Sheffield, Thursday 19th November 2015

Mastery Your Memory
​Sheffield, £30

£20 Student and Concessionary Price

[Venue TBC]
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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 be in the correct state
​Intelligent Speed Reading
Sheffield, £30

£20 Student and Concessionary Price
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[Venue TBC]

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
​​Sheffield, £30

£20 Student and Concessionary Price

[Venue TBC]

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.
Booking

To book just click on the seminar or seminars below.

You may book onto as many seminars as you like and you may book for more than one person. Each course stands alone and you are welcome to attend one, two or all three. We would recommend all three if you possibly can, because there is a degree of mutual feedback between the courses.

If you have any questions that you would like answered before you book, please do get in touch.

Concessionary Prices

Concessionary prices are available on all of our courses. If you have obtained a discount coupon via a partner site, please enter that code when you book.

If you are a student, you are entitled to a discount of one third off the advertised price of any face-to-face course you book. Enter the code UKSTUDENT2015 in the coupon code section when you book. 

If you are disabled, unemployed or a senior citizen you are entitled to a discount of one third off the advertised price of any face-to-face course you book. Enter the code UKCONCESSION2015 in the coupon code section when you book.​