Exhibits - missing link / Roommates search / Concurrent Sessions - the Agony - 4/2/09

[Smartmarriages]

- EXHIBITS

Whoops.... I forgot the link so you could check the Exhibits listing:
Here it is: http://www.smartmarriages.com/exhibitors.html

> - 2009 CONFERENCE EXHIBITS ARE LISTED HERE
> 
> If you THINK you submitted an exhibit application, please check this listing
> and if you don't see your exhibit, we have a problem. Contact me and we'll
> sort it out.  - diane at smartmarriages.com

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- ROOMMATES

The post about hotel reservations prompted questions about finding a
roommate.  I should have thought to include that, click here:
http://www.smartmarriages.com/roommates.html

Also, see the cancelation policy.  You can reserve now and lock in the $115
rate and trim the reservation back or cancel later without penalty if you
cancel at least 6 days before your scheduled date of arrival.
http://www.smartmarriages.com/hotel.html

- diane 

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- TRAINING INSTITUTES: OH THE AGONY!

These are the kinds of questions about the problem of *concurrent* sessions
- that's always a huge complaint.  People want to attend more than one
session in each time frame.

> I would like you to mail me a brochure please, by regular mail. From the
> schedule i have seen so far online, I  conclude I can only attend ONE pre
> conference institute and 1 post conference institiute becasue they all run
> concurrently. I would like to attend about 6 preconference institutes and a
> few post conference. Is it true I can only attend 1 of each for said reasons?
> what are the costs of these institues? If at a later time, if I order your
> comprehensive recording package, will the pre and post conferences also be
> included on dvd-sound and picture and in the package? Also, some of the
> workshops and some of the institutes have TOOB material. Is it included in the
> conference fee or cost per instittue day? If I choose 1 institute and would
> like to have attended many, can I purchase their TOOB kits if such are
> available for those programs?  Regards,Bob
> 

We understand and feel your pain.  However, you can only attend 1
pre-conference training institute and only 1 post-conference training
institute each year.

The Institutes are NOT recorded.  Everything else at the conference is
recorded - all the workshops and keynotes and banquets and luncheons and are
available individually or on the comprehensive Ipod or CDs.

If a program has a TOOB (teach out of the box kit) and also is being offered
as an Institute, the TOOB materials are sometimes free to those that attend
the Institute training.  Sometimes not.  Each Institute has a
click-for-more-information live link at the end of its brief description
here: http://www.smartmarriages.com/institutes.html
The details include what materials you'll receive.  Read each one in which
you have interest.  For example, Active Relationships
http://www.smartmarriages.com/simpson.html  gives away a TON of their TOOB
materials worth over $1,000 - they give this material away at NO other
training, ONLY at Smart Marriages.

BUT to try to answer your question and help you make decisions, even if you
don't attend the Institute Training you can purchase the TOOBs. The
teach-out-of-the-box programs do not require training - the trainings are
offered because training is always a helpful plus - the chance to spend time
being trained by the founders.  TOOB/Institutes also often offer workshops
during the body of the general conference - examples: Basic Training; How to
Avoid Marrying a Jerk; Etc Etc. - diane

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