Handling Information Overload

Course Info

Date: Dec-02-2024

Length: 1 Week

City: London

Fees: 4,340

Type: In Classroom

Available Dates

  • Dec-02-2024

    London

  • Dec-30-2024

    London

Dates in Other Venues

  • Dec-02-2024

    Amsterdam

  • Dec-09-2024

    Kuala Lumpur

  • Dec-09-2024

    Istanbul

  • Dec-16-2024

    Paris

  • Dec-16-2024

    Singapore

  • Dec-23-2024

    Amsterdam

  • Dec-30-2024

    Dubai

Course Details

Course Outline

5 days course

 

Brain Skills, Fast Reading, and Mind Mapping:
 
  • Thinking about reading - and challenging your existing assumptions.
  • Check current reading speed and understanding of the reading process.
  • How the brain works and its relevance for reading more effectively and remembering more.
  • The mechanics of how the eye works in tandem with the brain.
  • Breaking delusions: challenging beliefs and assumptions about reading.
  • Reading environment.
  • How to be a 'successful' reader.
  • Different approaches to note-making.
  • How to mind map.

 

Reading Strategies and Memory Systems:
 
  • Reading strategies: the theory.
  • Successful reading: increasing reading speed and effectiveness.
  • Reading practice.
  • Thinking about remembering.
  • Memory systems introduced (Memory magic?)
  • Remembering numbers.
  • Using mind mapping to help you remember what you have read.

 

Reading at Work, Memory Rhythms, and Thinking in Groups:
 
  • More memory magic.
  • Different approaches for reading documents, textbooks, emails, and the web.
  • Getting control (how to read a book in a hurry).
  • How we remember - and how we forget (and what to do about it!).
  • Using mind mapping and reading strategies together.
  • Thinking and working in groups.
  • Project: mind mapping in teams.

 

 

Time Management and Outcome Planning For Better Results:
 
  • Team mind mapping presentations.
  • Outcome planning for better results.
  • Better time management as a tool for handling information overload.
  • Reading: understanding an article and extracting key points.
  • Mind mapping software (e.g. Mind Manager, iMindMap, NovaMind).
  • Mind mapping: when to use the software, when to use paper.
  • Developing listening skills as part of the note-making process.
  • Revision in context.

 

Problem Solving, Meetings, and Planning for Success:
 
  • Putting it All Together: Your Toolkit for Handling Information Overload.
  • Reading, remembering.
  • Communicating in working life.
  • Preparing for and participating in meetings.
  • Reflective review (what have you learned and how can you apply it in the real world?)
  • Planning for success and planning to practice.

Course Video