Landmark Education News Blog By Landmark Forum Graduates

 
While taking Landmark Education’s Self Expression and Leadership Program, Claire McBride created a unique social networking website, Mangetwo, that brings together food lovers in a variety of activities. The Irish News was impressed.
Power to People, 11/29/08
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Bill Liao is a leader in the social networking industry, having been involved with the creation of xing.com, a leading business-to-business social networking portal. As a self-described “serial philanthropist and entrepreneur,” or “philanthropeur,” Liao has now turned his attention to the creation of neo.org, a social networking site for people to declare and share common [...]

The self-expression and leadership program project of Annette Cullen was featured this spring on Dublin People, a site run by one of the largest newspaper publishers in Ireland. Cullen’s project involved her running a marathon to raise at least 10,000 euros for the hospice facility that took care of her sick mother. Cullen put together [...]

A project created last year in the Self-Expression and Leadership Program in Ireland last year was featured in the Annual Review of Barnardos, Ireland’s largest independent children’s charity. A woman named Olivia created a 10k fundraising walk and run to benefit Barnardos that became a featured example of people making a difference in the 2007 [...]

Little did I know that my Self-Expression and Leadership Programme Project, World Community Day, which was held in Sligo, Ireland, in the Autumn of 2005, would have such far reaching effects. My commitment was to have the many new immigrants be formally welcomed and acknowledged by the public representatives of Sligo town.  I was particularly interested in Globe House where [...]

When Brian Langan had to choose a project for his Self-Expression and Leadership Programme, it seemed natural to choose a book project. Brian works as an editor for a publishing company, and is himself a writer, having had a novel published in 1999. It was also not difficult to choose who would benefit from his [...]

Anne Moore has found a unique way to make a difference for cancer patients: She has founded New Hairizons, an organization that raises money for superior quality wigs for those undergoing chemotherapy treatment. Anne, who is a hair salon owner and resident of Lurgan, Northern Ireland, began the New Hairizon project out of her participation in [...]

When Garda Sgt. Sarah Hargadon participated in Landmark Education’s Self-Expression and Leadership Programme in Ireland she created  ’Talk 2 Me’ sponsored walks which were aimed at heightening awareness of suicide and its devasting impact on families. ’In spite of there being more suicides than road deaths in Ireland the public debate on suicide is very low key.’  Her purpose was to [...]