By George F on Oct 15, 2008 in Landmark Education | 1 Comment
Landmark Education spokesperson Deborah Beroset was recently interviewed on the Great Day St. Louis television program on the topic of gossip. Beroset discusses the different types of gossip that people engage in, and how one form of gossip can actually be an opportunity to make something happen. Here are pieces of that interview.
Host: Is your [...]
By George F on Oct 14, 2008 in Arts/Entertainment, Books, Film, Landmark Education, Los Angeles | 0 Comments
Noted director, actor and writer Troy Byer was recently interviewed by Los Angeles Wave about a variety of subjects, including getting away from Hollywood, her new career as a writer, her study of ontology, making a difference with people and how the Landmark Forum helped her establish a powerful relationship with her ex-husband. Landmark Education [...]
By Vincent Cahill on Oct 10, 2008 in Homelessness, california | 4 Comments
Hearts of Fire, the project Bob Ballard created in Landmark Education's Power and Contribution course as a way of connecting homeless people to art and music, is flourishing. In July, the group received 5013C nonprofit status from the IRS. This summe, Hearts Afire has toured Southern California, visiting homeless shelters and putting on art and [...]
By Vincent Cahill on Oct 8, 2008 in United States, children | 1 Comment
Out of her project that she created in Landmark's Self-Expression and Leadership Program, Lopa Mehrotra embarked on an innovative quest to allow young people to collaborate and experiment together in science. The idea is TestToob, a website that gives young people the tools to post videos and view and rate videos of other young people. [...]
By George F on Oct 6, 2008 in san francisco | 0 Comments
In today’s challenging and uncertain times, financial knowledge and literacy is a key skill for most adults. Peter Johnson took Landmark’s Self-Expression and Leadership Program in San Jose this summer, and out of it created the Financial Literacy Project, which is designed to bring financial professionals and consumers together in community bookstores. Consumers will have [...]
By George F on Oct 4, 2008 in Entreprenureship, new jersey | 0 Comments
New Jersey businessman Jack Licata has an invention that he’s been thinking about for 20 years: ‘Bag Ups’, a unique system by which one biodegradable garbage bag attaches to another, meaning that as soon as one bag is removed from a trash can, the next one pops instantly in to place. Now his invention has [...]
By George F on Oct 1, 2008 in Elementary, Homelessness, Texas, children | 1 Comment
When Leila Salmons of Houston created the "Supplies for Star Students" project in her Landmark Self-Expression and Leadership Program, her intention wasn't to collect school supplies for students with good grades. Rather, she and a team of professionals are making sure that personal living supplies – items such as socks and underpants as well as [...]