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Founded in 1954, CEF is a non profit US-American membership organization based in Buffalo (New York) which is devoted to foster creativity, creative problem solving and innovation in theory and practice in order to help youth, individuals and organizations reach their creative potential. ==History== The organization was established in 1954 by the advertising specialist and creative professional Alex F. Osborn,〔(CEF website: History )〕 who was known as the inventor of the term and the creativity technique Brainstorming. As an early contribution according to its mission statement the organization held in 1955 the first annual Creative Problem Solving Institute (CPSI), an international creativity conference, at the University of Buffalo.〔(ICSC-website )〕 For years the organization had been directed by Alex Osborn together with the creativity theorist and education researcher Sid Parnes. When Alex Osborn died in 1966, Parnes took over the initiative and the chair. He installed the lifetime creative achievement award which was granted upon suggestion to persons who earned outstanding merits in the field of applied creativity. Also he installed a media-program of CEF-publications. In 1987 John Meyerhoff took over as the CEO. He expanded CEF’s educational perspective to include business training. Further CEOs added partnership programs and VIP-days and reinstalled CEF consulting and training programs. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Creative Education Foundation」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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