The ExeL Podcast

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The ExeL Podcast episodes

May 26, 2023 Janie Whittemore - Reiki and Havening®
Whilst the emphasis of this podcast is intended initially for the driving instructor community, this episode undoubtedly has an appeal well beyond this. If you know anyone with a phobia, high anxiety or just generally stressed I strongly recommend listening to Janie!
Do you have a learner with high anxiety levels? Maybe something in their past is really blocking their progress? Are you an ADI or PDI heading for your Standards Check or Part 3, especially if you are on your last attempt and feeling the pressure?
If so I fully recommend you listen to the wonderful Janie Whittemore and find out more about Reiki and Havening® and how these can help you. Janie has a voice that I could listen to for hours!
If this episode sparks and interest then you can find out more about what Janie can offer you by going to her website.
Her Havening® page has an excellent short video demonstrating the technique and how it can help you. Why not get in touch with her for an initial, no obligation, free consultation?

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38 min
May 19, 2023 Chris Bensted
Chris Bensted is the epitome of someone who has a thirst for knowledge and self-improvement. He has a passion for giving other ADIs the opportunities to gain knowledge and experience to help them also become better at their work. Preparation for the theory test is something many of us leave to our learners with little meaningful input. `This means those who really struggle with the language and prose used in the questions can find it extremely difficult to pass and take multiple attempts in order to do so. Chris has established Theory Test Explained to help those who have an issue with the theory test. He, along with his business partner Ian Brett, is also responsible for the Driving Instructor and Trainers Collective. This link will take you to a video clip where Chris explains the rationale of the DITC . There is a wealth of resources within the DITC web site - it is well worth a visit - and for only £6 a month to become a member it is a steal for the wealth of information it contains.
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52 min
May 12, 2023 Mick Knowles - The KIT Man!
Mick Knowles is the author of the KIT Podcast (https://pod.co/kit-podcast) and, together with Lee Jowett, they produce the KIT Mag (https://www.facebook.com/groups/694453705007069/). KIT stands for Knowledgeablee Instructor Training - no, that's not a spelling mistake, it is a combination of parts Mick and Lee's names. KIT Instructor Training holds Standards Check training sessions around the country and within the KIT Podcast and KIT Mag there is a wealth of FREE CPD. Mick is also the owner of Xpert Driver Training in North Yorkshire.
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1 hr 5 min
May 05, 2023 Diane Hall - Driving Test Nerves
Diane Hall and Chris Allsopp from 'L Of A Way 2 Pass' are coming to Devon in October with their fabulous Driving Test Nerves Specialist workshop. The workshop will help you understand how your learners are thinking, why they act the way they do - and some strategies to deal with this. The course helps you to become the 'go to' specialist, giving you techniques to combat anxiety when driving, driving test nerves (for learners AND ADIs and PDIs for their Standards Check or Part 3 test). And, of course, the 10 second tapping technique to prevent getting lefts and rights mixed up!

This link will take you to the workshops, including the ones in Exeter and Cornwall: www.testbuddy.app/instructor. It also gives you an insight into the course content and all the other relevant stuff Diane and Chris have to offer. This next link takes you to the Tappy Hand Dance! https://youtu.be/xk9RiKHP0nw

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58 min
April 28, 2023 Advanced Driving
In order to qualify as an approved driving instructor (ADI) we all need to pass a driving test at a higher standard than a learner test. But how many of us take a further advanced driving test to ensure our driving is still at the highest standard possible? I talk with two members of the Exeter and East Devon Advanced Drivers and Riders RoSPA group about the demands of the RoSPA advanced driving test. Ian Pruce is the group's membership secretary and Jo Gifford is a committee member who is keen to see more women involved in the group. As well as discussing the merits and demands of advanced driving we also talk about the acvtivities of the group.
Anyone interested in finding out more can contact Ian at [email protected]

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46 min
April 15, 2023 The view from the learner's seat!
In this episode I talk with two of my own past learners about their experience learning to drive. Georgia came to Devon from her home in Kent to take a job at a local hotel having taken lessons with an instructor at home. Georgia's lessons were interrupted by the last of the Covid lock downs but she passed at the first attempt on the second day of tests resuming in April 2021.
Abbey lives a stones throw from my house and started lessons with me at the ripe old age of 28 (!). She explains why she left it so long after having had a try 10 years earlier. Abbey was extremely nervous but was determined to get her full licence which she achieved in September 2022.
With both of them I finish by discussing what they have done post-test. In Georgia's case there hasn't been a lot of driving due to the wonderful opportunity she has given herself working on yachts in some exotic places whilst Abbey tells me of some of the journeys she is now doin g alone, something that she could only dream of before.

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51 min
April 01, 2023 DVSA 'consultation'? A take on their proposals
A bonus episode!
The DVSA has created quite a storm this week with its proposals for reducing the wait time for driving tests - and a few other things! Phil Cowley joins me to discuss these. Hope fully some of you will agree with us but I guess some might not?!

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37 min
March 31, 2023 Kevin Raven
Kevin Raven is a driving instructor who lives in Tiverton in Mid-Devon. He tells about how he chose to train after taking redundancy from his previous work place. He talks about the struggle he had to pass his Part 3 - which he managed on his third attempt! He can certainly empathise with anyone who is finding it hard to qualify. However he has since gone on not just to qualify but to sail through his last Standards Check and is now the co-owner of a local driving school and starting to train instructors of his own. I also discuss with him one of his passions outside of work - Tae Kwon-Do
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31 min
March 17, 2023Bob Morton
Bob Morton is one of the most recognisable volce and face in the driver training industry. In this podcast he delivers some great advice on a range of issues:
Breaking down the elements of the Standards Check or Part 3 test to make it easier to manage
The proposal to raise the pass mark for the Standards Check from 31 to 33
The 'new' ORDIT assessment with only role play possible and the possibilities within this

We also hear about some of Bob's outside interests - his involvement in brass bands and his passion for motor bikes with some interesting stuff for the bikers out there.
Bob has a wealth of material online - take a look at his website https://clientcentredlearning.co.uk/ . Bob has some masterclasses 'Being Better with Bob' available https://clientcentredlearning.co.uk/courses/being-better-with-bob/
Wherever you are coming from as a PDI, ADI/trainer, there is some great info in this podcast. Thank you Bob!

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40 min
March 11, 2023 Standards Check and Part 3 discussion forum
In this first episode of Season 2 I am joined by three instrcutor trainers - Pennie Hughes, Ella Burnett and Phil Cowley to discuss a number of aspects of the Standards Check and Part 3 test and answer questions that have been put forward by members of the EXE ADIs instructor Facebook group. Just two days before this episode aired for the first time, th DVSA sent out an email asking for opinions on the possible raising of the pass mark from 31 to 33. This recording was made prior to this so we were not able to discuss this but there is plenty of very interesting content to help anyone with a Standards Check or Part 3 test coming up.
If you have not heard of the Gibb's reflective cycle before there are many examples of it and how to apply it available on the internet.

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1 hr 8 min

About The ExeL Podcast

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The ExeL Podcast has its origins on the South West and was primarily set up to support the driver training industry in the Exeter and Torbay areas. Over time the podcast has taken on a wider remit…