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Valuing the Benefits of Play

There’s a wonderful organisation called Playworks that believes recess (you know, that free time during school hours students spend out of the classroom?) should be…

How To Break The Ice

As already shared, I’m excited to be keynoting at the forthcoming APPEC in Hong Kong, 12-13 November 2016. I always have so much to share,…

The Benefits of Playing Outside

Here’s a must-view short film that is not only beautiful to watch, but offers a message too important to miss. Click to watch: Muddy Puddles…

The Power of Experiential Learning

Ever wanted a glimpse into what is possible at school? Read this article from Education Week newspaper. The author, Jonathan Lash, provides a wonderful illustration…

Why Sharing Is So Important To Building Relationships

Have you read Mandy Le Catron’s article in the New York Times titled To Fall In Love With Anyone, Do This? Her research also featured…

At What Point In Your Life…?

My good friend and fellow experiential educator Tom Heck presented a TED Talk recently, and in it, he quoted a colleague of his asking one…

What Is Possible?

For some time now, I have framed the start of many of my programs with an activity I call Rope House. Not only is it wonderfully…

All Work & No Play Makes Jack A Dull Boy

Here’s a link to a Radio National interview conducted recently which explored the value and enormous benefits of integrating ‘play’ into the lives of adults in…

Debriefing via Learning Styles

It is no secret that we all learn in different ways.  Wouldn’t it also make sense that we process experiences in different ways as well?…

Team-Building is Crap

I spend a few minutes each day contributing to various educational blogs and social media platforms. In one post on TeachThought, a program provider from…

Become A Better Teacher – Play!

I’m a regular browser of Edutopia. Today, I came across a wonderful article which captured the essence of Dr Stuart Brown’s book ‘Play.’ I have…

Inspiring TED Talk from Kyle Bryant

This TEDx Talk is super brilliant. It is moving, inspirational and above all, demonstrates several lessons – it’s not always about ‘me,’ there is enormous power in…

How To Spread A Good Idea

I delivered a unique session as part of the Victorian Applied Learning Association’s annual conference last week, which was hosted under the theme of ‘Are…

Make Your Bed & Nine Other Lessons To Live By

If you are looking for some inspiration today, listen to this address given to the graduating class of University of Teas, by Admiral William McRaven. Twenty…

Live Your List Podcast

Like the fuel you add to your car, I am very clear that what we add to our minds will significantly influence our performance. Psychologist Archibald…

Our Choices Define Us

Anyone who follows this blog will know that I’m a big fan of Seth Godin. He just gets it right, never a word wasted. Today,…

Why play is making a comeback

I recently stumbled across this post, describing why play is making a comeback, which was first published on PBS in the United States: Click here –>…

Generosity & Success

Just had to share this with you. Word for word, this is what Seth Godin wrote in his blog post today: “Here’s conventional wisdom: Success…

Start By Asking Why?

Here’s a TED Talk that had me pause the video at least a dozen times because I heard so many great insights I just needed…

Two Types of Students

Here’s an interesting comment which was shared at a professional development seminar I attended last week: There are two types of students (indeed, people) in…

Stress Is Good For Your Health

Is stress good for our health? This is a question I have often pondered. To explore this question further, take 14 minutes out of your…

Two Success Truths

Two nights ago I attended a business networking event with fifty other entrepreneurs, and I was reminded of two truths behind success in business, or…

Have You Ever? Variation

This Have You Ever variation is shared by my good friend Jim Schoel, long time Project Adventure colleague and author of Islands of Healing, Exploring Islands…

Can You Really Choose Freely?

In my regular trainings and visits to hundreds of facilities all over the world, one of the most common misunderstandings I come across is the…

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