A Belated Christmas Present
- Posted by Steve K. on January 6th, 2009 filed in General
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I just wanted to wish all of you a belated Merry Christmas and share with you a little gift to hopefully recharge your creative spirit!
McNair Wilson is a former Disney “Imagineer”. He is also a committed follower of Jesus and a popular public speaker. I heard him speak at an Internet ministry conference five or six years ago, and I loved what he had to share about creativity and brainstorming.
McNair recently took a position on staff at Compassion International as Compassion Experience Manager. He also recently did a phone interview for an online magazine where he discusses:
- The nature of creativity
- Recapturing your creative spirit
- Keys to effective brainstorming
- Experiencing a creative block?
- So what is an Imagineer?
- Inspire your team
I really enjoyed listening to these short interview clips, and I’ll hope you’ll take some time as well to listen and be renewed in your creative spirit this year.
Merry (belated) Christmas!
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