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The story of how Harvey Wizard became an internet multimillionaire in the early days of affiliate marketing is told in the New York Times Bestseller, "Get Rich Click". Harvey is a former Dartmouth District Enrollment Director, ad executive, serial 7-figure entrepreneur, film producer, bestselling author and globetrotting standup comedian. Today, Harvey will tell us not only how to get accepted to...

Absolute Internship matches talented university students and graduates with international work experience placements in elite cities around the world. With over 60  university partnerships  and more than 800 host companies across the globe, we help ambitious individuals stand out in an increasingly crowded job market. Our programs offer unbeatable work experience, incredible adventu...

New research from the National Governance Association has found that vacancies for school governors and trustees are at their highest since 2016. 67 per cent of governing boards reported at least one vacancy and of these, 38 per cent reported two or more vacancies. The results are part of the NGA’s 2022 annual governance survey which also found that, post pandemic, 63 per cent of respondents repor...

Julia is the co-founder of To Eleven. She has a Ph. D in Education from UCLA and spent much of her career as a research and learning scientist at UCLA as well as consulting and advising for school districts, philanthropic organizations, academic publishing, ed tech, corporate training, and government agencies. Julia co-founded To Eleven to utilize knowledge of how learning works to shape the desig...

Founded in 1996, the Texthelp Group is a global technology company helping people all over the world to understand and to be understood. It has led the way in creating innovative technology for the education and workplace sectors for the last three decades. Texthelp believes in a world where difference, disability or language are no longer barriers. It is focused on helping all people learn, under...

CentralReach - Our mission is to provide the leading software and services platform to help children and adults diagnosed with autism and related IDDs - and those who serve them - unlock potential, achieve better outcomes, and live more independent lives. Chris Sullens is the Chief Executive Officer of CentralReach and is leading the company in its mission to provide an end-to-end platform of soft...

Future First are the UK education charity helping young people in state schools and colleges broaden their horizons by connecting them with former pupils. Their mission is to see every state school and college supported by a thriving and engaged alumni community, which improves students’ motivation, confidence and life chances. Future First provides schools and colleges with the technology, tools...

The Artis Foundation's mission is to transform lives through the arts by creating magical, high quality learning opportunities to help children flourish.  Rebecca Boyle Suh is a passionate advocate of integrating the arts throughout learning and has particular interests in primary education and raising girls. In 2004 Rebecca established Artis, a social business dedicated to transforming educa...

Brett’s lifelong mission is to help every child access an excellent education. He is the co-founder and CEO of Tiney.co, a digital platform and operating system enabling micro-entrepreneurs to launch and run childcare businesses from their homes and giving families access to quality, affordable and flexible early years education. He is also the non-executive chairman of the National Citizen Servic...

DJ Stutz is the host of Imperfect Heroes: Insights into Parenting. An early childhood specialist with endorsements in special ed and music. She is recently retired with more than 20 years of classroom experience mostly in kindergarten and pre-k. DJ was also a parenting facilitator for the Clark County (Las Vegas) Department of Family and Youth Services where she led classes in a wide variety of ve...

Anna Ansted has been working with international charity, Lepra, for 9 years. Lepra works in India, Bangladesh and Zimbabwe helping people affected by leprosy. Every day 600 people are diagnosed with leprosy; 50 of those are children. Anna works with schools across the UK to raise awareness about leprosy – that it still exists, that it is curable and with more support, Lepra can help more people. W...

The Good Eggs book series is Sandy Ciaramitaro's contribution to supporting children as they learn about virtues, diversity, and service – essential concepts to integrate into their lives as they grow into Good Eggs! This social emotional learning series is perfect for children ages 5-12. The Good Eggs Foundation is a 501(c)(3) non-profit that works hard to identify childhood support programs, org...

Drawing on 25 years of China-based work and 10 years as the founding principal of the only Sino-U.S. independent, cooperatively run high school approved by the Ministry of Education in China, Brantley is consistently ahead of conversations that others are having about globalized education for the 21 st Century. Driven by a belief in the power of disruption, Qibao Dwight is a living laboratory that...

Dr. Matthew Courtney specializes in using data and research to support schools and teachers as they work to improve teaching and learning. As an educator, researcher, and policy maker, he focuses his efforts on building capacity in teachers and leaders to perform deep analyses of learning. When educators are faced with persistent problems of practice, he shows them how to tap into the existing res...

Alex Boylan is the Creator, Executive Producer and Host of The College Tour TV Series. The College Tour  is a TV series brought to you by multi-award winning producers. The series tells the story of colleges and universities around the world.​ Each episode of  The College Tour focuses on a single college or university.   ​From campus life, academics, housing, sports, activ...

Reflection and gratitude to HM Queen Elizabeth II Mentioned in this episode: NAPE Al Kingsley Summit Promo Watch Mark Taylor interview Al Kingsley about 'Creating Digital Strategies for Schools' as part of the Primary Education Summit 2023 - Visions for the Future - presented by National Association for Primary Education (NAPE) https://www.educationonfire.com/creating-digital-strategies-for-school...

Elliott is the Founder and CEO of Chess4Life, a platform that teaches kids critical thinking skills, problem-solving, EQ, and other important life lessons through chess. Elliott earned the National Master in Chess title mostly through dedicated self-study, and he holds the Professional Chess Coaching Certification Level V — the highest awarded certification by the United State Chess Federation (US...

Most people are overwhelmed by the amount of paper and digital information in their lives. Frank Buck makes organization easy so you can increase productivity, decrease stress, and enjoy life. Global Gurus ranked Frank #1 in the world in the "Time Management" category for 2019, 2020, 2021, and 2022. His career path took him from band director to principal to central office administrator and now to...

Reading Mate are an education software company that exist to create equal opportunities for all children with a love of reading. English teacher, Hannah Rix, and husband James, have designed a free app for parents and software for schools that supports and encourages a love of reading. As well this, they’re ensuring every child has access to books with up to 130,000 eBooks with their app. This bre...

Linc’s passion for fighting social inequality led him to leverage his 35 years enterprise technology experience to create a creative solution to help level the playing field while also delivering technology solutions for the world’s most important causes. Linc served on the Technology Association of Iowa board for three years. He was assigned by Governor Kim Reynolds to her Empower Rural Iowa Task...

As the holidays come to an end here in the UK I give some thank you shout outs to new and old supporters of Education on Fire. If you would like to support the show via my 'BuyMeACoffee' page please visit www.educationonfire.com/support You can get in touch via the website at www.educationonfire.com/contact/ or on social media: Twitter & Instagram- @taylormapps Facebook - https://www.facebook....

Lindsay McMahon is the co-host of All Ears English. The All Ears English Podcast is downloaded 8 million times per month globally and has been ranked in Best of Apple Podcasts categories in 2018 and 2019 and as well as #1 in US Education Language Courses. Lindsay and her podcast have been featured in Podcast Magazine, Language Magazine, and Forbes. 'Connection NOT Perfection™  ' Are you feeli...

Rob Leitch is the Executive Headteacher of My Online Schooling, one of the leading international, online schools delivering a high quality British education to students in the UK and around the world. My Online Schooling brings British education to young people worldwide. It delivers online lessons from KS2 to A Level and is a registered online Cambridge International School. My Online Schooling w...

Antwaun Thompson or Coach T®, has coached and mentored young men and women, helping to improve their athletic skills, personal growth, and personal relationship skills for over 30 years. His basketball coaching covers elementary, middle, and high school, AAU, college and just completed his 10th year at a private school. Coach T®, is the founder and executive Director of JLT Fieldhouse, a 501c3 non...

Prepared for life, not just exams 360 are a dynamic social enterprise developing essential skills for life in young people through an interactive learning approach we call discuss, decide and do. 360 Skills For Life provide scenario-based educational experiences that equip learners with the skills, knowledge and confidence to live active, fulfillin...