Jedi Knight Training Event in Belfast!

Posted by on Aug 24, 2009 in news and events | 0 comments

This exciting 1-day workshop is a joint venture between me (Allen Baird of Sensei Learning and Performance) and Rory O’Connor of The Creativity Hub. In 2008, I designed and delivered the UK’s first university course teaching Jedi Skills. Held at Queen’s University, where I am a tutor, the 1-day workshop gained coverage in The Guardian Education Supplement, The Times Higher...

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The UK’s First University Jedi Course

Posted by on Nov 21, 2008 in business, news and events | 0 comments

Last Saturday (15th November) I delivered my long-anticipated university workshop on Star Wars called Feel the Force: How to Train in the Jedi Way.  There was an excellent turn-out (over 30 apprentices from all ages, genders and species) with fabulous feedback.  We had a great time together; lots of humour, lots of discussion, plenty of new ideas to ponder, students left hungry for more. ...

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Of Jedi Celebrities and Star Wars Actors

Posted by on Oct 1, 2008 in news and events | 2 comments

You know you’ve made the big time when a piece about you appears in the North and South Belfast News website.  A Feature article entitled Carving Out A Path To Creativity For All asks some personal questions of yours truly, who it describes as ‘South Belfast’s most photographed guest lecturer’.  Accolades don’t come much bigger than this.  Meanwhile, in a galaxy...

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Mind-tricks, Magic, and the Media

Posted by on Sep 22, 2008 in learning, news and events, training | 1 comment

Interest in my Jedi ‘university workshop’ has, I think, climaxed.  I’ve mentioned that I was interviewed on ABC Radio in Oz.  The latest is an interview on Danish Radio Station DR, who were pretty into it. So it was comforting to learn that I’m not the only wacko innovative, lateral-thinking teacher around.  Professor Richard Wiseman has told the British Association...

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