How to Investigate Your Date Workshops Empower Daters with Knowledge

Sept. 10, 2011 - PRLog -- How much do you really know about your date? Sure, he says he went to Penn State but did he? Did he mean Penn State the penitentiary or the university? Presuming the latter, he’ll know all about their mascot, the Nittany Lions, right? In this day and age of speed dating, random meetings, and online hookups, a girl and a guy can never be too sure; unless, of course, they take matters into her own hands—or at the very least, their fingertips. That’s where InvestiDate comes in with workshops on how to investigate your date. You see, the library, county clerk’s office and Internet are full of speed bumps for the lying, cheating, con artists and even convicts of the world.

There are 96 million people in the United States who are unattached, which means for every 100 single women, there are 88 unmarried men, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. The Online dating industry is booming and now worth $4 billion worldwide (up from $40-million ten years ago in 2001). Four-million Americans spent over a billion dollars looking for hookups/dates in the US in 2010, according to OnlineDatingInsider.com. Another 30 million tried free online dating sites or created a free profile on a subscription site. Literally all of those questioned said they wish they could have known more about their date before hooking up with them.

In fact, dating has never been more dangerous or more plentiful. The Better Business Bureau said they received 2,660 complaints about dating services alone in 2009, up from 824 in 2005 and a mere 126 in 2004. Twenty-percent of online daters admit to deception, according to a combined research study from Boston University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology; respondents also said that 90 percent of other people lied. With free dating sites, it is estimated that at least 10 percent of new accounts created each day are from scammers, PC World back in 2009 when it studied matching algorithms of attraction and the business models behind some of the more popular online dating sites.

InvestiDate: How to Investigate Your Date empowers daters with realistic, not prudish, advice. No one’s discouraging anybody from a night on the prowl, true love, or a free meal; we’re just teaching men and women to smarten up about it.

InvestiDate teaches daters of all ages to create a private electronic “date-a-base,” how to check criminal, property and marriage records, where to submit photos for celebrity-like body language assessments, how to perform an audio polygraph test, how to know if you’re really dating a soldier or someone in an outdated Halloween costume.

The next workshop is coming up!

WHAT: Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing 101
WHEN: 7:15-8:15pm on Thurs, Sep 29th
WHERE: 520 Eighth Ave, 16th Fl, NYC (btw 36/37th Streets)
COST: $20, must RSVP
DETAILS: http://www.InvestiDateYourDate.com
BUY TIX: http://wwwinvestidateyourdatewolfsheep.eventbrite.com/

Is your date too good to be true?

Do you have a hunch something is off-center?

This class will teach you to master the basics and form a solid foundation for later, for when you "meet cute" the more advanced con-artists in life.

  Learn how to:
•   Quickly analyze an online dating profile; unravel mysteries using Facebook & Twitter
•   Learn to make your own "date-a-base"
•   Interpret body language and/or get help from a  celebrity pro
•   Verify employment & academia, discover hobbies & groups
•   Gauge income level and estimate monthly rent payments
•   And pick up tools you can put to use right away!

Find more details on this and other classes, like: Are You Dating an A*S? and Oh Honey, Bee Careful, at http://www.InvestiDateYourDate.com


ABOUT INVESTIDATE

InvestiDate: How to Investigate Your Date is a fun, tongue-in-cheek, secret weapon for men and women maneuvering through this minefield called love.

It was created by Maria Coder, a publicist, writer, and cyber-sleuth who spends her days buried in paperwork and evenings running amok in the city - like a chicken with no head.

No stranger to a broken heart, Maria has canceled a wedding, dumped a philanderer, and had her heart unrecognizably pulverized a time or two. She’s earned her dues in the dating trenches and has decided it’s time to set the record straight.

Formerly a full-time journalist, her career includes the Associated Press, Gannett, AOL, Disney, ABC, CBS, NBC, NY-1, and WKDM-AM radio, where she hosted a Spanish-language talk show called Dos Latinas Hablando.

Maria is a member of Investigative Reporters and Editors, a professional organization dedicated to improving the quality of investigative reporting.

She is also a know-it-all big sister and keeps reference librarians on speed dial (just in case).

For more information contact Maria Coder at InvestiDate [at] gmail.com

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InvestiDate: How to Investigate Your Date is a fun, tongue-in-cheek, secret weapon-like series of workshops that help men and women maneuver through this battlefield called love.