myEnglish - The Journey So Far

mmyyEEnngglliisshhTThhee JJoouurrnneeyy SSoo FFaarrThe one year expedition of myEnglishThe 'unique blended learning course’HERE'S HOW IT ALL BEGAN...OCTOBER 2014 APRIL 2014 TO AUGUST 2014 Michael G's Project plan is submitted. Rob Lynes, Mark Howard and Chris Brandwood set the vision. Click here to read the plan! So Chris rounds up the usual suspects: Michael G, Amy, Nirupa, Shivangi and Pratik.

NOVEMBER 2014 Project begins in earnest. In Pune!myEnglishBeth Caldwell starts work on writing course materials.The Journey So FarFEBRUARY 2015 And we get by with a lot of help from our friends (Martin Peacock, Mark Hamilton, Zoe Tyso, Raj MPilot complete! Sivasamy, GOSH Malaysia).Focus groups, Beth’s mammothreport (click to read) and a heateddiscussion around the name forwhich we took to Yammer! APRIL 2015 Marketing campaigns and course launch in Pune. Thank you West India team! MAY 2015myEnglish is officially born in Pune!

SEPTEMBER 2015 BCEESIPL – the new entity goes live and the King (Michael) helps myEnglish is ous sfufrviivec! iallyNObVoEMrnBEiRn2P01u5ne!myEnglishFirst teacher induction conducted. The Journey So FarFully blended, of course ;) India leads the way with TCMS online payments! Go Sebastian Pearce! DECEMBER 2015 Chennai gets flooded! Neenaz, Avinash and Punya in Gurgaon and Sebastian keep things going!25 DECEMBER 2015 All safe! We launch myEnglish on the go – alumni and student newsletter. Click to read the first edition!

JANUARY 2016 Marketing begins in Mumbai and Bengaluru. Thank you Mumbai and Bengaluru teams! myEnglishThe Journey So Far31 JANUARY 2016 Watch the myEnglish video! Scripted by Neenaz, Kassakai? bhara hai? voiced by Anita! myEnglish in Mumbai! Digitally English webinar series starts! FEBRUARY 2016 Samyuktha visits our friends at GOSH in Malaysia. Teacher talk – teachers' newsletter launched. Click to read the first edition.13 FEBRUARY 2016 Live in Bengaluru! Register maadi!

29 FEBRUARY 2016 Julia Stanton takes myEnglish to Mozambique! myEnglishSub-Saharan Africa pilot begins.20 MTAhRCeHJo20u1r6ney So Far Two massive change projects, Chennai floods, and exactly 10months later we have our 500th paid student! APRIL 2016 31 MARCH 2016myEnglish customers now book £25,400 in income with their own placement test 590 enrolments. appointments using Bookeo! What a crazy year it has been!

APRIL 2016 The whole team meets in Delhi – many of us see each other for the first time! A good start towards 2,700 students and £180,000 income! And with a lot of help from our new friend Alan!MAY 2016Let the oneVersarycelebrations begin!You have come to the end of the beginning!This year has been an affirmation of our conviction in blendedlearning as the future of how India will learn English.We are committed towards developing our studentcommunities and taking myEnglish to more learners and morecities across India and the world.We could not have come this far without so many colleagueswho inspired us, supported us and picked us up when thingswent south.A BIG shout out to all of you who supported and cheered usthrough a difficult and extremely rewarding year! Thank you!Here’s to many more happy and confident learners...

Let the marketing begin! The first myEnglish graduates How awesome is myInduction plan!

myEnglishThe Journey So FarTeaching English the myEnglish way!Roll call!Megha, Punya, Rachna, Anita, Melita, Samyuktha, Pooja,Avinash, Neenaz, Beth, Shivangi, Nirupa, Michael G and Chris.And a huge thanks to colleagues who supported us during thepilot - Namrata (K and S), Anam, Kajari and Gunjan! Keep calm and keep brewing [email protected] www.britishcouncil.in/myEnglish