Creativity Week: A week of inspiration
In the first week of December 2013, the Anatolia School of Business devoted organized the “Creativity Week” which was a series of seminar events and workshops on the topic of creativity that took place in Thessaloniki and Athens.
On December 2, 2013, the week began with the workshop «Stretching Creativity to its Limits: Strategies to enhance Creativity». Dr. Mario Varvoglis, Creativity Catalyst and trainer in innovative thinking, was the lecturer. The same workshop also was held in Thessaloniki, the last day of the “Creativity Week” (December 7, 2013). This seminar was a one-day break from "business as usual". It was an opportunity to think about thinking. It focused on boosting innovation potential, structuring methods to generate, develop and evaluate new ideas and solutions and finally it focused on how to concretely integrate out of the box thinking in a day-to-day business environment. The participants of the workshop, both in Athens and in Thessaloniki, were mainly business leaders, coaches and consultants and received the certificate of participation.
On Tuesday the 3rd of December 2013, the event «Unzipping Creativity: The secrets of creativity revealed in a way you have never heard before » took place at the Helexpo- Ioannis Vellidis Congress Center with over 300 participants. Dr. Mario Varvoglis, George Adamantides and Rebecca Salmona, Creative Director and Account Director, respectively, of Bold Ogilvy & Mather advertising company and Akis Sakellariou, the famous actor, were the lecturers of the event. The purpose of the event was a practical approach to creativity, from the different viewpoints of a trainer, a creative team and an artist. The coordinator of the event was Dr. Fanis Varvoglis, Chair of the Anatolia School of Business. The collaborating partners of the event were the American Chamber of Commerce (AMCHAM) and the student-run organization AIESEC, supported by Biennale of Contemporary Art. Media sponsors were TV 100 and FM 100.
On the same afternoon (Tuesday the 3rd of December 2013), at the Anatolia School of Business Dr. Fanis Varvoglis held an “open class” that hosted the advertising company Bold Ogilvy & Mather.
On Wednesday the 4th of December 2013, at the Stavros Niarchos Teleconference Center in Bissell Library at ACT, Dr. Kourkoumelis held a “Creativity Seminar for IB Students”.
Finally, on Thursday the 5th of December 2013, Dr. Mario Varvoglis spoke to the students of ACT on the event «Untangling Creativity ON CAMPUS: The secrets of creativity revealed in a way you have never heard before! » which took place in the Bissell Library at ACT. The event had an interactive nature and students had the chance to meet creativity in depth.
