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UTAH COUNTY BUSINESSMAN DONATES $100,000 TO NONPROFIT SUTHERLAND INSTITUTE
Funds will be used to increase reach of Sutherland’s Transcend Series in 2006

Salt Lake City & Orem, UT, January 10, 2006 – Sutherland Institute, a nonprofit, public policy group and Makau Corporation, a rising e-learning provider, today announced their partnership to combine technology and messaging to serve a larger audience. Funds are being donated by Utah County businessman John Jacob.

“We are pleased that this donation will enable us to partner with Makau in developing the
means by which we can extend the Transcend Series to a wider group of participants and
improve its effectiveness,” said Stan Rasmussen, senior vice president of the Sutherland
Institute.

According to John Jacob, board member of Makau Corporation, Sutherland’s Transcend
Series, an innovative civic-leadership development program, is providing the right
information for the right reasons. He was so impressed on his first visit to the Sutherland
Institute that he was motivated to help Sutherland get their message to more people.

“Sutherland’s Transcend Series is excellent for elected officials and community leaders, in a non-partisan and effective way, to refine their abilities to serve the public,” said Jacob. “We want to make the Sutherland opportunity available to all who would like to learn more.”

Focusing on three dimensions of effective community and political leadership – Character,
Intellect and Process – the Transcend Series is a schedule of monthly sessions for elected,
community and business leaders and interested citizens who are seeking new ways to
effectively understand and influence public policy and the community around them. All nine Transcend Series sessions are designed to equip attendees with increased understanding and better tools to serve and lead in their respective roles.

“Participants include a bi-partisan core group of elected and public officials comprised of
state legislators and county and city officials from throughout the state,” said Rasmussen.
“Feedback suggests that we are making real progress toward the accomplishment of our intent – to equip policy makers and influencers with the understanding and skills necessary to find lasting solutions. Although our primary service area is Utah, we attract interest of organizations from across the nation.”

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ABOUT THE SUTHERLAND INSTITUTE
An independent, nonprofit, public policy group serving Utah since 1995, the Sutherland
Institute advocates in behalf of civil society – private, non-governmental institutions
comprising the common good. Bringing innovative and thoughtful ideas to policy makers and fellow citizens, the Institute is constantly pressing for lasting solutions to community
problems by transcending politics as usual. With a primary focus on education, poverty and family, their work is grounded in the principles of private initiative, limited government and family as the fundamental unit of society.

ABOUT THE SUTHERLAND TRANSCEND SERIES
In early 2004, the Sutherland Institute saw the need for a way to encourage and support
elected and other community leaders in their efforts to become better informed and equipped to make the positive difference they seek in the state and in their communities.
Acknowledging that many one-day or several-day, intensive seminar events were available to civic leaders – with minimally-impactful, short-lived results (what some in the training arena refer to as “hit-and-runs”) – the Institute sought a more meaningful civic-leader development process.

Having recognized this need, Sutherland identified the elements that would form the
foundation of what would eventually be referred to as the Sutherland Transcend Series.
Those elements are:

• An introspective approach – a means by which one can recognize and own the need to
  improve (and stop waiting for others to change);
• A commitment to real growth – personal growth that unfolds in the process of time
  and in the context of relationships (not the illusion of growth that accrues to new and
  improved jargon or the manipulation of appearances); and
• A focus on three dimensions of effective political, community, and organizational
  leadership – Character, Intellect, and Process

In its first two years, the Transcend Series has attracted a diverse gathering of state and local leaders from across the social-political spectrum, each desiring to apply their better self to public and community, to improve their ability to listen, understand, and find value in the opinions of others, and to transcend politics as usual in their search for lasting solutions to community problems.

For more information please visit www.sutherlandinstitute.org or contact 801-355-1272 or
si@sutherlandinstitute.org.

ABOUT MAKAU
Makau Corporation is a private company established in 2002 by the merger of several top
executives from government and corporate consultancies. Makau bridges the gap between
learning and applying what’s learned by providing organizations with the newest generation of solutions for individual and enterprise-wide training, by incorporating advanced e-learning concepts with traditional on-site workshops.

Makau offers over 300 workshops that can be presented on-site or through DVD, CD-ROM, videotape, network-based platforms, or online portal.

Makau’s IT courses satisfy beginners as well as those requiring professional certification.
Makau’s Professional Development workshops provide a collaborative learning platform to
professionals at every organizational level.

For more information please visit www.makaucorp.com or contact 801-224-9449 or
pr@makaucorp.com.

ABOUT JOHN JACOB
John D. Jacob is an entrepreneur, land developer, and owner of John D. Jacob Companies,
specializing in water and property development. Throughout his career, he has advanced the idea of “Moving Ahead” to improve businesses, government, and communities. He is a
principle owner and director of Makau Corporation, an e-learning and training company;
MedCertify Inc., a distance-based medical certification provider; Healthy Wealthy Wow, a
women’s marketing network; and Triwood, Inc., a Georgia-based building materials
manufacturer. John currently lives in Eagle Mountain where he has served as a council
member, caucus chair, and state delegate. He has been active in several service organizations including the Cougar House Project and made substantial donations to student athletes and service projects at BYU. Contact John Jacob at ljacob@makaucorp.com.