Why Men? | Fees | Stosny Boot Camp Deal|Movie Theaters | - 10/23/07

Tue Oct 23 21:31:22 EDT 2007

- CONFERENCE FEES
- OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS: LET'S ENCOURAGE STOSNY's BOOT CAMP 'EXPERIMENT'!
- ADVERTISE BEFORE MARRIAGE MOVIES
- WHY IT'S 90% MEN 

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- CONFERENCE FEES

> Hello,   
> I am looking at your upcoming schedule for Smart Marriages  July  08 event
> and note that registration begins in March.  There are no fees listed and
> this is of concern to me, because the cost is a factor in deciding what and
> how many seminars I will attend.  I would like to not wait til March to plan
> next years calendar.  Is there a way you can give me the cost of the various
> seminars now? I contacted the presenters of a few of the seminars and they are
> not aware what fees you will be charging.  Thank you Carol H.

That info is posted on the http://www.smarmtarriages.com website. Click
conference, then FEES. It concerns me a bit that you were able to find
presenters to call, but not the fees. (BTW, the only presenters listed for
San Francisco are for the training Institutes - the workshops and keynotes
posted are from the 2007 conference.) Tell me where you looked so I can try
to improve the site navigation.  Also, there are fees posted for the San
Francisco Hilton and for Airline and rental car discounts, etc.  Email me if
you have questions. - diane
FEES:  http://www.smartmarriages.com/conference.fees.html
HOTEL: http://www.smartmarriages.com/hotel.travel.html
2008 INSTITUTES: http://www.smartmarriages.com/institutes.html

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- OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS: LET'S ENCOURAGE STOSNY's BOOT CAMP 'EXPERIMENT'!

Steven Stosny is trying an experiment to make his highly-regarded Boot Camp,
featured on Oprah and in many other national media, available at a
substantially reduced cost. He is experimenting to see if he can fill it
without having to pay for advertising, which would mean he could offer this
invaluable program for 40% lower than his usual fee. Let's help make this
work. 

You can save $300!! If you register by Nov. 4 at  301-528-7067 or
http://www.compassionpower.com/

The Boot Camp will be held Nov 30 - Dec 2 in the greater Washington DC area.

The Camp offers a full weekend of Treatment of Resentment, Anger, and/or
Emotional Abuse developed to meet the overwhelming requests for the model as
demonstrated on Oprah and in other national media. The Bootcamp includes
learning how to replace  resentment, anger, and jealousy with COMPASSIONATE
NEGOTIATION plus relapse prevention.

Refer individuals or couples with problems OR, attend to learn how to use
this approach in any setting.

You'll also have several opportunities to TRAIN with Steven Stosny at the
San Francisco Smart Marriages Conference including a two-day pre-conference
Institute 
on the Boot Camp program on July 1 & 2, 2008.

To preview his style and approach, you can purchase the top rated Stosny
workshop recording $15.95 on CD or $9.95 download at
http://www.iplaybacksmartmarriages.com or at 800-241-7785. This workshop,
btw, was not only very highly rated, it had the highest attendance of any
Denver conference Workshop.

> #757-401- Denver
> You Don't Have to Take it Anymore
> Steven Stosny, PhD
> Learn how to use this approach in marriage ed settings to help overcome
> entrenched resentment, anger, verbal and emotional abuse BEFORE you try to
> teach communication skills.

> 109 Two Days - Tuesday & Wednesday, July 1 & 2- San Francisco
> CompassionPower Boot Camp & Love Without Hurt
> Steven Stosny, PhD
> Learn skills to teach the intensive, 3-day Boot Camp format to reduce anger,
> resentment and emotional abuse as well as the "Love Without Hurt" 8-hour
> program to add to any marriage education course - designed to recognize &
> prevent domestic violence and child abuse. These programs include emotional
> regulation skills that make it easier to learn marriage skills. $100 spouse
> discount. Click for more information and to read articles and testimonials:
> http://www.smartmarriages.com/stosny.html

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- ADVERTISE BEFORE MARRIAGE MOVIES

Diane, 
My husband and I went to the movies on "our" date night to see Tyler Perry's
"Why Did I Get Married."  So many couples and singles were there early,
eating popcorn and watching local advertisements.  Would recommend that
local community marriage grantees consider advertising (for general
awareness as well as recruitment)  and having it run in the theaters
especially preceding this particular movie. It's probably best to do ads
when the movie is first released in theaters but check with the local
theater advertising rep regarding projected attendance rate in 2nd and 3rd
week.   

We've produced 3 awareness campaigns  - and we will be using "The Best Gift
You Can Give A Child is a Healthy Marriage" campaign in TV Commercials,
billboard, print, radio spots.  This will also be great for upcoming
Christmas movie releases.  Just a suggestion.

Doris Lassiter, Director
Nebraska Center for Healthy Marriage
2409 North 161st Street
Omaha, Nebraska  68116
P. 402-320-2953 
F.402-491-3465 
dorislassiter at cs.com

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- WHY IT'S 90% MEN 
> Re:- MONDAY MORNING MAIL BOX
> I had several dozen emails like this one this morning.  Not sure why, but
> 90% of the time these requests for help are from men. I suspect it's because
> men spend more time cruising the internet. - diane

Diane 
I truly believe that men find HOPE at smartmarriages.
For ONCE a source of information about how relationships and marriages work
well and what causes them to turn out badly.
And it gives them hope that they might be able to understand it all and do
THEIR part to move toward a more positive dynamic.
I most strongly believe that all they find anywhere else, especially in
therapist¹s offices is blame and fault aimed at them.
(This is a very widespread contribution to divorce even when the men fully
acknowledge their problems and wish to do whatever possible to improve
things.)
The more they read on the site, the more the find that both men and women
have a lot they can do to improve their homes, TOGETHER.
Perhaps, most of all, everything here, passes all common sense tests.

At some point, it would be good to survey the subscribers and lurkers at the
website, to see why they are motivated to read here
And why they prefer this educational approach, instead of the
pathology-bases approaches of the DSM IV.

Roger in Wichita

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