Free • Verse 

Traditional Poetry meets Hip-Hop Poetry

A Writing Workshop Led by Daniel L. Garner and Bernard Hankin

Tuesday’s 7pm-9pm

Writers will explore and learn from a fusion of the old and the new. This workshop will expand your craft as a writer, storyteller, and poet. Sessions will be creative and interactive. Daniel L. Garner holds a degree in English and Religion and Bernard Hankins is a local spoken word poet and musician. Both are graduates from the University of Virginia.

A Book Discussion Group

Exploring the books of Daniel H. Pink

Friday’s @ 3pm. The Garden

Want to start a business? A band? A workout routine? Do you seem to lose steam before you ever begin? What makes human beings tick? Is money really the best motivator? Come find out the answers.

‘Motivation is the key ingredient to any project.’

-Kevin Finnegan

We will be reading and discussing:

Drive

The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us

 A Whole New Mind

Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future

 Topics Include:

-The value of integrated thought over specialization.

-The value of autonomy in innovation.

-The necessity of creativity and empathy.

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 For a preview of Daniel Pink’s thought, please watch his TED talk:

http://www.ted.com/talks/dan_pink_on_motivation.html

*Other, thinkers that maybe discussed in the course include:

-Ken Robinson (http://www.ted.com/talks/ken_robinson_says_schools_kill_creativity.html)

-Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi (author of Flow and Creativity)

-Daniel Goleman (author of Emotional Intelligence)

-Roger Martin (author of The Opposable Mind)