Jacqueline Lloyd Smith, MA, MBA, (ATR), (CMC)

Register now for one of our upcoming facilitator training sessions using the methods and materials of LEGO SERIOUS PLAY:

May 14-16, 2012 in Hamburg, Germany
http://de.amiando.com/spFUNmay2012

or

June

On March 7, 2012, Canadian Fellows of the Royal Society for the Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (FRSA) and Friends of the Society met in Vancouver to discuss the strategic direction for the group going forward.

Our next training will be in Vancouver, BC, Canada from March 20, 21, and 22, 2012! This training has been designed to meet the needs of people working with teams and groups, specifically great for team development, economic development, business development, board work, project management, and strategic thinking with groups.  If you are looking for

Where:  Burlington, Ontario, Canada (Toronto Area) When: December 3 & 4, 2011 Who: Jacqueline Lloyd Smith, MA, MBA, (ATR), (CMC) – Certified Canadian Management Consultant What: Specialized training for coaches, leadership professionals, branding professionals, HR and learning and development professionals, therapists, business development professionals, university professors, teachers, anyone who helps people get clear about their

In June, members of the Strategic Play team toured behind the scenes with three imaginers at Disney in California.  This was an amazing day as we were guided through art studios, 3D model development areas, archives, libraries, and 3D sound studios.  You may have a hard time imagining this but a freestanding, free moving dinosaur

I found a recent article in the Vancouver Sun paper on September 29, 2011, to be very disappointing.  The article explains that a group of teachers form a secondary school attended an offsite retreat where they spent the day engaging in co-operative team building. But the majority of the activities included playing ping-pong, air hockey,

During the last few months there have been numerous issues with trying to place orders for LSP kits into Canada.  We have been in correspondence with LEGO head office in Denmark trying to get the situation corrected.  Today, I received the news that this was indeed a systems issue. LEGO is working to correct this

In August of 2010, Phil Culhane  attended the Strategic Play™ Facilitator Training offered in Vancouver. He is now facilitating workshops with a variety of people working in organizations. In an email that he sent me he commented: “One of the things I’m noticing is that laughter starts VERY quickly whenever we use the Strategic Play tool based on

Upcoming Training with Strategic Play: August 8, 9, and 10th, 2011 in Vancouver, Canada +778-294-5500 Toll Free in North America: 1-888-238-2608 jacquie@strategicplay.ca August 29, 30, and 31st, 2011 in Panama City, Panama 507-6487-2132 jacquie@strategicplay.ca September 12, 13 and 14, 2011 in Hamburg, Germany +49.40.421014-0 katrin.elster@strategicplay.de October 10, 11, and 12th, 2011 in Vancouver, Canada +778-294-5500

Playing for Survival In his book “Play: How it Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination and Invigorates the Soul”, Stuart Brown, M.D., explains that not only have scientist proven that play is needed and used within the animal kingdom for survival, but that play allows the player to gain new insights, test new behaviours, and