2. Provoking critical changes with
knowledge
◦ Educating the young “inner city”
obese to weight management… a life
altering task;
◦ Providing support programs to poor
children in developing countries,
allowing them hope to access
university;
◦ Educating retirees globally to the
challenges and opportunities of
prolonged retirement,…of
“protirement”;
Respecting Cultural idiosyncrasies
while delivering education solutions
Promotion of Education:
Funding Actions Which Enlighten
3. Obesity
◦ is tracking towards 50% of
the population in the US if
left unchecked.
◦ 30 million are obese in China
and growing;
◦ In addition to shortened
lives, diabetes & numerous
physical ailments, the obese
suffer low self esteem.
◦ The obese have become
metaphors for
“dependence”, not unlike
drug addicts;
Promotion of Education:
Enlightening where it matters most
4. Promotion of Education:
Enlightening where it matters most
• For the Obese,
allowing themselves
to think they are
suffering from a
disease, reduces their
“ownership” of their
condition and puts the
blame on the external
factor;
• “Obesity” is a
metaphor for
“dependence”, like an
addict who is no
longer in control and
dependent on others
to change;
See http://www.linkedin.com/pulse/obesity-metaphor-norbert-sporns?trk=mp-reader-card
Also for China Obesity See http://www.linkedin.com/pulse/obesity-china-norbert-sporns?trk=mp-
reader-card
5. In attempting to control weight,
one might expect that
understanding is enough. It isn't.
Our free will is compromised. Why?
The science around weight control
is largely uncontested. We know
what we should weigh and why. We
know what we should eat and why.
We know how much exercise is
needed and why.
…Yet we continue to eat the wrong
foods in the wrong quantities and
forgo exercise, Why?
Promotion of Education:
“Seeing the light”: Take charge of your life
See http://www.linkedin.com/pulse/who-controls-your-mind-norbert-sporns-
5998488596879790080?trk=mp-reader-card
6. These “chains” can be
broken through
education: knowing
optimum calorific
intake & benefits of
managed activity. It is
also to augment self-
awareness necessary
to root out the myriad
“other causes”…
associating the
community in the
ultimate solutions.
Promotion of Education:
“Seeing the light”: Take charge of your life
See http://www.linkedin.com/pulse/long-i-can-see-light-weight-control-free-norbert-sporns?trk=mp-reader-card &
http://www.linkedin.com/pulse/who-controls-your-mind-norbert-sporns-5998488596879790080?trk=mp-reader-card
7. The Importance of University Education in
Developing Countries
University education is more than the next
level in the learning process; it is a critical
component of human development
worldwide. It provides not only the high-
level skills necessary for every labor
market but also the training essential for
teachers, doctors, nurses, civil servants,
engineers, humanists, entrepreneurs,
scientists, social scientists, and a myriad of
other personnel. It is these trained
individuals who develop the capacity and
analytical skills that drive local economies,
support civil society, teach children, lead
effective governments, and make
important decisions which affect entire
societies.
Promotion of Education:
Increasing Access to learning
8. An educated populace is vital in today’s world,
with the convergent impacts of globalization,
the increasing importance of knowledge as a
main driver of growth, and the information
and communication revolution.
Knowledge accumulation and application have
become major factors in economic
development and are increasingly at the core
of a country’s competitive advantage in the
global economy.
The combination of increased computing
power, diminishing prices of hardware and
software, improvement of wireless and satellite
technologies, and reduced telecommunication
costs has all but removed the space and time
barriers to information access and exchange.
Promotion of Education:
Increasing Access to learning
9. The recent World Bank study Globalization, Growth, and Poverty: Building
an Inclusive World Economy, by David Dollar and Paul Collier, describes
how 24 developing countries that integrated themselves more closely into
the global economy experienced higher economic growth, a reduced
incidence of poverty, a rise in the average wage, an increased share of
trade in gross domestic product, and improved health outcomes.
These countries simultaneously raised their rates of participation in higher
education. Indeed, the countries that benefited most from integration with
the world economy achieved the most marked increases in educational
levels.
In addition, there is growing evidence that university education, through
its role in empowering domestic constituencies, building institutions, and
nurturing favorable regulatory frameworks and governance structures, is
vital to a country’s efforts to increase social capital and to promote social
cohesion, which is proving to be an important determinant of economic
growth and development.
Promotion of Education:
Increasing Access to learning
See
http://www.educationalpathwaysinternation
al.org/?page_id=99
10. New model of retirement, “aka working forever”.
Americans woefully underprepared to face
retirement and half of households have zero
retirement plan.
Most Americans are incredibly unprepared when it
comes to retirement. The goal posts keep shifting.
Now for full retirement under Social Security
people will need to retire at 67 versus 65. What is
rarely discussed is that rising Medicare premiums
are being taken out of monthly payments so the
amount being received is already shrinking while
the cost of living is going up. One startling piece of
information that came out this year was that half of
Americans are one tiny emergency away from
being flat out broke.
Promotion of Education:
Prolonged Retirement: “Protirement” Preparation
11. The fact of the matter is traditional
retirement has become a distant dream
for most. In other words, you are going to
work forever, or at least have to redefine
traditional models of retirement.
In China, the situation is not very
different. Delaying retirement is a partial
solution. Learning to earn revenue during
retirement is becoming essential in China
as well.
The communities of retirees can structure
opportunities and harmonize the diverse
labor skills of those living there. These
retirement communities can still provide
recreation and calm while introducing
work opportunities that are matched to
your capabilities.
Promotion of Education:
Prolonged Retirement: “Protirement” Preparation
See http://www.linkedin.com/pulse/new-retirement-aka-working-forever-
norbert-sporns?trk=mp-reader-card
13. Promotion of Education:
Donations
Getting involved and making a commitment at a personal
level was the basis for Promotion of Education
International’s formation. There are many ways in which
you, too, can participate:
[consider inserting a donation payment page like we see at http://www.slnp.org/ ]
Your kindness is most appreciated!
14. Norbert Sporns, Founder
Father, writer, philosopher, businessman, lawyer, teacher…Norbert’s
journey has demonstrated an examination of life in North America and
China.
The PEIFC Foundation distills certain needs understood through this
journey and the more than150 articles he has published in LinkedIn.
Underlying each of these areas of giving, is the philosopher’s insistence
that “education” be seen as understanding, not memorization.
The young, inner city obese are demonstrating their need for help. The
talented poor in developing countries can provoke change with
understanding. Those retirees entering what may be a period
representing 1/3 of their life need to re-learn their levels and types of
activity based on the opportunities available. …all require the greater self-
awareness that education as understanding brings.
Promotion of Education:
About us
“The unexamined life is
not worth living” –
Socrates (470-399 BCE).
