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Tony Buzan is one of the world’s leading thinkers. He is the originator and creator of what has been described as the ultimate Creative Thinking Tool – the Radiant Thinking Mind Map®, and is renowned world-wide for his speeches on Memory, Creativity, Learning, Self-improvement and the brain. He regularly lectures to audiences worldwide of all nationalities, ages and educational levels.

Tony Buzan has written and co-authored more than 80 books on the brain and learning, and is a member of Mensa, the high IQ society.

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Thinking Skills
	Use Your Head: Innovative Learning and Thinking Techniques to Fulfil Your Potential (Mind Set) - The Buzan classic. Use Your Head will: Teach you the vital skills of Learning How to Think and Learn. Increase your creative thinking and problem-solving capacity. Enable you to make the best of your brain. Provide you with both the confidence and the means to fulfil your own mental potential.

Mind Mapping
	The Ultimate Book of Mind Maps - This book is the definitive guide to Mind Mapping. Tony Buzan has changed the lives of millions with "Mind Maps", his revolutionary system of note-taking that will help you excel in every area of your life. This practical full-colour book shows how this incredible thinking tool works and how you can use it to achieve your full potential. The "Ultimate Book of Mind Maps" will help you: come up with brilliant ideas, find inspired solutions to any problem, create more time for yourself, set goals and achieve them, motivate yourself and others, and remember anything you want when you want colour illustrated throughout. This definitive guide is packed full of examples of amazing thinking tools and practical Mind Map examples, including running a meeting, preparing for an interview, starting up a new venture, planning family events, shopping for gifts, designing a garden, getting fit, and writing a speech for a wedding. It can even help you plan your ideal future!

	Mind Maps for Business - Revolutionise Your Business Thinking and Practise - No matter how big or small the business you work in; no matter if you’re an employer or an employee; no matter what your role is, you’ll find the benefits of using mind maps to help you think, organise, plan and control are vast: Accelerate your productivity to levels you never thought possible. Generate exciting new possibilities for growth and expansion. Make meetings, discussions and forums really productive and useful. Negotiate, talk and consult more constructively and effectively. Be more focussed, more organised and much smarter. Unleash your amazing creative capabilities.

	How to Mind Map: The Ultimate Thinking Tool That Will Change Your Life - A practical pocket guide that teaches you how to mind-map with ease from Tony Buzan, the inventor of the mind-map. This innovative method has enabled students to retain and recall information easily and improve their grades, and allowed business brains to work more efficiently and improve their performance at work.This mini-guide to mind-mapping will teach you all you need to get started on this revolutionary system, to maximize your brainpower and improve your creativity.

	The Mind Map Book - The Mind Map Book introduces a revolutionary system of planning and note-taking that has already changed the lives of millions of people across the globe. The Mind Map, which has been called the 'Swiss army knife for the brain', is a ground-breaking, note-taking technique that is already used by more than 250 million people worldwide and has taken the educational and business world by storm. This book, the definitive full-colour illustrated edition of The Mind Map Book (Tony and Barry Buzan's multi-million-copy bestseller) introduces you to the fundamental operational principles of the ultimate bio-computer - your brain! In addition to helping you maximise your brain power, the book also features a range of stimulating exercises and a lavish and inspirational collection of photographs and original Mind Maps that illustrate the technique.

	Mind Mapping: Kickstart Your Creativity and Transform Your Life - This ‘bite-size’ version and offers a swift introduction to Tony Buzan’s tried, tested and very successful techniques.


Speed Reading
	The Speed Reading Book: The Revolutionary Approach to Increasing Reading Speed, Comprehension and General Knowledge - Tony’s innovative approach to this subject makes speed reading easy to understand, enabling you to apply it immediately to all aspects of your life. It’s fun as well! An ideal tool for students, teachers, executives – indeed, anyone eager to improve the speed, comprehension and quality of their reading.

	Speed Reading: Accelerate Your Speed and Understanding for Success - This ‘bite-size’ version offers a swift introduction to Tony Buzan’s tried, tested and very successful techniques.


Memory Techniques
	Use Your Memory: Understand Your Mind to Improve Your Memory and Mental Power - In this edition if the BBC classic Use Your Memory, the secrets of how to improve your memory are fascinatingly revealed by Tony Buzan. He teaches you how to improve your memory for names, numbers, dates and lists and also for speeches, articles, poetry and whole books. There are sections for card players, for people learning new languages and for those studying for exams, as well as an intriguing chapter on how to recall your dreams. Use You Memory will: Be particularly useful for school and university students throughout their studies, and especially during review and exam times. Be useful for business people and for those wishing to improve their brainpower as they advance in years. Allow anyone to join the rapidly growing number of mental athletes who are preparing themselves for memory competitions and championships. All the classic memory systems are explained, plus, of course, Tony Buzan’s own world-famous Mind Mapping technique

	Master Your Memory: More Inspiring Ways to Increase the Power of Your Memory, Focus and Creativity - Would you like to: Double you current memory capacity? Be able to remember perfectly a list of 100 objects in under two hours? Expand your memory and knowledge of the world’s greatest artists, composers and writers? Raise your IQ and achieve greater success in all aspects of life? Remember telephone and other vital numbers? Master Your Memory is designed to help you to do just that.


Mind Mapping for Children
	Mind Maps for Kids: An Introduction - Mind Mapping is a breakthrough system of planning and note-taking that cuts homework time in half and makes schoolwork fun. Mind Maps for Kids is Tony Buzan's first book written specially for a younger audience, suitable for ages 7 to 14. Tony Buzan has been teaching children all over the world for the past thirty years and has proved that Mind Maps are the magic formula in the classroom: remembering facts and figures is a piece of cake, planning is a doddle and getting stuck for an answer is a thing of the past. In Mind Maps for Kids, Tony Buzan explains this amazing system using step-by-step examples in every subject across the curriculum. He shows just how easy Mind Mapping is and how it can help kids to / remember things and concentrate better / make clearer and better notes / revise and ace exams! / come up with ideas and unlock the imagination / save time Mind Maps for Kids is a full-colour workbook, with the emphasis on having fun. As well as tips for improving memory and concentration, the book is packed with jokes, cartoons and brainteasers. Mind Mapping is the shortcut to success that puts kids one step (and sometimes miles!) ahead.

	Mind Maps for Kids: Max Your Memory and Concentration - Tony Buzan, Mind Map genius and founder of the World Memory Championships, shows kids how easy it is to become the master of their memories and succeed at school with his unique combination of learning tools. Tony Buzan shares the amazing memory techniques behind his master mind and shows kids how they too can become champions of their own memories and enjoy greater self-esteem and success in everything they do. Mind Maps for Kids: Memory shows kids how to: / Memorise anything permanently / Absorb facts, figures and formulas with ease / Improve concentration and save time / Learn names, events, poems and lines / Recall information under pressure / Grow in self-confidence and ability

	Mind Maps for Kids: Study Skills - Mind Maps for Kids has taken the education world by storm, selling over 20,500 copies in the first four months of publication. Back by popular demand, Mind Map genius Tony Buzan now works his magic on the area of learning that most worries children, parents and teachers alike: revision. With Tony Buzan it's all brain, no pain! Summary of contents Children, their parents and teachers are all accutely aware of the pressures to succeed in school exams but do not always have the best tools to revise effectively. Mind Mapping is a breakthrough system of planning and note-taking that cuts revision time in half with double the results. Tony Buzan shows just how easy Mind Mapping is and how kids can use it to: / Improve memory and concentration / Pass exams with flying colours / Remember facts and figures with ease / Make clearer and better notes / Understand concepts and think laterally / Unlock the imagination / Improve concentration and save time / Plan answers calmly during exams / Make revision fun and enjoyable Mind Maps for Kids: Revision is the shortcut to success in exams that will put your child one step - or even miles! - ahead.


Study and Revision with Mind Maps
	The Buzan Study Skills Handbook: The Shortcut to Success in Your Studies with Mind Mapping, Speed Reading and Winning Memory Techniques - In Buzan's Study Skills, three of Tony Buzan's most enduring subjects - Memory, Speed Reading and Mind Mapping - are combined in a single guide to enable students to make the most of their studies. Improve grades, make more effective notes, plan better essays, make associations between different subjects, have at-a-glance notes and records for easy revision, learn how to use effective memory techniques to recall information and increase reading speeds up to 1000 words per minute. The perfect guide for any student who wants to get more from their studies, improve their brainpower, consolidate their concentration and learn from the master of memory - Tony Buzan.


Learn a Language with Mind Maps
	Do you want to improve your languages using a learning style that suits you? Why not Mind Map your way to fluency? Tony Buzan continues on his quest to alter the way language is learnt – forever. Collins Language Revolution is: Flexible - Whether you are completely new to Mind Mapping or already a convert to Tony Buzan’s revolutionary language learning techniques, you can reach a new level of conversational ability with Language Revolution. Fun and easy - All you need is your imagination, a sense of humour and coloured pens.




Mind Mapping Training is available through face to face and live online learning
	Available as an in-house course for a group or team of individuals. Using this method means the delivery of the course can be built around current challenges.

	Public workshops are delivered in major cities and are open to all.
	You can now learn to Mind Map through our monthly online learning webinars.