Dewitt Jones, award-winning photojournalist and film director, is one of
America's top professional photographers with a career stretching over
twenty-five years. As a motion picture director, he had two films nominated for
Academy Awards before he was thirty. Twenty years as a freelance photographer
with National Geographic earned him a reputation as a world-class
photojournalist.
Turning to advertising, Jones rose to the forefront of corporate creative
marketing photographing national advertising campaigns for Dewar's Scotch,
Canon and United Airlines.
Jones has published nine books, including his most recent book, "The Nature of
Leadership", which was created in collaboration with Stephen R. Covey, author
of "The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People". He is recognized as a
world-class lecturer. His knowledge of the creative process, his relaxed and
genuine style and his ability to communicate make his presentations truly
outstanding. Dewitt challenges each of us "to celebrate what's right with the
world".
In addition to his popular "Clear Vision: Putting Your Creativity to Work"
program, Dewitt now has a second presentation. In "Extraordinary Visions",
Dewitt explores the life perspectives he has learned living his vision of
celebrating what is right with the world. He gives his audiences the creative
tools they need not only to find their own vision but to make it a reality. He
helps them soar from imagination to ImaginAction - and to do it with grace,
passion and joy.
Dewitt Jones is a cum laude graduate of Dartmough College with a B.A. in Drama,
and holds a Masters Degree in film making from UCLA.
Dewitt Jones' keynote presentations leave audiences spellbound! Using his own
extraordinary photographs as examples, Dewitt explores the fundamentals of
creativity, what they are, how they exist in each one of us and how we can
learn to use them every day.
With each slide and each story drawn from his long career with National
Geographic, he illustrates the techniques he uses to bring vision into reality
and provides his audiences with the tools to access creativity in every part of
life: Focus, Clear Thinking, Not Being Afraid to Make Mistakes, Reframing a
Problem Into an Opportunity, Finding More Than One Right Answer, Being a Good
Listener, Patience, Intuition.
Dewitt makes creativity understandable and accessible. His programs will leave
your audience energized and inspired with their own creative potential!
Clear Vision
In his keynote presentation, award winning photographer Dewitt Jones explores
the fundamentals of creativity - what they are, how they exist in each of us
and how to remove the blocks that keep us from accessing them. Using his own
exceptional photographs as examples, Dewitt helps his audiences see the world
with new eyes and rediscover their own creative gifts.
Extraordinary Visions
Where do we find the vision to take our lives to the next level? How do we
summon the passion to keep "raising the bar"? How can we make our life less of
a struggle and more of a joy? For photographer and creativity expert, Dewitt
Jones, the answers to these questions lie in the images we hold about
ourselves, our future and the way in which we grow.
