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Welcome to Our New Home |
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For those who missed last month's tip, I announced a
change in company name and focus from The Reading
Edge to
The Corporate Educator as it better reflects all
the soft-skills training we do. At the same time, I
added an additional entity -
Rev It Up Reading - a retail business that
offers individuals training and products for
learning how to read better and faster both on paper
and on screen.
This month's tip will continue to be about
reading; however, in the coming months, I will
include advice from some of my colleagues in the
areas of professional productivity and personal
satisfaction such as time and energy management,
email etiquette, stress management, and much more.
So, dear subscribers, I hope you are excited with
this addition and I invite you to email me with your
reactions and thoughts. Thank you for your continued
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How to "Cheat" Read |
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When you were a student and told to write a paper,
you dutifully went about doing your research and
coming up with a thesis statement. Then, before
jumping into writing your magnificent paper, you
created an organizational structure, otherwise known
as an "outline."
Believe it or not, this information helps you be
a better reader of non-fiction, or factual material.
(Sorry but fiction doesn't have such organization.)
As an author of non-fiction and educator of reading,
I see about 95% or more of the published info we
read - including how-to books, magazines and
newspapers - is basically written as fleshed-out
outlines. Knowing this means you can get the
"meat" or main ideas by reading just the outline.
So where is the outline? It is located in:
- the first few paragraphs or introduction,
- the last few paragraphs or conclusion,
- headings, and most importantly
- THE FIRST SENTENCE OF EVERY PARAGRAPH.
In addition, there is other info to be found in
pictures, captions, bullet points, and bold and
italics print. But if you want to get the main ideas
quickly, read just the first sentences of
paragraphs and see what you find. You will
be pleasantly surprised how much info you can pick
up by "cheat" reading!*
* Use "cheat" reading as:
- a weeding tool to decide whether or not you
even want to read something.
- an introduction to the reading - once you
know the outline, you will know where the
reading is going and where you want to spend
your time.
- a review when you think you need to re- read
- cheat read instead.
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Rev It Up Reading Is Coming to Town |
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We are extremely excited about our ability to
offer reading skills training to the general public.
Starting in April, we will hold half-day LIVE
training classes in the following locations:
- April 7 - Norwood, MA
- April 8 - Boston, MA
- April 26 - Hartford, CT
- May 25 - Atlanta, GA
- June 15 - New York City, NY
You pay less when you register 30 days prior to
the course date and/or if you bring a friend!
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Upcoming No-Fee Classes
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Beyond Overload Teleclass on May 18 OR 19 and
Barnes and Noble Online University 6 week session
"Speed Reading: Read More In Less Time" starting
March 6.
Find out more.... |
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