SOCIAL: Help finding whether organization is solid or not

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This actually sounds exactly like Landmark. We went to a free seminar with a friend and it was basically just a very high pressure sales pitch to sign up for the very expensive "Forum". At one point during the evening I got up to go to the bathroom which happened to be in the hallway that also led to the door to go outside. There was actually someone "standing gaurd" in the hallway who stopped me because they thought I was leaving. I was pretty creeped out. That being said, I do know people who have gotten a lot out of Landmark Forum. Just not my thing. Anyway, the wording on the poster and the veil of obscurity on the web site all seem very reminiscent of it. 


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-----Original Message-----
From: Randall Isaac <randall at deadletter.com>

Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2008 02:04:45 
To: Social Social<social at deeptrouble.com>
Subject: Re: SOCIAL: Help finding whether organization is solid or not


    It does seem a little suspicious. It sounds a lot like all those Get 
Rich in Real Estate courses (hah!) where they would offer a "free" 
seminar, that would really just be a high-pressure sales pitch for the 
paid seminar.  Some of the sources I Googled describe Kairos as an 
outgrowth of EST, similar to The Landmark Forum. 

Randall

Elisabeth Lamoureux wrote:
> Hello everyone,
>
> Could anyone guide me in finding out more about the Kairos Foundation 
> and its "More to Life" courses?
> http://moretolife.org/
>
> Am acquaintance working for them as a volunteer has asked me to help 
> in distributing their posters in my neighborhood.  It's about a free 
> event: a seminar entitled "Learning to Move from Overwhelm to 
> Possibility." 
>
> This sounds like some inspirational-talk seminar which, who knows, 
> might be interesting.  The thing that bugs me though is that the 
> poster also says that information will be available about an upcoming 
> course to be held in November in Oakland.  The web-site doesn't give 
> much concrete information about that course besides the fact that it 
> costs $495 for a 2 1/2 day seminar. 
>
> My initial (and admittedly skeptical) sense tells me that this 
> organization is not very solid (no references to any books, reports, 
> articles, etc.), and that this initial event is only a recruiting 
> event for the expensive later seminar.  At the moment, I'm not 
> thrilled about distributing those posters...
>
> Thanks to any and all who can help!
> --Elisabeth
>
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