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BC Skeptics 18 October 1996 Meeting

"Tools for Skeptics", a talk by Jolyon Hallows
Presented by the BC Skeptics and the Psychology Department, SFU.

Open to the public, free.

7:30 pm, Friday 18 October 1996.

This meeting will be in the Halpern Centre at SFU.
A map showing the location of the Halpern Centre may be found by
going to the BC Skeptics web site at
    http://www.wimsey.com/BC_Skeptics
and following the next meeting and Halpern Centre links.

Jolyon Hallows, a management and computer consultant and long-time
member of the B.C. Skeptics, invites members of the skeptics' movement
to be "beta testers" for a lecture he plans to add to his repertoire for
use with interested business clients.  Jolyon intends to add lectures on
critical thinking and skepticism to the list of topics he will offer
these clients. The skeptics who attend are asked to imagine themselves
in the place of this target group of managers and executives and to
supply Jolyon at the conclusion of this sample lecture with constructive
suggestions on how to present the concerns of our organization to this
business audience.


Tools for Skeptics

As skeptics, we are faced with a sea of irrationalism.  We constantly
encounter violations of logic and science that demand us to respond.
How well we fare depends upon our skills and our training.

Natural skepticism is not enough.  If you want to counter today's swamp
of paranormal claims, you need more than an inborn inclination, you need
tools and the skills to use them.  That's what "Tools for Skeptics" has
been designed to provide.  In this seminar, we will examine some ways
that skeptics evaluate and question claims.  You will learn attitudes
and approaches that are useful not only in assessing claims, but in
dealing with those who make them.  The goal of the seminar is to teach
you how to strengthen and hone your skeptical responses.

Join us for an entertaining and informative evening.  You are invited to
bring the questions and comments that most frequently haunt you.


About the Presenter

The seminar has been designed and will be led by Jolyon Hallows, a
Certified Management Consultant (CMC) and Chairman of Westwind
Consulting Services Inc.

For over thirty years, Jolyon has been practicing and teaching computer
technology, project management, and management consulting to major
corporations and all levels of government.  His seminars include
technical subjects as well as presentation skills, goal-setting, and
effective communications.  He has written articles on technology for
_The Globe and Mail_ and trade journals, and is the author of a
forthcoming book on project management.

Jolyon is a long-time student of skepticism.  As a technologist, he is
trained to evaluate logically.  As a consultant, he understands how to
present unpopular or controversial positions.  As a teacher and
facilitator, he delivers seminars that are enjoyable and valuable.

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