Learning Technologies' Trainers

Our Team

Our team of trainers and associate trainers, as well as being excellent communicators, are people who have successfully used the techniques they teach at the highest international level.

Phil Chambers - Founder and Managing Director of Learning Technologies Ltd. and Reigning World Mind Mapping Champion.

Phil Chambers has been a Buzan Licensed Instructor since 1995, trained by Tony Buzan (Originator of Mind Mapping) and Vanda North (Founder of Buzan Centres). In addition to this, he is a certified Working Styles Analysis User, a Registered Accelerated Learning trainer, a Practitioner of Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) and a member of the Professional Speakers Association.

Prior to entering the training profession Phil worked as a computer programmer and has an honours degree in Physics and Chemistry from the University of Durham. Drawing on this scientific background, he is one of the few people to successfully apply Mind Mapping to I.T. training and mathematics.

Phil is Chief Arbiter of the World Memory Sports Council, scorer and statistician at the World Memory Championships and Mind Sports Olympiad Memory and Speed Reading events. He was a founder member of the Mind Sports Council and won the "Special Services to Memory" award in 1996.

Hodder & Stoughton's GCSE and A-Level Revision Guides, the second edition of the acclaimed book "The Learning Revolution" and "Teaching Pupils How to Think" have benefited from Phil's talent as a master Mind Mapper. He is the reigning and twice World Mind Mapping Champion, a six times Mind Sports Olympiad Medallist and International Grand Master of Mind Mapping.

He is co-author with Elaine Colliar of "The Student Survival Guide" and "A Mind to do Business".
Phil Chambers

Elaine Colliar - Former World Mind Mapping Champion

Elaine Colliar is five times World Mind Mapping Champion, former Mind Sports Olympiad Champion and an International Grand Master of Mind Mapping. She wears her Gold Medals with pride as she continues to host seminars in Mind Mapping, Memory and Mental Literacy around the world.

As a dyslexic, trained by the Buzan Centre several years ago, Elaine specialises in introducing these techniques, not only to Multi-National Companies but to the educationally disenfranchised everywhere she is invited.

She is a Master Trainer, specialising in Financial Literacy and investment training through her own company, InvestnShare Ltd.

She was also involved in the production of Hodder & Stoughton's GCSE and A-Level Revision Guides.
Elaine Colliar

Bridget Hanna - Occupational Psychologist & Working Styles Analysis Expert

Bridget has spent much of her life working to understand and improve learning processes. She has worked and studied with many leaders in the field of learning technologies including Tony Buzan (Mind Maps, Memory, Range Reading), Tony Robbins (NLP), Stephen Covey (Seven Habits and Leadership), Barbara Prashnig (Learning Styles Analysis) and Bobbi DePorter (Supercamp, Quantum Learning). She has spoken at national conferences such as the British Dyslexia Association Conference and the Alliance of Accelerated Learning. As a psychologist she is perhaps well placed to be able to assess the merits of a particular approach.

Bridget's current projects include researching learning at a PhD level, writing and training. Bridget is a qualified teacher, NVQ assessor and examiner in Psychology for Edexcel, who incorporates Accelerated Learning and Learning Styles into her work.
Bridget Hanna

Phil Chambers - Founder and Managing Director of Learning Technologies Ltd. and Reigning World Mind Mapping Champion. Phil Chambers has been a Buzan Licensed Instructor since 1995, trained by Tony Buzan (Originator of Mind Mapping) and Vanda North (Founder of Buzan Centres). In addition to this, he is a certified Working Styles Analysis User, a Registered Accelerated Learning trainer, a Practitioner of Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) and a member of the Professional Speakers Association. Prior to entering the training profession Phil worked as a computer programmer and has an honours degree in Physics and Chemistry from the University of Durham. Drawing on this scientific background, he is one of the few people to successfully apply Mind Mapping to I.T. training and mathematics. Phil is Chief Arbiter of the World Memory Sports Council, scorer and statistician at the World Memory Championships and Mind Sports Olympiad Memory and Speed Reading events. He was a founder member of the Mind Sports Council and won the "Special Services to Memory" award in 1996. Hodder & Stoughton's GCSE and A-Level Revision Guides, the second edition of the acclaimed book "The Learning Revolution" and "Teaching Pupils How to Think" have benefited from Phil's talent as a master Mind Mapper. He is the reigning and twice World Mind Mapping Champion, a six times Mind Sports Olympiad Medallist and International Grand Master of Mind Mapping. He is co-author with Elaine Colliar of "The Student Survival Guide" and "A Mind to do Business".
Elaine Colliar - Former World Mind Mapping Champion Elaine Colliar is five times World Mind Mapping Champion, former Mind Sports Olympiad Champion and an International Grand Master of Mind Mapping. She wears her Gold Medals with pride as she continues to host seminars in Mind Mapping, Memory and Mental Literacy around the world. As a dyslexic, trained by the Buzan Centre several years ago, Elaine specialises in introducing these techniques, not only to Multi-National Companies but to the educationally disenfranchised everywhere she is invited. She is a Master Trainer, specialising in Financial Literacy and investment training through her own company, InvestnShare Ltd. She was also involved in the production of Hodder & Stoughton's GCSE and A-Level Revision Guides.
Bridget Hanna - Occupational Psychologist & Working Styles Analysis Expert Bridget has spent much of her life working to understand and improve learning processes. She has worked and studied with many leaders in the field of learning technologies including Tony Buzan (Mind Maps, Memory, Range Reading), Tony Robbins (NLP), Stephen Covey (Seven Habits and Leadership), Barbara Prashnig (Learning Styles Analysis) and Bobbi DePorter (Supercamp, Quantum Learning). She has spoken at national conferences such as the British Dyslexia Association Conference and the Alliance of Accelerated Learning. As a psychologist she is perhaps well placed to be able to assess the merits of a particular approach. Bridget's current projects include researching learning at a PhD level, writing and training. Bridget is a qualified teacher, NVQ assessor and examiner in Psychology for Edexcel, who incorporates Accelerated Learning and Learning Styles into her work.