Tom and wife Guiselle presenting to a group of Panamanian Business and Tax Professionals.
Courses and Retreats
If you feel misguided, misinformed or misled, we have some solutions for you.
Online courses and live seminars/workshops and retreats are in development. Scheduling around health restrictions has been a challenge but we will post a schedule of the live events as soon as they can be confirmed. In the meantime a set of parallel online video training is being produced to enable you to learn at your pace from the comfort of your home, without the investment in travel and related inconveniences.
Materials are based on the book EMPOWER YOUR CHILDREN and designed to improve the learner’s critical thinking ability, develop their public presentation skills and build their confidence, and motivate them to challenge the individuals and organizations that manage and control public education to include CT in K-12 and freshman level in college.
Online Programs
Apprentice training – A three hour program that presents the basic critical thinking skills with exercises to build the habit of living them in your everyday life. A free video preview of the course is available.
Seminars, Webinars, and Workshops
Challenger Training
Full day seminar and workshop to build on the basic Critical Thinking (CT) skills developed in the Apprentice program. Exercises to encourage family discussions using the basic Four W questions to provide by example the value of evaluating the sources and reliability of information to effectively differentiate valid information from opinion and propaganda.. Outlines and the Three Ps tools are included to develop your skills to make a well received, five minute presentation with a clear call to action. A great resource for home school moms and dads to be able to integrate CT applications in each of the general courses being taught. A video package will be available online.
Advocate Training
A two-day live interactive workshop. Participants will research, develop, and effectively present to their peers the critical thinking argument to be confident and eager to speak with authority to local authorities that control the education curriculum. Each day has two break out groups for planning and organizing including identifying the controlling legislation and contractual issues in your community; identifying the individuals who are key to making an effective change in the curriculum; building a community of like minded individuals, including small neighborhood discussion groups to establish specific goal setting; and integrating with community leaders through personal contacts and social media.