Speed Reading
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.
Do you sometimes feel daunted at the prospect of mountains of reading? Is it hard to prioritise your reading? Would you like to improve your concentration when reading? Is it hard to recall and use what you've read? Do you worry about missing something vital when you read?
Whatever your budget or circumstances, we can provide a solution which will give you the tools to address all of these concerns.
Four ways to develop your skills with Word Smiths
Jane
Smith is a trainer and writer with many year's experience of writing and delivering
speed reading (and other related) courses and publications. Click/right-click
here to read/download Two
speed reading tips - taken from our best selling
audio book package Speed
Reading for Success.
Word Smiths offer four ways in which Jane can help you develop your speed reading skills:
- By booking onto one of our popular and cost-effective one-day open
public courses.
Read
more about and/or book Word Smiths open courses.
View/download
pdf course brochure (300 KB). - By organising a full-day or a half-day in-company course at
your own premises - the best option for groups of four or more colleagues
or friends.
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more about and/or book Word Smiths in-company courses.
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pdf course brochure (310 KB). -
By working through our audio book package Speed Reading for Success - an efficient and economical option for people who prefer a self-study approach. In just 15 minutes a day, Speed Reading for Success will turn you into a true power reader.
Read more about and/or buy Speed
Reading for Success.
View/download
pdf brochure (810 KB).
- By arranging a full or half day one-to-one coaching session - click here to tell us your requirements.
Content
Our courses, coaching sessions and the Speed Reading for Success audio book are all highly interactive. In each of these delivery methods, we show you how to use simple but effective techniques to improve both your reading speed and your comprehension of any book or document that you have to deal with.
What people say about Speed Reading from Word Smiths
Here is some of the very positive feedback we've had on our speed reading courses and on the Speed Reading for Success audio book:
- "This is one course I don't need the report to know what people felt, so many of them have been talking about it over the last few days with so many positive comments. Once again, thanks you for helping the team with this valuable skill."
Warren Sanger, Nationwide Building Society - "Excellent - best course I've been
on!"
Steve Barton, tutor in higher education - "Tutor well informed and her delivery was excellent."
Leonie Rees, council officer - "Jane is very enthusiastic and makes you feel comfortable."
Julie Slago, HR manager - "A little bit of genius that
will help you learn speed reading with ease … an excellent idea."
New Archaeology (USA) - "An excellent product … an
ideal way to learn how to cope with the torrent of information we have
access to these days."
Gerry Keegan, Psychology (UK web magazine) - "I would recommend this resource
to anyone who needs to get through lots of material quickly and efficiently."
Training Journal (UK)
AUA Conference speed reading presentation
Two brief extracts from partner Jane Smith's speed reading presentation to the AUA (Association of University Adminstrators) Conference, held in April 2008 at York University.
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