How would you like to learn to keep your marriage going strong through thick and thin while saving money on a San Francisco vacation this summer? That’s what I’m planning to do.
I’ve been to an earlier Smart Marriages Conference, so I can’t wait for the jam-packed program to arrive in my mailbox for this one. I’ll be taking some of my favorite marriage education books with me for autographs, because many of the authors will be there. And I’ll be at all the keynotes, because I had such a good time at the ones in 2006 and came away wiser to boot.
What’s especially exciting about the 2008 conference? It’s in San Francisco, and the hotel, a Hilton, is only $115 a night, a 60% discount off their AARP/AAA rates. The location is attracting plenty of big names — Gary Chapman, John Gray, Steven Stosny, Harville Hendrix, Howard Markman and Scott Stanley, the founders of Marriage Savers, the co-author of Tony Robbins’ new marriage course, even the author of Mating in Captivity: Unlocking Erotic Intelligence.
The price is very low, $355 for the whole thing, $185 a day, or $15 per seminar for the Saturday afternoon sessions. There are big discounts for students, your spouse, and people from one community or organization who sign up as a group. If you’re a social worker, marriage and family therapist, psychologist, counselor, or family life educator, you can even earn continuing education credits while you pick up tips on how to make your marriage as wonderful as you hoped it would be.
The main conference runs from the evening of July 2 through the evening of July 5, 2008. There are additional classes before and after to get yourself certified as a marriage educator in a large number of proven marriage education programs.
If this interests you, put yourself on the mailing list for the conference brochure listing the 150 or so workshops, seminars, and keynotes. You might also want to make your reservations at the Hilton before then.
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