How Uniteam Has Been Validated
Uniteam has been validated in two separate ways; first the basic approach or system has been verified to be effective; secondly, industry experts have reviewed Uniteam, at first skeptically (and appropriately so), and then with eagerness. This page provides more insights into both of these validation processes.
At the bottom of this page, there is a third, and quite different kind of validation, an ongoing validation of ourselves as to whether the principles that power our product also power our own lives and the lives of our clients. That third section concerns the "Philanthropic Impact Project". Please read that section, and get involved. There is no cost to you, only benefits to us all.
Verification of the Uniteam Approach
The underlying methods, principles, and system at the heart of the UIC programs have been in use since 1964. Use of this, acceptance, and even the embracing of it, the certifying that it is in tune with individual and organizational beliefs and practices has been accomplished by people who are strongly liberal and people who are strongly conservative, people of various ethnicities and genders, young and old, rich and poor, PhDs and high school drop-outs, people whose thinking is based in logic and those whose thinking is based in emotion, people fast to learn and those slow to learn, people expert in the mental health profession-and in many other professions, artists, people whose job is to cook or sew or run a hotel. People in the corporate world, in small business, in government at all levels, in educational institutions, in families, and in other groupings have found it suitable for their environment.
For your comfort, you should know that management and labor have found it useful; atheists, humanists, and believers of diverse faiths, from Jewish to Buddhist and many sects of Christianity have found it useful. Examples of clerics who have studied it and applied it include: Ministers from Catholic, Methodist, Pentecostal, and Unitarian Churches, an Islamic Imam, and a Hindu Swami, among others. All found it in line with their core beliefs and found comfort in using it.
The new program is designed and built to serve all people, be helpful to each, work on behalf of each. It has no bias toward or against any of the multitude of differences among those people who use it. It seeks to encourage thoughts that rise above those differences. It provides a way to bring all those thoughts to bear on any subject important to an individual or a group. Its special tools provide a way of making use of the sum total of all those thoughts.
Validation of the New Program Version
Mr. Peter Jessen, respected author, business consultant, teacher, and top-flight facilitator of business meetings during the past three or four decades, studied the program and personally tested it. Understandably skeptical that the program could lead meetings, he expected little or no substantial results. At the end he became quite convinced of its worth, having chosen to hold a test meeting that lasted beyond the allocated one hour to an amazing 8 hours. His comment at the time was, “Fascinating”. The extra 7 hours made clear his sincerity.
From his report:
“This program is a ‘Killer App’, meaning that almost all computer users will see it as a ‘must have’ piece of software.”
“This program/process really does effectively and successfully lead meetings of people, in personal, business, school, or community settings, without the need of a human facilitator or note-taker.”
“It does what it says, and it says what it does. The applications of this are just enormous . . . universal . . . cross-cultural. I would recommend it, without fear of contradiction, that it will indeed do as it says.”
“In my opinion, it could be applied successfully in:
- corporate work places—teams, departments, divisions, cost centers—individuals and groups;
- homes—individuals and the whole family;
- schools—teachers, students, parents, administration, PTAs, boards;
- governments—federal, state, city, county, agency;
- churches / synagogues / mosques / temples;
- communities, hospitals, public meetings, unions;
- non-profits—non-government, philanthropic, charity.”
“The time that would be saved in generating paths to productivity increases suggests not just good cost reduction actions, but incredible cost reduction actions, as well as turning around and shortening the time it takes to both get a product or service ready for market, and in terms of the time to successfully test and launch a particular product or service.”
“It would also clearly help focus conflicting viewpoints on those planning communication campaigns, be they for political office, local or national, or for products and services sold for profit, or for the delivery of services done by governments, foundations, and other non-profit agencies.”
The strongest statement of Mr. Jessen’s commitment to his findings in this regard is that he has now made these methods available within his own business. He can no longer be considered un-biased. But he has proven his findings to his own satisfaction.
Validating Ourselves: The Philanthropic Impact Project
Welcome Philanthropists, and those who, like us, wish to practice emulating them.
The nature of the Philanthropic Impact Project is this: for each ten paid-for new copies of the program we ship in 2009 or 2010, we will place one additional copy, at our expense, in a pool of copies to be donated to worthy recipients.
If you will study this website, noting the ten examples of audiences for this product, and then recommend to us one of those or some other target audience, and tell us the benefits you think the recipient might gain, we will ship from our pool, in sequence of date and time of your email or phone call, when your turn comes up, a copy to a member of the target audience you recommended. No cost to them--they get a free year of customer service too; no cost to you--it's done at our expense, in your name or anonymously, as you request.
Our benefits: we get help selecting recipients we may have overlooked, thus keep from being insular. And it may suggest new markets; we get contact with, perhaps, some practicing Philanthropists who might subsequently choose to bestow more than our pool can afford. We get ideas of benefits we did not think of; we get to be, to some extent, an agent of change in your life in case you are not getting to be focused upon giving.
You become an agent of change in our lives by directing us to better targets and making the reasons clear to us.
Your benefit: you get a sense of accomplishment and a good feeling, and what may be an answer to your prayer-a tool to be used by individuals and groups you care about, to address the root causes of despair, failure, dysfunction, disharmony, polarization, a tool that will be bestowed because you took the time to address this.
If you recommend a specific organizational target new to us, we may choose to send an additional pool copy to the person in charge of that organization so they can familiarize themselves with a tool that may be applied within their domain, before we ship to a member of that domain.
And if that leader declines the idea of internal use, we may come back to you for another choice, as we may also have to come back for non-USA targets or for other reasons.
Exception to pool process: When a Philanthropic individual or organization pre-purchases a quantity of products for delivery to their target audience(s) (e.g. one per student in a specific faith-based school and one per family of each student thus gifted), the ten percent gift items will be shipped to the same destination as the paid-for items, instead of being placed in the pool. Such a good-hearted act can be a double-up of benefits in other ways too. Philanthropists, please call the number in the next paragraph for information about the wide-ranging impact you can have.
Note to computer manufacturers: If this idea inspires you, please contact us to discuss ways in which this can become a package gift complete with program personalized for the recipient, installed on a computer personalized and donated by you. Such a manufacturer can expect respect and deference from us. Call +1.541.247.2220 and ask for Paul. Or Email us and that message will get to Paul.
This offer void where prohibited by law, and in cases where ethical or moral standards may be violated. Our management team will make all final decisions in conjunction with any thoughts provided by you.
Please give us your name, email address, phone number, target audience, and suggested benefits to target. And please, if you will, print out the flyer at right (click on the image to see it) and give us your answer to the question that appears near the top of the flyer--that could help us too.
On behalf of those you will guide us to, thank you.
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