Speed-Reading to Double Your Reading Speed

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Why this Course is Important

“Learn how to read faster, process and internalise information easier and remember more of what you read.”

Bill Gates, Elon Musk, Sheryl Sandberg and countless other entrepreneurs and business leaders credit their ability to read faster than average as a way for them to consume a massive amount of information in a short time frame.

Whether it’s reading business documents, study material or non-fiction books, imagine if you could learn how to double or even triple your reading speed and increase comprehension of what you are learning? The skill of speed reading is not new. In fact speed-reading training courses have been around for over 50 years. Is it now the right time for you to learn how to increase your reading speed and comprehension too?

If you know you are a slow or average reader and would like to read faster with better comprehension, this Speed-Reading to Double Your Reading Speed session will show you how. You will learn how to increase your reading speed and improve how you retain more of what you read.

Course Objectives

Successful completion of this course will increase your ability to:

Determine your current reading speed and how it compares with a natural speed reader.
Understand why you are reading slower and how to improve your reading speed.
Pick up a book, printed document, or information on a computer screen and know how you can read it at twice or three times your normal reading speed without losing comprehension.
Enjoy reading and retain more of what you are reading.

What You Will Learn

Take the reading test and determine your current reading speed, then learn what’s possible for you.
The reasons why most adults read much slower than they are capable of.
What are the benefits of being able to read faster and understand more of what you read?
An introduction to five speed reading techniques you can start using today that will double or triple your reading speed.
Understanding sub-vocalization.
Pacer and hand techniques.
How to reduce your eye movements.
Peripheral reading.
What is skimming and scanning.
How to read any lengthy document faster and more accurately.
Testing your reading speed again.

Personalised Certificate for Completion

16-cert-speed-reading At the end of each training session, participants will be asked to complete a short assessment based on the course covered and receive a personalised downloadable certificate.

Professionally Designed Workbook Included

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Your course comes with a professionally-designed downloadable workbook. The workbook will allow you to add information gained during the training, as well as add your own thoughts and observations. The last page of the workbook contains a personal action plan to help you implement the key lessons from this training session.

BONUS: For managers, team leaders, and supervisors attending this training, you will also receive a bonus coaching question sheet. This is the perfect tool for having powerful coaching conversations with individuals or your entire team about this topic.

Paul Puckridge

For the past 26 years, Paul Puckridge has been the training director and head instructional designer at The Success Institute. Over nearly three decades, Paul has trained over 10,000 managers and employees from any of Australia's most respected and well-known private and public organisations. Paul has a passion for professional development, ongoing learning, and a deep desire to help develop Australian managers' and employees' skills and work smarts.