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I wrote this paper to help leaders in any walk of life recognise just how important it is to find and tell your own stories in order to engage people and inspire them to take action with you. This is doubly important when you are introducing an innovation at your school and you need to support of everyone for it to work.

The Medici Effect by Frans Johansson is all about innovation, particularly that type of innovation which occurs when two or more different disciplines, mindsets, ways of doing things, collide and new idea emerges. It seems that… Continue

I'd wish I had created this presentation. Most of what it says educators know and have being putting into practice day in and day out. But it does present the ideas in a memorable way. Let me know what sticks with you after you go through the slides.

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People often ask me how I decide what to blog. When I started the Anecdote blog I found this presentation very helpful.

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Since we will be seeing lots of presentations at the showcase, I thought I would share some resources in a series of blogs which I have found useful in creating an effective presentation.

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