All of our Courses and Workshops

Illumine Training specialises in enhancing practical thinking skills to improve the performance of individuals and organisations.

We have organised our training into five areas to make it as easy as possible to identify the training that will most benefit you and your organisation:

• Assimilate - Essential techniques to select, absorb, remember and use relevant information

• Communicate - Clear, persuasive, written and spoken communication

• Innovate - Practical skills to generate fresh thinking, new ideas and critical insights

• Facilitate - Draw maximum engagement and performance from individuals and groups

• Motivate - Engage yourself and others to work at peak performance

All of our training is available as an in-house course. This is a more cost effective option if you are looking to train a team or group of individuals from across the organisation. Options for tailoring are available. Find out more about in-house courses here. Alternatively our most popular courses are delivered as public workshops in London and Manchester.

Assimilate

Courses to Assimilate Information:

• Advanced Thinking and Learning Workshop - Mind Mapping, Speed Reading and Memory - The complete workshop to master information using Mind Mapping, speed Reading and Memory Techniques. (Public Workshop/In-House Course/Coaching)
  
  
• Effective Speed Reading™ - Designed exclusively for Illumine by the author of The Extraordinary Reader. This course helps you to quickly power your way through books, briefings, reports, emails - essential to be effective in business today. (Public Workshop/In-House Course/Coaching)
  
  
• Business Mapping (Mind Mapping for Business Advantage) - Takes Tony Buzan's widely recognised technique for effective thinking and learning, and shows you how to apply it and benefit from it, in the business environment. (Public Workshop/In-House Course/Coaching)
  
• Mind Mapping for Education - Mind Mapping for Education will greatly enhance your teaching skills, benefiting you – and your pupils! (In-House Course)
  
  
• Becoming a Mind Mapping Trainer
  
  
• Improve Your Memory - Practical strategies for boosting your memory which you can apply anywhere. (Public Workshop/In-House Course/Coaching)
  
  
• Accelerated Learning for Trainers - Dramatically increase the effectiveness of your training delivery. (In-House Course)
  
  
• 90 Minute Sessions (various subjects) - 90 minute bite size learning experiences that allow attendees to gain a rapid and practical overview of the subject. FIT Sessions will maximise your training coverage by delivering practical tips, hints, tools and techniques. (In-House Course)

Communicate

Communications skills courses:

• Think On Your Feet® (verbal communication skills) - The globally acclaimed 2 day workshop to help you explain complex ideas clearly, get to the point, have more impact and be remembered. (Public Workshop/In-House Course/Coaching)
  
  
• Professional Presentations - develop your skills as a confident and powerful presenter, able to develop and sustain audience rapport and use the skills required to communicate in a memorable influential manner. (In-House Course/Coaching)
  
  
• Writing Dynamics™ (written communication skills) - Write with authority, impact and do it faster. (Public Workshop/In-House Course/Coaching)
  
  
• Grammar on the Rocks™ - This intensive ½ day refresher focuses on what you must know about grammar. You don;t need to know everything, but you do need to know which grammatical rocks may sink you. (In-House Course/Coaching)
  
  
• Effective Communicatins with NLP - This programme incorporates tools and ideas used in Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) and explores ways of communicating that make a real difference. (In-House Course/Coaching)
  
  
• 90 Minute Sessions (various subjects) - 90 minute bite size learning experiences that allow attendees to gain a rapid and practical overview of the subject. FIT Sessions will maximise your training coverage by delivering practical tips, hints, tools and techniques. (In-House Course)

Innovate

Innovation and creativity courses:

• Creativity for Logical Thinkers with The Illumination Workshop® - The practical way to develop competitive advantage through creativity. It covers a broad range of useable creative techniques that you can apply in your workplace. (Public Workshop/In-House Course/Coaching)
  
  
• Generating Ideas - Our ½ day introduction to the creative process. (In-House Course/Coaching)
  
  
• Creativity in Business - Our most comprehensive creativity programme that provides practical techniques to ensure you gain a good understanding of the creative process. As a result, you will return to your organisation able to confidently implement what you have learnt. (In-House Course/Coaching)
  
  
• De Bono's Six Thinking Hats® - Collaborative thinking for more effective meetings. (In-House Course/Coaching)
  
  
• De Bono's Lateral Thinking™ - Find a solution to a stubborn problem through unorthodox methods that would normally be ignored by logical thinking. (In-House Course/Coaching)
  
  
• 90 Minute Sessions (various subjects) - 90 minute bite size learning experiences that allow attendees to gain a rapid and practical overview of the subject. FIT Sessions will maximise your training coverage by delivering practical tips, hints, tools and techniques. (In-House Course)

Facilitate

 Facilitation courses:

• Facilitation Skills - Handling diverse and sometimes difficult groups can be challenging and taxing. That’s why having a range of facilitation skills techniques and exercises will increase your confidence and the impact of the sessions you facilitate. (In-House Course/Coaching)
  
  
• RapidConsensus™ (facilitating major meetings and decisions) - Faster, better decision making; decisions people feel they own; meetings people enjoy attending; make use of ALL the attendees' knowledge and viewpoints. (Public Workshop/In-House Course/Coaching)
  
  
• Train the Coach - Learn how to coach others effectively. (Public Workshop/In-House Course/Coaching)

Motivate

Motivation and well-being courses:

• Stress Management - This course was development and is delivered by one of UK's leading authorities on the causes and effective management of stress. (Public Workshop/In-House Course/Coaching)
  
  
• PassionWorks!™ (enhance staff motivation and engagement) - Understand and enhance staff engagement and motivation. A vital weapon in the war for talent. (In-House Course/Coaching)
  
  
• Energy and Well-being - Practical tips to enhance health and well-being. (In-House Course/Coaching)
  
  
• The Rapid Team Building Programme - Learning and team building to enhance productivity, creativity, reduce-conflict and develop team working skills. (In-House Course/Coaching)
  
  
• Effective Time Management - Practical strategies, tools and techniques to help manage time pro-actively.  (In-House Course/Coaching)
  
  
• The Balancing Act (Work/life balance workshop) - This session takes participants through a process to re-evaluate their lives and develop strategies that enable them to focus on what matters most at work and at home. (In-House Course/Coaching)
  
  
• Emotional Intelligence - This session gives participants simple and practical models to become emotionally intelligent. (In-House Course/Coaching)
  
  
• The Power of Positive Thinking - Consider the business consequences of negative thinking and learn the methodology to develop positive practices that can be achieved in the flick of a mental switch. (In-House Course/Coaching)
  
  
• 90 Minute Sessions (various subjects) - 90 minute bite size learning experiences that allow attendees to gain a rapid and practical overview of the subject. FIT Sessions will maximise your training coverage by delivering practical tips, hints, tools and techniques. (In-House Course)

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