Speed Reading

Course Overview

Mounting work pressures, too little time, keeping your knowledge base up-to-date, checking out the competition: we all have to find a way of dealing with today’s tidal wave of information. One highly effective solution is speed reading – a technique that’s not just about reading fast, but about making your whole reading process more efficient.

This speed reading and information management course will help delegates to sift through the glut of information that bombards them, identify the important items, read them rapidly and assimilate the information they need to retain. The simple but effective techniques that we teach enable virtually everyone to achieve reading speeds of 1,000 words per minute with good comprehension

Course Outline

The course covers the following topics:

• What slows you down?
• Your reading baseline
• How the eyes work
• Six techniques for reading faster
• The high speed skim
• Stretching speed and comprehension
• Styles of reading
• Note-taking and recall
• A process for studying effectively
• Tips for speed reading success

Target Audience
This course is a must-have for anyone who wants to be able to deal with vast amounts of information quickly

You need this training if you:

• Are suffering from information overload
• Find it hard to prioritise your reading
• Would like to improve your concentration when reading
• Worry about missing something vital when you read.
• If you practice the skills of reading faster with good comprehension, you will harness the huge reserve capacity of your mind and you will be surprised at what you can achieve.