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Alan Riva (Captain Al) is the founder and president of ETM (Enrichment Through Music) Productions.
Alan is a seasoned musician, songwriter and preschool educator, having spent 12 years creating and performing innovative and enriching entertainment for thousands of preschool children. He has received critical acclaim from parents, teachers, and caregivers for his keen ability to understand how young children learn through music, along with his unique way of communicating positive values and critical preschool foundational skills with an innovative combination of song, movement, activities, puppets, and social learning skills.
Robert Reiher, Ph.D., is founder and President of E-SMART CHOICE (enrichment smart choice), a company which offers enriching product and program consulting and development. Through 25 years of experience, Dr. Reiher has integrated media psychology, human development, learning theory and brain research into the E-SMART consulting paradigm.
Robert brings a broad combination of training and experience from the fields of experimental, educational, and clinical psychology, business, education, and entertainment. He has been actively involved as a researcher, instructor, musician, and media consultant.
Robert has currently released the book "KIDNAPPED, How Irresponsible Marketers Are Stealing the Minds of Your Children," co-authored with Dr. Daniel Acuff.
Daniel Stewart Acuff , Ph.D., is founder and President of YMS Consulting and The Character Lab. He has co-authored two books along with Dr. Robert Reiher, "WHAT KIDS BUY AND WHY, The Psychology of Marketing to Kids" and "KIDNAPPED, How Irresponsible Marketers Are Stealing the Minds of Your Children." Daniel has served as a product and program development specialist to more than 50 major corporations.
With the recent publication of "KIDNAPPED, How Irresponsible Marketers Are Stealing the Minds of Your Children," Dr Acuff has turned his attention toward a new enriching marketing paradigm for today's children. Enrichment Marketing integrates the foundations of neuroscience, human development, media psychology, and learning theory into a unique, research-based methodology for developing enriching products and programs for today's youth.
www.ymsconsulting.com and www.characterlab.com