G'day!

I thought I'd better post a photo in case you'd forgotten who I am - it seems like absolutely ages since I've posted on here!

After three weeks away in Oz (that's the Daintree rainforest behind me) and another ten days away in the UK, I'm feeling very happy with life, the universe and everything. Despite sitting here surrounded by a mountain of post, with a scary inbox to match.

So, am I still full of such workaholic tendencies that I had to switch my laptop on and get straight on the dojo before even unpacking my bags?  Well, the thing is, I need to introduce our next guest blogger before I then start packing my NEXT case to get straight off to Stockholm for a Black Belt early tomorrow morning, and I know she's raring to go with her first post.

There's an exciting story behind this one. Aside from being at the Melcrum summit in Sydney, the other reason I was in Oz to start with was to meet with Adrian Cropley and Melissa Dark. Both very well-known, experienced and well-respected communicators, and about to lead - drum roll please - the very first Black Belt in Australia! 

Yep, Black Belt is going down under, and Adrian and Melissa will be leading the programme there, set to kick off in November. And very good hosts they are too. We did the going-through-all-the-black-belt-materials piece in Sydney, and then met up a week later in Melbourne for a night out which finished in a fantastic place absolutely full of sticky cakes and pastries. Hurrah!

So, to tell us all about the preparations for the Australian Black Belt and no doubt lots more besides, Melissa will be our guest blogger for September. Looking forward to it!

Sue