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Vita
Owner: Future Link, Ltd.,
Clintonville, WI
1983-Present
Future Link, Ltd. is a multi-faceted consulting
service specializing in creative problem solving
training and facilitation. We provide workshops and
training to education and business in Creative
Problem Solving process and tools. We also work
with educators and parents with exceptionally gifted
students and Talent Development. Talent Development
is the practical approach to what is often termed
�gifted and talented education.� With Talent
Development we believe students can discover (with
help) their talents and interests and use these to
further their education in all curricular areas.
Destination ImagiNation� 1999-present
Destination
ImagiNation, Inc. is a nonprofit, volunteer
organization. It is an international, creative
problem solving program for students kindergarten
through college. We are currently growing into the
largest creative problem solving program in the
world. We serve public and private schools as well
as home school organizations, after school programs
and groups sponsored by community organizations.
The website is
www.destinationimagination.org.
Currently I am
the Affiliate Director for Destination ImagiNation
in Wisconsin and worked as an Independent Contractor
as Research Consultant for the Destination
ImagiNation, Inc. from 2001-2002. As Research
Consultant I lead the work to develop a process for
others to apply to conduct various types of research
activities within the Destination ImagiNation
program world-wide.
Achievements:
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Lead the more than 200 volunteers to
develop the Destination ImagiNation program over the
summer of 1999. This grew out of a concern by the
former Odyssey of the Mind affiliate directors,
regional directors and judges among many others,
that the Odyssey of the Mind program, as we knew it,
would not survive the litigation.
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Destination ImagiNation was launched
Sept. 1, 1999. We were incorporated and nonprofit
with 5 complete challenges available to the public
online.
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First President of the organization's
board.
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Executive Director during the merger
with OM Association, Inc. which was the nonprofit
arm of Odyssey of the Mind. The merger was
accomplished by 2001.
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Oversaw the first election of the
merged Board of Trustees with an election
committee. The members at large are able to elect
half of the Board of Trustees and the Affiliate
Directors elect the other half.
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Program Consultant for Destination
ImagiNation to help develop new directions as well
as maintain our vision for the new program.
2000-2001.
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Research Consultant to develop and
promote research about the program. I also
currently develop research projects and am active in
conducting my own research of the program.
2001-2002. The research worked was merged with the
research with the Center for Creative Learning, Inc.
Director,
Wisconsin Creative Problem Solving Programs,
University of
Wisconsin-Stevens Point
1999-Present
The School of Education, University of
Wisconsin-Stevens Point in Stevens Point, Wisconsin
Point, sponsors Wisconsin Creative Problem Solving
Program (WCPSP). WCPSP houses Destination
ImagiNation and FIRST� LEGO� League. WCPSP hosts
the State Finals tournament for Destination
ImagiNation and organizes the regional sites (12) in
the state. WCPSP conducts team manager training,
Challenge Master roundtables and Challenge judges�
training workshops. For FIRST LEGO League we hosted
3 regionals and coaches training sessions from
2001-2003. We publish a newsletter once a year for
each program. Our website is
www.uwsp.edu/wcpsp. As of 2004 we will no
longer house FIRST LEGO League due to budget and
time constraints.
We have received grants from:
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Consolidated Papers Foundation, Inc.
now known as Meade Witter Foundation to fund our
Destination ImagiNation team manager training
workshops and our state finals tournament.
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Kimberly-Clark Corporation for FIRST
LEGO League, 2001-2003.
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Rockwell Automation for FIRST LEGO
League 2004.
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Computer Associates for Wisconsin
Destination ImagiNation, 2004-2005.
Regional Director and State Director
FIRST LEGO League in Wisconsin
University of Wisconsin-Stevens
Point
2001-2005
FIRST� LEGO� League is an international robotics
program for students 9-14 years old. It encourages
team work through research and learning about
science and technology. Teams of not more than 10
students build and program a robot to perform
certain functions and tasks. The team must also
present their research on the topic related to the
annual challenge developed for the students.
Challenges include topics of City Planning issues,
Arctic studies and weather and climate changes, and
volcanoes. For 2003 the challenge was Mars; and for
2004 it was No Limits. The website is
www.firstlegoleague.org.
Association Director,
Wisconsin Odyssey of the Mind,
University of Wisconsin-Stevens
Point
1982-1999
Odyssey of the Mind (OM) was an international
creative problem solving competition program for
students Kindergarten through College. The program
began in Wisconsin with only 84 teams in 1982. As
Association Director I worked with a diverse group
of people on advisory and executive boards and with
the university community, as well as 16 regional and
co-regional directors throughout the state. I
communicated and worked with an international group
of peers and associates. As Association Director of
the 7th largest chartered association of OM, I took
several different leadership roles within the
International OM Association directors� Advisory
board.
Achievements
� The program grew from 84 teams to over
1600 teams and was the 7th largest OM association in
the world.
� Co-founder of the Midwest Consortium,
now known as Muddy Waters, which helped to change
the way the OM Association, Inc. program was
organized. The OM Association Directors Advisory
Board was divided into consortiums by region of the
continent and world.
� Brought the Wisconsin OM Association to
self-sufficiency and is one of the few associations
to be completely self-sustaining and able to pay
salaries, benefits and maintain expenses.
Co-founder of the Mid-West
Consortium
1988-Present
The Mid-West consortium, now called MudDI Waters, is
a cooperative of 10 states joined together to
promote and maintain creative problem solving
skills, research skills and spirit of healthy
competition in the Destination ImagiNation program
(before DI, we did this with Odyssey of the Mind
program). This was founded to support each other as
association directors, (now known as affiliate
directors) during changes occurring in the
international program and those, which might take
place within any of the 10 states that are part of
the consortium.
Achievements
�
We attained sponsorship by the Apple Corporation and
Jostens Corporation Foundation.
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Impacted the International OM Association in that
similar consortiums were developed. This in turn
affected the formation and operations of the Odyssey
of the Mind Association Directors� Advisory Board (OMADAB).
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MudDI Waters has developed a way of funding
ourselves for projects, research, and continued
growth and development of the programs we are
involved with.
Coordinator of Gifted Programs at
University of Wisconsin-Green
Bay
1982-1985
While working in this capacity I was responsible for
the complete administration of the Mini-Courses for
Gifted Students and the Talent Search Program. This
program also had to be financially self-sustaining.
I was responsible for hiring over 20 professors and
other professionals to teach courses for students
kindergarten through 10th grade.
While at Green Bay I brought in nationally and
internationally know educators as speakers and guest
professors to teach special courses for K-12
educators.
Achievements
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Expanded the program from K-6 to K-10.
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Worked successfully with the local parent
organization to coordinate car pools and
scholarships.
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Changed the way students were identified for the
program by expanding the horizon to Talent
Development rather than Gifted and Talented, which
often implies an elite group.
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Expanded the area in which the program reached.
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Developed more flexible class times and length of
classes. The Mini-Courses was a two week program,
which initially operated 1.5 to 2 hours a day for
two weeks. Eventually classes were developed which
operated 3-4 hours a day for 3 days a week. Some
offered classes for just one week and so on.
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The Talent Search Program became more flexible with
a SAT score reflecting the population in the area.
By doing this more students qualified and more
benefited by testing out of high school courses and
moving on to college level math and English courses.
Co-Founder and Coordinator of the Saturday
Program
for Talent
Development
1980-1983
This was a mentor program utilizing community and
regional resources to serve the exceptional and
often advanced academic interests of students from
3-15 years old. Students came from a 40-mile
radius. Mentors were found for students in a
variety of fields such as chemistry, biology,
geometry, algebra, meteorology, photography, foreign
languages and communication.
Achievements
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Helped these students to discover areas of interest
and talent.
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Facilitated the development of these areas of
interest and talent.
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Coordinated parent sessions to help them understand
the unique needs of their child.
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Raised the awareness of the unique needs, talents
and abilities these students have.
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Know that this program made a difference for the
lives of most of the students who took part. They
are grown and many have communicated with me about
the impact this program had for them.
Other
Positions and Achievements
Facilitator for the Gifted,
Clintonville, WI 1979-1980
I
was hired to develop and implement a program for
children identified as gifted and talented. This
was developed into the Saturday Program which served
children 3-15 years old in a 40 mile radius of
Clintonville.
Instructor, Fox Valley Technical
Institute
1975-1981
Professional free-lance visual artist,
Chicago, IL 1970-1979
Publications
Cited in �PHP�s
Parenting Forum,� Parenting For High Potential
magazine, March, 2004.
The Problem Solver�s Practical Toolbox: Solving
Destination ImagiNation� Challenges Using Generating
and Focusing Tools,
2003, Joint Publication of the Center for Creative
Learning, Inc. and Destination ImagiNation, Inc.
Co-Authored with R. Bognar, M. Guy, S.B. Purifico,
L. Redmond, J. Schoonmaker, P. Schoonover, D. J.
Treffinger.
Thinking With Standards,
2003 published by Prufrock Press, a series of three
books on Thinking with Standards for Elementary,
Middle and Secondary Levels of education. These
books contain curriculum activities that include CPS
tools to promote creative and critical thinking.
Co-written with Center for Creative Learning (CCL)
colleagues.
�Using Your Imagination Will Take You Places,�
Parenting For High Potential magazine, March,
2001.
�Generating Ideas with Creative Problem Solving
Tools,� THINK magazine, February, 1999.
A
summary of a presentation published in the
Creativity Newsletter, Buffalo State College,
Center for Studies in Creativity, May-June, 1997.
�The Preference For and Use of Creative Problem
Solving Tools Among Adaptors and Innovators�
Newsletter, Buffalo State College, Buffalo, NY,
June, 1997
�OM: Beyond the Standards.� THINK magazine,
October 1996.
�The Preference For and Use of Creative Problem
Solving Tools Among Adaptors and Innovators.�
Creative Learning Today, Vol. 6, No. 3,
July-September, 1996.
�Forced Fit: Like a Glove.� THINK magazine,
December 1996.
�Coaches� Training Handbook,� for Wisconsin OM
Association. 1984, State of Wisconsin distribution.
Illustrations for D.C. Cook Publishing, Co.,
1970-1974, Elgin, Illinois. National Distribution.
Illustrations for a variety of publications for
UW-Green Bay Departments and Colleges, 1980-1985.
Guest Editor of the Winter, 2000 edition of the
Creativity Newsletter published for the Creativity
Division of National Association of Gifted Children
(NAGC).
Awards
Destination ImagiNation, Inc. Board of Trustee's
Award for being key in the development of the
Destination ImagiNation program, for being the first
Board of Trustees President (1999) and being the
first Executive Director (1999-2000), 2003.
Outstanding Dissertation, First Place Award from
Odyssey of the Mind, International Creativity
Conference, 1998.
Meritorious Service Award, Wisconsin Association for
the Education for the Gifted and Talented, 1989.
Chancellor�s Award, Univ. of Wisconsin-Stevens
Point, 1986.
Meritorious Service Awards, Wisconsin Association
for the Education for the Gifted and Talented, 1986.
�Outstanding Secondary Administrator,� Wisconsin
Council for the Gifted and Talented, 1985.
Education
Bachelor of Fine Arts - University of Montana,
1970
Master of Environmental Arts & Sciences -
University of Wis.-Green Bay, 1983
Doctorate in Education (Ph.D.) - Walden
University, 1996.
Master�s Thesis
Preparation in Gifted and Talented Education Among
Primary Teachers in Northeastern Wisconsin:
Comparison with the Recommendations of Professional
Teacher Trainers.
Dissertation
Preference For and Use of Creative Problem Solving
tools Among Adaptors and Innovators.
ASSOCIATED MATERIAL
LECTURE PRESENTATIONS:
1981-present:
Guest lecturer in gifted and talented education.
Presentations have included:
"Raising Ethan and Ezra" a discussion of what it is
like to raise two 'severely' gifted and talented
children from the point of view of the parents and
the children. (Annual presentation)
�Teaching/Learning Styles and the Gifted�
�Culturally Diverse Gifted�
�Preschool Gifted�
�Characteristics of the Gifted and Talented�
ASSOCIATED MATERIAL
INSERVICE PRESENTATIONS:
1981-Present: Inservice presentation topics have included:
�CPS and Teamwork�
"VIEW and Creative Problem Solving"
"CPS and Curriculum"
"Creative Problem Solving Programs for Learning"
�Programming for the Gifted and Talented�
�Odyssey of the Mind�
�Gifted People as a Special Population�
�Critical Thinking and Creative Problem Solving�
�Home-School Partnerships�
�Creative Thinking Strategies�
�Identification of Gifted Ideas for
the Classroom�
�Beyond Fun and Games: Teaching
Strategies for the Gifted�
�Identification of the Gifted�
�Gifted Programs in Rural School Districts�
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS:
1980-Present: Conference Presentations have included:
WEAC, Madison, 2004, �Destination ImagiNation�:
CPS in the Classroom."
National Association for Gifted Children annual
Conference, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2004, �Teamwork
and FIRST LEGO League: Overview of Research.�
�Creative Problem Solving Framework 6.1�: the
process as it relates to Educational Standard.�
National Association for Gifted Children Annual
Conference, Indianapolis, Indiana, 2003.
�Destination ImagiNation� Program Overview.� And,
�CPS, Process and Tools.�
Madison Ad Federation, Madison, Wisconsin, 2003,
�Creative Problem Solving Framework 6.1� in Your
Job.�
National Association for Gifted children annual
Conference, Denver, Colorado, 2002, �Creative
problem Solving Framework 6.1�, update of a process
for change and its tools.�
National Association for Gifted Children annual
Conference, Cincinnati, Ohio, 2001, "Creative
Problem Solving 6.0, a process for change."
National Association for Gifted Children
annual Conference, Atlanta,
Georgia, "Creative Problem Solving
Update," "Destination ImagiNation Program and the Educational Standards." (November 2000)
International Creativity Conference,
San Antonio, Texas, �Creative problem
Solving Process and Tools.� (October,
1998)
Annual Networking conference for the Center for
creative Learning, Sarasota, Florida, a member of a
four-person panel on Talent Development and Creative
problem Solving. (February,1998, 1999 and 2000)
45th Annual Minnesota Quality Conference,
Minneapolis, Minnesota, a half day
workshop, �Creative Problem Solving: A Process for
Effective Change.� (April, 1998)
Twelfth Annual World Conference of the World Council
for the Gifted and Talented, Seattle, Washington,
�How Creativity Style Influences the Use of and
Preference for Creative Problem Solving Tools.�
(Aug., 1997)
Understanding and Nurturing Creativity in People:
an International Conference, Buffalo State College,
New York, �Adaptors and Innovators Preference for
and Use of Creative Problem Solving Tools., April,
1997.
First Annual Creativity Conference
sponsored by Odyssey of the Mind Association, Inc.
in Washington, D. C. �Using CPS in OM-PS� (Oct., 1996)
Bliss Communications Conference presentation to
community newspaper distribution directors.
�An Introduction to CPS.� (Sept. 1996).
Keynote address for the State Conference of the
Wisconsin Health Information Management Association,
�What�s My Style?� (May,1996)
Networking Conference for the Center for Creative
Learning, �Hands on, Minds on CPS Tools� and
�Research Results from the Dissertation Study:
Preference for and Use of CPS Tools Among Adaptors
and Innovators.� (1996)
National Association for Gifted
Children, �Creative Problem Solving
from an Inservice Approach� (1995)
National Association for Gifted Children, presented
three Creative Problem Solving Tools during
�Creativity Night.� (1995)
Wisconsin Council for the Social Studies, �Creative
Problem Solving: A Global Approach.� (1995)
Wisconsin Association of School Administrators,
�Odyssey of the Mind�
Annual Conference, Wisconsin Council for the Gifted
and Talented, �Rural Gifted Education�
Tenth Annual DPI/CAPSules
conference, �Practical Skills for Pupil
Services Administrators...Creative Problem
Solving�
Self-Esteem Conference, �Risk Takers, Creative
Problem Solvers and the gifted� Menominee, Michigan
School District Education Conference, �Rural Gifted�
Wisconsin Association for the Education of the
Gifted and Talented, �Odyssey of the Mind.�
Parent/Educator Workshop, Menominee, Michigan School
District Super Saturday Program and Parenting
workshop. �The Gifted/Talented/Creative Child:
At Home and at School.�
UW-Green Bay Sparker Seminar, �At Home with the
Gifted.�
WORKSHOP PRESENTATIONS:
All of these workshops were for not fewer than 2
days and last no more than 5 days.
2000: Outside Consultant to Minnesota School
District 287. Worked with adults involved as
Regional Directors and Board Members of Minnesota's
Destination ImagiNation program. The workshop
centered on creativity style and approach to change
(VIEW instrument) and the Creative Problem Solving
process and tools.
1999: Co-Presenter with Dor Donald Treffinger for a
Creative Problem Solving Workshoped offered through
the School of Education and Destination ImagiNation.
1998: Co-Presenter with Dr. Donald Treffinger for a
Creative Problem Solving Workshop offered through
School of Education and Odyssey of the Mind.
1996: Outside Consultant co-presenting Creative
Problem Solving and Talent Development to educators
from the Bismarck, North Dakota school district.
Three day workshop.
1994: Outside Consultant presenting �Creative
Problem Solving Strategies� given over four days to
an audience attending the third summer institute
sponsored by the Pennsylvania Dept. of Education. I
was the main speaker on the second day of the
institute discussing �Thinking About Thinking: New
Approaches to Problem Solving.�
1983-1999: �Coach�s Training Workshops for Odyssey
of the Mind,� given annually at various sites around
Wisconsin (average 5 sites each year). These are
full-day workshops dealing with coaching strategies
for the development of Creative Problem Solving
skills.
MISCELLANEOUS
PRESENTATIONS:
Two presentations on Gifted Education to
Dr. Kim Beloin�s Special
Education (Educ.
375) undergraduate classes, 1996-1998.
Presentation on Talent Development and Learning
Styles to a graduate level class in Plainfield,
Wis., Sept., 1997
CONSULTING:
The Milwaukee Catholic Home: Assessment of the need
for the Creative Problem Solving process.
SPECIAL COMMITTEES:
Elected as a member of the Academic Staff Council
for a two-year appointment beginning in 2004.
Appointed to the sub-committee: Personnel Working
Group, UW-Stevens Point
Appointed to the Equity and Affirmative Action
Committee for a two-year appointment beginning in
1998. Appointed to the sub-committee, Plan 2008,
UW-Stevens Point.
Member of search and screen committee for the
position of Outreach Program Manager 1 in the
University Extension Office, UW-Stevens Point, 1997.
Chairperson of the North Central Consortium Standing
Committee for Odyssey of the Mind Association
Directors� Advisory Board, 1996-1999.
University Planning Committee, elected 1994 for a
two-year term.
University Affairs since Committee Spring Semester,
1991.
Chairperson of a special subcommittee of the
University Affairs Committee to develop a Consensual
Relationship Statement for UW-Stevens
Point, 1991.
Co-member of a special subcommittee of the
University Affairs Committee to investigate a
development of a statement for a �Harassment-Free
Environment,� 1992.
Member of the By-Laws Committee for the Advisory
Board of Association Directors, Odyssey of the Mind,
1991-present.
Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction Steering
Committee for the gifted and Talented. Appointed,
1988.
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