Dave Pawson

This was another summit in which we’re reminded just how much we knew already but didn’t have in place, and also how far we have come as an academy with the help of EFC. The venue was spectacular, with the service of the staff Disneyesque in their attention to detail, something we need to look at, at the dojo.

The lectures all had small gems of information, which we are in the process of documenting and passing on to our staff, and getting implemented. One of these small gems came from Buzz Durkin with his graduation ceremony and having a prize for the parent. We implemented this yesterday evening at our grading and had a draw in which a student won a bouquet of flowers which were presented at the end of the ceremony. This caused a great amount of excitement among the watching parents, and we are convinced we will see major benefit in our retention due to this small item.