I’ve decided to update my list of talks and workshops and compile all into a pdf menu. I’m able to customize most of them to fit certain time frames or address specific needs. I really love the “deep dives” or 3-4 hour workshops with groups of 20-50. The variety of offerings related to my book with Dan Ryder, Intention: Critical Creativity in the Classroom can also be given with Dan if he is available. I’ve done two TEDx talks (TEDxHonolulu 2011 and TEDxWestVancouverED 2017),

While brainstorming for an upcoming keynote on Creativity, I started thinking about the artists whose lives I have studied a bit (as a former World History teacher) and what we could learn from them – not particularly from their oeuvres, but from their creative process and the way they lived. At first I set out to make one comprehensive post, but then recoiled, thinking it would be too overwhelming. So, this will be a blog series of sorts, highlighting one artist per post. (

It’s been a while since my creative partner Herb Mahelona and I, have uploaded a video to our History for Music Lovers Channel on YouTube. We’ve been occupied with other pursuits (he wrote another Hawaiian opera, new marriages (for him), new jobs, and family concerns but I’m excited to say that after having met him in person again while co-presenting on the Big Island for #ksedtech Tech Slam Conference the future looks bright for some new productions. We have several videos i