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Speed Reading e-book Launched – The Extraordinary Reader

Now available in e-book formats – the book by Clive Lewis and Anthony Landale that promises to introduce you to a practical reading strategy that will help you become an Extraordinary Reader and eliminate information overload for good.
Everyday information gets in the way – phone calls and emails, pod casts and blogs, letters and magazines. [...]

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Illumine Supports Learning at Work Day 2011 by Launching its Online Mind Mapping Competition

WIN AN ONLINE MIND MAPPING COURSE
To support Learning at Work Day (19 May 2011), Illumine Training are offering the opportunity to win an online Mind Mapping course.
Improve note taking, think more creatively, improve memory and raise your effectiveness – all on one page with the award winning ‘Introduction to Mind Mapping E-learning course’.
WIN either a [...]

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Illumine charts rise in reading speed in response to the information age

Training specialist, Illumine, has found that its speed reading courses are not only helping to improve delegates’ reading speeds but also helping them overcome the stress of ‘information overwhelm’.
Although most of the literature on reading speed suggests that an average reading speed is between 240 and 250 words per minute (wpm), individuals attending Illumine’s first [...]

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Illumine Offers FREE Resources Area for Learning At Work Day 2010

Illumine, the practical thinking training specialist is pleased to support National Learning at Work Day 2010. We are offering a number of FREE resources specifically chosen for organisations to be able to use with individuals and teams.
National Learning at Work Day 2010 will take place on 20 May as part of Adult Learners’ Week on [...]

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Mind Mapping Morphs from Acclaimed Webinar to E-learning Course

Illumine, the practical thinking training specialist, has turned its highly successful and acclaimed webinar on Mind Mapping into an equally successful e-learning programme.

Illumine – the world’s leading provider of Mind Mapping training for business – has developed a nine module e-learning programme which provides an introduction to Mind Mapping. Illumine was prompted to produce the [...]

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Illumine Training announces the findings of its Mind Mapping survey

Illumine Limited, the Windsor-based training consultancy, has been conducting an online survey into Mind Mapping, the advanced thinking and learning technique developed by Tony Buzan. The survey was launched to help give a better understanding of the popularity and uses of Mind Mapping. It gives a powerful insight into people’s perception of Mind Mapping, [...]

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20 Countries celebrate Global Think on Your Feet® Month

News Release from Think on Your Feet International, Inc.

The ability to think on your feet is now becoming a core global skill—even in these tough times!!
In fact, it’s a core skill because times are tougher. No better time than now to be clearer in your messages….
Over 20 countries are taking part in Global [...]

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The Extraordinary Way to Eliminate Overload

A new book by Clive Lewis promises to help you become an Extraordinary Reader and eliminate information overload, for good. Here Anthony Landale reports on a new reading strategy that will get you the knowledge you need, fast.
“We have met the enemy and he is us” is the evocative title of a new report into [...]

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Buzan selects Illumine Training as corporate partner

Tony Buzan, the originator of Mind Maps® and the author of over 80 books on how to think and learn more effectively, has appointed Illumine Training as his preferred partner in delivering skills and development programmes to the corporate market in the UK.
EMBARGO: April 7th 2005
The training covered by the exclusive deal will cover Mind [...]

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Mind Over the Matter of Revision

Don’t panic. Map out a new strategy to free up your memory in eight steps. Louise Etheridge reports
If you were thinking of calling NHS Direct to make an appointment for a brain extension to cope with the avalanche of information you need to remember for your finals, put down that phone. There is another way. [...]

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