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Razor Sharp Memory for Greater Productivity and Effectiveness  

 

Introduction

Developing a razor sharp memory is achievable and attainable by everyone. Age or any other factor does not hinder you. Having an excellent memory will make you more productive and effective within your organisation. You can remember anything and everything that you want, if you know how it is done.

If you think about it, practically half of our life is based on trying to remember something that we should do or should have done or something that we have to do. This is a tedious process and a major hindrance to productivity. Despite the fact that we have many audio-visual aids to help us remember - these are unreliable as compared to our hidden potential to remember with the limitless power of your mind. 

Course Objectives

In this workshop you will learn how you can customise the various memory enhancement techniques to help you remember your work schedule, project management and day to day organisation of your office. You will notice that with a little commitment and having a right mental attitude, you will easily be able to remember all the major categories of information in your office and as an added bonus in your personal life.

The techniques taught are very similar to learning how to ride a bicycle. You need to actually practise before you can see any development in yourself. But the ultimate end result is that you will be able to remember if you try. The memory techniques taught will help to:

• Enhance the memory power for personal effectiveness
• Increase the retention power and absorption power to improve work performance
• Develop the ability to retain and recall names, facts, faces and figures
• Improve relationships and rapport building through the abilities to remember important customers and clients.

There are five levels of memory enhancements and these are progressive. This workshop will bring you to level three of the technique.

You will have grasped the fundamental aspects of developing a razor sharp memory to apply them in remembering whatever they want with a little bit of practice and confidence on their part. This is a hard-skills workshop and therefore results are guaranteed. The only people who might not gain from this are those who choose not to practise and make the necessary commitment.
 

Course Outline

Day 1
• The Brain and the Mind
• Memory Competency Test
• Developing the Power of Observation
• Level 1: Forming Creative Sentences
• Applying Level 1 in the office environment
• Level 2: Visual Association
• Practice on Level 2
• Adaptation of Level 1 and 2 in the Office
• Using Level 2 – for remembering ‘To Do’ List
• Other uses of Level 2 and practice

Day 2
• Level 3: Numerical Pegging system
• Using Level 3 to remember – telephone numbers and complex information
• Using Level 3 to remember passwords
• Adapting the three levels to remember anything we want
• Remembering chunks of information
• Creating your very own unique Pegging from 1 to 100
• Testing your Peg to remembering information
• Practice and more practice

Methodology
This is a highly interactive and competency based workshop and participants will be frequently asked to participate and checked upon their level of competency in the application of the technique taught.  

Trainer(s)

Mr Theyagu, Daniel

Mr Daniel Theyagu is a management consultant cum performance evaluator with 15 years experience. He has designed and conducted customised training for more than 50 organizations which range from small and medium enterprise to Multi-National Corporation. A humorous and innovative trainer - Mr Theyagu is well known for the usage of metaphors and story telling to simplify difficult concepts to be easily understood.

His area of specialty includes the following:
- Leadership and Learning Organization
- Creative Thinking
- Proactive Thinking Strategies
- Emotional Intelligence
- Conflict Resolution
- Team Building
- Speed Reading and Memory Enhancement
- Competency-based Training

He is the author of the following books:
- Making Memory Work For You
- Developing True Leadership Potential - co-author
- Guide to Success without Tears or Fears

Who Should Attend

Frontline Officers, Financial Planners, Directors, Public Relations Officer, Customer Relations Officers, etc.  

Course Details

Date:

19 to 20 November 2009 

Time:

9:00am to 5:00pm 

Venue:

NTU@one-north campus, Executive Centre 

Closing Date:

5 November 2009 

Fee:

Standard: SGD$590   Alumni: SGD$472   Group (3 & Above): SGD$531

 

Registration fees inclusive of:

  • Course materials

  • Light refreshments

  • Lunch

  • Complimentary parking (1 entry/day) - applicable at NTU@one-north campus only.

  • Prevailing GST

Online Registration

>> CLICK HERE to Register Online

 

Methods of Payment

1. Credit Card (Visa and Mastercard only)

2. Cheque made payable to Nanyang Technological University

3. Invoice to Company (for Company Sponsored Participants)

4. E-invoice (for Government Organizations)

Cancellation & Refund Policy

Written notification to cce@ntu.edu.sg or fax: (+65) 6774 2911 at least 10 days before course commencement

No cancellation charges
(Full refund)

Written notification within 4 – 9 days before course commencement

50% of course fees
(50% refund)

Written notification within 3 days before course commencement

100% of course fees
(No refund)

 

 

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