An Introduction to MEAPA - A Global Training Company

What is MEAPA?

• MEAPA is a global training company that helps people and organizations think effectively in order to achieve their goals.

What do people say about MEAPA?

• To read what people say about MEAPA please click here.

Is there a need for individuals and organizations to think effectively?

• Yes! One of the greatest unmet needs in today's hyper-competitive and dynamic global economy is for individuals and organizations to learn how to expand and sharpen their thinking so they can increase opportunities and sustain growth. Unfortunately most of life pushes people into structured processes that preclude creative thought and the identification of unique opportunities. MEAPA believes that individuals have the capacity to be agents of positive change for themselves and their organization if they are empowered to expand how they think.

Where can I read more about MEAPA's think, act, grow approach?

• MEAPA has published several books and many articles.  Please click here to visit our publications page where you can download any book or article for free.
  

How does MEAPA help people and organizations think effectively in order to achieve their goals?

• MEAPA addresses today's unmet need of helping people and organizations think more effectively through its proprietary Think. Act. Grow. (TAG) learning solutions. These learning solutions are each designed to expand the way people think, apply new ways of thinking to their particular situations so they can act, and begin the process of personal, organizational, or community growth. MEAPA offers two different formats of TAG: Universal and Specialized Content.

• TAG Universal - equally effective for individuals or for teams from the same company, organization, or community. There are two TAG Universal tracks:

• TAG Universal for Planning - designed for individuals and teams who need to plan for specific outcomes.

• TAG Universal for Challenging - designed for individuals and teams to expand their thinking and open new opportunities, but who do not have a specific goal setting or planning requirement.
  

• TAG Specialized Content - designed for the following specific audiences:

• TAG for Community Leaders - for civic leaders, economic development officials community development officials, workforce development officials, tourism representatives and other key stakeholders.

• TAG for Educators - educators and administrators on the K-12, community college and university levels.

• TAG for Small Business Owners - new entrepreneurs as well as current small business owners.

• TAG for College Students - juniors and seniors in college as well as recent graduates.

• TAG for High School Students - juniors and seniors in high school.

What training methodology does MEAPAP incorporate into TAG?

• MEAPA applies a teach-inspire-compel methodology in each of its TAG learning solutions. This allows us to offer a valuable and unique learning environment where we:

• Teach attendees how to think effectively
  
• Inspire them with a variety of resources
  
• Compel them to create a plan of action

What type of information is included in TAG?

• Each TAG provides attendees with a dynamic blend of topics such as: history, economics, business, entrepreneurship, economic and community development, education, popular culture, sports, the arts, science and mathematics. By using examples, data and other resources from such a wide variety of topics, MEAPA is able to stimulate thinking and broaden the perspective and understanding of all attendees.

What are the benefits of working with MEAPA?

• Individuals and organizations will gain immediate benefit from working with MEAPA because its learning solutions are very practical, presented in a dynamic fashion, and will directly impact the way you think. Some of the attributes of MEAPA's approach include:

• Relevant - to ensure that TAG is both current and relevant, MEAPA engages in a frequent and detailed review of its contents and updates the resources, references, links and other material.

• Practical - each TAG contains a variety of practical action steps attendees can consider should they want to commit themselves to growing. These steps can be implemented immediately so growth actually begins during the session.

• Applicable - TAG Universal can directly assist every person, company and organization that participates regardless of industry, aspirations, or location.

• Customizable - to ensure that it maximizes the value for all participants, MEAPA offers clients the option of customizing the components of a TAG learning solution to address a specific need.

• Interactive - MEAPA is proud of their dynamic and interactive style of training. Audiences will be engaged and empowered as they learn and apply the ways of thinking to their unique situations.

• Compliments - MEAPA augments the professional knowledge and experience that the audience already holds. Rather than tell you how to think or what to think, MEAPA challenges and guides participants to use what they already have in a more effective manner.

Where does the name MEAPA originate?

• MEAPA is derived from the initials of its two founders:

• Michael
• Edmondson
• And
• Peter
• Abramo

Upon what belief does MEAPA base its training?

• Our training is based on the fundamental belief that an organization will only grow as much as its people grow. Some examples include:

• A company will only grow as much as its employees grow.
• A community will grow as much as its leaders and residents grow.
• A small business will grow as much as a small business owner grows.
• A school will grow as much as its administrators and teachers grow.
• A non-profit organization will only grow as much as its employees grow.
  

What is MEAPA's training methodology?

• MEAPA applies a teach-inspire-compel methodology in each of its proprietary T.A.G. learning solutions.  Doing so allows us to teach attendees about a specific topic, inspire them to forge their own growth and compel them to create a plan of action.

What type of information is included in each learning solution?

• In order to forge growth through effective thinking, each T.A.G. and customized learning solution contains information from a wide variety of subject areas such as history, economics, business, entrepreneurship, economic and community development, education, popular culture, sports, the arts, science and mathematics. By using examples, data and other resources from such a wide variety of topics, MEAPA is able to stimulate thinking and broaden the perspective and understanding of all attendees.

Why does MEAPA's training reflect the updated Bloom's taxonomy?

• In 1956, Benjamin Bloom headed a group of educational psychologists who developed a classification of levels of intellectual behavior important in learning. During the 1990's a new group of cognitive psychologist, lead by Lorin Anderson (a former student of Bloom's), updated the taxonomy reflecting relevance to 21st century work.   Below are illustrations of the old and new versions of Bloom's taxonomy.

Each T.A.G. learning solution allows attendees to go through each of the six phases of the new Bloom taxonomy.

• Remembering (lowest) - attendees will need to remember and recognize terms, facts and other relevant information.
• Understanding - attendees will construct meaning from oral, written, and graphic messages through interpreting and explaining.
• Applying - attendees will learn to apply information to new situations in order to solve programs.
• Analyzing - attendees will analyze information by breaking material into constituent parts and determining how the parts relate to one another and to an overall purpose.
• Evaluating - attendees will evaluate situations and determine the best course of action in order for them to forge their growth.
• Creating (highest) - attendees will create a plan of action (POA) in order to implement their growth into their organization.

Is there a workbook associated with each workshop?

• Yes. Each workbook contains exercises, resources and templates. As new resources become available MEAPA updates the relevant T.A.G. learning solution and its corresponding workbook.

Does MEAPA tell people what to think?

• Absolutely not. MEAPA is on a mission to teach people how to think.  An important point of differentiation is that MEAPA does not offer a methodology that we claim applies to everyone.  There is no black box at MEAPA.  There are ways to develop thinking skills and to address problems that are uniform, and there are unique ways to apply these skills to various problems.  MEAPA does not teach a process, rather we teach people how to locate and process information, and how to develop new opportunities and create new solutions that are outside of the industry-focused mindset most people rely upon.  Partnering with MEAPA is sure to be an enlightening experience that will generate new ideas while teaching individuals more about themselves.  The result of this is more effective people whether they are employees, entrepreneurs, community leaders, teachers, administrators, students, non-profit directors, or business managers.