The First Dance and Making Your Good Thing Better - 8/06

[Smartmarriages]

- UPCOMING EVENTS AT FIRST THINGS FIRST OF RICHMOND

Because I think it helps you "get creative" in your own communities, I'm
sharing these announcements from the Richmond CHMI. Helps you see how people
attend Smart Marriages and then go home and start offering the programs.
Also gives you ideas of how to advertise them.  Check out the
teach-right-out-of-the-box "First Dance" and "Make Your Good Thing Better:
programs - watch/listen to their Special 2-hour Master Workshop Sessions at
the Smart Marriages Atlanta conference, order the programs, and then set up
a training in your community.

> Sept 5. FREE:  "The First Dance"  Workshop:  The Family Dynamics of Wedding
> Planning

> Wedding planning may be one of the most complex logistical and interpersonal
> activities in your lifeŠ and possible the most stressfulŠ
> 
> FREE: The First Dance video with facilitated discussion:
> 
> -      So many decisionsŠ so many people.
> 
> -       Whose wedding is it anyway?  It¹s our wedding, so we¹ll do it our wayŠ
> 
> -       It¹s our wedding and you¹re an important part of it, so let¹s figure
> it out together.
> 
> -       Dealing with differences with your families without going crazy!
> 
> -       Negotiating differences with your parents.
> 
> -       Negotiating differences across families.  Clash of wedding traditions!

> Created by William Doherty, PhD, a nationally respected leader in marriage
> education and marriage/family therapy, and his recently married daughter,
> Elizabeth Doherty Thomas.    We are not selling anything; we provide healthy
> relationship education services as a community non-profit organization.
> FREE: The First Dance (video)  presentation with facilitated discussion by
> Certified Family Life Educators:  Call 288-3431 ext 13 for information.

> Sept 11- Oct 30   "How to Make Your Good Thing Better:
> African American Marriage Enrichment Program"
> at St Paul's Baptist Church.    $65/couple
> Developed by Dr. Lorraine Blackman, LCSW, CFLE, Assoc Prof Indiana University.
> Mondays 6:30-8:30 Sept 11- Oct 30.   Contact SPBC  Anika Alvanzo :  643-6170
> ext 300 or  e-mail:  couples at SPBC.org

Here are the descriptions of the Masters Sessions at Smart Marriages Atlanta
for these two very highly rated sessions and a link to order the teach out
of the box programs. The two-hr sessions are available on DVD, CD, or MP3 -
order at 800-241-7785.  Order at 800-241-7785.

> 756-701
> African American Marriage Enrichment - MINI
> Lorraine Blackman, PhD
> Learn tips for teaching this program that addresses the specific issues facing
> African American couples. Perfect for church, school, community, and private
> practice settings.

> 756-601
> The First Dance/Take Back Your Wedding - MINI
> Bill Doherty, PhD, Elizabeth Doherty Thomas
> Teach a program to help engaged couples, in the face of complex & sometimes
> conflicted couple & family dynamics, plan a strong, ³family-systems² based
> wedding that will lay a solid foundation for life-long marriage.

To order the programs, visit this list of MINI trainings and click on the
live links.  - diane
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11th Annual Smart Marriages Conference, Denver Adam's Mark Hotel,
June 28-July 1, 2007
Pre-Conference Training Institutes June 26-28
Post-Conference Training Institutes July 2-3
Details: http://www.smartmarriages.com/conferencedetails.html

List your program in the Directory of Classes at
http://www.smartmarriages.com

Order conference audio & videos/CD/DVD/MP3s: 800-241-7785 or at
http://www.iPlaybackSmartMarriages.com

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Diane Sollee, Director
5310 Belt Rd NW
Washington, DC 20015-1961
http://www.smartmarriages.com
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diane at smartmarriages.com