Durham, Wednesday 12th December 2018
Master Your Memory
Intelligent Speed Reading
Introduction to Mind Maps
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Joining Instructions
For those attending the upcoming brain-training seminars in Durham, please read this. It should contain everything you need to know.
Date
Wednesday, 12th December 2018
Venue
John Morgan Room,Shakespeare Hall, North Road, Durham DH1 4SQ.
The John Morgan Room is at the top of the stairs and straight on.
Times
Master Your Memory 10am
Intelligent Speed Reading 1pm
Introduction to Mind Maps 4pm
There will be roughly a half hour break between the seminars.
Arrival
Please aim to be at the venue 10 minutes before the course begins. If you are running late, you may still come in but please enter quietly. The same applies if you need to leave early.
Materials
When you booked you were sent a link to download materials for the course and our e-book on the subject. Please print off the materials and bring these with you, or bring a device with which you can access the materials.
You do not need to print off the e-books.
In case you have misplaced the materials, I attach a copies to this email again. If you are coming to the Master Your Memory seminar, please do not look beyond the first page as there a few memory exercises that we would like you to do without knowing what is coming.
Notes and Preparation
For all seminars you will probably want to bring something on which to make your own notes. No other specific preparation is necessary.
Refreshments
To keep the price down, there will not be any refreshments as part of the seminar, so you may want to bring your own snacks and water, especially if you have booked for multiple courses. Tea and coffee are available within the building and there are supermarkets and cafes nearby.
Master Your Memory Seminar
Please give some thought to the kind of things it would be useful to be able to memorise easily in your subject area. If there is time we will discuss these.
Intelligent Speed Reading Seminar
We will be conducting a number of reading sessions during the seminar so please bring two books with you: -
1. An easy-reading fiction novel. This should be a book that doesn’t contain a great deal of unfamiliar or uncommon words and that isn’t overly complex, dense or obscure. Examples: Harry Potter, Sherlock Holmes, Dan Brown. If your first language isn’t English you may like to bring something in your own language. However, please also bring a book in English as well. The exercises we will do will be geared around alphabet-based text so if your own language is not an alphabet-based language please bring a book that does use an alphabet even if it is not your first language.
2. An academic book / non-fiction book / report - with summaries, diagrams, footnotes, pictures, insert boxes, glossaries, etc.. This should be a book that you are happy to mark with a pencil.
A calculator to help calculate your reading speed.
A soft pencil - B or softer - to mark up points as you speed read.
Introduction to Mind Maps Seminar
Please bring any coloured pens or pencils you have. We will be bringing a selection with us, but the more we have, the better. Please give some thought to an essay subject or a discussion area that you might like us to cover during the seminar.
Master Your Memory - Durham, Wednesday 12th December 2018£20 STUDENT AND CONCESSIONARY PRICE Durham, Wednesday 12th December 2018 10.00am-12.30pm Shakespeare Hall, John Morgan Room, North Road, Durham DH1 4SQ This course will introduce you to a variety of strategies to help you take greater control of your memory and to recall a much greater proportion of what you want. You will learn what your memory is capable of, the major factors that affect it, how to use those factors for your own benefit and a number of approaches to remembering large amounts of information. By the end of the seminar you will be familiar with the techniques used by people with highly trained memories and know how to use those techniques for your own specific ends. Course materials are included as well as a complimentary copy of our e-book Master Your Memory. The seminar will include: - • An introduction to your memory • The different tasks we use our memories for and what is possible with a trained memory • Learning how and why the brain remembers some things and forgets others • Techniques for overcoming the limitations of short-term memory • How focused attention is vital to memory and how to develop it • The importance of association to memory • Developing your visual memory • Using your whole brain • Mnemonics and memory systems • The importance of repetition and structured rehearsal for combating forgetting • Memory strategies for specific purposes - names & faces, numbers, speeches & presentations, mental diaries and to do lists, languages • The importance of being in the correct state of mind and how to access such states |
Intelligent Speed Reading - Durham, Wednesday, 12th December 2018£20 STUDENT AND CONCESSIONARY PRICE Durham, Wednesday 12th December 2018 1.00pm - 3.30pm Shakespeare Hall, John Morgan Room, North Road,Durham DH1 4SQ This course is designed to show you how to read large amounts of material in a way that is compatible with how your brain works and at speeds of up to one thousand words per minute (five times faster than average). It will go beyond mere ‘speed reading’ techniques and demonstrate an overall view of reading that will enable participants to approach any reading they do in the knowledge that they will be able to complete it quickly and effectively while getting all that they need to out of it. Course materials are included as well as a complimentary copy of our e-book Speed Reading. The seminar will include: - • An overview of the various cognitive stages of reading • An outline of potential reading speeds, limitations, practicalities and pitfalls • An assessment of your current reading speeds - setting a baseline • Analysing and controlling your eye movement while reading • Demonstrating eye movement during high speed reading • Techniques for reading at one thousand words per minute • Acclimatising the brain to read at high speeds • Understanding vocalisation, sub-vocalisation and visual reading • A detailed and structured practice regime • An introduction to the psychology of intelligent reading and note taking • Various approaches to mastering large amounts of material in short amounts of time, including an understanding of priming, information hierarchies and categories, redundancy of language, non-linear reading and the importance of motivation • The importance of being in and maintaining the correct state of mind for mental performance |
Introduction to Mind Maps - Durham, Wednesday, 12th December 2018£20 STUDENT AND CONCESSIONARY PRICE London, Saturday 8th December 2018 4.00pm-6.30pm Shakespeare Hall, John Morgan Room, North Road,Durham DH1 4SQ This course will introduce you to mind maps, show you what they are, why they work and how to use them in a number of different areas such as for note taking, as a memory aid, for generating new ideas and creativity, and for preparing written work and presentations. During the seminar you will complete at least three mind maps of increasing complexity on different subjects and on completion you will have all the information you need to use them yourself and a practice plan to help you establish their use as an ongoing habit. Course materials are included as well as a complimentary copy of our e-book Mind Maps. The seminar will include: - • An introduction to the structure of the brain • How mind maps aim to mirror brain structure on paper • How mind maps can be more efficient than ‘traditional’ linear notes • Investigating the concept of association as the basis for creative mind maps • Using mind maps for presentations • Key words: how they focus note-taking on relevant issues • The hierarchical mind and how this is reflected in your mind maps • Using mind maps to explore memories • Introducing ‘right-brain’ skills such as colour and imagery into your mind maps • Your first three mind maps • How to incorporate mind maps into your work and life • How to use mind maps to take notes in a way that maximises understanding and recall • How to use mind maps to plan presentations, speeches, etc. |