Tony Buzan has achieved the status of ‘guru’, an accolade accorded to very few.

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Tony Buzan was born on 2 June 1942.  He graduated from the University of British Columbia in 1964, with Combined Honours in Psychology, English, Mathematics and the General Sciences.  He lectured in Creative Thinking and Psychology at university before taking a Special Teacher post with the Inner London Education Authority, where he specialised in teaching children labelled as 'suffering from learning disabilities', ‘delinquent’ and 'gifted'.

For the last 30 years he has travelled to all five continents, lecturing on the brain, the mind and learning, at the world's top schools and universities.  He has also trained and acted as a consultant for the Fortune 500 companies including Microsoft, IBM, Walt Disney, Encyclopaedia Britannica, Barclays International, British Telecomm, The Royal Mail, Goldman Sachs, Oracle, The Liechtenstein Global Trust, and HSBC Bank, and many more.

Tony Buzan has achieved the status of ‘guru’, an accolade accorded to very few.  He has worked with: corporate entities and businesses all over the world; academics; Olympic athletes; children of all ages; governments; and high profile individuals, in teaching them how to maximise the use of their brain power.  Whether he is working one-to-one or addressing an audience of 1500 people – as he did when he delivered the keynote speech at a recent Oracle event in Paris, June 2006 - his ability to inspire, motivate and empower is awesome. 

A prolific author, he has written – to date – 94 books, with sales in more than 100 countries; many of his books have been translated into more than 30 languages.  One of his recent publications, The Ultimate Book of Mind Maps, published by Harper Collins, is testimony to his universally famous invention, Mind Maps ® and how their use can boost creativity and change lives for the better.  Buzan Bites, published by the BBC on 1 August 2006, are a pocket size series of distillations on Mind Maps, Speed Reading and Memory - perfect for busy people who want to learn these exciting concepts and techniques quickly.

His latest books are Age Proof Your Brain and The Buzan Study Skills Handbook.  

Tony Buzan is a familiar celebrity on Radio and TV, both in the UK and globally with a long list of credits to his name.  His name is synonymous with all things cerebral and his knowledge is widely sought by a media and public perennially eager to learn practical advice on how to improve brain function.  His latest TV programme (broadcast on 9 August 2006, BBC 1) was on the subject of ‘How To Improve Your Memory’.

He has also found time in his busy schedule to create the World Memory Championships and is a prize-winning poet and athlete.