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     JANUARY 25, 1999
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     T&D EXTRA is an information service of Training & Development
     magazine, published by the American Society for Training &
     Development, www.astd.org.
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     THIS WEEK:

     1. Think Like a da Vinci
     2. Lifelong Learning Champions
     3. Interactive Multimedia-Winter
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     THINK LIKE A DA VINCI

     How do geniuses think? That's the question that "Thinkertoys" author
     Michael Michalko helps to answer in his book, "Cracking Creativity:
     The Secrets of Creative Genius."

     Michalko says that you can learn to think like a creative genius and
     apply that to your own career and personal life. He researched
     hundreds of thinkers to identify common creative-thinking strategies
     of such luminaries as Einstein, Mozart, Galileo, Edison, and da Vinci.
     The strategies are divided into "Seeing What No One Else Is
     Seeing"-how creative geniuses spawn new perspectives by representing
     problems in many different ways--and, "Thinking What No One Else Is
     Thinking"-how great thinkers use randomness or chance to shake up
     their existing thought patterns and generate fresh ideas. What's the
     key? The da Vincis and Mozarts taught themselves how to think instead
     of what to think.
     (Source: "Cracking Creativity: The Secrets of Creative Genius," by
     Michael Michalko. Berkeley, California: Ten Speed Press, 1998)
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     LIFELONG LEARNING CHAMPIONS

     Earlier this month, ASTD and leaders from business, education, and
     labor participated in Vice President Al Gore's Summit on 21st Century
     Skills for 21st Century Jobs. The summit concluded a seven-month
     collaboration with administration officials to shape issues and policy
     recommendations regarding lifelong learning. The Administration's
     lifelong learning package, containing ASTD-supported policy
     initiatives, will be promoted during the 106th U.S. Congress. For
     further information, email Cynthia Pantazis at cpantazis@astd.org.
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     INTERACTIVE MULTIMEDIA-WINTER

     The Interactive Multimedia-Winter conference combines the
     technological expertise of the Society for Applied Learning Technology
     with the knowledge base of ASTD to offer you an exceptional learning
     and networking opportunity. Session speakers include Roger Schank,
     Gloria Gery, Kevin Oakes, Jack J. Phillips, and Jolly Holden, among
     others. It's happening February 15-19 in Kissimmee, Florida; don't be
     left out in the cold.

     For more information and to register, go to
     http://www.astd.org/virtual_community/imw99.
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