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Illuminating Newsletter from
Management and personal skills development hints, tips and special offers focused on developing
better brains for better business®
+44 (0)1753 866633 www.illumine.co.uk info@illumine.co.uk
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Learn, Absorb & Understand...
For busy people like you information overwhelm is a challenge. Every day we are bombarded with information: some immediately useful; some for future use; and the completely useless! Being able to absorb it, remember it, use it effectively and being able to 'do more with less' is a growing challenge for all of us.
In this issue of the newsletter we'll look at how you can overcome this challenge.
Enjoy the read...
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The relationship between sensory and short term memory
Sensory memory and short-term memory work in cooperation in order to help the brain store information for later recall. It is important in business to be able to absorb, retain and recall relevant information.
» Read the article...
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The 'Illuminating' brain workout...
- Saving time: What occurs once in every minute, twice in every moment, yet never in a thousand years?
- What am I: Dark with white markings, smooth like a rock. Where learning occurs, I help convey thought. What am I?
- Finishing a book: You begin reading a book 240 pages long. If you read half of the remaining book each day, how long would it take you to finish the book?
Answers at the bottom of this email...
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Maximise your brain with Mind Mapping
The Mind Map® is an expression of radiant thinking and is, therefore, a natural function of the human mind. It is a powerful graphic technique which provides a universal key to unlocking the potential of the brain. The Mind Map can be applied to every aspect of life where improved learning and clearer thinking will enhance human performance.
Mind Maps can be used as a note-making and note-taking system which is designed to help people work, think and learn more effectively. They enable people to access their own creativity and to learn in a way that is efficient, effective... and enjoyable.
» Find out more...
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 How to save a day...
...if you spend 40% of your day reading (reports, email, journals, books for qualifications etc) and you double your reading speed - you save a day a week... just think if you trebled your reading speed!.
» Find out more here...
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'Learn, Absorb & Understand' with the Advanced Thinking and Learning Course
8-9 March 2011
» Find out more...
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Learn, Absorb and Understand hints and tips in the Illumine Guide to Learning App for Android
If you have an Android phone you can now download our mobile app that gives you instant access to advice, ideas, practical tips and inspiration on how to learn and absorb information more efficiently and more effectively.
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| Speed read a newspaper in 10 minutes...
» Try it out here...
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"The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn."
Alvin Toffler
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"I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand."
Confucius
Get more inspirational quotations at
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www.illumine.co.uk/inspirational-quotes
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FREE Guide: Do more with less
Provides an insight for managers and staff at all levels to be able to continue to 'do more with less'. The tools and techniques discussed in this guide will help you to learn, maximise that learning and develop throughout your career.
» Download your copy...
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2012 Central London courses and workshops coming up...
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8-9 February 2012: Think on Your Feet® - verbal communication skills, www.illumine.co.uk/toyf
8-9 March 2012: Advanced Thinking and Learning, www.illumine.co.uk/atlw
20 March 2012: Stress Management, www.illumine.co.uk/stre
22 March 2012: Creativity for Logical Thinkers, www.illumine.co.uk/crlt
22-23 March 2012: Think on Your Feet® - verbal communication skills, www.illumine.co.uk/toyf
23 March 2012: RapidConsensus™, www.illumine.co.uk/rapc
29-30 March 2012: Writing Dynamics™, www.illumine.co.uk/wdyn
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'Illuminating' Brain Workout answers:
- The letter 'm'...
- A blackboard or chalkboard...
- Forever! Because every day you would only read half of what is left...
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The next newsletter: Write, Speak & Influence...
No matter what our role, to be successful we must be able to communicate effectively. In the next issue of the newsletter we'll take a look at how we communicate with different people, in different situations, inside and outside of your organisation. We'll give some hints and tips to help you ensure your communication reflects the organisation, its' professionalism, attitude, organisational culture and how well it's trusted.
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This newsletter is produced by the Illumine Marketing Team and edited by Richard Evans. The information presented in this newsletter remains the copyright of Illumine Training and its respective writers and authors. You can post these articles to your blog and website as long as it is not for commercial use. You must reference this back to Illumine Training and the Illumine website (www.illumine.co.uk). Images used have been leased and permission should be sought from the image owners.
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