SHARPEN YOUR THINKING SKILLS: HOUGHTON 14-16 SEPTEMBER
THINKING SKILLS
TRAINING CC
A 26% black owned registered provider of quality training
PRESENTS
Thinking
Skills
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Conquer Information Overload!
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Learn new material quickly & effectively!
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Solve problems creatively!
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Upcoming Workshops |
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Johannesburg, Houghton 14-16 Sep 2010 7-9 Dec 2010
Perth West Australia 26-28 October 2010
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Phone us at +27-11 483-0685/4 (all hours- leave a voicemail) or
Client Quotes
“Your course had the highest implementation factor of any that we can recall. People are using it - we find mind maps everywhere - including in the classroom.” IBM
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How you will benefit
Imagine the overseas parent company CEO drops the latest business textbook onto your desk. Its 5.30 and you're on your way home. He/she wants your thoughts on it in the morning. Your heart sinks because you've got a full house of stuff to do this evening and there is just no time.
I will show you how to gut the whole tome in under an hour - right - that's 350 pages scanned, mapped and your thoughts sorted.
In the morning you spend 15 minutes with your notes putting your finger on the key points for your team. They are stunned you took less than an hour to master the material.
You will come to think differently about your personal development and the incredible things you can achieve with your life. We have had many reports of positive career and life change following the session. You'll find out how to concentrate, how to keep meetings focussed and productive, how to make better presentations, how to generate ideas, how to read faster - I could go on and on.
And there is no risk. If you are not delighted I will cheerfully give you your money back. Its only happened once so its a promise I can make with confidence.
Course Leader CV
May I start by saying I've
presented this workshop to thousands of managers,
professionals, students and salespeople from hundreds of companies in South
Africa and overseas for the past twenty-eight years. They loved it, judging by their feedback. Chances are that you will too.
They typically rated the session "informative and very, very enjoyable - useful, relevant and very practical" - ensuring implementation after the workshop.
Dr
Richard Broome
has worked in many countries including Canada, the UK, USA,
and Australia.
Has a penetrating and up-to-date interest in current brain research and a merchant banking and management consultancy background.
Initially an engineering graduate, he actually started work as an air force and airline pilot. He studied psychology on his days off before resigning from South African Airways to go to business school for an MBA and entering management consultancy.
He has an interest in community work and has run education and development projects in Soweto and Alexandra townships.
He has appeared on South African and Australian national TV, spoken on numerous radio talk shows and published many magazine articles on stress and the development of human potential.
He has a BSc in Electrical Engineering from Natal University, an MBA, and a PhD in Business Administration from the University of Cape Town. He's also a qualified teacher of Transcendental Meditation. His research field is stress management and organization development. He claims to relax by flying old military airplanes.
He lives in Houghton with his extraordinary psychologist wife, Vicki.
More about this workshop
This workshop is based on
the work of celebrated British lecturer, author and consultant, Tony Buzan. It is
presented in many countries by specially trained and individually gifted
instructors. Tony Buzan is the inventor and greatest exponent of Mind Maps ®, a phenomenally useful thinking tool.
It is the basis of the universally acclaimed “Use Your Head” BBC TV series and British Television’s “The Enchanted Loom”.
This workshop is constantly up-dated with the latest brain research findings, and presents a raft of exceptionally useful practical skills. Registered with the Services SETA
If you've ever
been stuck for a name, lost your cool under pressure, or worked all night to
meet a deadline - you're not alone.
Psychologists have long pointed out that most of us use only a fraction of
the potential of our brains. Most of us have been taught more about the operation of a simple electric
toaster than about the workings of the brain - the most complex and fantastic
piece of computing equipment in the known universe.
If you are going to stay ahead of your competition in this hectic age you
need to know how to get the most out of your brain. It has billions of
working parts and almost infinite complexity.
You'll be pleased to know
that you can realize truly staggering
improvements in abilities by applying some of the latest research findings in brain function to
the way you go about certain tasks.
During these very practical three days you will come to respect the
amazing capacity of your brain.
You will learn a range of powerful thinking, learning, planning and communication skills.
You will also:
• improve your memory.
• improve your creativity.
• learn how professionals in public life never forget a
name.
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learn how to cut meeting times in half.
• learn practical ways to control stress.
• learn how to boost your own or your children ’s
achievements at school, university or technikon.
• dramatically improve your personal effectiveness and
productivity.
Make this new knowledge based on the latest research work for you!
Human Resources Directors and Skills Development Facilitators NOTE: This workshop is an essential module in any empowerment programme. It actualises the Critical Cross field Outcomes of the NSDS.
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Presented by: Thinking Skills Training CC Reg. No. 2007/040587/23 P.O.Box 87395 Houghton 2041 Telephone 011-483 0685/4 Fax 011-728 1280 www.ThinkingSkills.co.za |
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1. Mind Maps® for
Personal Productivity
• Practical application to
faster note-taking, planning, systems analysis, presentation preparation.
• How to keep meetings short.
• How to improve decision-making and time management.
• Improved organization of thought.
• How to “turn on” the right brain for better
memory, creativity, negotiating and industrial relations.
2.Memory Skills
• How memory works.
• How to improve long and short-term recall.
• Practical mnemonic techniques for recall of names, faces and lists.
• How to get your money ’s worth from seminars.
• How to boost recall of a study session.
• How to time your presentation right.
3. Creativity and
Problem-Solving Skills
• Techniques to improve
personal creativity.
• How to manage the brain-storming process.
• The mind/body chemistry of the ‘Aha!’ response.
4. TurboReading®
• Improve speed and
comprehension over a wide range of applications.
• How you can upgrade your reading skills with minimum practice.
• Turbo charge your in-basket!
5. The Brain
• Brain function and
potential -hardware of the cosmic computer.
• How to break unwanted habits and alter negative attitudes.
• Mental set and how to improve self-image and motivation.
• The “common denominator” in all outstanding leaders and intellectuals.
• How to activate the brain’s motivation centers.
6. PowerLearning®
• How to improve your
concentration.
• How to improve your achievement of personal learning objectives by the
application of appropriate strategies.
• How to gut a software manual or textbook in an hour.
7. Stress
Management
• What is stress?
• How to use rest, exercise, diet, life-style and expansion of consciousness
to attain self actualization. Where meditation fits in.
• How understanding your body type can help you make appropriate life-style
choices.
• Brain optimizing software for greater creativity
and reduced stress.
Who Should Attend
If you are a business owner, director, manager, HOD, DP or IT professional, or studying for a higher qualification, or someone whose time is of vital importance – register today.
You are vitally
interested in increased personal effectiveness, in maximizing your
individual creativity and motivation.
And you will be able to put the practical techniques you learn to immediate
use.
These techniques require very little practice because you are using the
brain the way it is designed to be used. This accounts for a uniquely high
implementation factor - you use the techniques because they feel easier and
work better.
This seminar is
also available in the UK, Canada, USA, Western Europe and Australia. Special
Rates are available for spouses and in-company courses.
Call us now for rates or info
Phone us at +27-11 483-0685/4 (all hours- leave a voicemail) or
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Last Updated11 June 2010
