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We hope to involve a team in populating these areas with further information and resources. These are example resources to show what might be possible. If you are interested in participating in that effort or have suggestions for materials that would be valuable here, please reach out to Chris Spetzler at chris@decisioneducation.org.
Better Decisions ~ Better Lives
Ron believed everyone should be empowered with effective Decision Skills that support ethical action.
This mission is summarized in the motto of Decision Education Foundations: Better Decisions, Better Lives. Ron was DEF's President, a founding Board member, and a Decision Education champion.
Experience Ron’s lecture on Conditional Probability at his Retirement dinner at the Stanford Faculty Club to hear why Ron feels all students need to understand how to make better decisions.
This mission is summarized in the motto of Decision Education Foundations: Better Decisions, Better Lives. Ron was DEF's President, a founding Board member, and a Decision Education champion.
Experience Ron’s lecture on Conditional Probability at his Retirement dinner at the Stanford Faculty Club to hear why Ron feels all students need to understand how to make better decisions.
A message from Ron
As you know, I’ve devoted much of my career to advancing the causes of decision quality, ethical choice, and a voluntary society. I believe it is in all our best interests and those of future generations to continue to advance these causes.
There are many ways to do so. For example, you may choose to role model them in your life, teach foundational principles to others, and/or contribute to organizations that are aligned in purpose and action with advancing them on our behalf.
Many such causes are well-funded by others in a way that our individual contributions, while well-intentioned, have limited impact. However, the cause of decision quality, especially for youth, is an exception. Unless those of us who value it support it, it may not endure.
Encouraged by DEF’s progress, the Board of Directors has established an endowment fund to ensure DEF is able to persist indefinitely in our mission to empower youth with effective decision skills. Our immediate goal is to raise $10 million. In less than a month, this fund has received more than $1 million in contributions. All our board members have contributed. An additional $1 million dollars has been committed so far as a match to double the impact of your contributions. [Pledges in excess of $3M have since been made, ask about matching grants.]
I hope you will join me in helping us reach this goal. I know of no better way to ensure an ongoing presence of decision education in our schools and, ultimately, in our society.
We invite you to become a charter contributor and/or a legacy contributor by including this endowment in your will. Contributions are tax-deductible.
Please share this opportunity with others who may be interested in supporting our work.
Best regards,
Ron
Ron participated in establishing the endowment in his name in 2021.
There are many ways to do so. For example, you may choose to role model them in your life, teach foundational principles to others, and/or contribute to organizations that are aligned in purpose and action with advancing them on our behalf.
Many such causes are well-funded by others in a way that our individual contributions, while well-intentioned, have limited impact. However, the cause of decision quality, especially for youth, is an exception. Unless those of us who value it support it, it may not endure.
Encouraged by DEF’s progress, the Board of Directors has established an endowment fund to ensure DEF is able to persist indefinitely in our mission to empower youth with effective decision skills. Our immediate goal is to raise $10 million. In less than a month, this fund has received more than $1 million in contributions. All our board members have contributed. An additional $1 million dollars has been committed so far as a match to double the impact of your contributions. [Pledges in excess of $3M have since been made, ask about matching grants.]
I hope you will join me in helping us reach this goal. I know of no better way to ensure an ongoing presence of decision education in our schools and, ultimately, in our society.
We invite you to become a charter contributor and/or a legacy contributor by including this endowment in your will. Contributions are tax-deductible.
Please share this opportunity with others who may be interested in supporting our work.
Best regards,
Ron
Ron participated in establishing the endowment in his name in 2021.