Arnie has worked as a lecturer and trainer for 46 years, working with over 180 clients in the UK and abroad. His company, Effective Training & Development Ltd (https://effectivelearning.co.uk) specialises in management skills, executive coaching and personal development. He is also a Master Trainer for Neuro-Linguistic Programming. Arnie is also the author of three books - on management, storytelling and NLP.

Arnie also has many areas of expertise outside of the business and personal development world...

He has a theatrical background, both on and off stage, and has written a children’s play ‘Quest for the Whooperdink’, published by Samuel French.

He is an experienced barn dance caller, and an expert on 60s pop music.

He successfully ran the London Marathon and Arctic half-marathon when 62 and has also been awarded the Paul Harris Fellowship for his charity work.

In this video extract, you can see Arnie in action as a trainer; talking about his motivation, why it’s important, and what constitutes success for the learner.

Cruise Collection
1 Cuisine: some of the traditional food and drinks of the places we visit (ideally examples can be prepared on ship, to present in the talk)
2 Countries: brief history of each of the countries visited
3 Customs & culture: some of the customs and traditions of these countries
4 Characters: historical and contemporary figures from the areas visited: pirates, novelists and their novels
5 Cut! TV and film...movies and TV series, the local stars and their locations

Music
6. Barn dance/ceilidh: Arnie is a barn dance/ceilidh caller, so here’s a chance for passengers to stretch their legs on cruising days!
7. Homage to the 60s: highlights, facts and figures of this most diverse and inspirational decade: UK V the USA – who won? The Beatles &
The Beach Boys; Mods & Rockers; West Coast Acid Rock, the Phil Spector Sound, and, of course, Motown.
8. From zero to hero: we know them as famous singers or groups – but that wasn’t always the case. Find out the rejections they initially
faced – and overcame – before becoming superstars
9. Motown Moon: an integrated look at two of the dominant issues of the 60s: the growth of Tamla Motown, and the Apollo space
programme – tasked to put a man on the moon before the end of the decade…

Cruising
10. Cruising confidential: some amusing and intriguing facts about cruising – but nothing scary!
11. What lies beneath: the topography of seas and oceans – for example, why some islands are actually higher than Mt Everest
12. Sea Stories: The Mutiny on the Bounty; Rowing Across the Pacific; the Great Voyages of Discovery

Mental Mastery
13. Memory Magic: how to improve your memory using a range of simple but effective techniques
14. Changing Habits: how to get rid of bad ones, and replace with better ones.
15. The power of perception: we can all see the same thing, but interpret it differently. This workshop has several examples to challenge our
confidence in what we see being true – or even real…
16. Why do you do what you do?: how much of your daily actions and decisions are made because you have been unconsciously nudged in
that direction? This workshop will reveal the key techniques used to get you to do what others want you to do…
17. Thinking fast and slow: Daniel Kahneman won a Nobel prize for explaining the difference, and its impact on everyday behaviour and
decision making. So find out about the two types, and which most applies to you…and when…

Arnie is an experienced guest speaker, having been booked to give keynote talks on a range of topics in various countries, including the UK, the Channel Islands, Ireland, Finland, Slovenia and Albania.

Testimonials include:
“The workshop leader was funny, engaging and very knowledgeable” (irevolution)
“Taking part in one of Arnie’s workshops should be in the top 100 things to do before you die!” (Thinktank)
“The facilitator was a brilliant speaker” (Santander International)
“Very interesting, insightful and fun. An excellent Trainer.” (AQA)
“More, please!” (Sheffield College)

Just completed a 4-presentation cruise on Virgin Voyages Resilient Lady, Cape Town to Tenerife: West Africa, Cruising Confidential, Mental Mastery & Barn/Ceilidh Dancing

The following recent Cruise History has been recorded for this candidate.