As with last year, we will have a Mindcamp T-shirt available for sale, so bring your piggy banks. Here’s a sneak peek at this year’s design…. yellow and black, the colour of danger. How appropriate.

Thanks everyone, we now have enough information to start building a schedule. We had 68 responses, or just over half, more than we’ve ever had before. And remember, no sessions require pre-registration, and you’re not obliged to follow (or even remember) what you said on the Disappoint-o-meter… at Mindcamp, you vote with your feet. And if your feet change their mind, they can walk out again and pick something else!

What do these famous film makers all have in common?

Woody Allen · Penny Marshall · Martin Scorsese · Steven Speilberg · Katherine Bigelow · Spike Lee · David Cronenberg · Clint Eastwood · Nora Ephron
Not one of them has ever taught filmmaking at Mindcamp.

But you can! If you have experience, perspective, or interest in teaching aspiring Cronenscorseseebergs how to make and upload their own videos to the web, please contact Tom Beakbane at TB@Beakbane.com and let him know.

Kevin Byron, who was going to present The Unprepared Mind? has unfortunately had to cancel at the last minute due to (positive) developments in his work situation. Good news for him, but not so good for us!

We have nearly 50 programs to choose from, but only a limited number of time slots. If Mindcamp were like most other conferences, you’d probably have some tough choices to make, often having to forego programs you’d like to attend…

But Mindcamp isn’t just any conference: we’re a creativity conference! So we’ve invented the world’s one-and-only Disappoint-o-meter, which helps us design a schedule that minimizes the possibility of disappointment.

If you’re a Mindcamp participant this year, here’s what to do. Click here to make your selections using our word-famous, original Disappoint-o-meter. Dozens of skilled and attractive operators are standing by to input your data – and they are very easily bored. We can’t guarantee there will be no disappointments, but we can try to make a schedule with relatively few conflicts.

Presenters: Please include your own programs in your choices. You really do have to show up for those.

We have a limited number of beds available at Cedar Glen for the night of September 8 — the night before Mindcamp. The cost of $150 includes accommodation plus three meals, starting with supper on September 8. Plus you will have the pleasure of the company of a small but very merry band of Mindcamp volunteers.

Spend September 9 walking in the woods, reading a book in the lounge, exploring the Bolton-Nobleton area… or helping us build a labyrinth! Whatever suits, the bed is available if you want it, and if you act now. Just email contact@mindcamp.org to make your reservation.

On Thursday September 9 — that is, during the daylight hours before Mindcamp gets going in the late afternoon — we’re offering three full-day pre-Mindcamp sessions that delve more deeply into an aspect of deliberate creativity. Each of these professional-level programs is part of an established “upgrade path” for one or more creativity skills. Each of these workshops is normally offered for at least twice the price of the pre-Mindcamp package.

The courses will be held on Mindcamp’s Cedar Glen campus, and the basic fee of $385 includes a full day of training as well as all meals and snacks. If you wish to arrive September 8, then you can add accommodation, your evening meal, and a pre-Mindcamp get-together for an all-in fee $450.

Introduction to Polarity Management®: Power up through Paradox with Liz-Monroe-Cook: Learn the essentials of Polarity Management and qualify for PM courses with one of its leading practitioners.

Thinkx Productive Thinking Fundamentals: More Ideas, Better Ideas, More of the Time with Kristen Peterson and Dan Bigonesse: Open your eyes to the power of productive thinking, get hands-on experience with the concept of rapid protocepting with two of Thinkx’s most engaging and popular facilitators.

A Spoonful of Sparkles: You can’t persuade them if they can’t hear you with Cyriel Kortleven and Johan DHaeseleer Learn how to transform your messages from sickly to sticky and qualify for free coaching from the principles of one of Europe’s cutting edge innovation consultancies, New Shoes Today.

For information about each program, go here, and to register, go here.

• 3 beds left
• 2 yurt spaces left
• ± 11 no-bed spaces left (either staying offsite or tenting onsite)