Goal Mapping Practitioner

Woohoo, I am now a fully qualified Goal Mapping Practitioner!!!

After spending a weekend on the lovely Isle Of Wight, I completed a three day training programme to enable me to deliver Goal Mapping to adults as well as students in education.  The programme was delivered by the amazing Brian Mayne, creator of Goal Mapping and was also attended by some of my wonderful Positively MAD friends.

Watch this space for more details...

May 2011...

Back To Roade
It was a pleasure to return to Roade School and work with Year 10 students again.  Early in the month, I worked with them for one hour delivering a Speedy Study Skills session introducing them to a range of techniques.  Session two was Employable You looking at how to make a difference to what you have to offer in the future.  Next month I will return for Goal Setting and Motivation.

Broadway Superstars
Here is a lovely article written by Alan David Pritchard on the Positively MAD website...

Positively MAD was recently invited by Broadway School in Birmingham to provide a combined parent-pupil motivational event.  Blending goal-setting and motivation, the event was aimed at students in years 7 – 11 and their parents, and was delivered by the irrepressible and highly engaging speaker, Mark Kennedy. Using his talent for delighting audiences with real-life anecdotes, and mixing common sense with highly motivational content, Mark challenged his audience to think about what they really want in life and how to motivate themselves to achieve their goals. Staff, parents and students all found the presentation to be entertaining, enlightening and very worthwhile. Here is a sample of the feedback that Mark received for this inspirational learning experience. 5 Stars Just taught me about life. – Salmaan, Year 7 It gave our parents alongside our pupils to refocus their thoughts and plan for their futures. Super feedback. Positive parent comments. –Sue S, teacher Very good. Good examples. Inspiring. Gives you a flash forward of what to experience in life. – Jameel, year 9 I thought it was good. – Suleman, Year 9 It was excellent. – Anishah, Year 7 It opened our eyes.  Fun, laughs and energetic. Advice to help us in life.  – V- Mizan, year 11  4 Stars  Gets you motivated, you know what you want. – Suleman, Year 10 It was very interesting and made you think. Very helpful. – Ansar, Yr 11 Many thanks to all involved for making our speaker feel so welcome and appreciated. We look forward to making more of a positive difference to the Birmingham community soon.

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April 2011...

Exam Busters Month
With exams just around the corner, it was a delight to work with Evesham High, Queen Elizabeth Mercian, South Wolds and Tredegar Comprehansive as my tour took me to Worcestershire, Staffordshire, Notts and Wales.

All year 11 students were a delight to work with as they learnt a range of memory techniques surround how to revise in time for the big day.  There were some encouraging comments after these fun sessions. 

Evesham High School year 11 students 
“I enjoyed the session because Mark put it across in a fun was and got people involved.”
“It was interesting and will help me prepare for the exams.”
“Put revision into a new and fun way.”
“Interesting, fun and enjoyable.  Mark constantly kept us interested and showed is many useful strategies and techniques.  Top bloke Marky!”
“Do you know what...I am actually going to revise now.”

Queen Elizabeth students

"Flawless, fun and engaging"
"Entertaining, educational and enthusiastic"

South Wolds staff
"Wide range of strategies that will be really useful for revision.  The teacher and parent session was also extremely valuable"

Tredegar staff and students
"Pupils engaged throughout and responded well / interacted with Mark.  Feedback from some classes in follow up lessons afterwards was all positive."

"Really made me realise that revising isn't boring"
"Fun and enjoyable plus certainly not boring"

My blog is changing and new website has landed...

http://www.mad4life.net/

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Also, to improve this blog, I am going to update it on a monthly basis, it will include highlights of all my work in schools and beyond.

Enjoy and thank you for reading.