Landmark Forum

Landmark Forum, also known as The Forum and simply Forum, is the first course delivered by Landmark Worldwide (formerly Landmark Education), or simply Landmark, a limited liability company headquartered in San Francisco, California. The Company offers programs in personal development. The company claims that more than 2.4 million people have taken Landmark's programs since its founding in 1991, and that it hosts courses in approximately 130 locations across more than 20 countries. The company started with the purchase of intellectual property rights developed by Werner Erhard, creator of the est training. Landmark has developed and delivered over 56 personal development programs. Its subsidiary, the Vanto Group, markets and delivers training and consulting to organizations. Quotes Quotes by CEO In the United States, we have altered the public conversation about our work and our enterprise. For example, it is no longer possible for informed people or publications in the United States to pin pejorative labels on us. Harry Rosenberg, CEO of Landmark Worldwide, and brother of Werner Erhard, quoted in — The est of Friends: Werner Erhard's protégés and siblings carry the torch for a '90s incarnation of the '70s 'training' that some of us just didn't get Metro News San Francisco, California July 9, 1998 Traci Hukill http://www.culteducation.com/reference/landmark/landmark15.html We're all over, as you can see. Next, we're thinking Korea, Hong Kong, China, Singapore. We're already in two cities in Japan. Japan is ridiculous! Harry Rosenberg, CEO of Landmark Worldwide, and brother of Werner Erhard, quoted in — Pay Money, Be Happy - For thousands of new yorkers, happiness is a $375, three-day self-help Seminar. Welcome to EST: The Next Generation New York Magazine http://nymag.com/nymetro/news/culture/features/4932/ October 6, 2013 July 9, 2001 Vanessa Grigoriadis Werner made some very, very powerful enemies. They really got him. Harry Rosenberg, CEO of Landmark Worldwide, and brother of Werner Erhard, quoted in — Pay Money, Be Happy - For thousands of new yorkers, happiness is a $375, three-day self-help Seminar. Welcome to EST: The Next Generation New York Magazine http://nymag.com/nymetro/news/culture/features/4932/ October 6, 2013 July 9, 2001 Vanessa Grigoriadis We've been accused of pressuring people in terms of our, quote, 'sales,' and we're out to avoid any of that. Harry Rosenberg, CEO of Landmark Worldwide, and brother of Werner Erhard, quoted in — Pay Money, Be Happy - For thousands of new yorkers, happiness is a $375, three-day self-help Seminar. Welcome to EST: The Next Generation New York Magazine http://nymag.com/nymetro/news/culture/features/4932/ October 6, 2013 July 9, 2001 Vanessa Grigoriadis I'd like to experiment with advertising. We're coming out with an audiotape. We'll probably do a book. Harry Rosenberg, CEO of Landmark Worldwide, and brother of Werner Erhard, quoted in — Pay Money, Be Happy - For thousands of new yorkers, happiness is a $375, three-day self-help Seminar. Welcome to EST: The Next Generation New York Magazine http://nymag.com/nymetro/news/culture/features/4932/ October 6, 2013 July 9, 2001 Vanessa Grigoriadis Besides the fact that he's my brother, the company considers Werner a friend. Harry Rosenberg, CEO of Landmark Worldwide, and brother of Werner Erhard, quoted in — Pay Money, Be Happy - For thousands of new yorkers, happiness is a $375, three-day self-help Seminar. Welcome to EST: The Next Generation New York Magazine http://nymag.com/nymetro/news/culture/features/4932/ October 6, 2013 July 9, 2001 Vanessa Grigoriadis About Alphabetized by author thumb|It's weird to think about how skeptical I was when I first went to the Forum. — Chuck Palahniuk Landmark evolved from an organisation called EST (Erhard Seminar Training), founded in the 1970s by former salesman Werner Erhard…In 1991, he sold his intellectual property to former EST employees, who founded the more mainstream Landmark Education. Landmark Forum: Mysterious training course coming to your office news.com.au https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/real-life/news-life/landmark-forum-mysterious-training-course-coming-to-your-office/news-story/59b95a445f1049228b8ea7863ac183f3/ February 20, 2018 September 23, 2016 Emma Reynolds Werner Erhard, founder of 'Landmark Education's 'The Forum',' and 'est' seminars, which have about 2.4 million graduates, was influenced by Hinduism through Swami Muktananda, one of Erhard's principal gurus. 216 Encyclopedia of New Age Beliefs John Ankerberg, John Weldon 1996 Harvest House Publishers 978-1565071605 There has been an enormous growth of the phenomenon known as Large Group Awareness Training represented by such companies as Landmark Forum. Douglas Atkin The Culting of Brands: Turn Your Customers Into True Believers Penguin/Portfolio New York 2004 9781591840275 What Is Required of a Belief System? 101 The first connection between New Age and business life started with the founding of Erhard Seminar Training (EST) in the US, California in 1971. In 1984 EST became known as Forum and nowadays it operates under the name Landmark. Stef Aupers The Dutch and Their Gods: Secularization and Transformation of Religion in the Netherlands Studies in Dutch Religious History 3 2005 Verloren Hilversum 9065508678 193 'We Are All Gods': New Age in the Netherlands 1960-2000 Landmark Education, as it's formally known, is hardly alone. There are any number of groups that foster change in an intense, supportive environment. Formally, they are gathered under the rubric 'large group awareness training'. Jonathan Black Yes You Can!: Behind the Hype and Hustle of the Motivation Biz 2006 Bloomsbury New York 9781596910003 133 Other seminars may offer supportive hugs; this one hits you between the eyes. Jill P. Capuzzo The Philadelphia Inquirer March 22, 1996 http://articles.philly.com/1996-03-22/entertainment/25636341_1_three-workshops-weekend-eye-opening-discoveries Discovering The Self If You Have A Spare Weekend And A Yen To Change, More Than A Dozen Personal-growth Workshops In The Area Are Ready For You. Be Prepared For An Intense Experience. Come On! There's A New Life Waiting Over The Weekend Get Rid Of Your Destructive Pasts. Get Intimate With Your Mate. Share With Others, And Grow. — re-quoted in Robert Todd Carroll w:Robert Todd Carroll The Skeptic's Dictionary: A Collection of Strange Beliefs, Amusing Deceptions, and Dangerous Delusions 2011 Wiley Hoboken, New Jersey 9780471480884 Entry: "Landmark Forum" http://www.skepdic.com/ thumb|In effect, to those who are members of traditional faiths, programs such as Landmark are saying: your religion is a product of the collective. — Robert Todd Carroll In effect, to those who are members of traditional faiths, programs such as Landmark are saying: your religion is a hindrance to becoming your true self. Of course, this perspective depends much on what you think of as 'traditional faith'. Many consider one of Landmark's fortés to be precisely that it brings together all faiths in a way that is extremely empowering and inspiring. Robert Todd Carroll w:Robert Todd Carroll The Skeptic's Dictionary: A Collection of Strange Beliefs, Amusing Deceptions, and Dangerous Delusions 2011 Wiley Hoboken, New Jersey 9780471480884 Entry: "Landmark Forum" http://www.skepdic.com/ More direct evidence comes from a careful study of Large Group Awareness Training programs, variously known as Erhard Seminars Training (est), Lifespring, or simply the Forum. The basic procedure of these courses parallels the group training workshops … but the emphasis shifts from group effectiveness to personal development. John Gastil The Group in Society 2010 SAGE Los Angeles 9781412924689 228-229 It's weird to think about how skeptical I was when I first went to the Forum. I brought a book with me in case I was bored. I immediately started railing against the leader about how they were just using me for my money. Then, when I was walking out, it struck me that I was 26 years old and I was never going to take another risk in my life. I was the one being an asshole! So I went back and said, 'Okay, I'd like to take a risk, where do I sign?' After that, I bought a word processor. That was my first step to being a writer. Chuck Palahniuk, quoted in — Pay Money, Be Happy - For thousands of new yorkers, happiness is a $375, three-day self-help Seminar. Welcome to EST: The Next Generation New York Magazine http://nymag.com/nymetro/news/culture/features/4932/ October 6, 2013 July 9, 2001 Vanessa Grigoriadis I was 26 when I did the seminar, convinced the world was out to burn me at every turn. If it wasn't for that seminar, I wouldn't be a writer. They taught me to see how closed down I was, to face my fears. Chuck Palahniuk, quoted in — http://www.theguardian.com/books/2005/may/08/fiction.chuckpalahniuk Interview - Fright Club The Observer May 7, 2005 Sean O'Hagan Guardian News and Media Limited The Forum and/or est, whose origins are in the United States (Tipton 1982) holds to the belief that the self itself is powerful. 123 The Routledge Companion to Theism Charles Taliaferro, Victoria S. Harrison, Stewart Goetz 2012 978-0415881647 Routledge See also Getting It: The Psychology of est Groupthink Large-group awareness training New religious movement Outrageous Betrayal Primal therapy Religion Self religion Werner Erhard Werner Erhard (60 Minutes) Werner Erhard (book) External links Landmark Forum Category:Landmark Education Category:Landmark Education Landmark Education Official Landmark web site Landmark Forum syllabus from Landmark What is the Landmark Forum like? Category:Psychology Category:New religious movements