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Do you accept the fact that you have a bad memory? Whether you constantly forget your car keys, or struggle to remember meetings at work, a bad memory can hit an individual’s punctuality and have a strong effect on how colleagues perceive them.  It is hard to trust someone who has a reputation for forgetting [...]

If you feel your memory is something of a weakness, it really is worth investing in some memory training.  In no time at all, you will notice a considerable improvement in your ability to remember and recall important information.  It feels incredibly reassuring to know that you will always remember to meet your clients, or [...]

Memory is vital to any professional, and it’s no surprise that so much money has been spent on memory training to try and improve our recollection.  Several modern factors (some you might not be aware of) are believed to be responsible for reducing our recollection.  If you want to increase your memory performance, avoid the [...]

It is never too late to seek further education, although as we get older, it can be more difficult to find the time to do so.  Work, family and social commitments often leave people wondering where their time has gone, and make the idea of adding studying to the list particularly unappealing. One effective way [...]

As a manager, it is important to avoid complacency at all times.  Even if business is good at the moment, a rival can have a breakthrough or factors can change in an instant that could have a negative impact upon an organisation.  For this reason, it is important to continue pushing the boundaries of what [...]

The world of education and training can sometimes fall victim to fads, with new approaches to learning often turning out to be little more than a flash in the pan.  According to e-learning market research, however, this is not the case with one of the biggest changes ever to sweep across both teaching and learning.  [...]

The eyes are said to be the windows to the soul, but something similar – and perhaps even more profound – can be said about the written word, which can serve as a gateway to the collected knowledge of the human race.  Just as the soul may be ultimately unknowable, the vast amount of existing [...]

Is your brain right, or left brain hemisphere dominated?  The answer to this simple question is believed to have some influence over whether an individual has a logical or creative way of thinking, and why that is.  The idea of two hemispheres that function somewhat independently to each other was brought to popular attention by [...]

There are many benefits associated with an effective workplace e-learning system. In 2008, businesses in the UK were found to be investing £37 billion a year in staff training to continue developing and improving the skill levels of their people.  It is clear that all businesses should be investing in this area, but what are [...]

According to the University of Utah, the average college student reads at a rate of up to 350 words per minute.  Whilst this may have been an adequate reading speed in high school, it may make university-level studies problematic.  College classes often require students to complete vast amounts of reading in relatively short spans of [...]

Physical fitness is a common theme of daily life in the modern world.  Children are taught related skills in school, and in the adult world, a variety of media information serves as a continual reminder of the importance of a body that is physically fit.  In contrast, there is very little understanding of brain fitness, [...]

The internet is playing an increasingly central role in all of our lives.  Massive increases in broadband speeds over the last few years have meant it is now more than possible for websites to deliver large files, videos and rich user experiences quickly.  One of the benefits to this boost in internet capabilities is the [...]

For decades, the business training environment has largely revolved around the seminar or classroom model; an approach for which most learning experiences occur through in-person contact.  In the Information Age, however, businesses can elect to train personnel using an e-learning model instead.  Online training modules, for some aspects of learning, offer both small and large [...]

The most dangerous thing a professional can ever think is that they know it all. This attitude immediately leads to complacency, which gives rivals the opportunity to catch up. All successful business people have a hunger for learning that keeps their knowledge levels evolving and improving at all times. The only way to do this [...]

The mind is a fascinating organ. Regularly described as the most complex thing in the known universe, its true capabilities are still being studied and debated by scientists across the world. Almost everyone would like to be able to improve how effective his or her memory is. Consistently remembering dates, facts and names would be [...]

Henry Ford once made a remarkable statement. He said, “Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young. The greatest thing in life is to keep your mind young.” Never before in the history of mankind has this truth been more valid than it is today. The [...]

Once again this year we are supporting the Campaign for Learning’s Learning at Work Day event on 23rd May 2013. To celebrate this and the forthcoming launch of our latest e-learning course, Effective Speed Reading, we have set up a competition with a chance to win a place on the speed reading e-learning course. Entry [...]

In today’s fast-paced world we are expected to keep abreast of all the latest developments in our particular field of specialisation, all the time. With the advent of the internet and all the new information sources that accompany it, this can often lead to information overload – we simply cannot cope with the sheer amount [...]

Using a visual representation of information, is a technique that dates back many centuries, but the term ‘Mind Map’ did not come into common usage until the 1970s, when it was popularised by Tony Buzan in Use Your Head, a series of television programmes that was broadcast on BBC TV.  In Buzan’s conception, a Mind [...]

Information overload is a significant problem in the modern world.  Back in 2003, the University of California determined that the total amount of information available in the world doubles every 36 months.  If this is proved to be true then in less than a decade, information has increased 64 fold.  Needless to say, in the [...]