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#4050 -
Wednesday, October 20, 2010 - Editor: Jerry Katz
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Here is some nondual
news, a new venture between StillnessSpeaks.com and the public
relations firm of John Raatz and David Langer: The Visioneering
Group.
Thursday I'm going to San Rafael, California, to the Science and
Nonduality Conference. In my Friday issue of the Highlights I'll
post some of my impressions and notes taken at various talks.
From http://www.stillnessspeaks.com/ssblog/john_raatz_chris_hebard_announce_new_venture/
StillnessSpeaks Launches Joint Venture
Chris Hebard of StillnessSpeaks.com (www.stillnessspeaks.com )
and John Raatz and David Langer of The Visioneering Group
(www.thevisioneeringgroup.com ) and the Global Alliance for
Transformational Entertainment (GATE) (www.gatecommunity.org) are
creating a new company, as yet unnamed, that will offer a variety
of management, marketing and other support services to benefit
the community of “nondual teachers.”
According to Raatz, “As more people discover the wisdom of
nonduality, there is increasing demand for the teachers’
teachings and creative output. We believe this new venture will
be a unique resource for the teachers themselves to access a
constellation of services to support their professional lives as
well as a larger public platform for interested individuals to
explore nondual teachings.”
“A new, revitalized, in-development Stillness Speaks website
will vastly expand the availability of nondual wisdom
worldwide,” notes Hebard, “by offering the output of
many of the world’s most renowned nondual teachers and by
taking advantage of the latest presentation and distribution
technologies. At the same time, we feel a profound need to help
safeguard the business interests of our client teachers,
especially given that many of them are not as engaged with
worldly and career matters as might be beneficial for them.”
“We’ll be working with those teachers who want to
proactively move this knowledge more into the world for
everyone’s benefit,” says Raatz. So far, the
company’s services include the following key areas:
• Event Production – Creating events and helping
teachers stage their content
• Intellectual property and copyright management –
Ensuring that teachers own their creative output and/or receive
favorable deals
• Personal Management – Professional guidance and
support pertaining to business matters
• Customer and Database Development – Growing a
teacher’s customer base, facilitating communications and
creating new opportunities
• Mergers and Acquisitions – Expanding business
opportunities for teachers and growing the infrastructure
• Marketing – Traditional and Online marketing and
public relations and social media marketing
“Regardless of your particular perspective about
nonduality,” Hebard advises teachers, “if you’re a
teacher with an infrastructure – or want one – you need
to be able to support it financially, to get it out into the
world. And that’s the support we’re offering.”
A Board of Directors and Advisory Board for the new enterprise
are in development and will be announced soon.
JOHN RAATZ is the Founder and Principal of the pioneering
“transformational” marketing & PR firm, The
Visioneering Group, whose mission is “Linking Spirit, Vision
& Progressive Values with Compassionate Communication to
Promote a Positive and Sustainable Future™”.
Established in 1987, Visioneering exclusively serves the Cultural
Creatives (body/mind/spirit) market and was the first such firm
to do so.
Through Visioneering, John has represented hundreds of clients
including many of the foremost authors/books, musical projects,
and films in the transformational milieu, such as authors Eckhart
Tolle, Fritjof Capra, Peter Russell, Chellis Glendinning, Deepak
Chopra; recording artists Dead Can Dance, Madonna, Donovan,
Kitaro, Kenny Loggins; and such films as Mindwalk, Baraka, A
Brief History of Time, The Real Dirt on Farmer John, Illusion
(Kirk Douglas), This Island Earth, What the Bleep Do We Know!?,
Ripple Effect, Peaceful Warrior, The 11th Hour, Youth Without
Youth, Darshan: The Embrace, Saint Ralph, Unknown White Male, Two
Weeks, Toward The Within, A Human Search: The Life of Father Bede
Griffiths, Ecological Design: Inventing The Future, Side Effects,
America: Freedom to Fascism, and others.
A pioneering leader in the growing transformational
entertainment/media genre, John founded, along with
actor/activist Jim Carrey and author/spiritual leader Eckhart
Tolle, GATE – the Global Alliance for Transformational
Entertainment – and became its Board Chairman. GATE is a
nonprofit organization (501c6 pending) dedicated to supporting
entertainment and media professionals, who want to express their
own transformational values though the content they write,
produce, perform in, or otherwise contribute to. Recently, John
founded the Transformational Entertainment Networks as an
alternative distribution company and will release the Lexi
Alexander film, “Lifted” in 2011.
John’s radio show, “Inside Entertainment: Conversations
with the Hearts of Hollywood” will begin airing during first
quarter 2011. He is also writing a book, “Transforming the
World by Transforming Entertainment and Media.”
For a more detailed bio, please visit: http://gatecommunity.org/gatespace/blog/?page_id=2