Nellie Jacobs

Creativity Consultant Nellie Jacobs jump-starts the process of self examination and stimulates creative-thinking, encouraging exploration of the world of possibilities.

An award-winning artist and best-selling author, Nellie provides a Creative X-Spot® Toolbox filled with products, programs and services to help 'mine' hidden or latent human resources for the personal and professional betterment of all.

Some "Tools":
* Igniting Imagination Internet talk radio series
* Igniting Imagination Virtual Café-Reserve your spot at next session. Chat/brainstorm your ideas.
* Upcoming books "Magical MousePainting™: A Tool for Computer Creativity" & "Mining Your Resources: Making Opportunity Knock"

Nellie's art is featured on various products, including American stamps. See website for more details, services and products.

Nellie has worked with or presented to Rogers Cable, Writers Union of Canada, Inner City Angels, World Creativity and Innovation Week April 15-21, Canadian Authors Association, Mind Camp and Creativity Coaching Association. Her articles have been published in various print and online publications.

Nellie is a trendsetting pioneer. For example:

In the 70's, one issue of the national quarterly MAMMA (Modern Activities for Mothers' Mental Awareness) newspaper she co-published that highlighted the blossoming Home Party phenomenon became the source of a key Financial Post magazine article.

Her cable TV show MAMMA Speaks Out, also in the 70's, was among the first North American interview, phone-in programs for moms at home.

Her book "Grading the Teacher, A Parent's Guide" published by Penguin Books in 1996 remains the first and only book of its kind worldwide.

Nellie has been featured locally and internationally by print and broadcast media.

With her Internet Talk Radio show, Nellie stands at the forefront of a burgeoning trend of Internet radio hosts offering specialized shows for a target audience.

Nellie Jacobs’s Specialties:

Catalyst for creative-thinking and change.

Nellie Jacobs’s Experience

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Igniting Imagination Virtual Café (Self-employed)

(Self-Employed; Human Resources industry)

October 2009 — Present (3 months)

Igniting Imagination Virtual Café is all about moving forward with ideas and projects. Depending on who shows up in the Café, you may connect with other like-minded people or just have a one-on-one with Nellie. For full details and to register, follow the links on Nellie's website
Talk Radio Host

Igniting imagination with Nellie Jacobs

(Privately Held; Broadcast Media industry)

2008 — Present (1 year )

"Igniting Imagination with Nellie Jacobs" talk radio show is a forum for interaction and communication of creative ideas, resources and personal experiences.

Featuring creativity academics and specialists as well as creative business people and 'extra'ordinary individuals, the show is meant to entertain, educate, inspire and creatively stimulate - and resonate with - listeners worldwide.

All the shows are part of a collective ongoing series addressing the infinite facets of creativity.

For criteria for potential guests, as well as all Season 1 and 2 guests, their profiles, episode titles, descriptions and direct links to each show, follow the links on www.ignitingimagination.com.
Steering Committee

World Creativity and Innovation Week April 15-21 (WCIW)

(Think Tanks industry)

2005 — Present (4 years )

Working directly with WCIW co-founder Marci Segal. Have worked in various capacities over several years, including on selection committee for Leonardo da Vinci Award in Education.
Creativity Consultant
Igniting Imagination (Self-employed)

(Self-Employed; Human Resources industry)

1978 — Present (31 years )

I help corporations and organizations become more creative-thinking and thereby more productive. My newest service "'Mine' Your Human Resources" offers a myriad of exercises and projects to creatively discover people's untapped resources and share them throughout the network. One example, developing and conducting company interviews for broadcast. For more information, follow the links on www.ignitingimagination.com
Artist/Author

Nellie Jacobs

(Arts and Crafts industry)

1965 — 2009 (44 years )

Nellie's award-winning art hangs in private collections, has been sold as a collection of greeting cards (one of which was chosen as a fund-raiser). She has studied with prominent artist/instructors including Aba Bayefsky and Elaine Gitalis.

Nellie has written "Magical MousePainting: A Tool for Creativity." Fully illustrated with Nellie's vibrantly coloured computer drawings, it's a step-by-step guide to painting on the computer with a mouse as well as an elementary outline of the elements of art. For examples, see http://www.magicalmousepainting.blogspot.com
Grading the Teacher, A Parent's Guide

Penguin Books Canada

(Writing and Editing industry)

1996 — 1996 (less than a year)

Published by Penguin Books Canada in 1996, "Grading the Teacher, A Parent's Guide" became a best-selling book featured across Canada by television (eg. CBC Noon News; City TV Breakfast Television with Ann Rohmer; CTV Canada AM), radio (eg, all CBC local stations across Canada), newspapers (eg. Ellie Tesher in the Toronto Star; Vancouver Sun; Montreal Gazette) and magazines (eg. Today's Child).
Co-publisher

MAMMA - a quarterly newspaper for women

(Media Production industry)

1978 — 1982 (4 years )

MAMMA was an acronym for Modern Activities for Mother's Mental Awareness. It was the first publication intially aimed to inspire and support stay-at-home moms. Subscriptions were world-wide. Both publishers and particular issues were featured in media across the country, including national, regional and local newspapers, magazines (eg. Chatelaine and Homemakers), radio and television. A MAMMA issue highlighting home parties became the source of a feature article published in Financial Post magazine.
Co-producer, Co-host

"Mamma Speaks Out" - Rogers Cable Co.

(Entertainment industry)

1980 — 1981 (1 year )

This hugely successful weekly, live, hour-long interview and phone-in show was among the first of its kind in North America aimed at women at home. The behind-the-scenes crew consisted of volunteer women living in the area who learned to handle lighting, cameras, phone lines and more. Media across the country featured this original program, its co-producers and volunteer crew. Guests ranged from holistic practitioners to marriage counsellors to plastic surgeons, and included the beloved late local politician Esther Shiner (Toronto Star, "Motherhood Gets a Network, July 8, 1980) as well as advocate (Herbie Fund, Sick Children's Hospital) and artist Gina Godfrey.
Elementary School Teacher

North York Board of Education

(Education Management industry)

1967 — 1972 (5 years )

Taught grades four to kindergarten.

Nellie Jacobs’s Education

York University

BA , Communication , 1985 — 1988

Juggled responsibilities as mother with four small children with studies, graduating on Dean's Honour Roll.

Activities and Societies:

Wrote articles for school paper. Won awards in end of year student art exhibit at Glendon art gallery. Head of pr for world-reknown Banuta Rubess' class production "Down for the Count" by Peter Eliot Weiss.
University of Toronto - New College

1965 — 1969
Vaughan Road Collegiate

1960 — 1965
York Mills collegiate

1960 — 1965

Additional Information

Nellie Jacobs’s Websites:

Nellie Jacobs’s Interests:

creativity, art, writing, education, photography, exploring new ideas, philosophy, pyschology, interviewing creative-thinking people, interacting with forward-thinkers

Nellie Jacobs’s Groups:

Creativity Coaching Association, World Creativity and Innovation Week April 15-21

Linked:HR (#1 Human Resources Group)
Diamond Networking Group
OpenNetworker.com
Professional Speakers and Seminar Leaders
Leadership Think Tank
Consultants Network
Toronto Entrepreneur Alliance
Creativity Champions
Innovation Management Group
TopLinked.com (Open Networkers)
RecruitingBlogs
ThoseinMedia
York University Alumni
Job & Career Network
Innovative Association, Convention, Conference & Meeting Innovators
Innovative Marketing, PR, Sales, Word-of-Mouth & Buzz Innovators
Technology Outsourcing– Professionals/ Software Developers/ Freelancers/ Programmers/ Entrepreneurs
The Job Board (Find A Job, Post a Job)
SpeakerMatch
AFFILIATED AUTHORS
Linked 2 Leadership
Media Professionals Worldwide
LION500.com (Open Networkers)
Innovative Fundraising & Philanthropic Innovation Network
Make Money With Webinars for Speakers / Consultants / Trainers/ Authors
Human Factors
Creative Communication & Innovation Network of Innovators
twitter innovators Innovation & Creativity Network of Tweeters
facebook innovators Innovation & Creativity Face Book Network
TopLinked Entrepreneurs
TopFollowed.com (Twitter Open Networkers)
Marketing to Over 50's: Old People, Grey's, Retirees, Seniors & Pensioners
Trend Watching
Linked Strategies
Let's Connect! (Open Networkers)
Canadian Women in Communications
Books and Writers
NEW AUTHORS NEED MARKETING IDEAS
Twitter Strategies
"Count Me In" The Official Group
Torontonians Only
L2L Marketplace
Linked:HR Marketplace
Linked:HR Event Calendar
Linked:HR - HR Consulting
Sales Visionaries Inc.
Internet Talk Radio Hosts
Buy or Sell
Art Of Transition (Durham Region)
IT Staffers
Subject Matter Experts
The Job Board: Jobs Networking Forum