The Creative Education Foundation ("CEF") is an independent, nonprofit membership organization of leaders in the field of creativity theory and practice. It regards itself as the "Centre for Applied Imagination",, with a mission to help individuals, organizations and communities transform themselves as they confront real-world challenges. The organization was founded in 1954 by Alex Osborn, co-founder the advertising firm, [[BBDO], who invented brainstorming, or brain-storming, as the author spelled it first in his book, Applied Imagination which continues to inspire the work of CEF. Along with Sidney Parnes, Osborn developed the Osborn-Parnes Creative Problem Solving Process (commonly referred to as CPS). For more than 50 years, CEF has been teaching adults and children in organizations, schools and communities how to use this proven process to develop new ideas, solve problems and implement solutions. The group sponsored a Leadership Convocation in 1960, bringing together the pioneers of the creative thinking movement, including Calvin Taylor, J. P. Guilford, Ellis Paul Torrance, and Donald MacKinnon. This annual, international conference inspires people to learn, to engage and [ - ]

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