Grant,
I don't post very much. However, I went to Wiscounsin and spent 11 days with Rex. He's a great guy and an even better teacher. I highly recommend anything that he sells or teaches.
I agree with MikeB, Steve Andreas is also outstanding. I've had many conversations with Steve and he is a nice fella as well.
There are 3 schools of NLP as I see it:
1. Pioneers
2. Explorers
3. Innovators
Pioneers - Those are the trainers and thinkers who are loyal to the original intentions of NLP. John Grinder, Carmen Bostic St.Clair, Sid Jacobsen, Chris Hall, to name a few.
Explorers - Those are the trainers that have taken the original model and modified it but stayed true to the presuppositions (rules) and ecological concerns. However, they have written about their applications, models and expansions of the original code. Steve, Connirae and Tamara Andreas, Robert Dilts, Judith Delozier, Todd Epstein, David Gordon, Richard Bandler, John LaValle, Paul Scheele.
Innovators - Those are the trainers and thinkers who have taken the original model/code and turned it inside/out upside/down to find the limits and applications and added their own spin. Rex Sikes, Jonathan Altfield, L.Michael Hall, Essential-Skills trainers, Ross Jeffries, and many more.
Email me if you want more info.
Good Luck, and...
CommonSense
aka - gene_bryson@yahoo.com