About the Imagination Gym Team

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Rosaleen Durkin B.Ed M.K.A.I. is joint author and developer of Imagination Gym™ techniques.

Her background is in education and has had a clinical practice in educational and nutritional kinesiology. It was through her work with children in these areas that lead to idea and development of the ImaginationGYM® Methodology. Read More

Peter Blackbyrne B.Com is joint author and developer of Imagination Gym products and methodology.

His background is in media, IT and music industries and has used this experience to develop the business model of the organisation across an international spectrum. He has always had a keen interest in leading edge advances in personal development.

Ciaran Hope B.A. BAI. M.Sc.
Based in Hollywood, Los Angeles, Ciaran is our Audio Director and representative in L.A. Ciaran has provided music scores to many Hollywood movies and is currently working on an epic about Mother Theresa. He is responsible for production and mixing of the completed audio elements prior to release and coordination of musical compositions.

His research speciality is in the integration of sound and colour that will be used extensively in a future product call The Rainbow Adventures. He has extensive experience in teaching 3rd level music (UCLA Los Angeles, USA, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland, Dublin Institute Technology, Ireland).

Mary Mountstephen B.A. Hons P.G.Dip (SEN), MA (SEN) leads a centre in England with an international reputation for its holistic approach to learning, particularly in respect of children with specific learning difficulties such as dyslexia, dyspraxia and Attention Deficit Disorder. She works with several universities on holistic approaches in Primary Education and has introduced ImaginationGYM® into these forums. She is currently UK education coordinator for ImaginationGYM® and is a neuro-developmental delay specialist.

Paul Lynch B.Ed.(Hons), M.A. (Maitrise, Paris V11) MSc (IT in Education) is an educational consultant for the ImaginationGYM® project content. He is currently a PhD candidate in Queens University, Belfast and has a Masters degree in IT in Education.

He has been researcher and advisor to the Irish Government and UN on said subject and has lectured on ImaginationGYM® methodology on the masters degree program for education in Queens University. He also lecturers regularly on the implementation of ImaginationGYM® methodology in schools.

Paul Nulty B.A. (Hons) is an experienced third level lecturer in Photography and currently undertaking a Masters programme in the prestigious Piet Zwart Institute in Rotterdam, Holland.

He has been researching with us over the last three years introducing right/left brain methodologies into our photographic projects, which are now quiet revolutionary in their dimension.

Emma Burke Kennedy is qualified in Visual Communications. She coordinates and runs Imagination Gym™ Photography workshops in schools. In addition she runs Department of Education in Service training for teachers and additional courses for photographers in ImaginationGYM® techniques.

Steffi Loehe-Prem has had more than 12 years experience in Event Management/Promotions in the international music industry, before becoming a full time mother and housewife in 1998. She has two children aged 7 and 4.

She has been practicing yoga for the last 18 years and is about to qualify as an international teacher specialising in children’s yoga. She has combined these experiences as a consultant on the content of ImaginationGYM® Activity Books and Workshops. She is primarily responsible for the establishment of the latter in mainland Europe.

Boris Loehe was formerly Managing Director of Sony Music and Universal/Mercury Records in Germany and prior to that Head of Marketing for Polygram/Mercury Records and Time Warner/Eastwest Records.

Through their vehicle Kids International Gmbh have taken over responsibility for marketing ImaginationGYM® products in Europe. Initially targeting Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

Dietmar Glodde is a partner of the Berlin marketing and sales team K.I. Gmbh. He has held many senior positions in the international music and entertainment business, including C.O.O. DEAG Deutsche Entertainment AG., President and CEO DoRo Movie & TV Productions, MD Polygram/Mercury Records Germany, MD BMG Denmark and V.P. Marketing BMG Japan

ImaginationGYM,
18 Exchange Street Upper,
Temple bar,
Dublin 8,
Ireland

00353 1 6753522