Public Open Courses
RADIANT THINKING™ SKILLS
Dates: 13-14 September 2008
Numbers: Maximum of 12 delegates
Location: Central London
Timing: 9:30am - 5:00pm both days
Pricing: £300 + VAT including comprehensive full colour manual,
top quality Mind Mapping pens, Mind Map pad and course follow up.Instructor: Phil Chambers
(World Mind Mapping Champion, Senior Buzan Licensed Instructor)Course Outline:
DAY ONE - MIND MAPPING®
Introduction
Goals & overview of the course
A short memory test - 30 random words
Your memory’s natural rhythms
“The Ideal Study Hour”
The best learners
How you think, study and learn
Common problems
Brain skills, functioning and components
The Laws of Mind Mapping
Organising thoughts with a Mind Map
Using symbols
Mind Mapping text
Mind Maps for group problem solving and presenting
Review of the day
DAY TWO - MORNING - SPEED READING
Information overload
Initial reading speed
“Functional Literacy”
Goals, questions and concerns
Common delusions & misconceptions about reading
Eye & Brain
How the eyes move when reading
4 speed techniques
Guiding the eyes
Peripheral vision
Focused vision
Resting the eyes
The ‘Power Browse’ - Extracting key information from a book or report
Summary: “GO FASTER”
Increasing comprehension
Relativistic reading
DAY TWO - AFTERNOON - MEMORY SKILLS
Overview of the memory section
Some initial benchmarks
8 general memory principles (S.E.A.H.O.R.S.E.)
Memory Systems:
The “Link System” for words
3 systems for names & faces
The Number Rhyme System
The Number Shape SystemThe DOMINIC System
Mental Journeys
Review “Concert” of the whole course
Feedback and close
POST COURSE FOLLOW-UP
In the three months following the course we will contact you three times to
remind you to review the material covered in the course and provide some
additional exercises to help facilitate this. We will also be available to answer
any questions that you may have during this period."I think this is a course I should have done a long time ago
- Excellent, I recommend it" Ibrahim Sibal (Company Director)