Sid Parnes

Sid Parnes

Dr. Sidney J. Parnes is a retired professor at Buffalo State College (located in Buffalo, New York) and the co-founder of the International Center for Studies in Creativity. The Center is housed within Buffalo State College. It's one of the only places in the world where you can receive a Masters of Science degree in Creativity. The department also now offers a distance learning version of the degree to students around the world as well as an undergraduate minor in Creative Studies.

Parnes is a lifetime trustee of the Creative Education Foundation (CEF). [ cite web|url=http://creativeeducationfoundation.com/board.shtml |title=Board of Trustees |accessdate=2007-12-22 |publisher=Creative Education Foundation ] He joined the (CEF) in 1955 in order to help develop a comprehensive educational program for the CEF's Creative Problem Solving Institute (CPSI), which is the world's longest-running international creativity conference. In 1966, CEF founder Alex Osborn died, leaving Parnes to head the Foundation. [ cite web|url=http://creativeeducationfoundation.com/history.shtml |title=History of the Creative Education Foundation |accessdate=2007-12-22 |publisher=Creative Education Foundation ]

Parnes and Alex Osborne developed the Creative Problem Solving Process (CPS), a structured method for generating solutions to problems. [cite book | last = Hurson | first = Tim | authorlink = Tim Hurson | coauthors = | title = Think Better: An Innovator's Guide to Productive Thinking | publisher = McGraw-Hill | year = 2007 | location = New York, New York | pages = xi | url = | doi = | id = | isbn = 978-0071494939 ] This method is taught annually at the International Center for Studies in Creativity [ cite web|url=http://www.buffalostate.edu/creativity/graduatecourses.xml |title=ICSC Course Descriptions |accessdate=2007-12-22 |publisher=International Center for Studies in Creativity ] , the Creative Problem Solving Institute [ cite web|url=http://cpsiconference.com/ |title=Creative Problem Solving Institute |accessdate=2007-12-22 |publisher=Creative Education Foundation ] and the CREA Conference in Europe.

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*cite book | last = Parnes | first = Sidney J. | authorlink = Sid Parnes | coauthors = | title = OPTIMIZE the Magic of Your Mind | publisher = Bearly Limited | date = 1997-09-01 | location = | pages = | url = | doi = | id = | isbn = 978-0943456416
*cite book | last = Parnes | first = Sidney J. (Ed.) | authorlink = Sid Parnes | coauthors = | title = Source Book for Creative Problem Solving: A Fifty Year Digest of Proven Innovation Processes | publisher = Creative Education Foundation | date = December 1992 | location = | pages = | url = | doi = | id = | isbn = 978-9994597499
*cite book | last = Parnes | first = Sidney J. | authorlink = Sid Parnes | coauthors = | title = Visionizing | publisher = Creative Education Foundation | date = December 1992 | location = | pages = | url = | doi = | id = | isbn = 978-0930222888
*cite book | last = Parnes | first = Sidney J. | authorlink = Sid Parnes | coauthors = | title = Visionizing : State-of-the-art processes for encouraging innovative excellence | publisher = Creative Education Foundation Press | year = 1992 | location = | pages = | url = | doi = | id = | isbn =
*cite book | last = Parnes | first = Sidney J. | authorlink = Sid Parnes | coauthors = | title = Visionizing: State-of-the-Art Processes for Encouraging Innovative Excellence | publisher = D.O.K. Publishers | year = 1988 | location = | pages = | url = | doi = | id = | isbn = 0880471565
*cite book | last = Parnes | first = Sidney J. | authorlink = Sid Parnes | coauthors = | title = Facilitating Style of Leadership | publisher = Bearly Limited | date = June 1985 | location = | pages = | url = | doi = | id = | isbn = 978-0943456089
*cite book | last = Parnes | first = Sidney J. | authorlink = Sid Parnes | coauthors = | title = Magic of Your Mind | publisher = Creative Education Foundation | date = June 1981 | location = | pages = | url = | doi = | id = | isbn =
*cite book | last = Parnes | first = Sidney J. | authorlink = Sid Parnes | coauthors = Ruth B. Noller | title = Guide to Creative Action | publisher = Charles Scribner's Sons | date = 1977-02-01 | location = | pages = | url = | doi = | id = | isbn = 978-0684148885
*cite book | last = Parnes | first = Sidney J. | authorlink = Sid Parnes | coauthors = | title = Assessing Creative Growth: Measured Changes Book 2 | publisher = Creative Education Foundation | year = 1976 | location = | pages = | url = | doi = | id = | isbn =
*cite book | last = Parnes | first = Sidney J. | authorlink = Sid Parnes | coauthors = | title = Aha! Insights Into Creative Behavior | publisher = D.O.K. Publishers | year = 1975 | location = | pages = | url = | doi = | id = | isbn =
*cite book | last = Parnes | first = Sidney J. | authorlink = Sid Parnes | coauthors = | title = Toward Supersanity: Channeled Freedom | publisher = D.O.K. Publishers | year = 1974 | location = | pages = | url = | doi = | id = | isbn =
*cite book | last = Parnes | first = Sidney J. | authorlink = Sid Parnes | coauthors = | title = Creativity: Unlocking Human Potential | publisher = Creative Education Foundation | date = June 1972 | location = | pages = | url = | doi = | id = | isbn = 978-0914634058
*cite book | last = Parnes | first = Sidney J. | authorlink = Sid Parnes | coauthors = | title = Creative Behavior Guidebook | publisher = Charles Scribner's Sons | year = 1967 | location = | pages = | url = | doi = | id = | isbn =
*cite book | last = Parnes | first = Sidney J. | authorlink = Sid Parnes | coauthors = | title = Programming Creative Behavior | publisher = State University of New York | year = 1966 | location = | pages = | url = | doi = | id = | isbn =
*cite book | last = Parnes | first = Sidney J. (Ed.) | authorlink = Sid Parnes | coauthors = | title = A Source Book for Creative Thinking | publisher = Scribner | date = June 1962 | location = | pages = | url = | doi = | id = | isbn = 978-0684104485
*cite book | last = Parnes | first = Sidney J. | authorlink = Sid Parnes | coauthors = | title = Student workbook for creative problem-solving courses and institutes | publisher = University of Buffalo | year = 1961 | location = | pages = | url = | doi = | id = | isbn =
*cite book | last = Parnes | first = Sidney J. | authorlink = Sid Parnes | coauthors = | title = Instructors manual for semester courses in creative problem solving | publisher = Creative Education Foundation | year = 1960 | location = | pages = | url = | doi = | id = | isbn =


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