Newsletter – January 2011
IN THIS ISSUE
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What’s New – E3A 2011
Enrichment Teleclasses and Seminars
Corporate Certification Training Programs
(check out Florida in March)
Preventative Medicine by James Smith, DVM
Behind the Scenes (Accomplishment to date
and marketing & social networking in
Announcements
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E3A is setting up our standard logo, our
Member logo, and our Certified logo
with Lands End Business Outfitters so that
you can order E3A logo wear. Look for more
information soon on our membersonly website at
http://e3assoc.org/E3ALogoWear (login
required to access this webpage).
We plan to have Mark Fredrickson of HUB
International, who spoke to us last October,
update us on what we should know about
equine liability insurance for 2011.
Certified E3A members are eligible to
purchase equine liability insurance from
HUB. A 10% discount is available for those
who obtain approval of their documented risk
control program. See E3A's risk control
program on our members-only website
at http://e3assoc.org/EquineLiabilityInsuranc
e for an example. (login required to access
this webpage).
Calendar of Events
February
What’s New - E3A 2011
As you’ll see below in “Behind the Scenes” previously
the energies of the board and curriculum developers
have been dedicated to building infrastructure,
creating course work, training and certification. In
2011, we turn our attention to enhancing the ability of
E3A and its members through the development of
your business, marketing and social networking
skills.
New curriculum offerings include The Enrichment
Series focused on StrengthsFinder, Reading and
Interpreting Horse/Human Interaction, and
Discovering Your Place in the Business Herd and
Building a Business Plan for Success.
Membership dues have been reduced to
$25/person for new members to encourage new
enrollments. And if you or your organization joined
E3A before this year, charter membership dues are
free (for those who joined prior to January 1,
2011)and charter members can attend any
teleclass or seminar at the early bird member
price, no matter when you sign up.
Check out the events calendar at the left and the
course descriptions below to plan your enrichment and
certification classes for 2011.
We hope that you enjoy these new benefits for 2011.
For information on how to join, visit our website at
www.E3Assoc.org for application forms or contact PJ
Stegen at pj@e3assoc.org or Ph: (775) 376-2530.
Enrichment Teleclasses/Seminars
24: 4:00-5:00 PT Teleclass
Don’t Forget the Horse
Tim Manson and Kim Shook
26: 10:00-11:30 Teleclass
IN1 Intro into Experiential Facilitation
Linda Pucci, PhD
Don’t Forget the Horse
An introduction into the use of equine body language
and how it can be used as a catalyst for organizational
change. Discussion points include:
 Comparing and contrasting human and equine
posturing, spatial relationships and herd
comparisons
 Discussion of the characteristics of the equine
social structure and predator/prey paradigm
March
22: 4:00-5:30pm PT Teleclass
IN1 Intro to Experiential Facilitation
Linda Pucci, PhD & Larry Bramblett
27-29: 8:00am-5:00pm ET
IN2 Foundations Certification
Seminar – Ocala, Florida
Linda Pucci, PhD & Larry Bramblett
31 – Apr 2: 8:00am-5:00pm ET
ARCorp 1 Corporate Certification
Seminar – Ocala, Florida
Linda Pucci, PhD & Larry Bramblett
April
2: 10:00-11:00 PT Teleclass
Don’t Forget the Horse
Tim Manson and PJ Stegen
16: 10:00-11:30 PT Teleclass
Using StrengthsFinder to Enhance E3 Programs
Kim Shook and Kathy Milbeck
30 & May 1: 8:00am-6:00pm ET
Don’t Forget the Horse
Seminar – Killeen, Texas
Tim Manson And PJ Stegen
May
14: 10:00-11:30am PT Teleclass
IN1 Introduction to Experiential Facilitation
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Define how human body language can effect
the equine and how equine body language to
human behavior
StrengthsFinders to Enhance E3 Programs
Using Gallup’s revolutionary StrengthsFinder’s
program to identify individual’s and/or leaders’ top 5
strengths, this class shows you how to bring out
participants strengths in trainings that use Equine
Experiential Activities to help achieve optimal results
for your participants and their program. Also
StrengthsFinders to Enhance E3 Programs (cont)
discussed is StrengthsFinder’s leadership domains and
how to use EAL exercises to optimize participants’
strengths in the areas of Executing, Influencing,
Relating and Strategizing.
Intro to E3 Business Development and Personal
Business Plan Development.
The teleclass introduces you to an overview using a
coaching approach to E3 Business Development, which
focuses on not only what’s important from a business
standpoint, but who are you as a business person, and
what will you be able to do either alone, or in
partnership with others to create a successful E3
business. The 2 day seminar is a chance for
participants who have read the book, to identify their
own special business talents, using E3 arena activities,
and formulate a preliminary E3 business plan for
success. This class is also open to anyone who copartners with horses to train or do therapy including
those who work in the fields of
EAP/EGE/EFL/EAL/Adaptive Riding etc.
E3A presents programs in the business development,
corporate, education, and personal development areas
which are for trainers enrichment and are taught in a
teleclass (1-1/2 hour teleconference) or arena format
(2 day seminar). Depending on the class, there may
be no prerequisites however it is recommended that
students attend at least the Foundation Training
classes prior to attending other classes because of E3’s
building block approach.
Teleclass Fee Schedule
Members: $47; Member Early Bird: $37
Non-Members: $77; Non-Member Early Bird: $77
Charter Members (joined prior to Jan. 2011): $37
PJ Stegen and David Stegen
June
25-26: 9:00am-5:00pm ET
Using StrengthsFinder with E3 Activities to
Enhance Client Results
Seminar - Lexington, Kentucky
Kim Shook and Kathy Milbeck
30: 4:00-5:30pm PT Teleclass
IN1 Intro to Experiential Facilitation
Kathy Milbeck and PJ Stegen
July
7: 4:00-5:30pm ET Teleclass
Intro to E3 Business Development
Kim Shook and PJ Stegen
17-19: 8:00am-5:00pm PT
IN2 Foundations Certification
Seminar – Reno, Nevada
Kathy Milbeck and PJ Stegen
21-23: 8:00am-5:00pm PT
ARCorp 1 Certification
Seminar – Reno, Nevada
PJ Stegen and Tim Manson
August
13: 10:00-11:30pm Teleclass
Intro to E3 Business Development
Kim Shook and PJ Stegen
20: 1:00-2:30pm ET Teleclass
2-Day Seminar Fee Schedule
Members: $397; Member Early Bird: $297
Non-Members: $497; Non-Member Early Bird: $397
Charter Members (joined prior to Jan. 2011): $297
For more information and registration forms visit our
web site at www.E3Assoc.org.
Corporate Certification Training
The Equine Experiential Education Association (E3A)
offers Corporate Certification training programs which
are focused on helping E3 training specialists, no
matter what their background, to become seasoned
trainers for a corporate audience and complete their
initial certification training for under $3,000. This
training also builds a good founcation for education,
coaching and personal development E3 work.
Takeaways include:
 Find your facilitative voice and style
 interpret and connect your equine partners’
voice(s) to the clients actions
 interpret facilitation results to meet the objectives
of a corporate client audience in a workshop and
reporting format.
 Be trained in and ready for the complete “how to”
of planning and presenting a successful E3
seminar, whether for team building, leadership or
skill building,
These are the courses to take if you want to produce
professional results that will meet your client’s needs.
IN1 - Introduction to Experiential Education
(Teleclass)
A primer on experiential education and the facilitation
process that provides context and framework for
action learning.
IN2 - Foundations: Horse and Beginning
Facilitation and Coaching for the E3 Work (3 day
Seminar)
The Foundations Training introduces the many
activities and facilitative environments which are
involved in all E3 trainings, whether corporate,
education, coaching or personal development based.
IN1 Intro to Experiential Facilitation
Linda Pucci, PhD
September
15: 7:00-8:30pm ET Teleclass
In1 Intro to Experiential Facilitation
Linda Pucci, PhD
17-18: 9:00am-5:00pm PT
Personalized Business Plan Development using
E3A Activities
Seminar – Reno, Nevada
Kim Shook and PJ Stegen
30 thru Oct 2: 8:00am-5:00pm CT
IN2 Foundations Certification
Seminar – Peoria, Illionis
Kim Shook and Linda Pucci, PhD
October
ARCorp1: Facilitating & Producing E3 Corporate
Training Workshops (3 day Seminar)
(Prerequisites: IN1 & IN2) – This class provides an
intensive facilitation practicum of E3 corporate
activities combined with an understanding of corporate
best practices and how to use E3 program solutions to
improve the corporate workplace and its employee
experience and communication.
Corporate Training and Seminar Fee Schedule
IN1-Intro to Experiential Education Teleclass;
Member:, $47; Early bird & Charter Member: $27
Non-member: $77; Early Bird Non-member: $67
In2-Horse/Herd Behavior & Facilitation/Coaching
Member:, $547l Early bird/Charter Member: $447
Non-member: $647; Early Bird Non-member: $597
ARCORP 1- Facilitation E3 Corporate Training:
Member:, $747; Early bird/Charter Member: $647
Non-member: $847; Early Bird Non-member: $797
ARCORP 2- Facilitation E3 Corporate Training
(members only – 1 day training):
Member: $1,247/Earlybird/Charter Member: $1147
Preventative Medicine
by James Smith, DVM
21-23: 8:00am-5:00pm CT
ARCorp 1 Certrification
Seminar Central Region - Location TBA
Tim Manson and PJ Stegen
“An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.”
Nowhere is this statement more important than in
medicine. The subject is huge and will require several
issues to cover. In the first article we discussed
intestinal parasite control. Next we will begin with the
discussion of vaccination protocols and what proper
vaccination will and won’t do. For the remainder of the
article I will list a number of core principles concerning
vaccination.
1. There are many different types of horse
operations, each with different vaccination
requirements.
a. Breeding, foaling, show boarding,
racing, retirement, pleasure and
horses involved in equine
experiential activities. I will
concentrate on the equine
experiential activities horses.
2. The requirements vary depending on the
Board of Directors
The Equine Experiential Education Association (E3A)
was formed in 2007 and is a 501(c)3 non-profit with
headquarters near Reno, Nevada.
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Board of Directors of the organization are:
Larry Bramblett, of Clermont, FL, former executive
director of the Black Stallion Literacy Program, and a
former superintendent of schools;
Tim Manson, corporate trainer and owner of
Innovative Horizons of Killeen, TX
Helen Olivas, CPA, accountant
Linda Pucci, Ph.D., psychologist and
personal/business coach, Inner Resource Center,
LLC, Maryville, TN;
Kim Shook, corporate trainer and owner of Bella
Terra Equine Experience, Kalamazoo, MI; and
PJ Stegen, non-profit management professional and
corporate coach, former executive director for
Horses for the Spirit; owner/director of Horseshoe U,
in Washoe Valley, NV. Stegen serves as the
executive director of Equine Experiential Education
Association.
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part of the country you live in and whether
your horses will come in contact with other
horses. Do they travel to other arenas? Are
stranger horses there? Are other horses
brought to your premises?
Vaccination alone will not always protect
against communicable disease.
a. Quarantine new horses or your own
horses when they come back from a
trail ride, other arena etc, or
anywhere they were exposed to
other horses. Many times I have
seen horses bring back a
communicable disease to the home
herd. Quarantining is difficult but
important. Three weeks is a good
time. Remember this starts from the
day the last horse enters.
Never vaccinate a sick horse, the
vaccination may not be effective and the
horse may get sicker.
There is little or no immediate protection
with any vaccination. The protection may
take several weeks and/or a series of 2-3 to
protect. With boosters the protection
increases in a short time.
With disease transmittal by insects
vaccination should begin well before their
arrival in spring.
Overcrowding, mixing horses of different
ages, pregnant and non-pregnant, poor
ventilation in barns and feeding horses on
the ground are all management issues that
affect vaccination results.
When pregnant mares are properly
vaccinated their foals have good passive
immunity for 3-9 months depending on the
disease. If you vaccinate foals at too early
an age you may affect their future
immunity. This is why most vaccination
protocols for foals call for a series of 3, not
2 vaccinations. To be sure that the foal was
old enough on the last round.
Core diseases that all horses should be
vaccinated against:
a. Tetanus
b. Rabies
c. West Nile
d. Eastern and Western Equine
MISSION
E3A is an international professional membership
organization offering training, certification and
resources for the implementation of Equine Assisted
Learning programs by educators, coaches,
Professional Development trainers and other
facilitators. We provide the necessary resources for
the promotion and implementation of quality,
successful, professional equine experiential
education programs.
Encephalomyelitis
10. And if there is going to be exposed to other
horses they should also be vaccinate
against:
a. Influenza
b. Rhinopneumonitis
There are other disease that should be vaccinated
against in many situations. This will be discussed in
the next paper, along with the protocol for the above.
Behind the Scenes at E3A
Winter is a great time for reflection, reviewing
accomplishments and planning for the new year. That
is exactly what E3A has been doing during this cold
and snowy season. So much has been accomplished
since our inception in the summer of 2008, yet even
more adventures await us.
Any of you who set out on the path to certification and
building a business realize that an enormous amount
of foundational work needs to occur before getting to
the fun stuff, i.e., the programs and execution of your
own equine experiential education events. The beauty
of being an E3A member is that you do not need to go
it alone and it does not need to cost you a fortune to
get high quality training. We are here to guide you
step by step to your own successful and satisfying
expression as personal and corporate trainers. Your
path to success may follow a path similar to E3A’s.
Look what we did in our first three years:
 We created the E3A business infrastructure and
established our status as a 501c3 non-profit
corporation.
 The www.E3Aasscoc.org web site was built and
brought on line. Its upgraded features include
event registration, one-step checkout/payment
processing through Google, and automatic meeting
notification.
 We wrote curriculum requiring hours of behind the
scenes work by our dedicated staff. Our course
resume includes:
o The Foundation Curriculum completed,
taught, improved and events held that
started several people on the road to
certification.
o The Corporate Certification Curriculum
followed including Strengths Finders and
Five Dysfunctions of a Team materials.
Training events were well received.
The 5 Dysfunctions of a Team Corporate
Series
o The Enrichment Series centered on
StrengthsFinders, the Horse/Human
Connection and Business Development
o Heroes and Four Agreements workshops for
personal development
Set up insurance availability for our certified
members though HUB International, including the
ability to save 10% on premiums by creating and
submitting an emergency safety plan.
Having retained resources to invest in our future
growth.
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We hope you appreciate our accomplishments so far
and we look forward to working with you in 2011.
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Equine Experiential Education Association (E3A)
1945 Brenda Way, Washoe Valley, NV 89704
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