Watch, Listen, Learn
Smart planning pays off in today’s world – a world that progressively gets more complicated and less certain. That’s what PlainTalk Planning is all about. PlainTalk provides understandable, user-friendly, no-cost online presentations on many of the most important planning challenges faced by individuals, families, business owners and executives. Any program can be easily accessed from a computer or any handheld wireless interent access...
A Seminar at Your Fingertips
We make it easy to access core knowledge that is the key to smart strategic planning. It’s the kind of planning that strengthens a family or a business, prepares for the future, and hedges against disaster. You can access our programs anywhere and at anytime through a computer or any handheld wireless internet access device (iPad, iPhone, etc.). Learn your way, at your pace, and on your schedule. Without core knowledge, it’s easy to...
A Snapshot of our Current Programs
Our menu of full-length and mini programs is broad. Half is targeted at individuals and families, and the other half is for business owners and executives. Grasp valuable planning information in your home or office at anytime. Full-length programs run in excess of one hour. Mini programs range in length from 10 to 40 minutes. The mini presentations make it possible for a viewer to learn about a specific topic, such as Social Security,...
A Bomb Locked in a Drawer
Twelve years ago the Report of the President’s Commission to Strengthen Social Security was issued. In that report, a bipartisan Commission recommended a massive reform of Social Security that would have
Leveraging Ignorance
The Old Man loved to play the game whenever he had an audience. He would flash a nickel and a dime, explain that the dime would buy twice as much candy as the nickel, and then give his five-year-old grandson a choice.
Memorandums and Online Learning Quizzes
If you prefer to learn by reading, rather than watching, we’ve got you covered. We provide optional comprehensive written memorandums with our full-length programs. Any PlainTalk
The PlainTalk Backstory
Twenty-six years ago, I would sit at my desk and give little core knowledge speeches to clients (couples and business owners), hoping that some of the information would stick. It was a lousy, inefficient, expensive
The Author
Dwight Drake is a seasoned planning professional, business owner, and law professor. Learn More