‘After attending David’s course I decided I’d approach a bloke I’d fancied for a year and vowed to travel more. A year later we’re married and currently working with teenagers in New Zealand together.’
We’re used to receiving rave reviews but this one is life changing even by our standards.
David Hodgson is one of our newest Associates and was brought to our attention not only for the great work he has been doing with young people and those who work with them on motivation, goal setting, life skills and employability, but also because of his inspirational and entertaining delivery – fast paced, relevant, effective and fun.
‘He had the audience eating out of his hand’ as our spy reported back to us.
Up until recently he was working under the careers adviser banner in the North East and it was here that he was able to develop a package of materials he calls The Buzz. Recently published as a book by Crown House, The Buzz uses the sorts of strategies and techniques you would associate more with high profile business development and training rather than with young people in education and David has shown just how relevant, applicable and powerful these ideas are when used in this way.
In particular he has adapted personality type theory to make it easy to use with young people to help them better understand themselves and others. In turn, this helps them to make better decisions about their futures and their careers as well as improving the quality of their relationships and communication skills in their day-to-day lives.
He combines this with a healthy dose of NLP (and if you don’t know what this is a) you really should as it such a powerful tool in the classroom b) it’s where the notion of VAK comes from and c) check out the book Introducing NLP by Seymour and O’Connor) to teach young people, teachers, mentors and trainers simple tools to use with themselves and others to get more out of life, now and in the future.
With qualifications that include Master Practitioner and Trainer of N.L.P. (Society of N.L.P.), British Psychological Society Level A&B, a Diploma in Careers Guidance, a Diploma in Management and a snake belt in karate combined with a client list that includes Orange, Walkers Crisps, the NHS, the Institute of Careers Guidance and Association of Graduate Careers Services, David has a unique contribution to make to Independent Thinking, to our clients and to the world of education in general.
Here are some recent comments from happy punters after one of David's Events:
- A terrific and inspirational presentation, we felt energised and motivated
- Your presentation was well picthed, mixing humour with a definite message on how Governors' attitudes and beliefs can impact on the positive learning of others
- Students and staff were buzzing with talk of brain techniques and personalities
- Thanks again for a brilliant morning affirming the awesome responsibility we have as teachers in getting children to believe in themselves and go for their dreams!
There is now even a new interactive website put together by David where you will learn more about profiling along with a free personality test, excerpts from the book and much more (including the startling truth about the longevity of nuns). Click here to go visit this fun site.
- For David's prices click here
- People who benefited from David have also enjoyed Roy Leighton
To make contact with David and enquire how he can work with your staff, colleagues, delegates, students, or even governors and parents please call the Independent Thinking office on 0709 239 9617 or e-mail us at learn@independentthinking.co.uk.
And, by the way, in case you were wondering, David has the same personality type as Jamie Oliver, Terry Wogan and the Little Mermaid.
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