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NLP was developed in the mid-70s by John Grinder, a Professor at UC Santa Cruz and Richard Bandler, a graduate student. NLP, as most people use the term today, is a set of models of how communication impacts and is impacted by subjective experience. It's more a collection of tools than any overarching theory.

Much of early NLP was based on the work of Virginia Satir, a family therapist; Fritz Perls, founder of Gestalt therapy; Gregory Bateson, anthropologist; and Milton Erickson, hypnotist.

PLEASE READ THIS! I receive a lot of reviews, many of which don't even mention what was taught in a workshop. This page tells what I'm looking for in a review. Note, however, that the maintainers of this site reserve the right to refuse to post any review—positive or negative—for any reason whatsoever.

AS OF MAY, 2000, THE POSTING OF NEW REVIEWS IS ON HOLD FOR THE NEXT FEW MONTHS. YOU CAN SUBMIT THEM, BUT THEY WON’T GO UP IMMEDIATELY.

NOTE: REVIEWS PRE-FORMATTED IN HTML WILL BE POSTED MUCH MORE QUICKLY THAN TEXT REVIEWS. Simply use your browser's “View Source” command on an existing review to see how to format your review. This does not mean to send me an e-mail with bolded text within it, etc. What I need is the actual HTML itself.
     Incorrect: this is a great workshop
     Correct: this is a <i>great</i> workshop

Reviews should be fairly fleshed-out. Many reviews say "I really had a great time." While good feelings are an important part of a review, mention of content, specific skills gained, and the administration of the program (food, lodging, etc.) are also important elements. My rule of thumb is: if it sounds like it belongs on the back of a brochure, it is probably too "salesy." If it touches on multiple topics, and includes a mix of right brain ("It was great") and left brain material ("it was great BECAUSE we did skills X, Y, and Z, which let me achieve results A, B, and C"), then it meets my criteria for a review.

Ultimately, people read reviews to help decide whether and what to buy. Excellent reviews will include enough information for decision making along several dimensions.

Some information is required in order for me to accept a review:

• What skills were taught? Please include an outline of the workshop, including the major skills learned, approximate number of exercises, etc.
• Who were the trainers? What was the teaching quality? Did the trainers explain clearly? Did they help when you had trouble? Were they patient?
• Where was the training held? How long was it? Was it residential?
• Where did you stay? Did you like it? Was it worth the money?

Some information is optional, but will make your review even better:

• What did you like about the training/product?
• What didn't you like?
• How did it compare to other products/trainings (and which, specifically)?
• What outcomes can you now reach that you couldn't before?
• Can you give examples of situations you've been in where you acted differently because of the training? What was different?
• Were there any supplementary materials, handouts, or workbooks? How was the content? The production quality?

If you can use the review itself to demonstrate any of the skills you learned, feel free to do so. Milton-Model language, sleight of mouth, and over-use of language patterns will usually result in you being asked to do a rewrite, unless the information is extremely explicit and easy to pick out. Besides, Milton-Model language patterns rarely work in writing. If you decide to use any language patterns, using sensory non-specific predicates and more subtle language patterns works better. That said, good writing is still more important than demonstrating fancy language patterns.

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