Every once in a while I see a movie that I feel every American needs to see and I just have to share it. The movie is Mr. Smith Goes to Washington with James Stewart. This film was filmed in 1939 and is a little over two hours long but brilliantly done. Why is it [...]
All over America, and also the world, parents and teachers are looking for financial literacy instructors to teach their kids and students the personal finance lessons most of us never learned as kids. The only problem is that those instructors can be really hard to find! Enter...The Money Game Coach! The Money Game [...]
March 19, 2001 Just got this fabulous testimonial from Walter Fortson, one of our Money Game Coaches, via Facebook. He writes.. Hi Elisabeth, Had a great class with youth from 5 - 17. The five year old was with her grandfather and he helped her play the game. She said, "You mean I have to [...]
Here's a quick list of things to remember when using accelerated learning techniques to teach The Money Game® to any group of kids, teens or adults. Of course, these apply to any topic and any group of learners! When doing your Presentations, think About: Audience Culture Religion Beliefs Age Marital status Group dynamic Gender Socio-economic [...]
Author: Vince Shorb A personal financial education is an essential element of preparing our children for the financial realities of the 21st century. A personal financial education and helping develop skills in money management for college students will help students avoid many of the problems their peers will face. Consider these statistics. According to the [...]
It seems that one of the most allusive states mankind seeks is this thing we have dubbed Financial Freedom. Up until maybe a decade ago, we weren't so concerned about winning the money game so quickly. We worked, saved our money, did our best to invest it wisely and then when that day came around, [...]
Author: Ben Semommung Financial education is crucial to the wellbeing of families nowadays. It is therefore time for all of us to get serious about financial education. In law, they say "ignorance of the law is no excuse". I think the same thing should apply to ignorance of financial matters or money issues. You need [...]
I get this question often from the people I coach. And the answer is... YES! You do. But only if you want to be successful in your business. If you're not in business and you don't care about connecting the new way (I didn't say the better way), then you can ignore it completely. BUT, [...]
Most people, if they had a choice, would never go to a networking meeting. They'd just as soon stay home and watch reruns of Tom and Jerry than get dressed, drive to a restraurant, order a drink and walk up to complete strangers for a couple of hours, introducing themselves, asking what they do and [...]
"Just wanted to say we had HEAPS of FUN playing the Money Game. Because it was my first time, and I wanted to be sure all the kids 'won' - I opted for the short version where they received $200 for each asset they owned. I chose to make the kids 'work' for me at [...]
How would you like to ensure that your students remembered what you were teaching them? Thank you. And what if I could teach you an easy-to-use teaching technique to make that happen…would you want to learn it? Great. We're going to talk about that in just a bit. But let's talk about learning in general [...]
