This page provides examples of many of my resources. These can be accessed free of charge but cannot be reproduced without acknowledgement of author and source.

Takeaways  for your Toolkit

Takeaways are a regular feature of any workshop and my coaching sessions.

They are short pithy (usually) one pagers to summarize some key thinking or act as provocations.

There are currently over twenty in the series. Examples are

Titles of other takeaways in the series are

  • The Elevator Pitch
  • Warm Up the Brain
  • Four Keys to Influence
  • Personality Type Chart
  • Emotional Intelligence
  • Resilience
  • How to Write Good
  • Soft and Strong
  • Six Signs of Leadership
  • Know Yourself to Lead Yourself
  • Well-Being Just Doesn’t Happen
  • Importance of Journalling
  • Some Interesting Phrases and Questions
  • Slowing Things Down
  • Hamster Revolution

If you could like a copy of any of these – please email the website via the contact information below.

Keynotes and Presentations (PDFs)

I regularly engage in speaking, presenting and facilitating workshops. I conduct keynotes, speaking engagements, and workshops ranging from 60 minutes to all-day. The following are PDFs from the Talking about Leadership series of workshops.

Vlogs and Videos

All the VLOGS the website can also be found  at the SymoLyn Channel on YouTube. In addition there are the following videos featuring our work.

  • The Big Picture – the first ever Webisode produced by the Education Department of South Australia. Focusses on the establishment of MOC. 2011 MOC’s Big Day Out – the principal’s speech at the official opening ceremony of MOC. This event was attended by both the Governor of South Australia and the Premier of South Australia. (2012)
  • MOC Entitlement – one of two videos produced by Apple Education to look at the use and impact of digital technology at MOC. Featured in the video is Dean Clark ADE, then the Director of Innovation (2013)
  • Social Media@MOC – the second video produced by Apple Education. This one looked at our pioneering work using Facebook. (2014)
  • Facebook@MOC – a video produced after a series of workshops for other schools on the use of social media at MOC. (2012)
  • The MOC Story – was updated every year and included in that year’s induction materials (our EKeys). We believed it essential that our history be “documented” and shared with staff as they came into the school such that we all shared the same understanding of why the school was begun and our core key principles. (2015)
  • iTunesU and iPads @ MOC – an instructional video produced at MOC explaining how we saw iTunesU being able to be developed for curriculum documentation and cohesion at MOC. Produced by Kelly Carpenter, narrated by Russell Barwell. (2015)
  • Exhibitions of Learning – a video illustrating the importance of real product with an authentic audience.  Senior and Middle Years Exhibition Night November 2015.

Curriculum Resources

  • Creating iTunes Courses for your School – written by Kelly Carpenter for Mark Oliphant College – a free iBook available in iTunes store. Describes how we built our course catalogue with many of the do’s and dont’s. (2016)
  • Transition Passport– written by Lynne Symons. As part of a Peachey Partnership project on supporting transition from primary to secondary school I researched the mechanisms that could best support transition. This passport was developed as a student tool for use during term 4 (and 3) of year 7