Past event: Friday, September 11, 2009
Raising Children Who Know Where They're Going
Tom Spence, President of Spence Media, Dallas, TX
Introduction
We all know young people who are confidently stepping into adult life impressively equipped with the strength of character and psychological
equilibrium to give of themselves in a life of service to their families, friends, and colleagues. These are young men and women with a powerful interior compass—young adults who although they may not yet know where they are going professionally, are nevertheless striding into a future that they view with optimism and confidence. What kinds of families produce such attractive individuals?
Tom Spence offers encouraging advice for ordinary fathers facing the extraordinary task of building great families. The challenges we face are serious, but each man has some powerful weapons at his disposal. The Leadership Forum invites you to a morning of target practice.
The Leadership Forum was established nine years ago by a group of downtown Boston professionals as a way to encourage men to live unity of life, integrating their faith into their professional, family and social lives.
The Leadership Forum takes its inspiration from the documents of the Second Vatican Council and from the writings of Popes Benedict XVI and John Paul II and of St. Josemaria Escriva, the Founder of Opus Dei. This talk is the third of the Leadership Forum’s ninth season. To learn more, please visit our website:
About the Speaker
Tom Spence is president of Spence Media in Dallas, Texas, a publicity service for publishers, think tanks, and policy organizations. After graduating from Dartmouth College, he earned a law degree from the University of Chicago and a master’s in history from Harvard. In 1996 he founded Spence Publishing Company, known for its fresh, often provocative books on politics and culture. He has been featured in Publishers Weekly, the Boston Globe, the Dartmouth Review, Insight, and the Washington Times and has written for the Dallas Morning News and the American Enterprise.
Tom and his wife, Amy, have six sons and four daughters. Tom has spoken on marriage and child-rearing to groups in Boston, Washington, Houston, and Dallas.
Details
When: Friday, September 11, 2009 7:30 - 8:45AM
Where: Putnam Investments, One Post Office Square, 2nd Floor DIRECTIONS
Cost: $10 With Contintental Breakfast
Contact: TCasey@BostonLeadershipForum.com or PBuckley@BostonLeadershipForum.com
About the Leadership Forum
The Leadership Forum was established eight years ago by a group of downtown Boston professionals as a way to encourage men to live unity of life, integrating their faith into their professional, family and social lives.
The Leadership Forum takes its inspiration from documents of the Second Vatican Council, the writings of Pope John Paul II and St. Josemaria Escriva, the Founder of Opus Dei. This talk is the second of the Leadership Forum's eighth season.
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