TEACHING AND CREATIVE PROPOSALS
2010 Hispanic Writers’ Week in Boston, Literary Workshop
The Hispanic Writers Week is an event that has been taking place every year for the last 16 years. Published Hispanic authors from all over the world are invited to participate and teach creative writing to two selected Middle Schools. At the end of the week, there is a closing reading coordinated by the writers-teachers at Massachusetts University. Juan Navidad was invited to come from Spain as part of this group of writers-teachers in an effort to support the bilingualism of the students and to share his work as an author.

2010 Taught at ALCE (Association of Spanish Language and Culture) New York, New Jersey, Maryland, Virginia and Washington.
Taught Spanish as a Foreign Language at various schools and developed motivational reading activities. Also performed book making workshops that encouraged student’s creativity and interest in reading and writing.

2009 III Latin Hispanic Book Fair organized by the HLCCNY (Latin Hispanic Cultural Center of New York)
Invited to participate at the Book Fair. Juan Navidad returned to New York in September to present his book Sentences not to stop thinking in the subway.

2009-2010 The Teacher Training Centres in Hellin (Albacete), Calahorra Cartagena (La Rioja) Taught a workshop called Boosting the school library which taught librarians, teachers, parents and students how to take advantage of such a space in order to promote its best use while motivating reading.

2009 Taught creative workshops of Spanish cabezudos figures in Íllora (Granada) and Caraquiz, Uceda (Guadalajara)
These are hands on workshops that teach children and adults how to make figures out of recyclable materials. Plenty of Spanish Festivals include costumed figures known as cabezudos, or “Big-Heads.”

2009 In New York and New Jersey developed a variety of workshops Activities to encourage reading in Spanish and Spanish practice as a Foreign Language in various Elementary schools in New York and New Jersey.
Taught a creative workshop of Spanish cabezudos figures in Susan B. Anthony in Jamaica, Queens’s school, with three groups of bilingual students in English and Spanish. Also taught his Tale Stimulation Workshop for adults at the Center of Cultures in Queens, organized by the Hispanic Cultural Center of New York, an activity supported by Assemblyman Joseph R. Peralta of New York City.

2009 O’clock, a Training Centre in Zaragoza (Spain)
Taught a workshop on How to tell, write, choose and adapt tales for children.

2008-2009 Several activities in public libraries in Spain
Storytelling, literary creation workshops, and so on.

2008-2009 In CCOO de Béjar
Trained employed and unemployed workers on the use of the Internet and Web Design.

2008 Cabezudos workshops in various parts of Spain and also in Geneva (Switzerland)
Developed workshops on cabezudos (Big-Heads) production and handcraft creativity with recycled paper.

2008 Provincial Public Libraries of Malaga Province (Spain) Taught a course for Provincial Public Libraries under the name of, How to move your public library created to motivate the use of public libraries with a lively and community based approach.

2008 Promoted by the Cabildo Insular of Tenerife.
Performed several Equal Opportunity activities for schoolchildren of the ESO and Bachillerato (12 to 18 years) in five secondary schools.

2008 A course promoted by the Cabildo Insular. (Canary Islands, Spain)
Taught the course, Discover the network world for teachers of Tenerife.

2008 Art School Center of Gran Canaria (Canary Islands, Spain)
Taught the course Workshops for school libraries and also Creativity opens the XXI century at the Center to Teach Teachers of Las Palmas I.

2007 Politeia Joven, an International Meeting of the Youth Council of Spain
Carried out the project Collectors of Ideas in English and Spanish to improve and promote the dialogue between civilizations.

2007 Center to Teach Teachers of Osuna Ecija (Sevilla)
Gave the workshop Activities and creative projects using paper and cardboard.

2007 Center to Teach Teachers of the East of Asturias
Gave the course Discover the World Online Search for resources and creation of interactive activities.

2007 Center for Women in Villafranca de los Caballeros (Toledo)
Taught the workshop Stories based on ethic values from a gender perspective (a Dinamiza Equal European Program)

2007 in various schools in Spain
Developed dynamic, motivational workshops based on creativity for Parents' Schools, and coordinated innovation projects.

2006 Murcia at the Regional Library in Murcia City
Moving your Public Library for librarians.

2006 Centros de Formación del Profesorado (Teaching Training Centers) Murcia.
Taught several teacher training courses like Creativity in the classroom.

2006-2010 Dinamización de ideas (Ideas dinamization)
Created his own company to teach teachers, laymen and women, librarians, cultural centers' staff, institutions and associations how to promote creativity in the classroom and in any other environment.

2005 FOREM CCOO Bejar
Teaches courses for hired and unemployed workers, like Office Tools, Web design and Photo Design.

2005 Teacher training for teachers in various centers throughout Spain.
How to choose, adapt, create and tell stories based on ethic values or Don Quixote in the classroom as well as several courses for Associations or Librarians like, How to move your public libraries, others directed to Organizations as the Red Cross like, How to write and tell Jokes and Storytelling.

2004 FOREM courses
Technical publishing that goes one by one all facets of the book from the idea to the shelf.

2004 Designs and teaches training courses for teachers
such as Writing without words. A Creative Writing Workshop.

2003-2004 Guijuelo Radio
Held radio programs at a local radio station like, Coffee with words, In times of Maricastaña and Books for the Sea spaces of solidarity, folk music, literature, human rights...

2003 Founded Literary Coast, a Publishing company.
The first published work was an audio book Tribute to a friend. Almuenza Folk Festival 1998-2003, with texts about this festival and a collection of Celtic and folk songs.

2003 Béjar and County Canal a Media Company Radio, Television and Printed Media
Had a daily morning radio program on Radio Béjar, wrote a daily County news page in the Tribuna de Salamanca, a province newspaper. Acted as journalist, announcer, editor, voice over, camera and reporter for the three media.

2003 Taught several training courses
New Technologies, Dynamization of schools, How to revitalize libraries...

2000-2003 Miguel de Cervantes Virtual Library (cervantesvirutal.com) at the University of Alicante.
Vice director of the Marketing Area. The most important digitalization project in Hispanic languages, dedicated to user-oriented sections, usability and teaching. Juan Navidad created, developed and designed emblematic sections such as, The Librarian, the Virtual Chat, or the Meeting Point, which were quickly taken as standards on the net.

2000-2003 Revitalization of rural schools in the Region of Murcia and Alicante.
Both the Virtual Library as their own, conducted number of training courses in creative writing teachers, school Dynamism, Reading activities, Enhancement of libraries use, etc.

1998-2000 Abaco Translations for Berlitz Translation Services in New York.
Translator from English to Spanish of technical texts. Texts included Chrysler cars manuals for sale in Spain and Latin America (operations manuals, instructions, post-sale letters, etc. were also part of the translated materials.)

1996-1997 Radio Vitoria
Writer and broadcaster with several literature and music radio spots like Coffee with words, When night falls and the special 366 days of poetry.

1992-1998 Teacher of English
Group and one on one lessons. Taught at Institutes, academies and privately.

1994-1998 Freelance Translator
Translated all kinds of texts literary, scientific, thesis, etc. and simultaneous and consecutive translation courses and conferences.

1984-1992
A good number of jobs to consider stage carpenter, bartender, disc jockey, among others...

Literary and Artistic Activities
In 1991 forms Cálamo, a College literary magazine in the Basque Country University, and six issues of the journal, conducts outreach literature, gatherings and a heartfelt tribute to Miguel Hernandez 1992 coinciding with 50th anniversary of the death the poet.

In 1997 with Blanca Flores forms Primera Obra, a Writers Association, which carries out many activities to leave their mark on the city of Vitoria.

In 1997 also in, conducts photography exhibitions titled Inside Perspective along with his friend Txus Fernandez de Alzola, A study of the psychology of citizens of the capital through the patios (backyards) of the neghborhoods.

1998 Created the Entrecomillas group born out of a literary contest. It was a multidisciplinary group conformed by people of all ages and social strata. Collected two book shipments one for Cuba and another for Ecuador. Organized recitals, edited books and publications, held cultural marathons, street theater, etc.

1998 Photo exhibitions in Alicante under the title Field Amplitude with Eva C. Luna.

1999-2000 Created Libelo Group and later the Audiovisual Platform Challenge.

2002 Coordinated the initiative with Costa Literary authors and artists from all over Spain and soon after launched a Publishing project with the same name.

2003 Created Sierra Literary project and developed eight radio programs to encourage reading through this medium and a website in mp3 format.

The same year he also created, Factory of Legends in Béjar (Salamanca) with a number of activities monologues, storytelling, recycling workshops, radio, etc.

Education
1988-1992 English Philology. University of the Basque Country.
1988. First Certificate in English. University of Cambridge.
1988. Website Design using Dreamweaver program. Miguel de Cervantes Virtual Library.
2002.Curso area. COEPA organized by the Employers Association of Alicante. November-December.

Computer and language skills
+ Macintosh and PC advanced user.
+Internet user since 1994 and with website projects since 1999.
+ programs design software (Dreamweaver), text (Word) layout (Quark Xpress), scanning and retouching (Omni page, Photoshop), etc.
+ Spanish Mother tongue.
+ English High level of understanding, written, spoken and translation.
+ German low level of understanding.
+ Euskera low level understanding.

Achievements and recognitions
El 1995 substantial Aid to literary creation of the Spanish Ministry of Culture that allows you to write the poetry collection Una pareja de tapas duras, which was published the year 1999.
It’s 1997 winner, with Blanca Flores, his partner a contest of ideas for the creation of companies with Kultur Club - Cultural Space, a local cultural activities bar.
In October 2002 Travelled to the Dominican Republic invited by the City Council of the National District of Santo Domingo and the Embassy of Spain. Held the course Revitalize school and municipal libraries in the Cultural Center of Spain in Santo Domingo. Held several meetings with poets and writers, gave three times a Book making workshop at schools. He was received by trustees (mayors) of various localities, by the Assistant Secretary of State for Culture, Andrew L. Matthew, the Director of the National Library, Diogenes Cespedes and a number of Dominican writers. He was named Distinguished Visitor in the towns of Mao and the Romana.

2003 The magazine La Botica of Vitoria, with a circulation of 3,000 copies, dedicated the number 5 to Entrecomillas group, formed five years earlier by Juan Navidad in the city of Vitoria.

2003 the Spanish Federation of Municipalities and Provinces in the contest reading animation projects in municipalities with fewer than 50,000, awarded Sierra Literary project to encourage reading through the radio and the Internet with 200 books are already part of the Municipal Library of Béjar with introducing the project.

2005 Was appointed co-director of the Foundation and Evelyne Marc Abel, with headquarters in Altea (Alicante) intensely dedicated to creating an artistic pulse of young European authors. .