• Speaker Services

• Workshops

• Think-tank participation, facilitation, analyses, and presentations

• Seminar and workshop facilitation

• Panel Moderator and Panelist

• Media Consultation

• Media Production

• Articles & Papers

Story Consultation for writers creating projects featuring Warriors

EVENTS

INSPIRE YOUR PEOPLE TO POSITIVE, EFFECTIVE ACTION

Knowing others is intelligence; Knowing yourself is true wisdom. Mastering others is strength; Mastering yourself is true power. Lao-Tzu, Chinese philosopher (6th century B.C.)

ADVANCED WARFIGHTING WORKING GROUP

U.S. ARMY, FORT KNOX, KENTUCKY
1994 - 1999

• Papers on man-machine linkups, leadership focus, group functions, passion in the warrior mode, MOUT, etc. Some were presented to Gen. Gordon Sullivan, Chief of Staff US Army

• Presented papers at AWWG Seminars on: Alternative Thinking, Corrective Thinking, Leadership Focus

• Participated in AWWG planning seminar on the "Warrior Spirit in the XXIst Century Military"

• Dinner speaker "Humanity's Next Archetype" for AWWG, spouses and guests

U.S. ARMY ANNUAL ARMOR CONFERENCE - 1995

• "Warrior Spirit in the XXIst Century Military" - participated in seminar sponsored by the AWWG
• Helped prepare papers and briefing for General Hartzog, Head of Training and Doctrine

AWWG Seminar - 1995
Keynote speaker
"Wise Heart - Sharp Sword: The Warriors, Weapons and Battlespace of Tomorrow... Today"

PENTAGON TASK FORCE - 1996
Investigating extremist organizations in the Army.
Research and opinion paper for Col. Fritz Treyz, Commander 1st Armor Training Brigade for information relative to his presentation Values & Ethics presented to Major General Larry Jordan.

AWWG Seminar - 1996
Seminar Leader/Facilitator - "Empowerment" and an investigation of the hierarchical structure for the future military

TRADOC MILITARY OPERATIONS IN URBAN TERRAIN [MOUT]
White Paper on MOUT. Contributed "Managing the Media"

AIAA SPACE 2001 EDUCATION SUMMIT
Seminar Facilitator for Boeing Space & Communications Workforce Development Think Tank

Too much Abu Ghraib. Too much El Salvador, Darfur, Bosnia, and Rwanda. Too many child soldiers. Too many suicide bombers. Part of what we need to do is invigorate and inspire the higher ideals of the Warrior Archetype. We need to create a whole new aspect of discussion and action based on the classic Warrior ways and weapons, including both its true purpose and its non-violent methods.

Call to discuss how we can work together to enhance your event with a MYTHWORKS participation and/or presentation. mythworks@sbcglobal.net

EDUCATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

CAPTURE THE IMAGINATION OF YOUR STUDENTS

Train a child up in the way he should go; and when he is old, he will not depart from it. Proverbs 22:6

U.S. MILITARY ACADEMY, WEST POINT
Center for Enhanced Performance
Contributed content for two new classes: "Mental Skills for the New American Warrior" and "Ethics in Leadership" Fall 2003

CADET CORPS
Los Angeles area
"Warrior Way" and "Espionage" - multiple presentations to Cadet Corps High School classes. Spring and Fall 2000
Student comments

Much of the training in a new discipline, be it Zen martial arts, screenwriting, or air traffic control, is about un-learning. Too bad we don't have military style boot camps for so many other professions, just to rid the newcomers of all their preconceived notions and harmful habits. MYTHWORKS presents timeless concepts of the Warrior Path made accessible through modern media and a sense of humour and respect.

To schedule a MYTHWORKS presentation for your scholastic organization, contact mythworks@sbcglobal.net

MILITARY RELATED MEDIA

USE THE LATEST TOOLS OF MODERN COMMUNICATION TO POWERFULLY CONVEY YOUR MESSAGE

Those who tell the stories rule society. Plato 5th Century B.C.E. Greek philosopher

FRIEND AND/OR FOE: The New Security Challenge
Producer/Director for post Cold War awareness video for national security organizations, the aerospace industry, the Departments of Commerce and Customs, and the FBI

POWER FROM THE SEA
Producer/co-Director for awareness video for the Navy League on the changing role of the U.S. Navy from blue water to littoral

HUGHES AIRCRAFT / BOEING SPACE & COMMUNICATIONS
Producer/Director/Writer for numerous awareness and marketing videos for various Armed Forces events, equipment, and projects

AMERICA'S ARMY - TV Series
Field Producer, three episodes for AUSA
Featuring the ground-breaking 1994 Digital Army exercises at The National Training Center, Fort Irwin CA

U.S. ARMY SIGNAL COMMAND
Co-wrote and designed the Command Briefing video and CD with Synergy Pictures, Monty Hayes McMillan

A common and effective concept in marketing ideas is to create Attention, Interest, Desire, and a call to Action.

Pamela Jaye Smith is an award-winning Producer and Director with 25 years experience in all media genres and styles. Let's discuss how to collaborate to make your project reflect your goals and vision, engage the audience, and call forth your desired response and action. mythworks@sbcglobal.net

SEMINARS & ADVENTURES

YOU, TOO, CAN DO THESE THINGS

The Five Virtues of a Medieval Knight: Self-Control, Courage, Love, Loyalty, Courtesy

AIR WAR COLLEGE
National Security Forum 1992
Presented "Friend and/or Foe" to her seminar class

ARMY WAR COLLEGE
National Security Seminar 1996
Presented "Friend and/or Foe" to her seminar class

AIR WAR COLLEGE
National Security Forum 1997

CIVIC LEADER - OUTREACH PROGRAMS
As a Civic Leader on military Outreach Programs, Pamela has toured destroyers, air craft carriers and air bases, and has witnessed simulated tank warfare in the high desert and mid-air refueling of FA/16 fighter jets.

She has also flown fighter planes and Army tanks -- in simulators. The plane ran out of fuel at 35,000 feet and the tank took a dive off a cliff in the Black Forest.

She had better luck driving an actual M1A1 tank at Fort Knox.

The more you understand a system and its people, the better you can portray it and communicate its principals. If you want to make a Three Kings or a Lord of the Rings, it would behoove you to learn what it takes to be a warrior. As the old adage goes: Write what you know.

If you're interested in participating in some of these programs to learn more about our military, or to research a project, contact your local service branch's Public Relations office.

WARRIOR GAMES & BOOKS

THE WARRIOR PATH INCLUDES THE MENTAL AS WELL AS THE PHYSICAL

With your spirit open and unconstricted, look at things from a high point of view. You must cultivate your wisdom and spirit. Polish your wisdom: learn public justice, distinguish between good and evil, study the Ways of different arts one by one. When you cannot be deceived by men you will have realized the wisdom of strategy. A Book of Five Rings: The Classic Guide to Strategy Miyamoto Musashi, 17th Century Japanese Samurai

AGE OF MYTHOLOGY - Computer game
Which ancient warriors do you identify with: the Greeks, the Egyptians, or the Norse? And which god/goddess or hero/heroine would you choose to play? Take the "Which God Are You?" test (written by Pamela Jaye Smith) and find out.

Pamela was media spokesperson for the debut of this computer game by Microsoft and appeared on national TV and radio shows. http://www.microsoft.com/games/ageofmythology/greek_home.asp

TANK: The Progress of a Monstrous War Machine
by Patrick Wright

The AWWG, MYTHWORKS, and Pamela Jaye Smith are mentioned In this fascinating book on the history, mythology, and mystique of the armored vehicle. Check it out on http://www.amazon.com/

The Warrior Archetype is a major one for humanity. The more familiarity we all have with it the better we can mold it to the ideals of our societies. The better we mold it to the ideals of our societies the better it serves us. As ideally, it should.

For insights and input for your Warrior related media project, contact MYTHWORKS mythworks@sbcglobal.net

MISCELLANEOUS

IN THE OLD DAYS, THE PEOPLE WHO USED TO GET APPOINTED CIA STATION CHIEFS WERE THE ONES WHO HAD READ THE MOST BOOKS ABOUT THAT REGION

Various projects and events with the U.S. government, the governments of Burma (Myanmar), China, the Philippines, Thailand, and Ecuador.

ARTICLES & PAPERS

WAR, LIKE THE POOR, IS ALWAYS WITH US. MUST IT BE SO?

WAR, HUH, WHAT IS IT GOOD FOR?

YE GODS
Mythos as Ethos in the Peloponnesian War
by Pamela Jaye Smith

MYTHOS AS ETHOS:
A Tool of Deception In Southeast Asia, 1940-1958
by Pamela Jaye Smith

OBE
by Monty Hayes McMillan

THE WORRY AFTER NEXT
by Monty Hayes McMillan

Most cultures have a War God or Goddess. The Greeks have Ares, the war god who loves the mayhem, madness and bloody chaos of battle. They also have Athena, goddess of War-Wisdom-Civilization. Her aspect is the strategic view, the cold-blooded high-minded do-what-needs-to-be-done approach. She goes into battle only when it's necessary to preserve, not to acquire. She takes up the sword to protect, not to ravage. She uses brains over brawn: Athena suggested to Odysseus the idea for the Trojan Horse which ultimately won the ten year long Trojan War.