Author Archives: Richard Graham

Why “Swine Flu” proves Schools fail

If you watch CNN, the BBC or any other media outlet, they’ve suddenly switched from saying the world has ended from the “economic crisis” to now we’re all doomed by “swine flu”. Those people not living on planet Earth, or those who believe what they read in the news, would think it’s the end of…

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Genki in Seoul

If you ever see on my schedule that I’m planning on spending just 24 hours in a country again and aim to get some work done then please email me and tell me I’m mad! Especially if it’s Korea, the only country I’ve ever known highway traffic jams to last past midnight! I spent this…

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Thinking Bigger and Why We Need YOU To Do It

The big buzz around the blogosphere this week is for Michael Port’s “Think Big Manifesto“. It’s not a new concept, it just says that thinking big is just as easy as thinking small, so you might as well think as big as you can! The idea of the book is that it applies to anything,…

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Funky new printables

Gaz has sent in some great new printables. First we have question cards, for example featuring all the GE themes with “what” and answer cards to match. Or “where” and “can” Plus a How are you? poster & How are you? namecards to play a How are you? version of the namecard game. Gaz has…

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Go Green! CD9 Download is On Sale Now!

I usually wait till the physical CD is back from the factory before launching a new CD, but seeing as the Download Packs have no packaging, nor C02 from shipping then I figured I’d launch the new one as soon as it’s ready i.e. right now! So the new Full Download Packs have all the…

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Are you in Seoul?

Update: Β Thank you everyone for getting in touch. Β As usual it was an awesome time in Seoul and I’m sure I’ll be back soon! Are you in Korea?Β  I’m going to be briefly in Seoul on Tuesday and Wednesday.Β  I don’t have any public workshops, but if you wanted to meet up for a beer…

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