the money shift workshops

Real-World Wealth-Building Skills for Students

Corben Wilson provides practical, hands-on (and fun) workshops to teach high school students — grades 9 - 12 — how to change the way they think about money to build an appreciation for wealth-building and stewardship.

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advanced money thinking

Don't Just Teach Them to Earn

Most students are taught that money is something to be spent in exchange for temporary goods (like snacks, beverages, and make-up) that vanish the moment they are consumed.

Corben Wilson changes their thinking.

After their participation in The Money Shift workshops, students stop asking “What can I buy?” and start asking “What can I build?”.

They move beyond the math of money into the mechanics of wealth, becoming active stewards of their own financial destinies.

Corben’s workshops can be offered separately or in a series. They build a fiscal foundation for students to use for life.

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The Traffic Light Money System

A simple system to help students understand their spending habits.

Red

Before you spend, stop and strategize.

Yellow

Slow down and prepare for irregular expenses.

Green

Go, spend freely, and track it.

Introducing

THE MONEY SHIFT WORKSHOPS

Two workshops built for one thing - futureproofing your students’ financial mindset.

Workshop 1

Systems Build Structure

The Core Truth

Structure matters more than salary.

The Experience

An interactive, high-energy competition where students compete for real cash to prove a point: without a system for investing, even a six-figure income can vanish.

The Core Truth

Introducing a new framework for thinking about every dollar you earn: The Traffic Light Money System.

Systems Build Structure is an interactive workshop where students compete to win real cash while uncovering a difficult truth: financial success is not determined by income alone, but by structure.

By the end of the session, students understand how a well-designed money system removes guesswork, shows them exactly what to do with the money they earn, and produces a predictable financial outcome.

The system equips students with a practical framework they can use immediately to manage money with intention rather than emotion.

Students will recognize that everything around them, from phone chargers to traffic lights to billion-dollar companies, operates on systems, and that wealth is built by those who build or control these systems.

Students will see how households earning six figures can still struggle without having a money system in place, and why structure matters more than salary.

Workshop 2

Money Builds Money

The Core Truth

Your money should work harder than you do.

The Experience

A side-by-side cinematic look at compound growth and the "doubling effect."

The Core Truth

Shifting from "Hourly Labor" to "Independent Wealth." Students learn that a salary’s primary job is to fund ownership.

Money Builds Money shows students the difference between spending money on things and leveraging money to create freedom.

Through side-by-side comparisons of savings, interest rates, and investments, students discover how time and rate of return can dramatically transform financial outcomes.

The workshop introduces the fundamentals of compound growth and shows how investing allows money to grow beyond the limits of hourly work, empowering students to build income that continues working for them and ultimately providing them the freedom to choose how they live, work, and spend their time.

Students learn to move beyond thinking about what money can buy and begin thinking about what money can earn.

Students learn how time and the rate of return determine how quickly money doubles.

Students learn that the role of their salary is to fund ownership and investments that allow money to work independently of their labor.

Bring a New Standard of Financial Literacy to Your Students

While these workshops are optimized for high school students, Corbin also facilitates high-impact stewardship sessions for Churches, Non-Profits, and Community Groups.

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