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"I train new guards in tactical communications, and many of your concepts really open some eyes to the whole idea of 'say wrong thing and you and your partner may be hurt.' Keep up the great work."John Ryan, security manager, Toronto, Canada

"There’s no doubt I’ll use Mr. Thompson’s techniques for the rest of my career … A course like this should be mandatory in the academy."Chief David J. Lorenzen, Office of Motor Vehicle Enforcement, Ankeny, IA

"Verbal Judo has provided some of the investigators under my leadership the communication skills that they have been lacking for such a long time."Steven L. Carter, FDA Supervisory Investigator, Philadelphia, PA

"My clients and staff are safer, calmer, and able to focus on their individual treatment plans, rather then be distracted by problems that occur simply by people untrained in professional communication."Katie Dill, former adolescent treatment center director

"Verbal Judo has served me, my agency and my family quite well. I cannot imagine doing on-street police work without it. If you have doubts, please put them aside and take the plunge."James G. Smith, Retired Detective, Milwaukee Police Dept.

Gary Klugiewicz is a master when it comes to creating interactive training environments that transforms the classroom into real world performance.Bob Willis, Northeast Wisconsin Technical College

The greatness of the Verbal Defense and Influence program is that it allows the practitioner to diffuse potentially violent confrontation while keeping everyone safe.Bob Lindsey, Nationally Known Survival Trainer

Learn from our experts via our online
communities or national conference

Beyond our live and online training programs, we offer two other opportunities to learn from our Verbal Defense and Influence experts:

Become a member of one of our online communities

Attend our national conference

Both of these opportunities are offered in conjunction with Vistelar Group, a global training organization of which we are a member. Vistelar brings together the very best experts in their given field – with a focus on the fundamentals of human interaction and their real-world application.

From November 11-13, 2011 we are holding our first ever Tactical Communications (Verbal Judo) Instructors Conference. To learn more about this conference, Click Here.

Our online communities and national conference provide the opportunity to interact directly with Vistelar Group experts — including the folks at Verbal Defense & Influence — and to stay abreast of our latest teachings.

Within our online communities, we add new content every month in the form of video presentations, recordings of our member-only teleseminars, and articles written by our experts. Our national conference brings in Vistelar Group experts from various disciplines for a live seminar.

The Online Community with which we are most involved is the one for Public Safety Professionals. To learn more about this specific community, click below.

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Note: This membership program is primarily for police, corrections and security personnel. If that’s not you, please check out Vistelar’s Family Online Community.

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