Elisabeth Donati
B.S. Commercial Industrial Fitness; MBA Self-Certified from Years of Reading and Attending Seminars
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Financial Intelligence for Kids and Adults Expert
Elisabeth Donati Quick Facts
- Main Areas
- Financial literacy programs for kids, teens and women
- Best Sellers
- The Ultimate Allowance: finally, a financial parenting system that works!
- Career Focus
- Speaker, Author, Curriculum Developer
- Affiliation
- Creative Wealth Intl., LLC,
Elisabeth Donati is the President/CEO of Creative WealthIntl., LLC,
She is the creator of:
- Camp Millionaire (formerly The Money Camp)
- Creative Cash for Kids (home and school programs)
- Creative Wealth for Women workshops
- Moving Out! for Teens
- Creative Wealth Coach's Certification and Licensing Program
Elisabeth is also the author of TheUltimate Allowance, the only book parents need to prepare their kids foramazing adulthoods.
Elisabeth has a knack for inviting people to think differently about money and inspiring them to act to improve the their lives as well as the lives ofothers.
The idea to create Camp Millionaire (formerly The Money Camp)came to her as a means to give kids the financial education she didn’t receiveas a child. She started The Money Camp in 2002 with the intent of simplyteaching a local financial education camp to kids and teens. She began trainingand licencing others to use her program after she started getting phone callsand emails from all across the US and almost every country in the world. Sherealized the problem she was attempting to solve was a global one and wouldneed a very special type of program to get the job done.
Elisabeth is an expert in the field of financial educationfor kids ages 10 and up. Her unique programs use accelerated learningtechniques and an experiential style of programming (i.e., games, activities,role-playing and contests) to keep the participants enrolled and engaged,increase their retention by up to 90% and ensure that the campers have a greattime learning about the sometimes dry and taboo-ladened subject of money.
“Financial freedom is your choice” is just one of the many sayings, slogans andprinciples she uses to instill the idea that financial freedom is both aperson's choice and responsibility to make happen. Every program begins byteaching participants how their thoughts, beliefs and attitudes about the greenstuff relate to their future wealth potential, something no other kids’ programdoes.
Creative Wealth programs are more than teaching kids to beself-reliant and role models for others. Doing good in the world is stressed isone of the many underlying philosophies of her programs.
In addition, sheteaches kids and adults a whole new paradigm in regard to earning and makingmoney (and those two things are different). Rather than preparing to get a jobso that one can accumulate money for decades and hopefully have enough to'retire' on when one is much older, she emphasizes the concept of becomingfinancially free younger so that people can live the lives they dream AND do alot of good in the world.
Michigan-bo Elisabeth founded the organization in 2002after discovering that the majority of Americans struggle with their personalfinances and aren’t preparing for their futures. She started running summer camps for children and quicklyadded adults programs after being approached by parents and other adults whoasked for them.
Elisabeth then started Creative Wealth Intl., LLC to practice what she preaches. CWI, LLC is a leading provider of unique financial literacy programs for kids, teens, adults and teachers. You won't find a more effective, and fun, financial intelligence program around.
Elisabeth graduated from Oregon State University in 1983with a degree in Commercial/Industrial Fitness. She also has awarded herself anMBA after taking thousands of dollars worth of financial, personal growth,train-the-trainer and other professional and business seminars and courses overthe past many years.
Her passion lies in inspiring others to become independent,self-reliant and happy in their own skin. Her expertise in graphic design andmarketing, especially web marketing, is making her dream of having CampMillionaire, Money Camp and Creative Wealth household words by 2010.
For more information on her passion and her projects, visit:http://www.creativewealthintl.org
http://www.ultimateallowancebook.com.
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Three Simple Steps To Empower Your Kids Financially
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Compound Interest vs. Compound Growth
I hear people say all the time that the most important thing to teach kids about money is the power of compound interest. But really, that's not the true picture of why investing works and why our money grows over time. It's not actually always compound interest that creates wealth...at least ...
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What is YOUR Money Animal?
In the many years that I have been teaching financial literacy to kids, teens and adults for that matter, I have noticed that kids, as young as 9 years old, have often already developed very particular personalities in regard to how they handle, and think about, their money. How many of you ...
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Financial Ups & Downs: Where Do We Go From here?
As with everything in life, things go up and things go down. And then they go up again and down again. You can liken it to a wave which goes up and down, or like a glass of water you set down on a flat surface. If you move the flat surface or knock the glass a bit, the level of the water ...
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The Five Simple Steps To Creating The Life You Want
This article was prompted by the following email I received last week: Dear Elisabeth. I'm a little confused about something, and it just might be something that you could address for others as well. I hear and read that in order to quickly manifest what we want in our lives, the emotions and ...
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Right Answers, Wrong Approach
Financial freedom isn't just about money. Financial freedom is about deciding what type of life you want to live and then settling for nothing less. It also involves doing whatever it takes to create that life. Let's consider a philosophy that I call 'question everything' and see how it fits ...
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ADKAR: Five Simple Steps to Getting What You Want in Life
One of the most interesting aspects of life is the disparity between knowing what you need to do in order to have the life you want and actually doing those things. This conversation always leads back to the concept referred to as "Be - Do - Have". For those of you who are aware of this ...
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The First Step in Teaching Kids About Money.
Financial Intelligence and Kids: How they learn anything is how they learn everything. Teaching children to grow into financially responsible adults has proven to be quite a challenge for most parents. You either don't know how to talk to your kids about money, you haven't a clue what to say ...
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Websites & resources
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The Ultimate Allowance
The Ultimate Allowance Book is the only tool you need to turn kids into financially responsible adults.
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The Money Game®
The Money Game is a revolutionary new financial education game teaches kids about money and personal finance in a fun, experiential environment. In The Money Game, the players are the pieces and the lessons last a lifetime. Can be played with small to large numbers of kids, teens AND adults!
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Favorite Quotes & Thoughts from Elisabeth Donati
The most important value we can instill in the child is the idea that they are 100% responsible for their lives. This core value can then spider-web out to all areas of their lives.
Teaching ourselves and others that our thoughts culminate into what we call our lives helps empower them to really create the exact lives they want.
Contacting Elisabeth Donati
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Elisabeth Donati
Creative Wealth Intl., LLC
135 Chapala Street
Santa Barbara, CA 93101
800-928-1932 • 805-957-1024 • Fax: 805-957-0125
How to get started
For more information, please visit my websites at Creative Wealth and The Ultimate Allowance.
Other highlights
Creative Wealth for Women workshop is a weekend "experience" where women from all walks of life can come together to learn about money, finance and creatingfinancial freedom for themselves and their families.
Creative Wealth for Women takes a fun and entertaining approach to asubject that is too often filled with shame, guilt and embarrassment.You’ll explore your own financial situation in a safe, supportiveenvironment (with chocolate!), while we empower you with easy to use tools to bring moremoney into your life and help you create financial peace of mind.
If you find yourself feeling stressed, anxious or fearful about money,or just want to understand more about how it all works, this workshopis for you. Creative Wealth for Women will take you from worried towise in one short weekend and we guarantee you’ll have fun in theprocess!
We welcome women ages 16 and up, and no one is turned away for lack of funds. For more information, email us or call us at 800-928-1932.