Went to ‘A View from the Edge’ Personal Development training last weekend

The energy you can experience during a large self-improvement event can be quite overwhelming in a closed auditorium with close to five thousand people. The atmosphere is of celebration and union.

I took advantage of this great opportunity over the weekend to participate in a very different kind of personal development training, combining mindset and business, but delivered theatrically. The name of the event is  A View from the Edge.

The main target audience are the members of Worldventures, a network marketing organisation specialising in travel. The event is open to anyone interested in taking their self-improvement up several levels from reading books. It is also an introduction to Worldventures, which may be the next step for someone who has been looking for a vehicle to help them realise their development and lifestyle.

The event is held annually, in each of the several regions across the globe. The European event is held in a different country each year. This demonstrates the Worldventures philosophy for the travel industry.

Members travel from all over the world to attend these events which they affectionately refer to as ‘The View’, or simple ‘View’. The overwhelming majority of the attendees were European, with Africa and North America notably represented.

Friday, Saturday and Sunday connected almost 24 hours of mini plays, recognitions, and energetic fun. The aim is clear. The View is designed to create a positive, crucible to transforms lives.

This is my second attendance at this event and there were several changes to the presentation, both in the scheduling of the plays and mise-en-scène. Marc Accetta refers to them as the Characters. This ensures freshness for those who regularly attend.

By using theatre as the delivery mechanism, Marc Accetta is able to pack The View with a considerable quantity and quality of self-improvement content, without the mental strain of most presentation methods. The concepts require little interpretation, if any, so the audience is thoroughly immersed and learning, while being entertained.

This is not a new concept, but is certainly very different to most events designed around self-improvement.

Marc covers some of the most important concepts to help learners move past fear, doubt, scarcity and sabotage, without overly using jargon. This makes The View a great choice for those new to self-improvement and a great reminder for the more advanced.

The View also incorporates public recognition for members of Worldventures who have achieved significant personal, business development and financial improvement.

Listening the testimonies of so many achievers can be powerfully inspirational, particularly learning how they overcame the inevitable social and financial pressures they encountered along the way. A number of testimonials attribute The View as the critical component which ignited their journey to success.

The overwhelming message was consistency at the core of the route to success, and the commitment to help others during the process.

The View makes a great ‘first event’ for anyone looking to get started with their personal development. It is intense, immersing, visual, funny and entertaining, but most of all, a great time and environment in which to learn.


Patrick Nairne

Going to 'A View from the Edge' training weekend?

I am spending the weekend with several thousand people at an unusual training event called A View from the Edge.

This is a training event for Worldventures, but is open to anyone seeking self-improvement through group training.

What makes A View from the Edge an unusual training event, is the messages are delivered theatrically. The trainer, Marc Accetta, plays several characters in around 20 short plays. The idea is you are presented with the insights and tools and mindset, while you are being entertained.

This visually stimulating delivery aims to combat the retention fade most noted by Hermann Ebbibghaus with his forgetting curve.

Tonight was the event launch, and as usual, which most attendees dress up for the occasion and arrive in style.

There was only one play tonight, being the first night of a very full weekend. The next two days are 12 hours each.

The message, as with many of the others to come, was visually presented with a mix of pre-recorded and live action scenes, to educate the audience to be more selective with seeking guidance on the road to success.

This is a very important point as there so many voices offering tools and techniques to help one achieve.

I attended this event when it was held in Berlin in 2016.

I am looking forward to an amazing weekend and will bring more updates as I learn.

Patrick Nairne