The Creative Edge Conference

The CREATIVE EDGE 2019 Join the Creativity Studies Lab at WEST LOS ANGELES COLLEGE for our third annual CREATIVE EDGE CONFERENCE on April 27 2019 in honor of U.N. World Creativity and Innovation Day! According to the 2017 Bloomberg Report, creativity is the number one trait CEOs seek in future employees. We are told we need to be effective critical and creative thinkers, yet have rarely been exposed to tools and techniques to help us cultivate our creativity. The Creativity Studies Lab has a simple aim: to promote creativity on campus and to prepare for the increasingly creative workplace. The Creative Edge features a diverse array of speakers sharing how creativity has impacted them in their personal, educational, and professional endeavors, with take-away strategies for attendees. 2019 Creative Edge speakers: * DAN O'SHANNON- EMMY-WINNING WRITER/PRODUCER FOR _FRAISER_, _MODERN FAMILY_, _CHEERS _ * CHACKO SONNY - PRODUCTION DEVELOPER FOR BLIZZARD STUDIO'S AWARD-WINNING GAME "OVERWATCH" * ANYA ADAMS - FILM AND TV PRODUCER/DIRECTOR FOR _BLACKISH_,_ INSECURE_, _THE MINDY PROJECT_ * JOY LUSCO KECKEN - FILM AND TV WRITER/DIRECTOR FOR_ THE WIRE_, _HOMOCIDE: LIFE ON THE STREETS_, _CLOAK AND DAGGER_ * JOSEPH LUCERO - HOMEBOY INDUSTRIES, ACTOR IN _GRIDIRON GANG, MAYANS M.C. , SHAMELESS_ * DEBRA ROGERS, BLOGGER AND AUTHOR OF AWARD-WINNING, _HE DID YOU A FAVOR_ * _THE TAO OF MAYBE_ BY KATHERINE BOUTRY & SHELLI WRIGHT * AKELLO STONE- WLAC ADJUNCT PROFESSOR OF SOCIOLOGY, VIDEO PRODUCER AND EMCEE  * MICHAEL KRASS - MINDFUL CREATIVITY PROFESSOR AND Author of _Sitting Through_,  * CHASE ORTON - MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL MATHEMATICS TEACHER, ENVIRONMENTAL CHARTER HIGH * STEWART SCHILL - EMMY-NOMINATED EDITOR FOR FILM AND TELEVISION * WARREN HSU LEONARD - TV WRITER/PRODUCER FOR _HOW TO GET AWAY WITH MURDER, GOLIATH_  * KEISUKE HOASHI - FORMER NY STATE ASSEMBLY MEMBER, ACTOR IN _WILL & GRACE, CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM_ * Joy Nash - Actress on AMC's _Dietland_, _The Mindy Project, Twin Peaks: The Return __ _ * AND MORE! YOUR TICKET PURCHASE WILL ALLOW THE CREATIVITY STUDIES LAB TO CONTINUE PROMOTING CREATIVITY ON CAMPUS AND IN THE COMMUNITY.