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| homepage = | footnotes = | remarks = California corporation }} Landmark Worldwide (formerly Landmark Education), or simply Landmark, is a company offering personal development programs, headquartered in San Francisco. The current company started with the licensing of rights to use intellectual property owned by Werner Erhard, author of the ''est'' (Erhard Seminars Training). Landmark has developed and delivered multiple follow-up and additional programs. Its subsidiary, the Vanto Group, also markets and delivers training and consulting to organizations. Landmark's programs have been described by some scholars as having some religious attributes, while others have firmly disputed that description. == History == Landmark was founded in January 1991 by several of the presenters of a training program known as "The Forum".〔Pressman, Steven (1993). ''Outrageous Betrayal: The dark journey of Werner Erhard from est to exile''. New York: St. Martin's Press. ISBN 0-312-09296-2, p. 254. (Out of print).〕 Landmark licensed the intellectual property rights to The Forum from Werner Erhard and Associates. The new company offered similar courses and re-employed many of the staff. The Forum was updated and reduced in length from four days to three, and this revised course was named "The Landmark Forum", which has been further updated over the years. It has since developed around 55 additional training courses and seminar programs which it delivers in 20 countries around the world. According to Landmark, Werner Erhard (creator of the est training which ran from 1971 to 1984, when it was superseded by The Forum) consults from time to time with its Research and Design team.〔Faltermayer, Charlotte; Richard Woodbury (March 16, 1998). (The Best of Est? ). ''Time''. Retrieved on October 22, 2008.〕 At the time of terrorist attack on September 11, 2001, Landmark Education had the largest education center on the 15th floor of World Trade Center-Tower One. They resumed full operations at another place one week later.〔(Landmark Education Resumes Full Operation in New York Following Terrorist Attack on The World Trade Center )〕 The business traded as Landmark Education Corporation from May 1991.〔http://www.landmarkworldwide.com/who-we-are/company-overview/company-history〕 In June 2003 it was re-structured as Landmark Education LLC, and in July 2013 renamed Landmark Worldwide LLC.〔http://www.landmarkworldwide.com/who-we-are/press-releases/landmark-launches-new-website-and-more〕 Landmark has stated that it never in fact paid royalties to Erhard under the licensing agreement, and that it purchased outright the intellectual property in the Forum and other courses by 2002. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Landmark Worldwide」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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