The Game of Sudden Wealth

For most people, we accumulate (or not) wealth slowly, year over year. We work, save, spend, borrow and then go back to work. For the (un)lucky few, wealth comes suddenly which can give rise to Sudden Wealth Syndrome (SWS).

Nicolas Cage, perhaps the poster child for Sudden Wealth Syndrome
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Who Wants to be a Fraudster?

Central to most financial literacy programs is fraud awareness. How to keep the bad guys from getting your money, possessions or good name. Who Wants to be a Fraudster? is a variation of the classic bingo game in which participants match a term or concept to a fraud related question.

Sample bingo card for the game, Who Wants to be a Fraudster?
Fraud Bingo Card
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I Want to Learn

A core premise of adult learning is that the individual must have influence over the content of the instruction. In a workshop setting, this can be done by asking participants to rate both their knowledge of a topic and the relative importance a topic is to them relative to the time and attention available in the session.

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