What is the Playful Creative Summit?
The Playful Creative Summit is a FREE 5-day long virtual conference for those those who need new solutions to existing problems, or have creative ideas but no idea of what to do with them.
Play enthusiasts, professionals, consultants and curious onlookers are invited to learn how to play and be creative in work and life, from creative disciplines including makers, designers, producers, artists, content creators, creatives, game designers, and play experts to discover purpose in their businesses and to grow together in an online play-pen!
50 international experts on playfulness, creativity and games spoke to us in pre-recorded interviews about their background, their creative process, daily practices for playful creativity and what changes these will bring to the future in 2021.
For 2021, we are also bringing a bit of excitement by adding some live interactive components. These are accessible to our co-sponsors.
Meet Your Hosts
Alyea and David are both international transplants who now live in NL (David) and Portugal (Alyea). Alyea (originally from Colombia), a game researcher, met David (from the UK via South Africa), a creativity activator, at a Spark conference where he was speaking on creativity. His infectious humor made her realize he would be the perfect work play-mate. They met for coffee and became fast pals. In 2020 they brought their expertise together and their brainchild the Playful Creative Summit was born. The Playful Creative Summit is now a regular staple and a yearly occurrence launching every April to coincide with World Creativity Day!
Is this worth my time?
What about my time zone?
There is not formal time schedule for the general summit.
We have designed the summit to have an open schedule. This means that 15 videos will go live each day at the same time. Giving you the ease to choose when and how you watch the videos during the 5 days. You can watch at any time evening, day or night in your location!
Wanna know if this is for you? Are you interested in:
Tried and tested ways that play and creativity have a [positive impact in our world]
Tips and approaches from working playful creative professionals
Examples on how to use games and gamification in your business
Practical information about how to become more playful and creative
Highly relatable stories of how our speakers overcame their own professional challenges
A wide range of disciplines and skills from almost every angle you can think of
How to use play and creativity to improve your work, your life and your environment
Yes? Then join our us below!
our speakers have more info than wikipedia
Discover a unique Wonderland of Playful and Creative Souls...
Are you needing inspiration in general and seeking new ideas? Or are you at a crossroads in life and looking for new ways of doing things and new things to do?
Come and get real, actionable answers to those questions from real, playful and creative professionals.
The playful experience of 2021 is about to begin...
You will watch video after video of insights where our speakers share: real advice based on how they tackled their own challenges, benefits of being playful, tips and best practices from their own professional practice, practical steps you can take at home AND special offers of downloads and consultations to help you personally increase your creativity and playfulness in life and business.
You will take part in live workshops, play sessions and networking events that will tickle your neurons with creative insight.
The summit will give you new inspirations, new methods and tools, new like-minds and seemingly old friends. From our speakers, you will come away with actual strategies and plans to help you make your dreams and ideas real. Before the five days are over, you embody a new belief:
I am a playful creature, and damn it I am going to show it!
Our Amazing Speakers
Playful Artists, Designers & Makers
Playful Professionals
Playful Creators
Your Free Pass to the Playful Creative Summit Includes:
Access to 50 inspiring sessions on inspiration sources, the power of play and personal methodologies.
Unique perspectives about creativity and play
Authentic and real perspectives of professional life
A lightness and playfulness about work and life
Action steps you can DO after watching the sessions
About Your Hosts
About Alyea
Alyea was exposed to games by her “abuelita” Lela who would create games so keep her grandchildren entertained. Her road was windy and indirect. She dabbled in different fields including management consulting, clinical psychology, and the social impact space before returning to study video game production in grad school. Now, she helps creative entrepreneurs and professionals with game design, play and game consultation.
About David
David grew up as the youngest of five kids in a house awash with music and books. He was always going to disappear off down some less beaten path. He has been a journalist, band manager, bass player, publicist, event manager and promoter, trainer and actor. He is on a mission to change the world by activating the creative capacity of as many people as he can through workshops, presentations and coaching.
About Our Amazing Sponsors
Are you ready to shake off the Zoom fatigue, come and play and find joy and inspiration with other human beings online?
Then come meet our Sponsors!
In 2021 we are privileged to have some amazing human beings sponsoring their time and energy to present live and interactive sessions at the summit.
Cathy, Lord Simon, Stefano, Annamarie, Bernie, Jeff and Lauren are all true playful professionals who have bought into the Summit’s vision and want to make a difference in the world through play and we are grateful to have them on-board.
Though access to all 50 speakers is free and available to anyone with an internet connection;
Access to the interactive workshops at Playful Creative Summit is granted when you co-sponsor the Summit through an All-Access Playground Pass, Live-Play or Day-Lite pass. The interactive passes are available until 9:00pm UK (GMT +1) April 21, 2021.
These awesome playful and creative individuals are hosting our interactive sessions.
Playful Creative Summit Interactive Sessions
Thursday 22 April 09:00 UK (GMT +1)
Workshop: Become A Weapon Of Mass Creation with David Chislett
Thursday 22 April 20:00 UK (GMT +1)
Networking: The Onion Hour: Networking Notworking with Epic Llama and Professional Weirdos
Friday 23 April 17:00 UK (GMT +1)
Play Session: The Power of Play for Personal and Social Change with Cathy Salit from the Global Play Brigade
Friday 23 April 20:00 UK (GMT +1)
Workshop: Navigating Difficult Conversations Through Play with Lauren Yee and Jeff Harry
Saturday 24 April 10:00 UK (GMT +1)
Networking: Relationships Matter with Bernie Davies
Saturday 24 April 17:00 UK (GMT +1)
Play Session: Let’s take a Play Break! with Annemarie Steen
Full details of the live, interactive sessions will be in the schedule by April 10th.
Become a co-sponsor through one of our passes and join our interactive session for one-of-a-kind, playful creative experiences and meet your co-sponsors below!
Let’s get in the Playpen!
About Our Sponsors
Hi! I am Stefano
I am all about bringing out the kid in people. At my company, EPIC LLAMA we designs playful experiences that spark curiosity, creativity and maximize human connection. I am a curious soul on a mission to make boring brilliant! Also, I really love llamas.
Hi! I am (Lord) Simon
(Uhm yes I am actually a Lord!) I the lead weirdo at Professional Weirdos, dedicated to creativity and bringing more fun into the world. I am now having a whale of a time mixing up the virtual events world, join me if you're up for a laugh & want confidence in your creativity.
Hi! I am David
I grew up as the youngest of five kids in a house awash with music and books. I was always going to disappear off down some less beaten path. I have been a journalist, band manager, bass player, publicist, event manager and promoter, trainer and actor. My mission is to change the world by activating the creative capacity of as many people as he can through workshops, presentations and coaching.
Hi I am Bernie
I am a Speaker, Trainer, Bestselling Author, Coach and Business Strategist, with a pretty rad legal career in property and now I dedicate myself to helping businesses to network and market effectively. Fun fact, my husband and I owned an operated for 8 years, the number 1 Caribbean chain of Restaurants in Wales!
Hi! I am Annemarie
I am is serious about playfulness in business. I have a strong vision on the importance of play for thriving in a fast changing and complex world. During Corona I started the concept of Play-Break for people working from home to uplift energy, connect them and bring more creative thinking.
Hi! I am Cathy
I am a jazz singer, improviser, social entrepreneur, coach and performance activist. I am the CEO Emerita of the award winning leadership consulting firm, Performance of a Lifetime. With my performance activists friends around the world last March we created the Global Play Brigade (GPB)
Hi! I am Jeff
While we spend most of our time pretending to be important, serious grownups, it's when we let go of that facade and just play, that the real magic happens. Fully embracing your own nerdy genius — whatever that is — gives you the power to make a difference and change lives. I believe that we have many of the answers we seek, and by simply unleashing our inner child, we can find our purpose and help to create a better world.
Hi I am Lauren
I am a cultivator of curiosity, a builder of community, and a process-driven problem solver. When I find ways to help individuals and organizations, improve ideas, and streamline processes I come alive! I have worked with the Golden State Warriors, Google, LinkedIn, Netflix, Southwest Airlines, and Workday helping them to build community, establish inclusivity, and create psychologically safe work environments where staff can thrive.
endorsements and partnerships
The Playful Creative Summit would like to acknowledge and endorse the following partnerships:
Frequently Asked Questions
+ When is the Playful Creative Summit?
The Summit starts at 09:00 UK (GMT + 1) on 21 April and ends at 11:59 pm/23:59 on April 25, 2021 (8:59 am UK April 26th).
+ What is a virtual summit?
A virtual Summit is the digital version of a real-world conference or convention. The event is a hybrid online event. 50 speakers are pre-recorded. There are 6 online interactive and networking events. These can be accessed through a play pass sponsorship.
Participants register for updates, log on to the Summit website and view videos and copy.
+ Is the virtual summit streamed live?
Yes and No.
Oh how we wish we could do 50 speakers live all at once, but NO the main sessions are not streamed live. We interviewed speakers over the last six weeks, the talks are pre-recorded and posted to view. Every day, 15 new speakers are unveiled every day between April 21 and April 23, 2021. Then you will have an extra two days April 24 and April 25 to continue to watch the interviews.
This year for 2021 we are offering workshops and interactive networking sessions which will be live. If you choose to sponsor the summit through a play pass (an all-access playground pass, a live play pass or a day pass) you will have access to 6 interactive events during the conference.
+ What does the summit cost?
Access to the general summit is FREE, but you MUST register to attend so that you receive the correct logins and urls to view the content. If you wish to attend the interactive workshops, we invite you to sponsor the summit through one of our three Play Passes. Register HERE.
+ Is there a schedule?
Yes and No. There is no traditional conference schedule, with scheduled hours for each speaker. This means you can watch any of the 15 videos at whatever time works for you. However, we will have workshops and interactive sessions which will have a designated time and day. The schedule will be posted April 10th. The day schedule is listed soon.
+ Is there a group chat room?
We are still working on this option for 2022, in the meantime you can join the conversation on Instagram at #playfulcreativesummit2021. We also encourage you to join the networking and interactive sessions as these will have a chat function.
+ How long do I have access to the Summit?
General registration to the summit gives you access to the content from 09:00 UK (GMT + 1) on 21 April until 11:59 pm/23:59 PST on April 25, 2021 (8:59 am UK April 26th). Once videos go Live, they remain accessible until 11:59 pm/23:59 PST on April 25, 2021 (8:59 am UK April 26th). After that, we invite you to become a sponsor of the summit and grab the all-access playground pass to have the recordings until March 31, 2022.
+ Do I have access to speakers for more than 24 hours?
All videos remain live until the Summit closes at midnight PST April 25, 2021 (9:00 UK April 26th). If you wish to have access to the recordings beyond April 25, 2021 we invite you to become a summit sponsor.
+ How do I sponsor the summit?
To those who wish to support the summit and wish to sponsor its continuation, we offer play passes. Play passes give you access to interactive content for the summit and pre-recorded content. The three play passes (described below) are: The All-Access Playground Pass, The Live Play Pass and the Day Lite Pass.
+ What is an All-Access Playground Pass?
This sponsorship level gives you access to all of the Summit pre-recorded content until March 31, 2022. If the pass is purchased before April 21, 2021 we also include all 6 interactive events as a BONUS!
The All-Access Playground pass early bird is €57.00, before the summit starts, then €77.00 during summit and €107.00 after the summit ends. All prices exclude VAT where applicable.
+ What is a Live Play Pass?
This sponsorhip level gives you access to interactive content for the summit. The pass costs €25.00 and is good for all 6 interactive events. There are 100 spots available a day per interactive event. We ask that you pre-register for every event you wish to attend to ensure you spot. You can see a quick overview of the interactive events in our sponsorship section here. This sponsorhip level is only available until April 21, 21:00/9 pm UK (GMT + 1). All prices exclude VAT where applicable.
+ What is the day lite pass?
This sponsorhip level gives you access to interactive content for a particular day in the summit. If you are short on time or on an instant noodle budget this sponsorship might be for you. The pass costs €11.00 for the day of your choosing (April 22, April 23, or April 24). There are 100 spots available a day per interactive event. We ask that you pre-register for every event you wish to attend to ensure you spot. You can see a quick overview of the interactive events in our sponsorship section here.This sponsorhip level is only available until April 21, 21:00/9 pm UK (GMT + 1). All prices exclude VAT where applicable.
+ Why should I become a Summit Sponsor?
We invite all those that want to continue to promote the spirit of playfulness and creativity to support the summit. The invitation to sponsorship through a play pass also supports a worldwide playground in which:
- We aim to lower the economic barrier to knowledge (No travel and no expensive conference fees)- keeps us all healthy!
- We give access to anyone in the world with an internet connection
- Provides financial support for the speakers who gave their time
- Allows a diversity of speakers. With no costs, speakers from ANYWHERE in the world feature
- Helps cover the costs of the technology that makes the summit possible
- Limits our carbon footprint
- Covers the more than 600 combined hours that brings the summit to fruition
- Allows us to continue to offer the summit yearly -need we say more?
Get the All-Access Playground Pass here.
+ What is an Affiliate?
An affiliate is a third party who sells All-Access Playground passes on behalf of the Summit and who earns a commission for these sales.
+ How do I become an affiliate?
If you are interested in becoming an affiliate, please sign up here.
+ How does the affiliate link work?
Every affiliate link is unique. This allows The Summit to track the origins of each All-Access Pass transaction and pay out the correct commissions to our Affiliates. Affiliates must only share the link that is issued to them in order to ensure that they earn their commission.
