Clare Book Festival
Item added September 1st, 2010The dates, times and locations of where the ImaginationGYM® workshops will take place in Co. Clare for Book Fair 2010 have been announced.
Wednesday 13thOctober 2010
Tulla Library at 11:00 am
Corofin Library at 13.30 pm
Thursday 14thOctober 2010
Newmarket on Fergus Library at 11am
Sixmilebridge Library at 1.30pm
Friday 15thOctober 2010
Scariff Library at 11am
Killaloe Library at 1.30pm
We look forward to working in conjunction with the Clare Library Services to make Book Fair 2010 the best yet!!!
Dates announced for Clare workshops
Item added August 13th, 2010The dates of the ImaginationGYM workshops have been announced for The Children’s Book Festival in Co. Clare. Workshops will take place over three days in October – Wednesday 13th, Thursday 14th and Friday 15th.
We would advise class teachers to contact their local library to book in advance to avoid disappointment. Further information is available on the Clare Libraries website.
ImaginationGYM® Workshops in Co. Clare
Item added August 9th, 2010ImaginationGYM® has been invited to run six one-hour workshops in libraries throughout Co. Clare as part of the Children’s Book Festival which runs throughout the month of October. Dates of these workshops will be announced in the coming days.
The Children’s Book Festival is the biggest celebration of books and reading which takes place in Ireland every year. Each October thousands of events take place in libraries, schools, bookshops and arts centres all over the country to bring children one of the most varied and exciting programmes of events available.
Schools all over Clare are particularly supportive of the Library’s Children’s Book Festival so we would advise class teachers to book in advance to avoid disappointment.
Teacher workshops announced for Monaghan
Item added August 5th, 2010ImaginationGYM® is pleased to announce that workshops for teachers have been scheduled for September. Rosaleen Durkin will be running two workshops for teachers in Monaghan Education Centre, Knockaconny, Armagh Road, Co. Monaghan. The first workshop – Practical Strategiesfor Dealing with Behavioural, Emotional and Learning Difficulties in Children in Educational Environments - will take place on Thursday 16/09/2010 from 7 – 9 pm. The second workshop – Practical Personal Techniques for Maintaining a Healthy Work-Life Balance - will be held on Thursday 30/09/2010 from 7 – 9 pm.
Both talks are aimed at Primary School Teachers only. Further information is available on the Monaghan Education Centre website. For bookings and enquiries, please contact Monaghan Education Centre on 047-74000 or email info@metc.ie.
Belinda Flynn checks in
Item added August 3rd, 2010Our ImaginationGYM® Representative in Australia Belinda Flynn recently took part in a Move to Learn workshop. Check out their June Missile for all the latest updates.
ImaginationGYM® in Roscommon libraries July 2010
Item added June 29th, 2010Roscommon County Council Library Services will be hosting a number of children’s events and activities during the month of July. The programme covers a range of subjects with a very strong emphasis on reading, learning storytelling and book oriented activities within the library environment.
ImaginationGYM® has been invited to run eight workshops for both children and parents in four libraries; Roscommon County Library, Ballaghaderreen Library, Boyle Library and Castlerea Library.
The ImaginationGYM® workshop is a fun and interactive way to help children access their batural creativity and artistic talent. The Enchanted Forest audio program brings them on a journey into an imaginative world of folklore, nature, animals, music, dreams and wishes. Children will learn to stretch their imagination muscles and have fun taking positive action on creativity.
The workshops are suitable for children aged 6 – 10 years. Details of dates and times can be found on the workshop sheet here. Please note that places are limited in terms of facilitation and local conditions. Bookings can be made at each individual library or by calling the numbers listed below.
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Roscommon County Library | 090 – 6637277 |
| Ballaghaderreen Library | 094 – 9877044 | |
| Boyle Library | 071 – 9662800 | |
| Castlerea Library | 094 – 9620745 |
For further information, please visit the Roscommon County Council Libraries Webpage.
Right-brained thinking gives us the edge
Item added June 10th, 2010Original article available at http://www.fxcentre.com/news.asp?2616336
“Right-brained” thinking is a quality feature of the Irish and will help us achieve a competitive edge in innovation and the global marketplace, new research from the Irish Management Institute (IMI) today.
Irish executives and entrepreneurs are equipped with the psychological and cultural competencies that can give Ireland a competitive advantage – but only if properly supported, it concluded.
The research, undertaken in partnership with the IDA, was based on a sample of 117 Irish executives and entrepreneurs and compared to international norms. The study indicated a substantial trend towards what is considered right-brain dominated cognition.
Both Irish executives and entrepreneurs reported in the research a consistent pattern of preference for right-brained thinking, which includes attributes such as intuition, the ability to make seemingly unrelated connections and tolerance of ambiguity.
The concept of tolerance for ambiguity is about being able to hold incongruent ideas without stress and the ability to see the bigger picture. Ambiguity is inherent to entrepreneurial activity due to the innovative and original nature of start up enterprises. Irish entrepreneurs scored above average on this scale.
Launching the report in the IMI in Sandyford, Dublin, the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation, Batt O’Keeffe TD, said: “As Ireland enters economic recovery, we must now harness the core competencies among our people that can drive entrepreneurship and innovation. The findings in this report show that the Irish people have the kind of characteristics needed to build the ‘smart’ economy, in partnership with Government, as we seek to create higher value jobs for tomorrow’s workers. As Minister, I want to focus, in particular, on innovation so that we maximise opportunities to turn our academic research into marketplace products and give Irish entrepreneurs a competitive edge over others.”
IDA Ireland CEO Barry O’Leary welcomed the research findings and said: “IDA Ireland has been able to showcase Irish management and the availability of talent as a key selling point to attract multinationals to Ireland. Along with our favourable business environment, excellent academic institutions, corporate tax regime, the Irish manager has something that no other country can offer. There is something inherent in the Irish way of innovating, of doing business which has made Ireland so successful in attracting Foreign Direct Investment and embedding some of the world’s leading companies here in Ireland.”
Original article available at http://www.fxcentre.com/news.asp?2616336
Regen 2010
Item added June 8th, 2010The collaborative paper on ImaginationGYM® written by Rosaleen Durkin, co-author of ImaginationGYM® in conjunction with Professor Rosemary Kilpatrick, Queens University Belfast and Senior Lecturer John Patterson from Liverpool Hope University was presented last Thursday at the Regen 2010 Conference in the University of Limerick. The paper was very well received by the attending conference delegates. John Patterson brought a wealth of research and theoretical knowledge, along with his practical on-the-ground experience, to bear on the presentation and subsequent discussions. It was a very engaging three days and we look forward to collaborating and working with the many people we met at the conference over the coming year.
Summer 2010 training schedule
Item added June 8th, 2010ImaginationGYM® is pleased to announce the summer 2010 training schedule for teachers and SNA’s. The training courses will take place in Dublin city centre. For more information, please visit our training section.
Regen 2010 Conference
Item added May 20th, 2010Rosaleen Durkin will present a paper on ImaginationGYM® at the Regen 2010 Conference – “One Road In, Many Roads Out” - in the University of Limerick. Also speaking about ImaginationGYM® as part of the presentation are Prof. Rosemary Kilpatrick from Queens University, Belfast and Prof. John Patterson from Liverpool Hope University. The theme of the conference which takes place from the 2nd to the 4th of June is “Education as a Catalyst for Regeneration” and has been jointly organised by the University of Limerick and the University of Wales Newport. The conference wil focus on recent developments and emerging lessons on the roles of education and learning in regeneration communities. For more information, please visit www.regen2010.ie.
