At my old Church, most of the Church went to an Avanzini conference and most people came back shell-shocked and blown away. They said that the entire conference was a push for book and tape sales, cheerleading, getting people pumped up, and NO TEACHING. A godly businessmen that attended our Church is the one that encouraged the people to go and they were extremely disappointed at the way this all went down. They were stunned. They couldn't believe they gave up their Saturday for a very aggressive sales pitch. They weren't expecting that at all. They were under the impression it was a financial seminar of sorts.