A couple of years ago I was working with a group of college students on a team building day. After undertaking an exercise – building a bridge from newspaper I think on this occasion – my role was to ask questions to help them understand what had happened, the impact it had on them and [...]
While researching methods of encouraging discussion in groups I was reminded of World Cafe conversations which were used at events I participated in a few years ago. The World Cafe website is really worth a look but what struck me specifically was this statement under “Explores the questions that matter”
“Our experience has been that questions [...]
Last week there were just green shoots. Then we had a sunny day and the shoots opened!
Are there any brighter indicators of spring than daffodils?
Soon gardens as well as grass verges, roundabouts, waste ground even will be awash with the bright yellow they bring . The harshness and gloom of winter days will fade into [...]
It was about 4pm and the bus was full of youngsters coming home from school. Some bright spark obviously thought it was fun to keep ringing the bell for getting off. As the journey progressed to the terminus all of the youngsters did get off and a few weary adults were left to the final [...]
British actor Richard Briers – who is probably most famous for playing Tom Good in the Good Life 70s sitcom – was talking on the radio yeterday about his career as an actor. He has acted in other TV shows and in many plays and well into his 70s now he is currently appearing in a [...]
