Dr Neil Thompson is an author and independent online tutor whose work is highly acclaimed across the people professions. He has held full or honorary professorships at four UK universities, but now works with Avenue Media Solutions, providers of high-quality multimedia learning resources (www.avenuelearningcentre.co.uk). He also manages the Avenue Professional Development Programme, an online learning community for the people professions (www.apdp.org.uk).He was responsible for setting up the www.humansolutions.org.uk websites and edits the free e-zine, THE humansolutions BULLETIN (www.humansolutions.org.uk/bulletin). He is also a sought-after conference speaker. His website and blog are at www.neilthompson.info.