Before you volunteer for that curriculum committee, school violence task force or focus group; before you run for school board or PTA president: Find out who the professional manipulators are and how they're going to get you to stick your foot in your mouth. Here is a hands-on workshop in strategies used to silence parents and concerned citizens and generate a predetermined consensus on controversial issues. Updated 2011 Edition.
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Beverly Eakman: * Educator, 9 years: English, Literature, Debate; 7th grade remedial through 12th grade advanced and debate team, 1968-1974, 1979-1981. * Science Editor, Technical Writer and Editor-in-Chief of official newspaper, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1974-1979. Technical piece, "David, the Bubble Baby," picked up by popular press and turned into a movie starring John Travolta. * Chief speech writer, National Council for Better Education, 1984-1986; for the late Chief Justice Warren E. Burger, Commission on the Bicentennial of the US Constitution, 1986-1987; for the Voice of America, 1987-1989; and for U.S. Dept. of Justice (DOJ), 1991-1993. Writer-editor, DOJ, 1994-2004. * Author: six books on education since 1991, including the internationally acclaimed Cloning of the American Mind: Eradicating Morality Through Education (Huntington House 1998), Walking Targets: How Our Psychologized Classrooms are Producing a Nation of Sitting Ducks, and A Common Sense Platform for the 21st Century. Columnist for NewsWithViews.com. * Published articles: Education Week, Chronicles Magazine, The Washington Times, Insight Magazine, National Review, Crisis Magazine, Vital Speeches, The Washington Post, and more 1985-present. * Executive Director: National Education Consortium, co-founded 1994, education & privacy law.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
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If you have ever wondered how YOUR agenda got sidetracked, this manual is for you!,
By Curly Top (Raleigh, NC USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: How to Counter Group Manipulation Tactics: The Techniques of Unethical Consensus-Building Unmasked (Paperback)
Talk about a vital book for our time. I don't know about you, but after attending a variety of political group "get-togethers," school board and PTA meetings, office "brainstorming" sessions, business "feedback" conferences and more, I became disillusioned anything useful would be the result. After reading Eakman's manual I now understand how and why "plants" (read agent provocateurs) are placed in these meeting, how I can identify them and get the agenda back on track. This book is a must read!!
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Outwit and Outmaneuver the Manipulators in Your World,
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In an era in which secondary schools and universities are not teaching people superlative critical thinking skills, it is easier than ever for groups and individuals within groups to be manipulated. In this book, Beverly Eakman outlines tactics that trained manipulators in settings such as PTA meetings or other public policy meetings use to get people to sign on to politically correct consensuses--and she provides the tools that one needs to derail these tactics.
Eakman describes many of the main weapons that manipulators use, including the familiar Hegelian and Alinskyite tactics. She shows how manipulators (who the author says frequently attempt to give themselves the euphemistic name of "facilitator") attempt to coerce individuals into adopting group beliefs, to trick an individual into thinking that the group's predetermined consensus was in fact the individual's own idea, and to make the individual think that he has input into the group's decision when in fact he does not. When reading this book it may seem depressing to realize how easy it is nowadays for someone to control a group, but Eakman provides many countermoves one can use to avoid being manipulated or demoralized and to hold your ground in meetings--and she provides a splendid rejoinder one can use to deflect ad hominem attacks. Some years ago I took an interest in this topic and became, if something less than an expert, at least a fairly serious armchair student of manipulation tactics, so I was intrigued when I saw a link to this book last May. This book is not exhaustive--I can think of quite a few of the lowest and foulest manipulation techniques that were not covered in this book, and there was one example in the book that fell flat due to an inaccurate statement. Also, there is a type of psychological Strategic Defense Initiative that one can adopt and employ to render powerless any and all mental coercion techniques, but it is not described in the book. That being said, this tome is a pretty good introduction to the topic of psychological manipulation. If you are middle-aged and at one point had a keen interest in this topic, even you will likely learn something new from this book. And if you are in your twenties and think that you are too trusting or have been told by others that you are too trusting, don't think twice about clicking the "Add to Cart" button on this page--you very likely need to read this book, and recall that being as innocent as a dove and as wise as a serpent are not mutually exclusive conditions.
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Facts vs Fiction,
By Roni Bell "Farm girl" (La Salle, CO United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: How to Counter Group Manipulation Tactics: The Techniques of Unethical Consensus-Building Unmasked (Paperback)
What I appreciate most about Ms. Eakman's work, is her thorough documentation. She's meticulous in having at hand, papers that verify her claims.
In a present culture of trying to wade through the reams of personal opinions, Beverly's work always provides a welcoming, stabilizing, foundation. Americans need more doses of facts and realities as offered by folks like Beverly Eakman. Why? To stop the force feeding of caustic lies and fiction that deliberately serves the purpose of perforating our Constitution. For one example, I heard a reporter on Sunday Morning refer to DDT as, "the deadly chemical..." when in fact, DDT is not a deadly chemical! But, it's necessary for Depopulationists such as George Soros to perpetuate this lie, in order to achieve their goal of allowing millions to continue dying of malaria. Ms. Eakman's work gives real time...opportunity. The powers that be, would do well for America if they'd take heed!
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