I have the Photoreading course, but I haven't dedicated the time to learning it yet. I plan to do that during the summer months when my workload slows down a bit.
From the Learning Strategies website:
"The concept of "mentally photographing" printed materials has been around since the turn of the century. The problem was that only a small percentage of the population could do it, and they didn't know how to teach it to any one else. That's where Learning Strategies Corporation came in.
In 1985, at the challenge of IDS/American Express, Paul Scheele, a cofounder of Learning Strategies Corporation, studied people who could do this-input information and then gain access to it. Using his expertise in neuro-linguistic programming-which we'll talk about later-he determined how people could do this and he developed a program to teach everyone to get the same results. In January 1986 the first classes were presented to the public. In March 1986 the first classes were presented in a Fortune 500 company. In May 1986 Learning Strategies Corporation became licensed as a Private Vocational School by the Minnesota Department of Education. The course is now taught around the world and is available through a self-study program."
History of PhotoReading (an alternative to speed reading)
The Introductory Session (1 hour, 23 min) is available for listening online:
PhotoReading Free
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