I recently interviewed Caroline Aebersold, CEO of The Song Room on the Creation Road Radio Show. What an amazing and inspiring organisation! Through a variety of long term school-based arts/creativity programs, The Song Room is helping to provide improved education and positive social change for disadvantaged young people right across Australia.
What I find so inspiring about The Song Room programs is that the children reap the benefits of social connection, cultural appreciation and higher self-esteem, which quite often results in better school attendance and academic results for the young participants. These programs really do change the lives of the young people involved for the better.
It is quite clear The Song Room programs bring a lot of joy and inspiration to the children who participate by allowing them to take part in positive long-term activities they may never have otherwise had the opportunity to be a part of.
Jackson Jones
On Friday 14th June, The Song Room officially launched ARTS:LIVE, a unique, interactive online learning platform that is now available free to every school in Australia and goes a long way to realising the Song Room’s vision that no child misses out on quality arts education.
Using innovative technology, the ARTS:LIVE platform promotes active collaboration between teachers and students and supports non-specialist teachers in delivering arts education across the art forms of Music, Dance, Drama, Media and Visual Arts.
ARTS:LIVE aims to bridge that equity gap by offering unprecedented access to in-depth, Australian Arts curriculum aligned, classroom-ready interactive learning from anywhere in Australia, regardless of their existing skills and knowledge.
ARTS:LIVE is available free to all Australian schools now at www.artslive.com.au, so spread the word!
Watch the video below or read more about ARTS:LIVE on The Song Room website.
Jackson Jones speaks with Caroline Aebersold – CEO of The Song Room – in Creation Road Radio Show #3. The Song Room is a not-for-profit organisation providing free arts-based programs to more than 20,000 disadvantaged young people every week, across Australia, to improve their education and development.
Show #3 is the first of Creation Road’s planned interviews with community organisations that are improving the lives of people in their community through creativity.
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Dr Amantha Imber the is founder of the award-winning innovation consultancy Inventium.
She offers practical, science-based tools that her audience and clients can use immediately to get their brains unstuck, get creative juices flowing and uncover great ideas that will lead to business growth .
Amantha is a regular media commentator on creativity and innovation.
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Born in the UK, Jason Drew studied at the European Business School in London, Paris and Frankfurt. Jason held leadership roles for companies including General Electric, BUPA and Egg among others.
Jason has now started investing only in environmental companies that busy repairing the future.
He continues to apply his strategies and ethics to his business alongside his passion for the sustainability of the environment.
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Interview – Baroness Susan Greenfield
Creation Road is presenting a series of interviews with influential speakers in the 2012 Creative Innovation Asia Pacific forum. This year’s theme is Wicked Problems, Great Opportunities – Leadership and Courage for Volatile Times”.
Our first interview is with Baroness Susan Greenfield. The Baroness has been awarded 30 Honorary Degrees from British and foreign universities and heads a multi-disciplinary research group exploring novel brain mechanisms linked to neurodegenerative diseases such Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s. In addition, she has developed an interest in the impact of 21st Century technologies on how young people think and feel, as discussed in her book, ID: The Quest for Identity in the 21st Century (2008).
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Creative Innovation Asia Pacific is the brain child of Tania de Jong AM, a leading Australian soprano, thought- leader, speaker, 2006 Australian Social Entrepreneur of the Year and founder of Creativity Australia and Creative Universe. Creative Innovation has had rising success since launching in 2010. Currently in its third year, Creative Innovation is inspired by thought platforms such as TED (www.ted.com) to bring together the world’s most fascinating thinkers and leaders. Its specific focus is leadership, innovation, education, technology and science. Ci2012 will feature Master Classes, Deep Conversations, two action-packed Conference days, events and social networking opportunities. The theme for Ci2012 is, ‘Wicked Problems, Great Opportunities – Leadership and Courage for Volatile Times’.
“Ci2012 will feature over 40 world- class Australian and international keynote speakers, leaders, artists and thinkers and highlight opportunities and global megatrends that affect business and society in these volatile times throughout the Asia Pacific and the rest of the world,” Ms de Jong said. “It provides insights and techniques for unlocking personal and organisational creativity and courage to inspire leadership in complex times of change and will deliver strategies, structures and processes for increasing performance, productivity and wellbeing. Ci2012 will showcase the world’s best practice solutions and ideas for the development of sustainable and innovative futures for community, business and government and bring together leaders and emerging talent to discover cross-disciplinary solutions to make a difference in your life, organisation and community.”
Creative Innovation Asia-Pacific 2012 encourages all sectors to be involved. Leaders, emerging talent, change-makers, activists, influencers, innovators, provocateurs, advisers, CEOs, entrepreneurs, business owners and executives from all sectors are encouraged to attend and create a super-regional, global perspective to ultimately make a difference.
Ci2012 combines the talents of over 40 world-class leaders, artists, thinkers and innovators. Ci2012 attendees will join forces and spend time with:
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If you have come to a creative standstill, here are a list of 20 things for you to try to get you back into the zone.
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From the bestselling author of How We Decide comes a sparkling and revelatory look at the new science of creativity. Shattering the myth of muses, higher powers, even creative “types,” Jonah Lehrer demonstrates that creativity is not a single “gift” possessed by the lucky few.
Creation Road is preparing to increase the number of posts in its blog which will focus more broadly on creativity. This will mean that Artwork of the Week will now become Artwork of the Month.
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Tania de Jong AM is a leading Australian soprano and social entrepreneur. She founded Creativity Australia and Creative Universe to inspire people to find their voice and to improve wellbeing, engagement and innovation in organisations and communities.
Creation Road caught up with Tania to discuss creativity and how it has influenced her many endeavors.
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