http://www.tessybritton.com Tessy Britton Sun, 22 Aug 2010 18:22:34 +0000 http://www.tessybritton.com en http://www.tessybritton.com/584713/-NEW-BOOK-Out-now http://www.tessybritton.com/584713/-NEW-BOOK-Out-now Sun, 22 Aug 2010 18:22:34 +0000 Tessy Britton 584713 <img src="http://bookshow.blurb.com/bookshow/cache/P2153369/md/wcover_2.png"></img> Purchase a copy for £23.95 NOW! Hand Made is a beautiful collaborative book with 26 innovative perspectives and projects from around the world, over 230 pages, about new ways of creating connection and community. The projects have been carefully selected because they have all been developed with new thinking and methodologies and involve Learning, Sharing or Making. The projects generally break through normal dynamics by integrating design thinking, systems thinking, new understanding of networks and human functioning ... with an inspiring dose of imagination. The aim of the book is to highlight some truly original and inspiring projects to spread ideas and encourage doing things in new ways ... Encourage people just to try things in fact, to experiment, to work around the system and, together with other people, make communities they want to live in. Purchase a copy for £23.95 NOW! http://www.tessybritton.com/584713/-NEW-BOOK-Out-now http://www.tessybritton.com/51176/Six-Seconds-Network http://www.tessybritton.com/51176/Six-Seconds-Network Sun, 22 Aug 2010 18:17:32 +0000 Tessy Britton 51176 Six Seconds is the organisation that I did lots of emotional intelligence training with in the US. Originally I intended to arrange and promote Six Seconds certification training in the UK, but my interests have evolved in many other different directions. Through the training, and ongoing communications, I am very happy to have a network of amazing friends who work in emotional intelligence all over the world. http://www.tessybritton.com/51176/Six-Seconds-Network http://www.tessybritton.com/440987/Work-Space http://www.tessybritton.com/440987/Work-Space Tue, 01 Jun 2010 10:00:29 +0000 Tessy Britton 440987 I am currently using Tumblr to post in this Work Space on work, thinking and visuals in progress... <img src="http://c0573862.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/1/0/2525/440987/tumblr archive pic.jpg" border="0" width="640" height="250" align="left" /> <img src="http://c0573862.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/1/0/2525/440987/tumblr archive pic2.jpg" border="0" width="640" height="305" align="left" /> <img src="http://c0573862.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/1/0/2525/440987/tumbler pic.jpg" border="0" width="640" height="397" align="left" /> <img src="http://c0573862.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/1/0/2525/440987/tumbler pic2.jpg" border="0" width="640" height="397" align="left" /> http://www.tessybritton.com/440987/Work-Space http://www.tessybritton.com/51167/Thriving http://www.tessybritton.com/51167/Thriving Sat, 30 Jan 2010 09:00:53 +0000 Tessy Britton 51167 <img src="http://c0573862.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/1/0/2525/51167/Thriving pics.jpg" border="0" width="556" height="599" align="left" /> I started Thriving in 2007 as a collective platform which aims to promote creativity and personal development in education. Sir Ken Robinson inspired starting Thriving, is a dear friend and still a major influence on my thinking, particularly about human capacity. The website is a beautiful creation designed with Kate Andrews. The website is currently changing and will be back soon. http://www.tessybritton.com/51167/Thriving http://www.tessybritton.com/80189/Educational-Consultancy http://www.tessybritton.com/80189/Educational-Consultancy Thu, 10 Sep 2009 21:04:06 +0000 Tessy Britton 80189 I consult to schools and other projects on wellbeing and learning. I do offer inset workshops, but only if they are incorporated into a whole school strategy for integrating learning to learn and wellbeing. The work is based on enhancing metacognition through direct teaching about human behaviour and learning and classroom practices. This strategy uses the same cognitive development model that is explored in the MA (Ed) module and includes: - Assessments - Implementation strategy - Curriculum development - Teacher training UPDATE: I am currently focusing on Social Spaces and Mindapples, so am not taking on any educational consultancy work at the moment. (updated August 2010) http://www.tessybritton.com/80189/Educational-Consultancy http://www.tessybritton.com/51201/The-RSA-Fellowship-Council http://www.tessybritton.com/51201/The-RSA-Fellowship-Council Wed, 29 Jul 2009 15:42:23 +0000 Tessy Britton 51201 I love everything about the RSA (Royal Society for the encouragement of the Arts, Manufactures and Commerce) I am delighted to be Chair of the new RSA Fellowship Council. Tweeting for Fellowship Council here http://www.tessybritton.com/51201/The-RSA-Fellowship-Council http://www.tessybritton.com/51195/RSA-Social-Brain-Project http://www.tessybritton.com/51195/RSA-Social-Brain-Project Wed, 29 Jul 2009 15:23:09 +0000 Tessy Britton 51195 I am a member of the Social Brain Project steering group directed by Dr Matt Grist at the RSA (Royal Society for the encouragement of the Arts, Manufactures and Commerce). "In policy circles, the implicitly assumed model of decision-making in the last thirty years or so has been that of ‘rational-choice’. This model, imported from economics, represents people as perfectly rational and wholly self-interested. A slew of recent research in the neuro- and behavioural sciences has brought the usefulness of the model into question, showing that people are often systematically ‘irrational’ and not only self-interested. This means we should perhaps be more humble about our rational powers yet more optimistic about our ‘prosocial’ possibilities.' Working with a collaborative group the project aims on produce a new model of decision-making that is informed by such research. http://www.tessybritton.com/51195/RSA-Social-Brain-Project http://www.tessybritton.com/51163/Thriving-Too-Blog http://www.tessybritton.com/51163/Thriving-Too-Blog Wed, 29 Jul 2009 13:55:26 +0000 Tessy Britton 51163 Thriving Too is a community blog that I run with the help of lots of *wonderful* contributors. 'It shamelessly tries to prove the case for optimism by revealing the explosion in positive human thinking and actions from around the world. Thriving Too supports a growing network of imaginative people working in social innovation, creativity, education and community development.' The blog has about 500 subscribers, plus 200 - 650 visitors every day. Roughly 70% of subscribers are UK based, another 20% are from the US and 10% spread over the rest of the world. Technorati ranking puts it in the top 0.21% of blogs. http://www.tessybritton.com/51163/Thriving-Too-Blog http://www.tessybritton.com/51149/Garden-Design http://www.tessybritton.com/51149/Garden-Design Wed, 29 Jul 2009 13:16:39 +0000 Tessy Britton 51149 I qualified as a Garden Designer [note: not horticulturalist] in 2000 at The English Gardening School at the Chelsea Physic Garden. For the last 5 years I have focused on education so haven't practiced garden design for ages. Recently I have decided that I would like to promote ideas around well-designed school gardens that involve the whole community. I am thinking of designing 3 or 4 school gardens for free over the next year. If you are interested or know a school that might be - please get in touch. http://www.tessybritton.com/51149/Garden-Design http://www.tessybritton.com/51130/Connect http://www.tessybritton.com/51130/Connect Wed, 29 Jul 2009 11:59:32 +0000 Tessy Britton 51130 Email University of Chichester http://www.tessybritton.com/51130/Connect