• Take the hassle out of planning your team's professional development.
• Upskill your students with effective learning and exam-passing techniques.
• Make your conference or cluster meeting educational and entertaining.

We have the specialist to help overcome your challenges...

Karen Boyes
Tony Ryan
Maggie Dent
Georgette Jenson
Marion Miller
Stuart Fleming
Allison Mooney
John Shackleton
Mary Brake
Adrian Rennie
Howard Small
Jenny Barrett

Karen Boyes

CEO, Master Educator, Author, International Speaker
(and NZ Business Woman Of The Year 2001)

Karen is a highly skilled, enthusiastic and dynamic presenter with over 18 years experience in the education profession. The leading authority on effective learning and teaching in New Zealand, she is Spectrum’s head facilitator, working with teachers, parents, students and corporate clients. The presentations and workshops Karen delivers (around the globe!) use accelerating learning, whole-brain learning and peak performance techniques.

“Karen is like a breath of fresh air! She has the knowledge, skills, attitude and presentation style which engenders enthusiasm and a desire to be involved in more learning...”
Elizabeth Deuchrass, Education Business Facilitator, Dunedin, New Zealand

Tony Ryan

Innovative Thinker and Life-Long Learner

Tony is a professional speaker, author and publisher. As manager of two training and publishing companies (Headfirst and E-Learning Australia), he consults to educational and corporate bodies throughout the world on innovative thinking and life-long learning.
He is the author of many exciting books, including Mindlinks, Wrapped in Living and The Ripple Effect.
Tony has presented at world conferences on issues such as change management and enthusiasm for daily living. 

Maggie Dent

Resilience Specialist

Georgette Jenson

Successful Classroom Teacher

Georgette has personally trained with some of the best thinkers in the world – Rita and Kenneth Dunn, David Hyerle and Art Costa. She puts her expertise of learning styles, Thinking Maps and Habits of Mind into practice in her own classroom, as well as sharing these strategies with other educators.

Marion Miller

Kinesiology Therapist

Marion makes learning enjoyable and fun! Originally trained as a primary school teacher, she discovered kinesiology when one of her children was diagnosed with a learning disability. That was back in 1991 – Marion is now an instructor in both Neuro-Linguistic and Touch for Health kinesiology, sharing her expertise across New Zealand and Singapore.

“(Marion is a) sensitive, highly skilled tutor and therapist, who has the ability to open new doors for those seeking to make changes in their lives.”
Previous client

Stuart Fleming

The guy who stops parents and teens flighting about money

He hears parents grumble about their children: “My kids treat me like a money-machine!” plus teenagers grizzle about being broke: “It’s not fair - my parents just don’t understand!” and helps both shift from survive to thrive.

A professional speaker, workshop leader and teen money coach, his super-power is seeing the potential in people and situations.

Oh, and he volunteers as National Commissioner for SCOUTS New Zealand.

“Stuart captures the audience’s attention! Whether he speaks to 20 or 200, you can see how focused and tuned-in both students and parents are. The feedback from our parents is very positive and they want more of his material!”
Jane Dickie, Counsellor, Villa Maria College

“Stuart designed and delivered a presentation at our RYLA (Rotary Youth Leadership Awards) residential Leadership programme. Stuart is passionate about his subjects. He impressed me with his energy and ability to connect with the group of 18-25 year olds who were feeling tired.”
Annie Whitley, Programme Director, RYLA District 9910

“Fantastic! He knew his content and kept us engaged and on our toes (thinking). His key messages were clear and emphasized with humour, real life examples and reinforced throughout the presentation.”
Workshop participant

Allison Mooney

Personality Profiler

John Shackleton

Peak Performance Expert

With a sport psychology and sports coaching background John now shows international business audiences techniques that exercise and improve the biggest most powerful muscle in the body – the brain. His clients include Coca-Cola, Air New Zealand, IBM, Hewlett Packard, Sony and Renault. 

Mary Brake

Graphic Recording Specialist

Mary is an expert in graphic recording and facilitation. She has more than 13 years experience working at meetings, trainings and conferences for global corporations, local companies, government agencies and non-profit groups. Mary combines the skills of gathering and organising information with graphic skills & simple cartoon drawings. 

Adrian Rennie

Successful Classroom Teacher

Adrian is passionate about excellence in teaching. He combines simple yet effective classroom techniques and Art Costa’s Habits of Mind to create a culture of thinking.

Howard Small

Attitude / Bullying Expert

Howard is creator of the ‘My Attitude Is Everything’ resources, which help create emotional resiliency and harmony for families and schools. He has more than 25 years experience in the education arena as a teacher, author, life-skills tutor, special-ed needs coordinator, and was former New Zealand coordinator of ‘You Can Do It!’ education.

Jenny Barrett

Technology Specialist