Glenn L. Martin established the Glenn L. Martin Company in Los Angeles in 1912 after building his first plane in a rented church and taking a risk on his innovative aircraft design at the encouragement of Orville Wright, one of the Wright brothers who invented the airplane.

4. TIME TO TAKE FLIGHT…
Over one hundred years ago, on August 16, 1912, Glenn L. Martin established the Glenn
L. Martin Company in Los Angeles, California. He started the company after building his
first plane in a rented church, where he took a leap of faith on his risky but innovative new
aircraft design at the urging of none other than Orville Wright.

6. WHY IT WORKS…
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People are suited to learning in social groups ( Weaver, 2002 )
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Easier to exchange ideas and interact with peers in a face-to-face
setting ( Tai, 2005)
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Lower possibility of misinterpreting messages ( Piskurich, 2003)

7. SILENCE THE CRITICS
• Hands Off
• Boring
• Blind Leading the
Blind
• Lost that loving
feeling