Accelerated Learning, Mind Mapping Training

The purpose and benefits of the courses are as follows:

The purpose of this page is to explain:

• What is the “accelerated learning” course all about?
• Who should attend the course?
• Why? What for?

Accelerated learning is a method of learning and teaching that will allow you to either:

1. Absorb and retain into your own mind, more information, more efficiently; or
2. To be able to better present your own information to OTHER people, so that they will find your message more interesting, convincing and memorable.

You will learn how to do this, by learning two major skills

1. Memory skills
2. Mental mapping skills

Memory skills
Memory skills are concerned with absorbing, retaining and recalling new information, more rapidly and with more accuracy.

Mental mapping skills
Mental mapping skills are concerned with organising your thoughts (or your message) so that it is more systematic, structured and well organised.

Remember
Well-organised information is much more convincing and memorable than the same information that is presented in a disorganised manner.

Who should attend the Accelerated learning course?
If you need to:

1. Retain and recall large amounts of information.
2. Present large amounts of information to others.
3. Present complex information to others.
4. Organise information into a form that is convincing, interesting and memorable.
5. If you have to analyse problems to identify their probable causes and thus create systematic plans of action.
6. If you have trouble with the sheer volume of information that you have to remember.
7. If you want to speak to groups without referring to written notes.
8. If you want to remember what you have read.
9. If you want to remember people’s names, when you meet them for the first time.
10. If you want to better express your ideas in a more structured form.
11. If you want to be able to make sense of other peoples disorganised ideas.
12. If you want to impose some order on chaos.

If any, or all, of these statements apply to you: then you would benefit from attending the course.

Session one AM Memory = Mnemonics

A Key distinction

There are three levels of learning:

• Understanding – Do you understand the material?
• Communication – Are you able to explain it to another in spoken and/or written form?
• Action- Do you put your learning into practice – or not?

Our model for memory: R.A.I.S.E.

Our model for more effective learning

• R- Recall curve
• A-Association
• I-Imagination
• S-Structure
• E-Energy

Recall curve
Repetition is the mother of skill - does information go 'in one ear and out the other?' or does information stick in the mind?

Association
Memory can be seen as: The art of associating what you NEED to know, to what you ALREADY know.

Imagination
The art of using your imagination as the GLUE that permanently bonds the information to your brain.

Structure
The need to impose order on chaos

Energy
The capacity to do work!

The art of visual ICONS
We all think in pictures - a large part of the memory is visual. The creation of visual images.

Creating other icons
Slogans and catch phrases. Physical actions can aid the memory recall.

The method of LOCCI
The 'journey' method - the main memory method. Explanation, demonstration and practice.

The method of Number rhyme
Explanation, demonstration and practice.

More Examples
To test the ideas in practice.

Summary of AM session

Session two PM Structure = Mapping

Key point: Natures loves branching structures
So structure your message. Structure it like a tree.

Key point: Knowledge is (or should be) hierarchical

1. Fundamentals ideas
2. Major themes
3. Minor themes
4. Details

Mental Mapping gives you the needed structure

Three kinds of mental mapping

1. Questioning type - drawing knowledge out, by asking questions.
2. Categorical type mind mapping - organising knowledge into a usable form.
3. Creative type problem solving.

Practice sessions
For you to learn by doing.

Method for clear thinking, speech and writing
How mapping will improve your writing skills.

Media for mental mapping
On paper, on computer, with words, with pictures.

Practice sessions
For you to learn by doing.

Action planning and close

Price for open training course

The Accelerated Learning training course costs only £250 +VAT per delegate per day. For this price we provide:

• Full days training
• Tea, coffee and cakes
• Lunch
• Full course notes
• Written action plan
• Certificate
• Access to the Post Course Portal

Plus 3 months free telephone coaching

To answer any on-going questions, you will also receive email and telephone support from your trainer after you have attended the course.

Whilst you are implementing what you have learned we will be there to help you if you need us for advice, guidance and coaching.

The training method follows this general pattern:

1. The trainer gives a clear explanation of the point in question.
2. The trainer then demonstrates the principle and gives specific examples.
3. Then, the delegates practice by doing an exercise with each other.
4. The delegates practice by doing exercise with the trainer.
5. All points are supported with full written notes to take away.
6. Delegates are asked to write down an associated action, for each point made.
7. (At the end of the day, we have about twenty such actions, from which the delegates choose six which are the most personally meaningful).

Price for in house training course

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