you for the magic experience you provided me in The Creativity Workshop in Lisbon. I learned how to free my crea...
Marcus Morabito
Art Director, McCann Erickson/Detroit, Dearborn, MI
”Such a positive atmosphere with outstanding instructors and a fantastic group of individuals coming together to find creativity. The people were as...
Penny Peters
Communication and Marketing Strategist, New York, NY
“If you are stuck in your job, or your routines, or your imagination… sign up for The Creativity Workshop. It is fun, inspiring, enlightening, and...
Doug Neff
Sr. Presentation Content Developer, Duarte, Inc., Oakland, CA
“Half-seminar, half-retreat, my four days with Shelley and Alejandro were filled with discovery, rejuvenation, connections both human and otherwise,...
Rita Haque
Branding and Marketing, Haq Centre, Singapore, Singapore
“Shelley and Alejandro take you on an adventure that ignites your creative spirit and opens you to greater choices in your life! We were encouraged ...
Azzah Batterjee
Marketing Lecturer, Dar Al-Hekma University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
"I loved the workshop. It brought out a very happy visual side of me that I seldom explore. Taking it in the beautiful city of Florence really enhance...
Sondra White
Marketing Communications Manager, Editor, Spirit Magazine, Texas A&M Foundation, College Station, TX
“The class was so much more than I ever expected. It is going to benefit both my career and my personal creative journey. It has also given me sever...
Rachel Patterson
Marketing Consultant, Global Consultants Group, Brooklyn, NY
“The creativity workshop really was an incredible experience, due to Shelley and Alejandro’s visualizations, exercises and concept explanations…...
Janelle Ward
Assistant Professor, Dept. Media/Communication, Erasmus University, Leiden, Netherlands
”This was my second Creativity Workshop, and the experience was even better than the first time! I participated in the workshop because I thought it...
Moiz Moiny
Graphic Designer, Al Jamea Saifiyah Arabic Academy, Surat, India
"The Workshop was a life changing experience for me. It really transformed my imagination and broadened my horizons. I feel completely energised and...
Ineke Huyskens
Senior Lecturer on Creative Thinking and Branding, Fontys University, Eindhoven, Netherlands.
”I came back from the Creativity Workshop very inspired: hungry and fulfilled. Both on a personal and a professional level!The program was ve...
Jagruti Narwani
Advertising Professional, Muscat, Oman
“Shelley and Alejandro- A team, a combo which not only ensures an influence over your mind and actions for those few hours of the workshop, but over...
Noemi Santana
Government Relations Consultant, TANA Communications, City Island, NY
“The Workshop practices are easy to remember and can be used on an ongoing basis to continue to stimulate creativity. The class was well-paced and o...
Francine Filion
Director of Communications, Canadian Teachers’ Federation, Ottawa, Canada
“Thank you for reminding us that it’s okay to play and to allow our creativity to flourish. Shelley and Alejandro are so gentle and inspiring. I s...
Sara Bordo
President of NowLive, past Exec Director, Interactive Marketing, Paramount Pictures, Santa Monica, CA
“It was such a great pleasure to meet you and experience the workshop, which brought me so much joy! Your offering is desperately needed in the mark...
Genevieve Procell
Senior Graphic Designer, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana, Baton Rouge, LA
“I just can’t say enough positive things. It was such a wonderful experience – one that inspired me and shook me to the core. It was amazing wha...
Yvonne Campos
CEO/Business Founder, Campos Inc, Pittsburgh, PA
“It was a pleasure to attend the creativity workshop with all of you – what a wonderful, diverse, and engaged group of participants! I was so impr...
Clair Mok
Regional Marketing Manager, Symrise Asia Pacific, Singapore
"I really enjoyed the workshop. I discovered ways to quiet down and get in touch with my inner person - who is the source of my creativity. I j...
Pearl Mapumulo
Marketing Specialist, Astron Energy, Capetown, South Africa
"In this workshop I learned to identify the many things that constrain my creativity. It was amazing to be able to 'play' and shut off that cr...

Artists, Writers, Filmmakers, Performing Artists

Nancy Welch
President, Welch Design Group, Madison, WI
“The Creativity Workshop is one of the best ways to discover a new city. Exploring our creative spirits each evening opened my visual and kinestheti...
Robert Davis
Artist, Shanghai, China
“As a practicing visual artist, I came to the workshop desiring to develop my writing skills. I was looking for practical, but creative exercises I ...
Carroll Blue
Author of “The Dawn at my Back” and Professor Emerita of Film Studies, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA
“I wrote my first published memoir because of this class. The instructors are magicians! They gently pushed us into discovering our unique creativit...
Xavier Cifre
President, Productora Nacional de Teatro, San Juan, Puerto Rico
“The Creativity Workshop helped our professional actors and writers expand their creativity from a new and original perspective in a very nurturing ...
Tiffany Dufu
Women’s Activist and Author, Drop The Ball, a memoir and manifesto. Named as one of the 19 “women who are leading the way” by Huff Post, New York, NY
“Shelley and Alejandro taught me simple practices that unleashed my heart onto the page. Within weeks after taking their workshop I signed with an i...
Peter Spellman
Director of Career Development, Berklee College of Music, Author, Indie Marketing Power: The Guide for Maximizing Your Music Marketing, Boston, MA,
“A very inspiring and useful workshop. In the game plan of our education, most of us hardly ever received encouragement to bust from the box, draw o...
Pamela Boll
Writer, Artist, Documentary Director, Producer of Oscar Winner Born in Brothels, Winchester, Ma
“I cannot tell you how grateful I am for having attended your Workshops. I attended 4 Workshops, 2 of them back to back. They sparked my creative dr...
Stephen Bracco
Freelance Writer, Brooklyn, NY
”A new self-awareness came to light for me during the Prague Workshop, a realization that the creative and personal issues of my life were not there...
Cathy Kee
Choreographer, Singapore, Singapore
”I had a great time at the Workshop. It made me realise that I can do more for myself and possibly influence others, as well. As I did the writing d...
Lisa Pippus
Creative Style Communication Strategist and Fashion Consultant, Berlin, Germany
"The Creativity Workshop is must for fashion and costume designers, or for anyone who wants to help clients express their most authentic selves throug...
Pam Grout
Author, The 100 Best Worldwide Vacations to Enrich Your Life, National Geographic Publishers, 2008
“You will come back (from The Creativity Workshop) with a heart full of artistic passion, completely convinced that creativity and imagination–you...
Anna Citrino
Poet and Secondary School Humanities teacher, American Embassy School, New Delhi, India
"The Creativity Workshop in Prague was one of the best workshops I've ever attended because of its seamless weave between information and experimentat...
Chuck Mills
Writer, Timetravel21, Alexandria, VA
“This was a tremendous experience. I wanted to take my writing in a new direction, and with the help of the insights and tools I got at the Workshop...
Nathalie Habib
General Manager, Blink Studios, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
“The Creativity Workshop is inspiration for the creative heart, mind and soul. It gives you tools that will creatively guide you wherever your road ...
LaDonna Willems
Writer, Poet, and Associate Editorial Director at Dropbox, San Francisco, CA
"As a writer who often works alone, I was looking for an injection of inspiration. The Workshop was an inspiring, eye-opening experience. I came home ...
Toddi Gutner
Former Columnist and Associate Editor for Businessweek, Contributor to Wall Street Journal, Reuters, Forbes and MSN, business communication consultant and author, Chappaqua, NY
“Creativity is the engine of the global economy and is probably the most important characteristic for any business or company to succeed today. The ...
Christina Clodomir
Art Therapist and Dancer, Port-au-Prince, Haiti
”I am so excited to share what I got from this workshop, to enable people to tap into unlimited creativity.”
Lissette Sutton
Author, Mexico City, Mexico
“Attending The Creativity Workshop in New York was a blessing. It changed my focus in writing. I was so concerned about the technique that I forgot ...
Barbara Bazaldua
Writer, Director of Editorial, Disney Consumer Products, Anaheim, CA
“Too often in the workplace, a fear of being judged, of failure, or of appearing foolish stifles our most creative thinking. The Creativity Workshop...
Lee Anne Fahey
Award Winning Actress, New York, NY
“Your Workshop provides an environment that nurtures and supports the creative process in safety and joyfulness. I found power in the “doing” an...
Lad Goldberger
Aspiring Novelist and Assistant Principal (Retired), South Huntington Schools, Huntington, NY
“How could imagination not thrive with two such superb teachers? As a former educator, I was impressed by their unending array of mind-stretching ex...
Barbara Hansen Epplett
Organist and Professor of Organ Music, Emeritus, University of Oregon, Portland, OR
“My 17-year-old granddaughter and I loved the time we spent together in The Creativity Workshop. Everything was well planned and carried out in the ...
Shara Hannah Finerman
Artist, Albuquerque, NM
“A treasure trove of techniques! It was amazing to watch our group begin as strangers and end with open hearts and new friends.”
Hanna Fox
Writer, Publisher, Red Hummingbird Press, Princeton, NJ
“The Workshop was exactly what I needed to reclaim the writer in me. It isn’t often that a trip or a workshop meets all of one’s expectations. B...
Nicki Hambleton
Artist and Art Teacher, Lincoln Community School, Accra, Ghana
“A wonderful way to develop your creativity with like-minded people. The atmosphere is relaxed and respectful. You can join in to your hearts conten...
Doris Doerrie
Award winning Filmmaker of Men (Munner), Professor, Munich Film School, Germany
“Thank you for the great, great inspiration and fun of The Creativity Workshop. It helped me get a whole screenplay done. It was great for me and my...
Courtney Reid
Writer and Assistant Professor of English, Adirondack Community College, Saratoga Springs, NY
“The Creativity Workshop provided the perfect focus for my travel in Greece. The thing that works so wonderfully is the instructors commitment to un...
Vera Eisenberg
Painter, Buenos Aires, Argentina
“The Creativity Workshop in Florence opened up new ways for me to paint. I also made new and wonderful friends. The instruction is superb!”
Craig Trickey
Managing Director, Victoria Keyboard Academy, Gisborne, Australia
“After denying my creative side for many years, this workshop was the perfect way to get the juices flowing again. It is helping me rekindle my pass...
Chandani Lokuge
Author, Director, Centre for Postcolonial Writing, Monash University, Victoria, Australia
“The Creativity Workshop is a practical workshop that inspires. The imaginative journey into memories, the symbolic associations between memory and ...
Sally Naylor
Poet and English Teacher, Baylor School, Chattanooga, TN
“I produced as much poetry in the 5 day Crete Workshop as I did in a month in a conventional poetry workshop. The emphasis on. In process work reall...
Clayton Lachmund
Teacher and Writer, Toowoomba Grammar School, Toowoomba, Australia
“If you want to be pushed to the very edge of your creative limits, then this workshop will deliver. The Creativity Workshop ranks easily with the g...
Sheri Matascik
Composer, Associate Professor of Music, Maryville College, Knoxville, TN
“Shelley and Alejandro are truly masters of creativity exploration. They guide you on a most amazing journey of yourself. Under their skillful navig...
Claudine Merkel
Dancer/Choreographer, Munster, Germany
“The class's spirit of spontaneity gave me energy. Achieving results in a playful way helped me believe in my imagination!”
Rodman Neumann
Writer/Managing Editor, Sterling Publishing, Inc. New York
“I got so much encouragement to keep writing my own work and such a warm and supportive response from the instructors and participants.”
Stephanie Satie
Actress/Playwright, Los Angeles, CA
“The Workshop was a wonderful celebration of our individual possibilities. I can’t wait to take it again. It is food for life.”
Paulette Laufer
Award Winning Playwright, Theatre Manager for the Kennedy Center for the Arts, Washington, D.C.
“The experience of taking the Workshop in Prague two years ago feels like yesterday — it is that close to me. The Workshop has and continues to ha...
Yvonne Axmann
Composer and Musician, Asbury, NJ
“I took the creativity workshop to help me with my writing and composing. This class turned out to be one of the best things I could have done for ...
Shekhar Dhain
Creative Director & CEO, Juicy Audio Productions, Leicester, UK
“It was an absolute joy and a real creative “vitamin shot” to attend the workshop. Thank you for the kindness, patience, dedication and above a...
Amy Zipperer
Playwright, Assistant Professor of English, Georgia Military College, Milledgeville, GA
“I have attended the Workshop 4 times and each time I discover something new. Things I loved:Automatic writing – I took away from this activ...
Willemina van Eeghen
Visual Artist, Doha, Qatar
“Working together with others greatly enhanced my capacity to stop being worried about results and simply create. You showed me that process is what...
Jewel Kinch-Thomas
COO, Events Producer, The Jazz Leadership Project, Stratford, CT
"The Creativity Workshop was a revelatory experience. I can't remember the last time I've used my imagination in such vivid and expansive ways. The wo...
Mary Theresa Green
Actor, Drama Teacher, Lincoln Public High School, Alliance, NE
“I was learning and actively participating in exciting creativity projects during the day, and experiencing the culture of another country in the ev...
Christine Myshka
Artist, Plainfield, NJ
“The Creativity Workshop opened up new ways of thinking and creating for me. I am a visual artist, but I found the writing exercises very freeing an...
Kay Young
Award Winning Actress, Middle School Drama Teacher, ACS International School, Surrey, United Kingdom
“Inspirational people, inspirational places and most of all inspirational mentors! This is my third workshop with Shelley and Alejandro. Every time ...
Mike Edwards
Photographer, American Greetings Cards, Cleveland, OH
“I’ve worked in a creative field (photography), for over 30 years and I’ve had a bit of the Mindfulness training, but I still came away with so ...
Ashton Applewhite
Author of "This Chair Rocks: A Manifesto Against Ageism", New York, NY
“Happy to report that I am working hard and productively, and I do credit The Creativity Workshop with helping me turn a corner, so infinite thanks ...
Nancy Miller
Poet and Creative Writing Teacher, Phillips Academy, North Reading, MA
“As a working poet who was in a bit of a dry spell, I found the exercises very helpful and a lot of fun. The exercises were also easily adapted to m...
Mary Collins
Contemporary Artist and Photographer, Foster City, CA
“This was my 2nd workshop – first was 6 years ago in Florence – also outstanding! The inspiration and support from both the leaders and the grou...
Tamir Greenberg
Tamir Greenberg, Award Winning Poet and Playwright, Tel Aviv, Israel
“The Creativity Workshop in New York went beyond my expectations both times I took it. It really helped me to listen to my instincts and emotions ag...
Michael Kelly
Michael Kelly, Artistic Director, Shakespeare in Action, Toronto, ON, Canada
“I loved the journey this workshop took me on. It reminded me of the rich value and power of story telling. Thank you for all your guidance.”
Dana Ragouzeos
Lead Design Strategist, UCSF, California College of the Arts, San Francisco
"The Workshop took me out of my work environment and allowed me to really connect with more expansive and creative thinking. It was clear there was a ...
Susan Main
Voice Coach and Head of Voice, National Theatre School of Acting, Florence, Italy
"As a professional creative person, I felt rigid in my old paths. This workshop really blew fresh air into my process, and the return to a beginner’...
Emily Schilling
Editor, Electric Consumer, Indiana Electric Cooperatives, Indianapolis, IN
"The Creativity Workshop was the most impactful workshop I’ve ever attended. Through the workshop, I was given permission to “play” — with my ...
Nancy Reid
Artist, Psychologist, Gilberts, IL
"The Creativity Workshop was lovely. Shelley and Alejandro generously shared their passion for creativity in heartfelt ways. The workshop provided a...

Business professionals

Barbara Roberts
Entrepreneur-in-Residence, Columbia University School of Business, New York, NY
“The Creativity Workshop is far above any creative seminar I’ve taken in its inspiration, positive spirit, and techniques. It is important for any...
Brandi Aderholt
Program Manager, Dell EMC, Extreme Scale Infrastructure, Austin, TX
"My sincerest thanks for the amazing workshop this Friday! Taking a day to explore creativity with co-workers is the perfect way to re-energize your t...
Vincent Law
Sr. Vice President Business Analysis, CitiBank, Wilmington, DE

"Your exercises proved to me that everyone is creative by nature and just needs to learn how to trust it and release it.”
Ashlea Wallington
Director of Entrepreneurial Studies and Innovation, University of Sydney, Australia
"What an incredible opportunity, in such a brief period of time, to suspend your daily life and let your creativity flow amongst the magical backdrop ...
Amr Arisha
Professor,Head of Departments of International Business and Entrepreneurship, Dublin Institute of Technology/Graduate College of Business, Dublin, Ireland
“Inspiring Superb workshop. It gave me lots of food for thoughts about creativity. Cognitive and mental contexts were put together in a simple yet e...
Rita Foley
CEO (ret) MeadWestvaco; PetSmart board member, New York, NY
“I would strongly recommend attending this workshop and sending your employees. In an amazingly short period and for a small investment you walk awa...
Wayne Morris
Organizational Improvement Consultancy, New Plymouth, New Zealand
“If your creativity needs a shot in the arm… do The Creativity Workshop. Why? Four reasons really: 1. The Instructors – welcoming, passionate, t...
Julita de la Vega Arias
Engineer, BMW, Munich, Germany
"I was really happy about the workshop's content, the teachers and the format. I would definitely choose to do it again. Shelley and Alejandro ...
Tiffany Dufu
Women’s Activist and Author, Drop The Ball, a memoir and manifesto. Named as one of the 19 “women who are leading the way” by Huff Post, New York, NY
“Shelley and Alejandro taught me simple practices that unleashed my heart onto the page. Within weeks after taking their workshop I signed with an i...
Rencher Gutteridge
Field Operations, Chick-fil-A, Inc., Atlanta, GA
”The exercises helped me to explore my creative side, which in my current profession, I don’t get to do very often. I highly recommend this worksh...
Gail Freeman
Sr. Director Corporate Marketing, RSA, Security Div of EMC, Burlington, MA
"An excellent workshop! You provided new ideas for how to evolve individual creativity into creative collaboration. You were skilled facilitators with...
Einar Wensink
Engineer, Eurocopter, Marseille, France
”I have taken the workshop twice. I loved it the first time, but the 2nd time was even more powerful. Because of the workshop I discovered how to a...
Nancy Welch
President, Welch Design Group, Madison, WI
“The Creativity Workshop is one of the best ways to discover a new city. Exploring our creative spirits each evening opened my visual and kinestheti...
Lia Braaten-Hager
Director of Design, Home Care and Duracell, Procter & Gamble, Cincinnati, OH
"What impressed me most was the creativity that your workshop brought out in our division. We learned new ways to be creative to meet multiple busines...
Kristen Sunde
Writer, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana, Baton Rouge, LA
“I got enough ideas and fresh inspiration from four days to last me for several years! This was hands-down the best workshop/professional developme...
Dianne Eysink
Director of Corporate Communications, Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Louisiana, Baton Rouge, LA
“I got a ton out of the conference. I think it helped me fill my creative tank for my work and my personal life. I also met and spent time with grea...
Nathalie Habib
General Manager, Blink Studios, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
“The Creativity Workshop is inspiration for the creative heart, mind and soul. It gives you tools that will creatively guide you wherever your road ...
Teresa B. Day
Senior Writer, Corporate Communications, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana, Baton Rouge, LA
“Thanks so much for providing this practical, yet freeing opportunity to find creativity everywhere. Since our return, my coworkers and I have recom...
Elvy Pang
Lecturer in the Business School, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Kowloon, Hong Kong
“The Creativity Workshop is brilliant! One of the most life-impacting learning experiences I have ever had.”
Toddi Gutner
Former Columnist and Associate Editor for Businessweek, Contributor to Wall Street Journal, Reuters, Forbes and MSN, business communication consultant and author, Chappaqua, NY
“Creativity is the engine of the global economy and is probably the most important characteristic for any business or company to succeed today. The ...
Beverley Morfitt
Acting Director of the Bermuda National Archives Formerly Assistant Director, Public Affairs, Government of Bermuda, Smith’s Parish, Bermuda
“A thoroughly enjoyable and empowering experience that is the best thing I’ve done for myself in a very long time. The sessions challenged me to e...
Maria Grabriela Montañez
Business Administration Student, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogota, Colombia
“Every class was awesome. It was really nice to meet all different kinds of people from all over the world, but most at all I appreaciate all the d...
Abigail Hunt
Design Thinker: Leadership Development & Innovation at Deloitte, London, United Kingdom
“The workshop was exactly the right thing at the right time for me. Shelly and Alejandro hit just the right note in terms of content and leadership ...
Ineke Huyskens
Senior Lecturer on Creative Thinking and Branding, Fontys University, Eindhoven, Netherlands.
”I came back from the Creativity Workshop very inspired: hungry and fulfilled. Both on a personal and a professional level!The program was ve...
Colleen Mooney
National Account Manager/ AT&T (retired), New Orleans, LA
”The Creativity Workshop gave me very real, easy to use methods of stimulating ideas and using my imagination. The instructors are terrific and the...
Susie Ellis
President, SpaFinder Wellness Inc., and Board Member Global Spa and Wellness Summit, New York, NY
”Shelley Berc and Alejandro Fogel were keynote speakers at the 2012 Global Spa and Wellness Summit in Aspen – offering aspects of their workshop ...
Elene Catrakilis
Attorney, Atlanta, GA
”You made me come alive again, and my family and friends say that they can hear it from the excitement in my voice when I speak about the Workshop a...
Kelly Hevel
Pfizer Project Manager, currently Ex-pat Business Consultant, Istanbul, Turkey
“This was my fourth time taking The Creativity Workshop, and every time it has been different and special. These workshops have helped me transform ...
Barbara Bazaldua
Writer, Director of Editorial, Disney Consumer Products, Anaheim, CA
“Too often in the workplace, a fear of being judged, of failure, or of appearing foolish stifles our most creative thinking. The Creativity Workshop...
Peggy Wrightsman Parolin
Creative Director, Hallmark Cards, Kansas City, MO
“My purpose in coming to this workshop was to free myself from the standard expectations of my role at work. I wanted to engage in a workshop where ...
Diane Pick
President, Negotiation Mastery, Inc., New York, NY
“Shelley and Alejandro started the wheels turning for me. I've been talking for years about writing my book but it was all talk and no action. This ...
Vicki Tanner
Vice President of Product Training & Event Management, Texas Guaranteed Student Loan Corp (TG), Austin, TX
“Many people subscribe to the conventional wisdom that there are two types of people: creative people and everyone else. Others view creativity as a...
Bill English
In-House Management Consultant, Chick-Fil-A Restaurants, Atlanta, GA
“This stuff WORKS! The Workshop showed me how to apply my natural creative talents in the workplace. I have already used free writing and free drawi...
Steve Adams
Small Business Owner, Nacogdoches, TX
“Your Workshop was faithful to every word of its description. Workshops are often misrepresented when marketers attempt to hook as many participants...
Amy White
Vice President, Corporate Communications, Cardinal Health, OH
“I learned how to get back to that fun part of writing at the Workshop. Because I write for a living, I had forgotten how to write for fun. Writing ...
William E. Avera
Ph.D, CFA, Economic Consultant, Dripping Springs, TX
“The workshop was amazing! Through the exercises I was put in touch with long-forgotten events of my youth. I learned new ways to access my memory a...
Judy Spenser-Morris
Designer, Property Developer, Newmarket, United Kingdom
“Thank you for the illuminating experience of your Creativity Workshop in Dublin. Even though I've resumed my usual busy working day, I have already...
Nikki Kearns
Director, CRM Standard Bank, Gauteng, South Africa
“The Workshop allowed me for the first time to really hear my own voice and find a way of expressing it in a way that has been so freeing. From the ...
Ken Mitchell
Owner of the Aviary, a store devoted to Creativity, previously, Product Development and Marketing Exec for the Toy Industry, Seattle, WA
“I attended your workshop in Prague in 2012. It was both inspiring and motivating. As a result of that workshop I ended up opening a Creativity Sho...
Kathleen Paris
Ph.D., Business Consultant, Madison, WI
“I was a participant in your Paris workshop about 5 years ago. I truly cherish the memory of that wonderful week with you and our group. Thank you f...
Claudine O’Leary
Entrepreneur, London, United Kingdom
“The Workshop helped me expand my views on myself and my creativity. Most importantly, the Workshop taught me about creative structure. Through the ...
Sara Waskuch
Interior Designer, Morrisville, VT
“The workshop was a wonderful and a worthwhile experience and very satisfying in every way. The group was dynamic and the material was presented in ...
Ramesh Balan
Journalist, The Saudi Gazette, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
“This workshop was truly a reawakening. After decades of working on mostly the creativity of others, my spring was drying, my flow strained, until S...
Elvin Serrano
 Learning Technology Consultant for Leadership Capabilities and Performance, Humana Insurance,Louisville, KY
“There are many roads to creativity: trusting our instincts and finding a safe environment to manifest them; listening without ears and seeing witho...
JoAnne Southard
Accountant, JMS Consulting, Los Angeles, CA
“Upon arriving in Bruges, I found myself wondering why I flew half way across the world to take a workshop with a bunch of strangers! Well, due to o...
Jo Sumner
Consultant, Ethics Policy/Organizational Development, London, United Kingdom
“I was delighted by the course and didn’t want it to end. Beforehand, I wasn’t sure what to expect and was pretty nervous. The emphasis on relax...
Lisa Caesar
Executive Director, JP Morgan Chase, New York, NY
“Thanks for introducing us to new ways of thinking. I have a feeling that I’ll be experiencing the impact of this class in unexpected ways for the...
Sara Bordo
President of NowLive, past Exec Director, Interactive Marketing, Paramount Pictures, Santa Monica, CA
“It was such a great pleasure to meet you and experience the workshop, which brought me so much joy! Your offering is desperately needed in the mark...
Melinda Eliza Sabo
Corporate Trainer, BMW Group, Monroe, MI
“The Creativity Workshop rekindled a bright, playful enthusiasm that was hidden deep within me. The skills and creative concepts that I learned prov...
Jane Siemens
Learning Consultant, ATB Investor Services, Cochrane, Canada
“I feel rejuvenated after spending time with Shelley and Alejandro as well as the wonderful people I connected with in the class. I have taken away ...
Yvonne Campos
CEO/Business Founder, Campos Inc, Pittsburgh, PA
“It was a pleasure to attend the creativity workshop with all of you – what a wonderful, diverse, and engaged group of participants! I was so impr...
Sharon Wood
Scientist, Director Quality Assurance – Food Safety, H-E-B , San Antonio, TX
“Being a scientist and overseeing a Quality Assurance organization for a large U.S. Retailer is a position where innovation and creativity are expec...
Marjorie Go
Business Owner, BrainRx Learning Plus, Inc., Taguig City, Philippines
"This workshop was an empowering and memorable experience. There was a great chemistry among the participants and with our wise, humble instructor, Dr...
Virpi Laukkanen
Principal Lecturer in Business, Savonia University, Finland
"The Creativity Workshop provided very useful tools for teaching creativity in business. The most important thing I realized in this workshop was that...
Emily Schilling
Editor, Electric Consumer, Indiana Electric Cooperatives, Indianapolis, IN
"The Creativity Workshop was the most impactful workshop I’ve ever attended. Through the workshop, I was given permission to “play” — with my ...
Inke Logtenberg-Steenman
Innovative Coach, ROC Midden Nederland, Hilversum, The Netherlands
"Most important is how my mind was opened up by this workshop, both in the way I look at the world and the way I listen to myself and others."
Carrie Sanders
HR Manager, Dipont Education, Shanghai, China
"I really enjoyed the instructor, Kirpal Singh. He was excellent and I found the exercises very useful. I would have liked more interaction with him- ...
Rabab Shawosh
CRM Manager at ALJ United Finance, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
"It was an amazing experience that i will always remember and talk about. I loved the diversity, coziness and simple approaches to dive deep into the ...

College and University Educators

Amr Arisha
Professor,Head of Departments of International Business and Entrepreneurship, Dublin Institute of Technology/Graduate College of Business, Dublin, Ireland
“Inspiring Superb workshop. It gave me lots of food for thoughts about creativity. Cognitive and mental contexts were put together in a simple yet e...
Carroll Blue
Author of “The Dawn at my Back” and Professor Emerita of Film Studies, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA
“I wrote my first published memoir because of this class. The instructors are magicians! They gently pushed us into discovering our unique creativit...
Ahmad Kareem
Ahmad Kareem Foundation Program Instructor/Mathematics, University of Calgary in Qatar, Doha, Qatar
“I really enjoyed the workshop! My facilitators were great! I loved the activities and it rejuvenated my love for drawing. As a teacher, I’m alway...
Melissa Camacho
Associate Professor & Media Reviewer, San Francisco State University/Common Sense Media, San Mateo, CA
“As a four-time participant of this workshop, I find that each experience provides me with different ways of reconnecting with my creative being, an...
Danijela Menicanin
MD, Stem Cell Researcher and Senior Lecturer in Human Biology, University of Adelaide Medical School, Australia
"Inspiring, mind-blowing, exhilarating, joyful, challenging, awakening… and then some. It was one of the most significant experiences (profes...
Mohey Mowafy
Professor and Director of Clinical Dietetics, Northern Michigan University, Marquette, MI
“I am using the Workshop exercises in teaching hard-core science classes. The Creativity Workshop remains etched in my mind as one of the most rejuv...
Victoria Maizes MD
Executive Director, Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine, Professor of Medicine and Public Health University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
“Through evocative exercises Shelley and Alejandro gently lead us back to our creative impulses. As a physician I loved revisiting and reawakening t...
Kevin Ahern & Indira Rajagopal
Biochemists, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR
“I found the workshop to be a wonderful exploration of the roots of creativity with many useful tips and insights about the creative process. As a ...
Elvy Pang
Lecturer in the Business School, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Kowloon, Hong Kong
“The Creativity Workshop is brilliant! One of the most life-impacting learning experiences I have ever had.”
Peter Spellman
Director of Career Development, Berklee College of Music, Author, Indie Marketing Power: The Guide for Maximizing Your Music Marketing, Boston, MA,
“A very inspiring and useful workshop. In the game plan of our education, most of us hardly ever received encouragement to bust from the box, draw o...
Azzah Batterjee
Marketing Lecturer, Dar Al-Hekma University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
"I loved the workshop. It brought out a very happy visual side of me that I seldom explore. Taking it in the beautiful city of Florence really enhance...
Ghadah Fakieh
Vice President of Institutional Advancement, Dar Al-Hekma University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
"The workshop not only gave me a great learning experience in creativity techniques, it also helped me find out more about myself and my future dreams...
Myra Frady
Dean for Resource Planning and CFO, Oxford College of Emory University, Oxford, GA
“Can four dots on a page change your life? Give yourself permission to find out. The Creativity Workshop offers an opportunity to get in touc...
Eli Zamski
President, Achva College of Education, Moshav Kidron, Israel
”The workshop was very productive and enthusiastic. Shelley and Alejandro are excellent and gifted instructors. They managed to lead a group of stra...
Kim Shaw
Physical Education Teacher, Cary Academy, Cary, NC
”My experience at The Creativity Workshop was outstanding. I was able to learn how to be creative and not so rigid in my thinking. It inspired me ...
Heather Vogt
Principal, Endeavor College, Mawson Lakes, Australia
“I really enjoyed the Workshop. Personally for me it was the injection of inspiration I needed at this time in my career. In a job where the day to...
Eleanor Carducci
College Professor, Sussex County Community College, Newton, NJ
“Creativity is a delicate flower. You nurtured it with compassion, inspiration, and imagination. Because of your Workshop I now experience the world...
Sabrina Kehoe
Associate Director, Interdisciplinary Centre for Culture and Creativity (ICCC), Arts and Science, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada
“I came to the Creativity Workshop for personal and professional reasons. I felt like I was getting stuck in a rut. I felt like I was losing the “...
Ineke Huyskens
Senior Lecturer on Creative Thinking and Branding, Fontys University, Eindhoven, Netherlands.
”I came back from the Creativity Workshop very inspired: hungry and fulfilled. Both on a personal and a professional level!The program was ve...
Dr Margaret McVeigh
New Media and Screenwriting, Brisbane, Australia
”To find myself in NYC in the middle of the artistic and cultural hub that is New York with a room full of like-minded people from around the globe ...
Deanna Roozendaal
English Instructor, Camosun College, Victoria, BC, Canada
"I am leaving this workshop full of hopes and dreams. I have rediscovered my imagination, an old, unacknowledged and trusted friend. I believe in my...
Prue Andrus
RN, Lecturer in Nursing, Murdoch University, Barragup, Australia
”Wow what a wonderful week it has been. It brought out a very different me. I purchased a small sketch book (that will now live in my handbag). Then...
Francesca Salidu
International HR Manager at Piaggio, Italy
“If it wasn’t for this class I fear I never would have finished my master’s thesis. I was blocked until I took the Workshop. The class breaks do...
Alexandr Tsimerman
College Professor, The College for Academic Studies, Raanana, Israel
“The greatest experience ever! The most influencing and powerful “intervention” to releasing my inner creative creature. THANK YOU ...
Janine C. Edwards
Professor and Co-Director of the Leadership in Medicine Program, Texas A & M University, College Station, TX
“The Creativity Workshop empowers people of many different ages to make transitions in their lives. The artist-teachers do this by stimulating refle...
Barbara Hansen Epplett
Organist and Professor of Organ Music, Emeritus, University of Oregon, Portland, OR
“My 17-year-old granddaughter and I loved the time we spent together in The Creativity Workshop. Everything was well planned and carried out in the ...
Doris Doerrie
Award winning Filmmaker of Men (Munner), Professor, Munich Film School, Germany
“Thank you for the great, great inspiration and fun of The Creativity Workshop. It helped me get a whole screenplay done. It was great for me and my...
Courtney Reid
Writer and Assistant Professor of English, Adirondack Community College, Saratoga Springs, NY
“The Creativity Workshop provided the perfect focus for my travel in Greece. The thing that works so wonderfully is the instructors commitment to un...
Noel Powell
Head of Unite Program, School of Engineering, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa
“I came because I wanted to do something out of my comfort zone. It certainly was! The whole experience was so relaxing and opened new doors and win...
Evan Mazunik
Student, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
“In The Creativity Workshop, I found a place to dream, to question, to understand. I strongly believe that we should fearlessly guard such spaces an...
Joanna Reed
Professor, Sussex County Community College, Newton, NJ
“The Workshop was an inspirational connection with body and soul.The instructors moved us to see in a new way. I never would have experienced Floren...
Cheryl Johnson
English Professor, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID
“The instructors do not waste any class time and set a delightful tone of reflective and playful practice. The well thought-out exercises help parti...
Pamela Perry
Associate Professor of Sociology, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA
“I brought the workshop exercises into my senior thesis writing class. The students LOVED them, and their writing was far better than students work ...
Mary Cross
Ph.D., Dean and Professor Emerita of English, Fairleigh Dickinson University, Morris County, NJ
“As a writer, I have to say the workshop stands as a crucial juncture in my work. The instructors were excellent guides to finding one's buried or s...
Sheri Matascik
Composer, Associate Professor of Music, Maryville College, Knoxville, TN
“Shelley and Alejandro are truly masters of creativity exploration. They guide you on a most amazing journey of yourself. Under their skillful navig...
Laura Fasick
Professor, Minnesota State University, Moorhead, MN
“One of the best investments of my life! I thought long and hard before deciding to commit the time and money to attend The Creativity Workshop in P...
Dr Cathie Harrison EdD
Professor in Early Childhood Education, Australian Catholic University, Alexandria, Australia
“As an academic, researcher, and writer in the area of early childhood education I speak and write a lot about the importance of play and creativity...
Amy Zipperer
Playwright, Assistant Professor of English, Georgia Military College, Milledgeville, GA
“I have attended the Workshop 4 times and each time I discover something new. Things I loved:Automatic writing – I took away from this activ...
Melita Schaum
Author, Professor, Berkeley, CA
“The Creativity Workshop in Florence was a unique and wonderful experience, both individually and in the community spirit it created. Through its or...
April Goral
Career Advisor, UC-Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA
“My workshop experience was fun, enlightening and a chance to meet international individuals who were open to increasing their realm of creativity t...
Tanya M. Keels
Admissions Records Specialist, Brevard Community College, Melbourne, Australia
“The Workshop awakened the creativity bug within me. I would do this again and again. The new people that I met and the new friendships that I have ...
Renee Kilmer
Vice President of Instruction (ret), Cabrillo College, Aptos, CA
“The Creativity Workshop was the perfect antidote to my stalled creativity. After nearly two decades in senior administration in college, working la...
Dinka Spirovska
 Assistant Professor of Journalism and Mass Communications, American University of Bulgaria, Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria
“Indeed I want to thank you for an extraordinary experience in the Creativity Workshop – New York City October 17 – 20, 2014. It was full of won...
Jean Avera
Social Worker, SW Instructor, University of Texas, Austin, TX
“The workshop in Barcelona was amazing. Using the city as a context for inspiring creativity was a marvelous experience. All of the class activities...
Amrita McKinney
Librarian, Higher Colleges of Technology, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
“The combination of writing and drawing exercises were a nice blend, as were the varying size groups we worked in and the various individuals we pai...
Kerry Johnson
ESL Instructor, University of the Fraser Valley, Vancouver, Canada
“I was most struck by how quickly a positive, cooperative atmosphere was established within the group. I had some wonderful conversations while work...
Nathaniel Hudson
Educator, Cairo American College, Cairo, Egypt
“I really enjoyed my time in Chania at the Creativity Workshop. It was great to have a period of time in the morning devoted to being creative and e...
Blake Belanger
PLA, ASLA, Assoc. Professor, Landscape Architecture & Community Planning, Kansas State University, KS
"The instructors masterfully created an environment where I felt safe to explore, experiment, take risks. I was inspired by my fellow workshop attende...
Lubov Andrusiv
Associate Professor of Engineering Mechanics, US Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, CO
"I will definitely incorporate this workshop’s ideas in my engineering classroom. Every day you prepared new “surprises” and interesting project...
Abdeali Rampurawala
Lecturer in Arabic Literature, Al jamea tus Saifiyah Arabic Academy, Surat, India
"The Creativity Workshop was beyond my expectations. It was a stimulating workshop which made me think about my professional work from multiple new a...
Shay Noter
Professor, HEMDA - Center of Science Education, Tel Aviv, Israel
"The workshop was a great experience for me. It gave me some great ideas about ways to encourage creative thinking in my students and myself. I...

Government

Gloria Berbena
Assistant Cultural Attaché, US Information Service, US Embassy, Rome, Italy
“I unreservedly recommend this course! Shelley Berc and Alejandro Fogel taught their Creativity Workshop as American Cultural Specialists under the ...
Louise LaRocque
Canada’s Ambassador to Croatia and Kosovo, Zagreb, Croatia
“One measure of the success of this workshop for me is that I want to continue to use these exercises for my further development. The workshop was b...
Beverley Morfitt
Acting Director of the Bermuda National Archives Formerly Assistant Director, Public Affairs, Government of Bermuda, Smith’s Parish, Bermuda
“A thoroughly enjoyable and empowering experience that is the best thing I’ve done for myself in a very long time. The sessions challenged me to e...
Patricia Mechael
Executive Director, The Health Alliance, UN Foundation, Washington, DC
“I don't know where to begin in expressing my appreciation… for the transformative experience that the Creativity Workshop was for me. As an artis...
Valbona Kuko
MBA, Director, Department of Strategy and Donor Coordination, Council of Ministers, Prime Minister’s Office, Tirana, Albania
“It was the first time in my career to participate in this kind of workshop called the Creativity Workshop. I have learned many things from this wor...
Deborah B. Reeve
Ed. D., Deputy Executive Director, National Association of Elementary School Principals, Washington, DC
“I cannot tell you how inspiring your workshop was! I continue to draw inspiration from those few days!”
Jeanne Arthur
Executive Officer, ACT Board of Secondary School Studies, Sydney, Australia
“The Workshop was extremely valuable in generating my awareness of my creativity and in stimulating ideas for my professional life.”
Judy Ferguson
Community Development Officer, London, UK
"I am still buzzing from the impact The Creativity Workshop had on me. It gave me a great boost and a sense of permission to explore my writing and st...

Health professionals, Coaches and Therapists

Dr. Lyndel Cuesta
Psychologist, Victoria, Australia
"The Creativity Workshop in Florence was one of the most enjoyable and valuable workshops I have ever attended. The content was excellent, with lots o...
Chris McCarthy
Director, Innovation Learning Network and Innovation specialist for Kaiser Permanente, USA
"I brought my two innovation teams for a week to work with Shelley and Alejandro. I can't say that I knew exactly what we were getting into at first. ...
Victoria Maizes MD
Executive Director, Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine, Professor of Medicine and Public Health University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
“Through evocative exercises Shelley and Alejandro gently lead us back to our creative impulses. As a physician I loved revisiting and reawakening t...
Ben Mahoney
Communications Manager, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Louisiana
"The Creativity Workshop was a turning point for me, especially in how I approach my work. It's the place where I learned to be vulnerable, explore ev...
Estee Neuwirth
Senior Director, Innovation & Design Kaiser Permanente Healthcare, Oakland, CA
"I loved the Creativity Workshop, more than I could have imagined. I came with my Innovation team and the time was well spent. We got to know each oth...
Ian Holding
GP Liaison Orthopedic Department, Christchurch Hospital, Christchurch, New Zealand
“Shelley Berc and Alejandro Fogel run life changing courses on creativity. Best week of fun and change in my life. If you want to breakout of limite...
Cynthia Bazan
Events and Administration, Innovation Learning Network at Kaiser Permanente, San Francisco, CA
"My workshop experience highlighted how much more creative I could be on a daily basis. The facilitators were excellent. I felt as though I could talk...
Vivian Kulaga
PhD, International Health and Wellness Expert in Complex Illness, Toronto, Canada
"The creative exercises reconnected me to some of the most basic joys associated with being human - living in the moment, channelling creative express...
Mohey Mowafy
Professor and Director of Clinical Dietetics, Northern Michigan University, Marquette, MI
“I am using the Workshop exercises in teaching hard-core science classes. The Creativity Workshop remains etched in my mind as one of the most rejuv...
Christina Clodomir
Art Therapist and Dancer, Port-au-Prince, Haiti
”I am so excited to share what I got from this workshop, to enable people to tap into unlimited creativity.”
Mitchell Dowalgo
Pastor, St Albert Great Newman Center, Las Cruces, NM
”There were so many kindred spirits with such wonderful diversity. The Workshop was the right environment for us to share our insights and experienc...
Patricia Mechael
Executive Director, The Health Alliance, UN Foundation, Washington, DC
“I don't know where to begin in expressing my appreciation… for the transformative experience that the Creativity Workshop was for me. As an artis...
Louis Gleckel
M.D., New York, NY
“The Workshop helped me open my mind to new ways to stimulate my creativity and give me a better idea of direction.All in a warm and supportiv...
Anne Selvik
PHD. Psychologist, Oslo, Norway
“Wonderful workshop leaders and wonderful participants. I am so happy I took this Workshop.”
Danijela Menicanin
MD, Stem Cell Researcher and Senior Lecturer in Human Biology, University of Adelaide Medical School, Australia
"Inspiring, mind-blowing, exhilarating, joyful, challenging, awakening… and then some. It was one of the most significant experiences (profes...
Deborah Nunziata
Psychologist, Calgary, Canada
”I am happy to write about my positive experience at the Creativity Workshop. Shelley and Alejandro were excellent instructors. They were so warm an...
Dianne Eysink
Director of Corporate Communications, Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Louisiana, Baton Rouge, LA
“I got a ton out of the conference. I think it helped me fill my creative tank for my work and my personal life. I also met and spent time with grea...
Prue Andrus
RN, Lecturer in Nursing, Murdoch University, Barragup, Australia
”Wow what a wonderful week it has been. It brought out a very different me. I purchased a small sketch book (that will now live in my handbag). Then...
Philippa Naivasha
Social Worker and School Counsellor, Sydney, Australia
”I had a great time attending The Creativity Workshop in Barcelona. I loved it! My experience of seeing the city that I had been dreaming of visiti...
Jana Hummel
MD, Geriatrics, Heddesheim, Germany
“I very much enjoyed the creativity class, especially the visual journeys and the writing parts. It was also great to meet all the different people ...
Pauline Crawford
Business Psychologist and Image Consultant, Corporate Heart, London, United Kingdom
“The teachers are brilliant at making one feel you’re the only person being attended to.”
Denise Mullen
Psychologist, Irvine, CA
“This Workshop proved to be more impacting and practical than I could have imagined. Since returning home I’ve used its ideas and methods in my ow...
Janine C. Edwards
Professor and Co-Director of the Leadership in Medicine Program, Texas A & M University, College Station, TX
“The Creativity Workshop empowers people of many different ages to make transitions in their lives. The artist-teachers do this by stimulating refle...
Gwendolyn McCormick
Veterinarian, Danbury, CT
“After the workshop ended, I couldn't stop writing and sketching. I filled up three journals over the next week! When my left brain was leading me d...
Diana Matteson
Art Therapist, Mechanicsburg, PA
“I liken Shelley and Alejandro to Pied Pipers, leading workshop participants along a path of creativity that opens both inner and outer worlds to an...
Sheila Coelho
Marriage and Family Therapist, Syracuse, NY
“I have taken this workshop twice and have found each time equally enlightening and enriching. The experience allowed me not only to see the world a...
Kim Oshirak
MD, Pediatrician and former Lieutenant Commander, US Navy, Manassas, VA
“My best friend and I met in NYC to participate in The Creativity Workshop. I traveled from Germany, she from Virginia. We explored the corners of o...
Jean Avera
Social Worker, SW Instructor, University of Texas, Austin, TX
“The workshop in Barcelona was amazing. Using the city as a context for inspiring creativity was a marvelous experience. All of the class activities...
Cassandra Ohlsen
MD, Monterey, CA
“Thank you for giving me one of the best and most meaningful experiences in my life. Your workshop helped me realize my longing to write. It has ill...
Vinod Thacore
Psychiatrist, Melbourne, Australia
“The Creativity Workshop in Prague enabled me to think in  new and different directions and to be more observant. In my profession we learn to list...
Alice Sigel
Psychotherapist, New York, NY
“The workshop has sent me to new vistas within myself, parts of me that I really love. I felt I was in my element. Now how to do this without a comm...
Rev. Dr. Molly Dale Smith
Clergy, Nashville, TN
“I am very glad I participated in the workshop and have much to think about as I consider how these four days will impact the rest of my life. Thank...
Leslie Cardell
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, New York
"Years later, I still think about the richness of that experience, and how much it has helped me to keep creative expression alive in my daily life. T...
Zita Tulyahikayo
Systemic Coach and Hypnotherapist, Zita Tulyahikayo Ltd, London, UK
"I found the Creativity Workshop by way of a random google search. In hindsight it was a pivotal moment in the way I approach my work as a systemic co...

K-12 Teachers

K. Renae Pullen
Fund for Teachers Fellow, 4th grade Science and Social Studies, Riverside Elementary School, Shreveport, LA
"The Creativity Workshop is a dynamic six-day workshop that combines travel, interactive experiences, and collaboration with other professionals to de...
Dave Schettler
Principal, Blumenort School, Alberta, Canada
"The Creativity Workshop - New York City - was the most enjoyable session that I have attended in my twenty-five plus years in education. This ...
Deborah Whalen
Principal, St. Agnes Academy, Houston, TX
"Why was this workshop so important? Because we we learned that creativity is a muscle: use it or lose it; we learned that we must help our students u...
Daniel Lamken
IB English Teacher, American School of Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
“One of the qualities of a meaningful experience is that it grows in depth and positive regard as time goes on. That is how I feel about The Creativ...
Jodie Hopkins
40 year Teaching Veteran, American International School of Vienna, Austria
"Everyone who is looking for fun and creative ways to approach retirement should take this wonderful course!!! It gave me a spectacular opportunity to...
Linda Mishkin
International School of Florence, High School English teacher, Florence, Italy
"The Creativity Workshop in Florence has been an inspired and inspiring opportunity to visualize, draw, write, color, cut and paste, and whisper--a j...
Noah Kaufman
History Teacher/At Risk Students, FFT Fellow, Boston Public Schools, Boston, MA
“The workshop activities stimulated perception, curiosity, and inspiration in the world around me. The workshop activities have become a source of i...
Xiaoyan Zhang
Chinese Language Teacher Shanghai American School, China
"The Workshop was a transformative experience, helping me to change the way I look at life and inspire me to develop new language teaching stra...
Jozeph Zaremba
Artist and High School Art Teacher, Boston Public Schools, Boston, MA
"My third Workshop! Thanks for your joyous energy, spreading the seeds of creativity. I am sharing my new insights from your latest class with...
Maria Gonzalez
Teacher, Fund for Teachers Recipient, Richmond, TX
“The Creativity Workshop was a life-changing experience. I would recommend this workshop to anyone regardless of their career.”
Kate Moore
Fund for Teachers Fellow, K1-6 Art, Citizens of World Charter Schools, Kansas City, KS
"In this Workshop I had the opportunity to work with some of the greatest minds in education today and learn techniques to overcome obstacles that kee...
Noel Shepherd
Creative Writing Teacher, Sheridan School, Washington, DC
“I taught a creative writing class yesterday afternoon and felt a new confidence after the summer's Creativity Workshop. My students seem more excit...
Sasha Robins
English teacher, Al-Bayan Bilingual School, Kuwait
"I have done many Professional Development Classes in my life but none more grounded in practicality and reality than The Creativity Workshop. It gave...
Sondra White
Marketing Communications Manager, Editor, Spirit Magazine, Texas A&M Foundation, College Station, TX
“The class was so much more than I ever expected. It is going to benefit both my career and my personal creative journey. It has also given me sever...
Ariane Veras
STEM teacher, São Luís Island, Maranhão, Brazil
"The Workshop in Brasilia was an awakening for me. During those incredible days, my creativity began to flow and suddenly a new cycle started in my li...
Pamela Pine-Petthong
Grade 8 Humanities, International School Bangkok, Thailand
“The Creativity Workshop was truly inspiring. With our school’s increased focus on creativity, the timing could not have been more perfect. In the...
Rondi Aastrup
Principal, Greater Boston Academy, Stoneham, MA
“The Creativity Workshop really changed my life. Freed my imagination. I saw my classmates come alive, too. When a fellow participant said to me: "F...
Cynthia Montgomery
Teacher, The Westminster Schools, Marietta, GA
“The Creativity Workshop is an incredibly freeing experience. Learning so many different techniques for slowing down, observing and feeling in order...
Danielle Rosendaal
EAL teacher International School of Bangkok, Bangkok, Thailand
“The workshop activities have activated and encouraged me to use more imagination in my teaching. In my role as an EAL (English as an Additional Lan...
Kim Shaw
Physical Education Teacher, Cary Academy, Cary, NC
”My experience at The Creativity Workshop was outstanding. I was able to learn how to be creative and not so rigid in my thinking. It inspired me ...
Violet Towell
Vice Principal, Thames Valley District School Board, London, Canada
”Both my husband and I thoroughly enjoyed The Creativity Workshop. It helped us reawaken our creative instincts and reminded us about the need to ma...
Katie Alaniz
Instructional Technologist/Computer Teacher, River Oaks Baptist School, Houston, TX
”The Creativity Workshop, quite honestly, was the most unique, compelling, and impactful professional (and personal) development workshop in which I...
Ben Matthews
Director, Safe and Healthy School Support Division, North Carolina Department of Public Instruction, Raleigh, NC
”I found the experience to be mind-altering. Each day I lost myself in the workshop activities and could not believe when class time came to an end....
Bart De Roeck
Headmaster, International School of Leuven, Antwerp, Belgium
“The Creativity Workshop gave me such an energy boost! It left me wanting to go straight back to my new school to try out all these new wonderful te...
Cherise Ayers
Fund for Teachers Recipient, English Teacher, Maynard Jackson High School, Atlanta, GA
“During the course of the workshop, I felt my creative self come out of hibernation. I left each day having written things that I didn’t know were...
Anna Marie Erbes
Principal, St. Paul Public School District, St. Paul, MN
“The Workshop enabled me to be a stronger instructional leader. I encourage educational leaders to attend The Creativity Workshop with fellow school...
Heather Bermingham
Fund For Teachers Fellow, Cortland School District, New York
"I came to The Creativity Workshop with the goal of learning strategies to bring back to my classroom, things that would help my students get past the...
Ashlee Land
Fund for Teachers Recipients, Houston Fellow, Houston, TX
“Each activity in The Creativity Workshop demonstrated that there are multiple creative means for each individual to follow their own creative proce...
Deborah B. Reeve
Ed. D., Deputy Executive Director, National Association of Elementary School Principals, Washington, DC
“I cannot tell you how inspiring your workshop was! I continue to draw inspiration from those few days!”
Nancy Gibson
Ridgefield Board of Education, Ridgefield, CT
“Kudos to our teachers for creating a truly safe environment, which forged a sense of community and creativity, new friendships and ideas. Many of u...
Jan Little
AP English Teacher, Brentwood High School, Nashville, TN
“I worked harder in this workshop and had more fun and felt more fulfilled than with any other professional development I have ever taken.”
Lad Goldberger
Aspiring Novelist and Assistant Principal (Retired), South Huntington Schools, Huntington, NY
“How could imagination not thrive with two such superb teachers? As a former educator, I was impressed by their unending array of mind-stretching ex...
Jan Karman
English Teacher, Wayland High School, Southborough, MA
“The Creativity Workshop was life changing! As a creative writing teacher and a writer for so many years, I doubted whether I’d hear anything new....
Nicki Hambleton
Artist and Art Teacher, Lincoln Community School, Accra, Ghana
“A wonderful way to develop your creativity with like-minded people. The atmosphere is relaxed and respectful. You can join in to your hearts conten...
Dr. Alice Daum Coen
Educator/Administrator, Hartford County, Maryland Public Schools, Hartford County, MD
“I've taken your Workshops twice! They have become a precious part of the ongoing tapestry of this journey called life. And, in deep, deep winter I ...
Juliana James
4th Grade Teacher, Frost Lake Magnet School, Saint Paul, MN
“Never be discouraged by the doubts of others, keep true to your own being this is what I learned from The Creativity Workshop. Participants are saf...
Lanette Breedt
Artist and Teacher, Gauteng, South Africa
“I am now using your visualization exercises with 200 children. Your workshop is touching the lives of many, many people here in South Africa. My dr...
Heidi Lang
Teacher of Gifted Students. Falls Church City Public Schools, Falls Church, VA
“The Florence Creativity Workshop taught me the value of sharing my ideas and work with others. The observation exercises had me noticing all sorts ...
Dr. Drucilla Clark
Principal, Lakeview Elementary School, Denville, NJ
“The Creativity Workshop was a chance to use the colorful pieces of my life story, appreciate their value, and put together those individual gems to...
Clayton Lachmund
Teacher and Writer, Toowoomba Grammar School, Toowoomba, Australia
“If you want to be pushed to the very edge of your creative limits, then this workshop will deliver. The Creativity Workshop ranks easily with the g...
Dianne Stuckey
Teacher, American School of Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
“I only wish that more people could experience what you have to offer. You gave me a feeling a freedom that I NEVER felt before. Shelley and Alejand...
Joyce Standing
Teacher, Overlake Elementary School, Redmon, WA
“The greatest gift I received from the Workshop was to learn in a different way. We took time to focus, take risks, and experiment with different me...
Cindy Tochterman
High School Science Teacher, Andrews, TX
“I am so glad my husband and I took the time to do this. My teaching career requires me to move from topic to topic at breakneck speed, so the luxur...
Juli Evers and Debra Blondeau
Fund for Teachers Recipients, Hospital Agencies, Minneapolis, MN
“One hour a day, Monday through Friday, at either the University of Minnesota Masonic Children’s Hospital or the nearby Ronald McDonald House,...
Ronda Goodale
Teacher, Boston Public Schools, Boston, MA
“The conference was an incredibly meaningful experience for me. It fueled my creativity in writing and art and provided me with lots of ideas I can ...
Nazarudin A. Bakar
Teacher, Bedok View Secondary School, Singapore
“The Workshop techniques are so simple yet, so relevant to today’s learning context. They teach how to examine the world for details, which at mos...
Anna Morrison
Business Education Teacher, Oak Creek High School, Oak Creek, WI
“Prague – what a beautiful and historic city to explore creativity! The facilities were gorgeous. Shelley and Alejandro guided our creative explor...
Gretchen Powers
Tamanend Middle School Social Studies Teacher, Central Bucks School District, New Britain, PA
“Shelley and Alejandro are fabulous teachers. They bring back the inner curiosity and creativity that you once had as a child. They made me remember...
Majid Nasser Eddin
Arabic faculty, Kings Academy, Amman, Jordan
"It was a pleasure to meet up with such brilliant minds during The Creativity Workshop. The instructors demonstrated great experience, marvelous patie...
Megan Fisackerly
Teacher, Houston ISD, Houston, TX
“Just 15 minutes – look what you did!”. This was said so often in the Creativity Workshop as we employed short, targeted, and simple exercises t...
April Gamble
M.Ed-Literacy, 5th Grade Teacher, Ashley IB Elementary Magnet School, Winston-Salem, NC
“Feeling somewhat anxious about traveling to the “Big Apple” alone, I refused to allow fear to deter me from an opportunity to tap into my imagi...
Shari Ray
Teacher, English and Writing, St. Mary’s Episcopal School, Memphis, TN
“Practically perfect in every way! This  was one of the best professional development opportunities I have ever had. The workshop encouraged me per...
Jumana Swaid
Teacher, American International School of Jeddah, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
“I want to thank both of my amazing instructors for a fantastic experience. The workshop was above expectations and I would love to attend again.”...
Lina Shaheen
Biology Teacher, Kings Academy, Amman, Jordan
"The Creativity Workshop was different from any workshop I have participated in, it was a great experience! I particularly benefited from the e...
Ava Marron
Teacher, Democracy Prep Public Schools, New York, NY
“The Creativity Workshop is a four day exploration into your mind and soul. You are comforted with your fears, goals, dreams. The zen like facilitat...
Lynn Williams
Teacher, Fund for Teachers Recipient, Kingwood, TX
“I want to thank the team for an incredible workshop with so many activities that I can use in the classroom. The idea that I was able start from a ...
Rachel Escobar
Math Teacher, Westmark School, Encino, CA
“My experience definitely opened my eyes to a new perspective on the world! As a math teacher, I struggle to “shut off my mind” but the exercise...
Jack Degelia and Catherine Huvar
Fund for Teachers Recipients, Katy Independent School District, Katy, TX
“We brought back a flood of new ideas for introducing new lesson plans and formulas for tapping into our students' creativity and expanding their kn...
Eric MacDonald
Educator, Hong Kong Internat’l School, Hong Kong
“The experience was engaging and fun. There was a clear plan. This Workshop really delivers. The reverberations are profound.”
Marian Xanders
Math Teacher, The Gilman School, Baltimore, MD
“I’ve been raving about the class to friends and colleagues. Shelley and Alejandro created an environment and provided activities that were encour...
Ezdihar Zayyad
Art Teacher, Kings Academy, Amman, Jordan
"The Creativity Workshop in Florence was fantastic. I gained so many benefits from the workshop exercises and techniques and by exchanging ideas with ...
Rajni Khanna
Elementary School Indian Studies Teacher American Embassy School, New Delhi
"The Creativity Workshop' was just so amazing. Being a non-creative person in art, I had a great time exploring myself and the ways I can be more crea...
Claudia Ramirez-Freytes
Spanish teacher, The Steward School. Richmond, VA
"This Workshop really opened my eyes in a way that no other workshop has done before. Simple tools like observation and revisiting my own past are exc...