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>From: "Peter McWilliams" <peter@mcwilliams.com>
>Subject: Seminar recomendation
>Date: Wed, 1 Dec 1999 02:27:01 -0800
>
>I led personal-growth seminars for ten years. People sometimes ask me to
>recommend a seminar, but I cannot. Most work on the
>focus-on-the-negative-for-the-first-half-of-the-seminar-then-focus-on-on-the
>-positive-for-the-last-half-of-the-seminar-thus-creating-an-emotional-high-t
>hat-does-little-good-in-the-long-run-except-to-get-you-to-sign-up-for-more-s
>eminars formula, and I do not agree with this formula.
>
>Jack Canfield, however, does not do this--and he certainly doesn't need to
>get more seminar participants. This is his only seminar in 2000, and he's
>the co-founder of the 30-million-copy "Chicken Soup for the Soul" empire, so
>he hardly needs to do seminars for the money.
>
>This will fill up quickly, so if this holds any interest for you, I suggest
>you register now.
>
>If I'm well enough and not in jail, I'd like to be there myself.
>
>I just wish he would add a hyphen between "Self" and "Esteem".
>
>Enjoy,
>
>Peter McWilliams
>
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>
>
>Self Esteem Seminars
>
>Where You'll Learn How to Deliver a Powerful Self- Esteem Workshop
>and Master the Tools You Need to Improve People's Lives
>Through Self-Esteem Training.
>
>Who is Jack Canfield and why is he uniquely qualified to train others in the
>art of facilitating self-esteem trainings?
>
>Jack Canfield is a pioneer in the self-esteem movement, and he's considered
>one of the world's foremost authorities on self-esteem and peak performance
>training. He's the president of Self-Esteem Seminars, The Canfield Group and
>The Foundation for Self-Esteem - located in Santa Barbara, California.
>
>Not only has Jack conducted intensive personal and professional development
>seminars for over 500,000 people worldwide, he regularly conducts seminars
>for corporations, schools and colleges, governmental agencies, social
>service organizations and the public at large. He has spoken to hundreds of
>thousands more at conferences and conventions around the world, and he's
>been seen by millions of viewers on national television shows such as:
>
>Oprah
>20/20
>Good Morning America
>Leeza
>The Today Show
>CNBC, CNN's Talk Back Live!
>The Caryl & Marilyn Show
>The Home Show.
>REGISTER or call 1-800-237-8336
>
>Jack is a skilled trainer in the development of self-esteem and peak
>performance, personal growth skills, organizational development, management
>effectiveness, holistic education, counseling skills, and transpersonal
>psychology.
>
>In this intensive week-long training program, you'll learn Jack Canfield's
>unique business approach for developing self-esteem programs for all kinds
>of groups.
>
>The training materials are so good, in fact, you could literally return home
>and give a workshop the very next day. You'll get the actual worksheets,
>activity ideas, keynote concepts and training plans Jack uses, plus
>publishing and speaking secrets he's rarely given out to anyone before. You
>probably have a lot of questions about the program, exactly what Jack will
>teach you and all about Jack's team of formidable trainers and advisors.
>
>Let's answer those important questions now.
>
>
>
>What Exactly Is Self-Esteem?
>
>High self-esteem is defined as feeling lovable and capable. Seeing why
>things can work, not why they won't. It means solving problems instead of
>placing blame. It means failing, learning and trying again instead of
>stopping-or worse yet- never trying at all.
>
>Will This Training Help Build Self-Esteem in Myself and Others?
>
>Absolutely. Jack will outline all the ways we unknowingly destroy the self-
>esteem of those around us and how we unwittingly undermine our own self-
>esteem. You will learn how to apply transformational techniques to
>facilitate personal growth in others as well as yourself.
>
>What Will Building My Own Self-Esteem Do for Me?
>
>How you feel about yourself effects every aspect of your life. When your
>self-esteem is high, you are willing to take more risks, you can handle
>rejection easier, you take better care of yourself and you can achieve
>higher levels of peak performance. You can also facilitate this growth in
>others. One former participant said "This training accelerated all aspects
>of my life."
>
>Who Should Attend This Kind of Training?
>
>This seminar is recommended for classroom teachers, counselors, school
>administrators, educational consultants, business consultants, trainers,
>facilitators, therapists, managers, parents and anybody else who is
>considering empowering others, building self-esteem and facilitating self-
>esteem in others.
>
>Will Jack's Training Provide Just General Strategies Or Will I Be Able to
>Walk Out With Specific Techniques That I Can Immediately Use to Build High
>Self-Esteem?
>
>Jack will provide you with an overall framework for building high
>self-esteem - then he'll teach you 75 specific techniques for building
>self-esteem and peak performance.
>
>
>
>Can You Give One Example of a Specific Self-Esteem Building Activity That
>Will Be Taught?
>
>Jack will teach a very powerful group process for identifying and changing
>limiting beliefs. Another example is the "9 No's Exercise," in which
>participants learn how to overcome any fear of rejection that may be
>stopping them.
>
>What Other Specific Techniques Will I Learn That I Can Immediately Use to
>Build Self-Esteem After the Training?
>
>In addition to covering the basic building blocks of self-esteem, you will
>learn how to teach the Ten-Steps to Success that Jack has popularized in his
>best-selling tape album Self-Esteem and Peak Performance. This Ten-Step
>model is the basis for all of Jack's trainings in the corporate sector,
>including his video-based three-day corporate training, The STAR Program
>(Success Through Action and Responsibility), used by:
>
>New England Telephone
>GE Capital
>Monogram Bank
>Capital Bank
>American Management Association.
>This same ten-step model is the basis of Jack's GOALS Program, which was
>developed for at-risk populations and which is currently in use in 38 county
>welfare programs, over 100 job training programs and several state prison
>systems.
>
>Not only will you learn to teach these techniques to others, you'll
>experience them yourself during the training. The greatest benefit to this
>is that you'll be teaching from your experience.
>
>How About Another Specific Example
>
>Here's Jack's 6-Step Model for Building High Self-Esteem in Yourself and
>Others
>
>This renowned and respected model is just one example of what you'll learn
>during your in-depth training experience. Sometimes called The Holistic
>Model of Self-Esteem, these important principles will help you maximize the
>development of positive self-esteem in others by working on accepting,
>developing and aligning all of the psychological functions of your students
>or clients. Once you complete Jack's training, you'll know all about
>
>The Mind
>including how to build a student's positive self-concept, how to teach them
>to utilize positive self-talk and to eliminate negative self-talk- and how
>to instruct others in eliminating and replacing limiting beliefs. You'll
>discover how to construct and utilize affirmations, how to transform a
>student's inner critic into their inner coach, how to use reframing, and how
>
>to use the tri-synch integration process to accelerate any growth process
>you're conducting.
>
>The Imagination
>Jack will teach you how to create and use effective guided visualizations
>for all kinds of educational purposes - and - how to successfully introduce
>visualization to any kind of group. You'll learn how to help students
>r place the negative images that are the source of almost all fear, how to
>use sub-modalities to deepen and enrich any imagery experience, and how to
>accelerate subject matter and skill learning using guided visualizationplus
>so much more. This intensive training even prepares you to cure 99% of all
>phobias in five minutes or less using new techniques combining visualization
>and kinesiology!
>
>The Emotions
>By far one of the most critical elements of your training, this important
>area of instruction will show you how to help people overcome their
>shame-based reactions to their natural emotions and facilitate the
>acceptance and expression of those emotions. You'll discover how to use 
the
>power of emotions to mobilize energy and increase motivation, how to
>overcome one's own emotional blocks, how to release and eliminate the
>negative emotions of guilt and resentment, and how to work with painful
>emotions in a group or classroom setting. Imagine being able to facilitate
>the release of anger, hurt, and grief in your students and actually use
>forgiveness to build high self-esteem!
>
>You can, once Jack shows you how. In fact, you'll learn to use effectively
>Jack's Total Truth Process exercise in all its healing and empowering
>dimensions.
>
>The Body
>Jack will teach you to help your students nurture their bodies through
>touch, relaxation and physical playplusyou'll discover how to help others
>overcome their negative attitudes and judgments about the body. You'll
>actually experience for yourself dozens of ways to facilitate the healing
>touch in educational settings without creating undue resistance or
>controversy - in fact, you'll return home with numerous non-competitive
>games to promote self-esteem, learning, cooperation and fun in any learning
>setting.
>
>Additionally, you'll learn how to naturally and easily energize one's self
>without the use of drugs.
>
>The WillYou'll discover how to mobilize a student's will to learn and grow,
>how to teach people to take more responsibility in their lives and how to
>evoke the will to integrate and harmonize the proper utilization and
>expression of all the other psychological functions discussed above.
>
>But most importantly, you'll discover all the attributes and capabilities of
>The High Self or Spiritual Dimension including how to promote the expression
>of the higher qualities of love, harmony, cooperation, justice, integrity,
>peace and perseverance in an educational setting. You'll learn how you
>yourself can live an intentional, principle-centered life as a facilitator
>and a teacherandyou'll be able to teach others to harness the powerful
>energies of their spiritual nature to inspire and guide their activities.
>
>But please be aware: Before you learn how to facilitate these activities for
>others, the self-esteem work you yourself will experience is as intense and
>transformational as any you may ever experience in your life. You'll
>encounter new emotions, revisit old wounds, search for the optimum esteem-
>centered role for yourself - even laugh, cry and sometimes feel anger about
>past experiences. You'll learn the value and necessity of opening yourself
>to others - even hugging strangers who may be participating with you (and
>being hugged in return).
>
>By the time you're finished with Jack Canfield's Facilitating Skills
>Seminar, you'll not only be a more centered person with higher self-esteem
>of your own, you'll be able to facilitate this process for growth in others.
>
>REGISTER or call 1-800-237-8336
>
>How Will the Course Be Structured?
>
>Jack will meet with you and the other trainees every day from 8 a.m. to 6
>p.m. (times may vary). There is a morning break, lunch break and afternoon
>break.
>
>The course itself consists of short lectures and experiential exercises, as
>well as partner processes, small group exercises, guided visualizations,
>meditations, writing and art exercises, physical exercises, cooperative
>games, large group processes, personal sharing, emotional release exercises,
>and personal work with Jack and the other trainers.
>
>While the days are long (in order to accomplish everything you'll need to in
>one week), they are also fast-paced and fun. The added dynamic of dealing
>with real-life issues is very engaging. Past trainees have been amazed at
>the energy they have both during and after the training.
>
>Will I Learn How to Design and Develop a Self-Esteem Workshop for My Clients
>& Students?
>
>You will learn how to design a complete self-esteem seminar that is dynamic,
>practical and effective.
>
>Will I Be Able to Lead Corporate Workshops As Well As Educational Trainings?
>
>Yes. Jack will not only detail the Ten Steps to Success that he teaches in
>his corporate seminars, he will help integrate these techniques into your
>specific training needs.
>
>Will Jack Help Me With My Self-Confidence When Leading Groups?
>
>Yes. During the course, you'll receive detailed and easy-to-implement
>outlines for several different one-day self-esteem workshops. Jack will also
>dedicate an entire day to working with you on your presentation skills.
>
>You'll even have the opportunity to be videotaped making a brief
>presentation to other members of the group. Jack circulates from group to
>group, as his hand-selected team of master facilitators provide feedback,
>training, presentation advice and more. You'll learn to improve your
>presentations not only by presenting before the group, but also from
>observing others' presentations, as well.
>
>REGISTER or call 1-800-237-8336
>
>Recently, I've Been Considering a Career Change. How Do I Know This Training
>Isn't Over My Head Right Now?
>
>It doesn't matter what level you're at currently. The course is designed to
>teach you everything you need to become a master facilitator and speaker in
>the areas of self-esteem and personal development. Jack will give you dozens
>of ways to take the next step toward achieving your specific training goals.
>
>I Don't Know Anything About Marketing. Will This Training Help Me Market My
>Workshops And Seminars?
>
>Some of you may wish to offer self-esteem seminars to schools, corporations
>or the general public. Some of you may not. For those of you who do, Jack
>has asked noted marketer Dottie Walters to conduct an important workshop on
>developing the marketing materials you'll need as a trainer and speaker.
>
>Is It True That Graduates Can Increase Their Income As a Result of This
>Training?
>
>If you're an independent consultant, there's a good possibility you will
>increase your income, your status, your visibility and your own personal
>sense of making a difference by joining the growing number of national
>self-esteem and peak performance facilitators. In fact, one valuable aspect
>of attending the Facilitating Skills Seminar is that you'll have the
>opportunity to network with 60 or more other graduates of varied backgrounds
>who can help you with your goals. Numerous graduates have become very
>successful speakers - earning as much as $2,500 to $7,500 a day - and
>attribute their success to the training they received from Jack Canfield.
>
>Are There Other Trainings Like Yours? If There Are, How Is Yours Different?
>
>There are other "Train the Trainer" programs available, but none that give
>you as much as this one does. Jack and his specially assembled faculty of
>experts and master facilitators specifically train you to integrate
>self-esteem into whatever classes or groups you may be facilitating. This is
>very important.
>
>The activities you'll learn can be used with any kind of group you train to
>make the experience more powerful and effective. But more importantly,
>Jack's Facilitating Skills Seminar is fun, conducted in a loving context,
>and is as deeply powerful as anything you will ever do in your entire life.
>What other "Train the Trainer" program can say that?
>
>REGISTER or call 1-800-237-8336
>
>What Will I Be Able to Do Professionally As a Result of the Training?
>
>That all depends on what you want to do with the training, your current
>level of expertise, your level of commitment to growth and change, and a
>number of other variables.
>
>Many people simply want to improve their skills as a classroom teacher.
>Others want to conduct self-esteem trainings for the teachers and counselors
>in their own school district. Some people want to add to their abilities to
>direct successful drug prevention, suicide prevention, and teen pregnancy
>prevention programs in their communities.
>
>Some consultants want to add to their training repertoire. Some business
>people want to bring the information and skills back to their companies in
>the form of management training and personal development programs. Some
>people want to leave the classroom and become speakers and trainers in the
>area of self-esteem and personal development.
>
>It all depends on what you want to do, but whatever that is, you'll leave
>with more tools to do it with!
>
>Who Else Will Be There?
>
>There will be people from all aspects of the education and training arenas.
>Some will have just recently become interested in this field - others will
>have been teaching and training for many years, but the mixed level of the
>group is actually one of its strengths. You'll be able to network and learn
>from people at your own level, people at higher levels, and, of course, our
>master instructors and training staff.
>
>Many participants form life-long relationships. The amount of networking,
>masterminding and mutual support that graduates engage in is quite amazing!
>In fact, many have gone on to create successful consulting businesses
>together. A few have become training associates of Self-Esteem Seminars and
>The Canfield Group. Several have come back year after year to assist in the
>training. It is an extraordinary opportunity to meet many like-minded people
>who share a common vision and purpose.
>
>Who Are the Other Master Facilitators You Spoke About? How Much of the
>Training Does Jack Actually Conduct?
>
>Jack conducts about 90% of the training, but in order to make the
>Facilitating Skills Seminar the well-rounded and intensive training
>experience you'll require once you're out in the field, Jack has invited the
>best trainers available in the area of self-esteem development to conduct
>portions of the training, either alone or with Jack. For example, Dottie
>Walters will present important marketing information you'll need.
>
>Here are the master facilitators you'll be learning from and networking
>with:
>
>Lilly & Dottie Walters
>are international, multi-faceted communications marketers that will help you
>develop the persona, contacts and promotional materials you need to be
>successful as a consultant, trainer or keynote speaker. This mother and
>daughter team is the driving force behind Walters International Speakers
>Bureau, representing over 20,000 celebrities and business speakers to such
>clients as IBM, AT&T, Arco, Shell Oil, Litton and McDonnell-Douglas. Not
>only does Dottie publish the well-known Sharing Ideas newsmagazine (which is
>the top international publication of the world of paid speakers), she has
>written and co-authored several books which are the working reference guides
>for the speakers industry: Never Underestimate the Selling Power of a Woman,
>Speak & Grow Rich, Greatest Speakers I Ever Heard and the popular audio
>program, How to Build a Lucrative Consulting-Speaking Practice. Dottie's
>expertise, combined with Lilly's experience as a private speech consultant
>to executives, professional trainers and speakers, will help you master the
>basics of the lucrative speaking industry.
>
>David Roth
>is an award-winning singer and songwriter who has gained national attention
>for his unique songs, moving stories and powerful singing and subject
>matter. In addition to performing "Earth" at the 40th Anniversary of the
>United Nations, David's "Rising in Love" was performed at the 100th
>Anniversary of Carnegie Hall in 1991. The author of the one-man play, "The
>Gripes of Roth," and singer of the natioal anthem for the Chicago Bulls,
>David composed the poem Manuel Garcia for Chicken Soup for the Surviving
>Soul. As a unique addition to Jack's Self-Esteem Facilitating Skills
>Seminar, David will show you the impact that moving stories and powerful
>music can make in your own self-esteem journey.
>
>Bob Harris
>is President of Bob Harris & Associates and a Senior Trainer for Self-Esteem
>Seminars. He's an authority on developing healthy self-esteem,
>responsibility and character, multi-cultural and learning-centered
>education, effective parenting and prevention-intervention with gangs and
>drugs. Not only is Bob a certified NLP trainer, he's a masterful presenter
>and mentor who organizes the Facilitating Skills Seminar so you'll receive
>the best possible training, the greatest personal growth and the optimum
>preparation for future professional achievement in this field.
>
>Kate Driesen
>is a former actress and will use her theatrical training to facilitate the
>presentation skills portion of the seminar. She is designing a series of
>self-esteem seminars for women on gender issues, and, as well, masterfully
>facilitates Jack Canfield's STAR program for major corporations.
>
>Barry Spilchuk
>is a renowned speaker in his native Canada and is a long-time presentation
>skills facilitator for Jack Canfield's Self-Esteem Faciliating Skills
>Seminar. As co-author of A Cup of Chicken Soup for the Soul, Barry regularly
>speaks on self -esteem topics before business and civic groups and knows
>exactly how to help you become proficient at presenting this important,
>life-changing material.
>
>Marcia Martin O'Hagan
>leads executive training programs around the world for such companies as
>AT&T, Intercontinental Hotels, Chase Manhattan Bank, Lancaster Hotels, First
>Industrial Real Estate Trust and others in the areas of leadership
>development, team performance, presentation skills and management training.
>She's one of the original founders of EST and is currently President of her
>own company, Power Speaking Seminars. She's trained more than 250,000
>executives over a 20-year career - and she'll help you master the
>presentation skills you need to bring the benefits of self- esteem to this
>lucrative market.
>
>Together with this formidable team of master facilitators and trainers, Jack
>will help you develop the skills you'll require to assess the needs of your
>clients and students, develop a powerful, customized workshop to meet those
>needs and deliver it with confidence, enthusiasm, expertiseand profound
>results!
>
>REGISTER or call 1-800-237-8336
>
>Will I Receive Any Course Materials That I Will Be Able to Use in the
>Future?
>
>You will receive a voluminous workbook with extensive instructions on the
>material that will be covered in the seminar. In addition, an extensive
>library of the best books, tapes and curriculum in the field will be
>available for purchase. Plus, Jack will be "gifting" you with an intensive
>short-course he presented at the National Speakers Association, How to Sell
>a Million Books. He's already done it (25 times over!) - and he'll give you
>his secrets for getting published, marketing yourself as an author,
>leveraging your first book into future deals and more.
>
>What Is the Cost of the Training?
>
>For condensing his knowledge and expertise into an intensive seven-day
>program, and introducing you to new career possibilities at the same time,
>Jack might easily get $15,000-$25,000 in private consulting fees. Instead,
>he wants only a tiny fraction of that amount, so he can get passionate,
>dynamic, qualified people who will use his training methods to change lives
>everywhere.
>
>Yet, for seven days' worth of intensive training by Jack, over 200 pages
>worth of workshop outlines, training overheads, exercises and processes 
-
>and the opportunity to network with potentially dozens of other like-minded
>self- empowerment graduates, your cost is just $1,895. That's an 93% savings
>over what you'd pay Jack Canfield personally to teach you all he knows. But
>the best part isJack wants you to pay the bulk of that low, low training fee
>after you've been trained by him!
>
>Or, consider having your company, government agency, non-profit organization
>or school district sponsor your attendance. If they (or you) pay up-front
>and in full, Jack will deduct $200 from your training fee. There are also
>special fee options for accompanying partners, international residents and
>Santa Barbara residents. See the Registration Form for details.
>
>
>
>Whatever Option You Choose, Your Training Fee Is Always Fully Protected
>
>If you're not totally satisfied - if you don't feel you can use every
>exercise, every group processing activity, every speaking and publishing
>idea - Jack will refund the entire training amount you paid, 100%! Even if
>you decide it just wasn't for you, your money will be refunded immediately.
>Jack only asks that you complete all 8 days of the seminar to qualify for a
>refund.
>
>This will be the only opportunity you'll have in 2000 to be trained by Jack
>Canfield personally. Seating is highly limited.
>
>
>REGISTER or call 1-800-237-8336
>
>
>