Register Now for our Creativity in Collaboration Workshop
Sign up for this workshop to learn about new tools that promote flexible thinking and creative interactions in difficult times! Register by June 1, 2025.
Dear collaborative discussion friends,
This week we are excited to share that registration is now open for our online workshop, Creativity in Collaboration: New Tools and Practices for Getting Beyond Fixed Thinking. This workshop will take place from 2 pm – 4 pm (eastern) on Thursday, June 12. During this workshop, we will model new activities that will be added to the CDP Toolkit. These activities were developed by CDP Coach and 2025 Visiting Fellow, Don Waisanen, and he will be leading this workshop. The deadline to register for this workshop is June 1, 2025.
Whether you are new to the Collaborative Discussion Project (CDP) or already a CDP Coach, this workshop is a great way to learn about new tools that promote flexible thinking and creative interactions in difficult times. Register today!
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Creativity in Collaboration Workshop
How can we foster creativity in our interactions with others? What skills and practices set the foundations for joyful, innovative conversations to flourish? And how can we help individuals and groups get beyond fixed thinking, shift mindsets, and broaden their roles to tap into their most generative, creative, and fun selves toward collaborative solutions?
This Creativity in Collaboration Workshop is designed to introduce key creative collaboration insights and practices and provide an overview of how participants can set the stage for innovative approaches to collaboration. This workshop will also offer a brief overview of the Collaborative Discussion Project (CDP) Toolkit, modeling new and innovative activities to promote flexible thinking and creative interactions in difficult times.
By the end of this workshop, participants will…
Gain a deeper understanding of key creative collaboration concepts, skills, mindsets, and practices
Carry out a self- and peer-reflection of creative collaboration strengths and areas for growth
Understand a tested sequence of interactive exercises and thought experiments that each build on one another to promote generative collaboration
Apply practices for setting positive climates, promoting broad thinking, broadening roles, opening spaces for communication, and more
Learn about fun activities from the CDP Toolkit that can be used in whole or part in any facilitation, group process, or meeting
When: 2 pm - 4 pm (eastern) on June 12
Where: Online via Zoom, with small group breakout sessions
How much does it cost? $40
When is the registration deadline? Sunday, June 1, 2025
Questions? Contact Ritu Thomas at rthomas@interactivityfoundation.org
Register today for this workshop. All are welcome!
Become a Collaborative Discussion Coach
Become a CDP Coach like Don and join our growing community of 150+ coaches. Register now for our July or September Collaborative Discussion Coach Training.
July 2025 Coach Training
When: 12 pm – 3 pm (eastern) on July 21, 22, 23, 24, and 25
Where: Online via Zoom, with small group breakout sessions
How much does it cost? $495
When is the deadline to register? Sunday, June 22, 2025
September 2025 Coach Training
When: 6 pm – 8 pm (eastern) on September 4, 11, 18, 25, and October 2
Where: Online via Zoom, with small group breakout sessions
How much does it cost? $495
When is the deadline to register? Sunday, August 3, 2025
We are able to offer a discounted price due to the generous support of the Interactivity Foundation. Our programming should never be cost prohibitive. Please contact us if a scholarship is needed.
If you are interested but these dates don’t work for you, don’t worry. We will keep you posted as future trainings are scheduled. We are also open to offering cohort trainings. Please reach out and we can explore possibilities.
Want to learn more? Sign up for a free webinar
Join us for an Introduction to the CDP Toolkit Webinar, where you will learn more about:
Our free toolkit of activities designed to build and support collaborative discussion skills and mindsets
Collaborative Discussion Coach Trainings and becoming a CDP Coach
How our current CDP Coaches use the toolkit in their classrooms, communities, and workplaces
All are welcome! Register for an upcoming webinar:
Looking forward to collaborating,
The Collaborative Discussion Project Team