Welcome Thomas Jefferson Mensa who joined Richmond Area Mensa! This is open to all. Richmond Area Mensa will cover admission to the tour for Richmond Area Mensa members. After the tour, please join at Michie Tavern for dining with an 18th century theme about 12:30 PM. For those ready for more history, James Monroe’s Highland is minutes away.
If you bring guests, we ask that you pay for their admission. Map showing courtyard in the visitor’s center: https://www.monticello.org/map-of-monticello/. Monticello at 10 AM 1050 Monticello Loop, Charlottesville, VA 22902 https://www.monticello.org/ Michie Tavern at 12:30 PM 683 Thomas Jefferson Parkway, Charlottesville, VA 22902 https://www.michietavern.com/ James Monroe’s Highland 2050 James Monroe Parkway, Charlottesville, VA 22902 https://highland.org/
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If you have you been thinking about being tested for Mensa eligibility, now is the time.
Don't miss these incredible offers to take the Mensa Admission Test at discounted rates during October 2023. Embrace the journey of self-discovery and become a part of the brilliant Mensa community! us.mensa.org/testing The largest yearly confab of Mensans anywhere, the American Mensa Annual Gathering started as a small, two-day meet-and-greet at the New York Belmont in 1963. The event now spans five days and features a sprawl of talks, games, and entertainment unlike any other.
An AG isn’t a spectator sport — it’s an opportunity to learn, to grow, to play, to socialize. Sparks of Genius will feature presentations, including interactive ones; the Spark! program for kids; tours for families and for adults, some active and some less so; games; tournaments; and more. Join us at the Nugget Casino Resort — a short drive from the Reno-Tahoe International Airport — and enjoy a Mensa experience you won’t want to miss! Learn more about the American Mensa Annual Gathering Thinking of joining Mensa? Already tested via some other program or assessment?
Submit your past test scores, and Mensa will evaluate them for free this September. US Mensa accepts scores from nearly 200 different standardized intelligence tests, so why not find out if you’re Mensa material today? Find out more here: https://www.us.mensa.org/join/testscores/ Our Meeting of the Minds series continues, and this is going to be a big one...
Deb G is from a family of crafters, and was inspired to make miniatures by her Aunt Diane. She will share some of the things she has made for her first craft show this November, along with a little demonstration of how to make miniature items out of everyday things from home. Mark your calendars! This article accompanied a talk by Andrew Grant White, delivered April 12, 2021 as part of Richmond Area Mensa's "Meeting of the Minds" series. An exert of the full article is published below, followed by a link to the full text. Your RenaissanceChange Behavior – Recharge Productivity – Unleash Opportunity This is not a conservative political article, per se. Facts. Are we data-driven or not? To Create Your Renaissance, First Understand Your Dark Age Life is what you make it. We can choose to be optimistic or pessimistic - personally and professionally. How is it then that at a time of unparalleled prosperity (“short-term” COVID-19 aside), ~30% of US citizens view socialism and communism favorably? Is our flirtation with well-proven historical devastation explained by stagnant wages, educational malfeasance, global warming nihilism… …or loss of our American Dream? It is the latter, though not for reasons many may believe. If the American Dream is about making the next generation’s life better than the prior one’s, economics is primary. The metric of economics to study then is individual Productivity, defined as GDP growth– inflation – federal deficit spending – per capita impact. Productivity growth has lessened for 70 years: If you identify the factors behind the degradation of productivity, you could change behaviors to experience a new growth Renaissance. As long-term productivity growth mirrors the wealth of a nation (or person), reversing productivity’s slowdown can increase opportunity in which Happiness can flourish. Let the next 250 years of America commence! ... The full talk can be found on Andrew Grant White's website.
Join us at 8pm on Monday, April 12th, 2021 for the latest in our series of short talks.
Members can check their email or the RAM Facebook group for the Google Meet link to join. Your Renaissance Life is what you make it. For 70+ years, we have increasingly lost the American Dream. However, we can still change our choices to reclaim it. Just 3 things (plus an honorary 4th) predict almost all productivity growth variation. Productivity flows from behavior. From productivity flows wealth and opportunity. From wealth and opportunity flows a real chance at Happiness – personally and nationally. We’re doing our Dark Age to ourselves. Choose time-tested behaviors to recharge your productivity to unleash much greater opportunity in your life. Create Your Renaissance. About the speaker Andrew Grant White has been an institutional and hedge fund investor for 25 years. During the late 1990s/early 2000s, he materially assisted in the turnaround of net new money flows at UBS in London as a global analyst (and at Citigroup prior). Following his return to the United States, he drove 25,000 miles through 48 contiguous states over 2 years to reconnect with America and write a book. Andrew has since operated hedge fund accounts at Timeous, Southridge, and Awaken Capital. Andrew is an Eagle Scout and holds a Bachelor in Finance, Master of Economics and the CFA designation. He also writes/speaks on economics, markets, and politics. Ordinarily, we run in-person testing sessions so that interested candidates in the local area can see whether they qualify for membership. The pandemic has made that challenging, of course. But there is another way to test.
Since October 2020, there is a new way to qualify for Mensa membership. In addition to Local Group testing and Prior Evidence submission, candidates can schedule a private test session at one of the more than 600 nationwide testing facilities available through a new partner, Prometric. Cost: $99 Adding private testing is especially beneficial for groups like ours who have trouble holding regular test sessions during the pandemic. How will candidates schedule private testing with Prometric?
Two Locations in Richmond area:
You can find out more about our standard testing process on the join us page, and as ever, if you have any questions, don't hesitate to get in touch. For those unfamiliar with the Hunt A Killer series, it is a roughly PG-13 rated fictional mystery that players are supposed to try to solve by analyzing clues, cracking codes, and deductive reasoning based on evidence presented through a series of six monthly “episode” boxes. Each box includes a set of goals meant to be achieved with the clues in each box (eliminating a suspect, determining murder weapons, motives, etc.). So, if you miss an episode, it is still possible for you to take part in others or serve as a single-episode detective. Details to participate shared with members via Facebook. This will be running monthly for six months.
Monday Meeting of the Minds continues on the second Monday of each month to give us another way to connect in the safety of our homes. Members can watch from home as other members give short (10 minute) presentations on various topics with a question/answer period following the presentation. We share details to access the event via email to members.
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