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News You Can Use: "Fresh Ideas - Creative Solutions!" Fresh ideas for exponential growth with Art-Work

Ranch Happenings: UCP - Toylend's Play Money; The Green Flash makes its debut

Fun Shui: Recycle your meeting; Comic strip chaos

DeeDee's Dish: A delightful salad just in time for the start of BBQ season

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King Kong Goes to the Museum!

Thursday, May 15th 2008
Tools for Idea Generation and Creative Problem Solving
featuring Brendan Sullivan & Sarah Alvarez

Have you ever seen an innovative idea, product, or service and asked yourself 'Why didn't we think of that?' This Art-Work sampler, based in the experience of visual art, explores practical skills you can develop and use every day to increase the probability that you will come up with the fresh ideas that are the basis for exponential growth in an ever-changing marketplace.

An Art-Work Program Introduction…
Bring your colleagues to sample what a
full day of Art-Work might be like!
Date: Thursday, May 15th 2008
Time: 7:45am - 8:00am Breakfast
8:00am - 10:30am Art-Work Sampler Session
Location: The Art Institute of Chicago
Cost: $50 per person including museum fees, coffee, and breakfast goodies.

For reservations call 312-207-1710 or email elaine@catalystranch.com
Class size is limited to 20 participants, so RSVP as soon as possible!

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Catalyst Ranch is pleased to be hosting the United Cerebral Palsy of Greater Chicago's Annual "PLAYMONEY" event Saturday, May 3rd 2008! We are so happy they chose to have this fabulous event here at Catalyst Ranch! Tickets are $45 & there will be both a silent & live auction with proceeds benefiting United Cerebral Palsy. If you'd like to learn more about the night, or would like to attend please go to www.events.org/creg.aspx?e=14204&m=10.

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The Green Flash

Ranch Hands Ryan Duke & Damian Fazio are proud to announce the launch of The Green Flash, a literary magazine featuring short stories by local authors, cartoons, monologues and lots more. Their launch party on April 16th was a huge success featuring readings from contributors followed by an open mic. Stay tuned for more information & monthly readings at the Town Hall Pub!

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Green Meetings by Pogo

To celebrate Earth Month, POGO & I have started a new column dedicated to giving you some great ideas to help keep your meeting 'Green.' Here's this month's tip:

See about collecting and donating leftover meeting and/or exhibit materials to charitable organizations like schools or shelters.

And no matter what you do to celebrate the Earth, just remember she's always been good to us!

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Creative Meeting Tips from Pogo

Here's a great exercise to break people up into groups for smaller group exercises:

COMIC STRIP CHAOS

Each participant takes a turn at picking a comic frame out of the large container. After the entire group has each chosen one, the participants begin to search for others with the same comic strip sequence. After the participants have found everyone in their group, they must arrange themselves so that the sequence of frames are in chronological order to form the comic strip correctly. Upon completion of sequence, the newly formed group sits down together.

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Howdy Ya'al - DeeDee here. Spring has sprung which means it's time to clean off those BBQs & get grilling! I love to pair my burgers & dogs with something slightly unexpected - like this fresh, lemony dish.

Here's a dee-lish salad that makes a wonderful alternative to plain salad or cole salw. It's also a dee-lightful main course when paired with a loaf of crusty bread, a few slices of Manchego, a glass of homemade Sangria & an evening in the yard! Mmmm-mmmm!

Lemony Crab Salad with Baby Greens

Prep: 10 minutes; Total: 10 minutes
Servings: Makes 4 servings.

Ingredients:
1 pound fresh crab meat, picked over
3 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
1 1/2 tablespoons minced fresh Italian parsley
1 5-ounce package mixed baby greens (about 8 cups)
1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil

Preparation:
In a large nonmetallic bowl, toss first 4 ingredients to combine. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
Toss greens with 1/4 cup olive oil in a large bowl; season to taste with salt. Divide among 4 plates. Mound crab on greens and serve.

Thanks for readin' Ya'all - 'Til next time!

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"We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them."
– Albert Einstein

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