Big Challenges, Bigger Possibilities is the underlying theme for our focus in 2010 and we are kick-starting it now.

We borrowed it (with permission) from our friends at BIIG – the Queensland "Business Improvement In Government" group. It is the theme for their April 2010 conference we will be facilitating. It is great working with people motivated to champion creativity as a way to improve and innovate in all areas.

For many, this year has been tough and, while more challenges lie ahead, we believe the possibilities and opportunitiies will be even bigger.

As 2009 draws to a close, we have been imagining the future we want to help create, in order to then engineer it into reality. This is the essence of the Imagineering process, and we encourage you to take some time, before things get too hectic, to do your own Imagineering for the year ahead.

And if you don’t think you really need to think about the future we suggest you watch this 5 minute YouTube video. It's been viewed by almost 8,000,000 people.
 

The dates have now been set for the 2010 Mindwerx and Buzan Centre: Aust/NZ public programs - in Brisbane, Melbourne, Sydney and Auckland.

Continuing our popular half-day format the six programs focus on giving individuals the thinking and learning skills to be truly successful, and to support the growth and success of their organisations and in their lives.

These range from a new program called Computer Enhanced Thinking to stalwarts such as Mind Mapping and Deliberate Creative Thinking.

Check out the programs on Mindwerx Open Programs  or Buzan Centre Open Programs  and start planning your professional development for 2010.

Read more to see how you can take up this offer.

Or Download the Silly Season Booking Form Now
 

Oh my, we hope he knows what he’s doing.

Hundreds of people contributed to the Mega Mind Map, which when completed was 7.2 x 4.8 metres (23 feet 7.5 inches by 15 feet 9 inches).  (It also qualifies as the largest Hand-drawn Mind Map in Australia!)

The aim was to develop a massive memory aid of this significant gathering and create conversations around the key themes.

Watch How it grew and grew and grew.

Buzan’s Study Skills Program

The Shortcut to Successful Studies for students, adults returning to study at any level, and those attending corporate education.

With the increasing demand on everyone to know more and do more, whether at school, at work or in business, we are seeing too many people having trouble managing information overload.

For years we have run a very successful Study Skills for Students course aimed primarily at Secondary Students.

But we now see demand for something for Junior High students as well. Parents of young and older children are seeking to learn how to learn so they can really help their kids.

And more and more we are getting calls from Adults who have gone back to study another degree or do an MBA, and even from business people who want to get more out of the corporate programs they attend.

What they are all saying is they want a program that gives them an advantage in their study – a program with all the best bits of our various programs tailored into something special. So we have built it.
Read more about this remarkable new program…

The first program for 2010 starts on 16 January before school year starts, so get some more information
and download the Information Sheet and Booking Form now.

“We all have possibilities we don’t know about. We can do things we don’t even dream we can do.”
… Dale Carnegie

the Business Voice, created by Anthony Gell.

Presenting an inspiring variety of thought leaders BVo.com surpasses other websites of this type, (except probably www.TED.com,  which has been going much longer).

We like many things about BVo.com – the quality of the videos, Anthony’s interviewing style, the excellence of the questions and discussion, and that fact that we are not only seeing some of the well known names (de Bono, Peters, Goleman) but also meet real leaders in a wide variety of fields.

Bill particularly liked the conversation with Tom Peters where Peters says that "despite the libraries full of books on innovation, the one real source of innovation is ‘pis$ed off people’. "

Read more and then check out BVo.com  

But hurry the special offer expires 25 Dec 09.

Buzan Licensed Instructor (BLI) Program

The last BLI BrainCamp for 2009 is on this week at our cre8ive space on the GoldCoast.

The 4-day BrainCamp is stage two of the BLI licensing process, and over the last eight years we have accredited about 150 instructors to teach others in Tony Buzan’s Mind Mapping.

Many of these BLIs also go on to become Advanced BLIs training other in Speed Reading, Enhanced Memory and Buzan’s Success Formula TEFCAS.

The BrainCamp is an fabulous learning event where Buzan MasterTrainer Jennifer Goddard takes participants behind the scenes to truly uncover the secrets of Mind Maps, and Tony Buzan’s principles and methods.

Having worked with Tony around the world – Jennifer just returned from London where she helped Tony run the World Memory Championships, she is the most senior mastertrainer in the world, and one of only 4 globally.

Designed for teachers, corporate trainers, change agents and professional consultants, coaches, and facilitators, you should learn more about how being a BLI adds to your repertoire of skills.

Go to the BLI program page on Buzan.com.au now.

And if you’d like to chat to Jennifer about becoming a BLI give her a call on 0407 541 497 or email her at jennifer@buzan.com.au.

Well that wraps up another eLetter for now. We hope it has been of interest and value, and if it did please pass along to others who may like to read it.

And remember you can follow our blogs on fuzz2buzz.com, and also stay in touch with what we’re doing by following us on Twitter - http://twitter.com/fuzz2buzz  and http://twitter.com/Bill_Jarrard.

And be sure to check out the updated www.mindwerx.com  website.

All the very best from the Gang @ Mindwerx International and the Buzan Centre: Aust/NZ