Participant feedback

The merits of Improved Reading are obvious. Firstly, it demonstrates that we are all capable of far more efficient reading skills than those we have learned or are consciously aware of. Secondly, it uses training methods that impart these skills in a very short time. I’m going to try and get my children using these techniques early enough.”
Steven Hondelink, Deutsche Bank AG, Frankfurt (Germany)

“I have been conducting research into training concepts for more efficient reading techniques at our society for many years and can confirm that the methods used in the Improved Reading course reflect our latest research findings. Course participants learn skills that by far surpass the reading efficiency attained after conventional advanced reading courses!"
Dr. Karl-Heinz Plochberger, Board Member, Sir Karl Popper Society, Vienna (Austria)

"The average effective reading rate achieved was a factor of 3.3 above the initial levels. This proved to all participants the astounding enhancement of their reading capabilities this programme can enable them to achieve.”
Thomas Neufing, Training Co-ordinator, OSCE Headquarters, Vienna (Austria)

“I took the course a while ago and I can now say that my reading habits have definitely changed…”
"... I’m really glad that I’ve been able to integrate many of the techniques that I learned in the course in my reading activities. Recently, I’ve been reading books faster but more thoroughly than I would have done before the course. I’ve also been using skimming and scanning techniques to identify important chapters or passages that I needed to read in depth. I’m putting the things I learned in the course to practical use. It’s great.
Thanks very much!”
Thomas Westermann, Civilian Conscript

Anonymous feedback

“I’ve talked to several participants and they thought the course was fantastic. The trainer kept everyone motivated, gave us all individual help and made us feel comfortable. Everyone attending the course more than doubled their effective reading rate and they’re proud of what they’ve achieved. They’ll be able to apply many of the techniques learned in their day-to-day work."
Course at Berenberg Bank 

“It’s a long time since I’ve attended a course that’s as professional as this one. The trainer was excellent.”
“The course provided some amazing insights into personal reading skills – the fact that the faster you read the better you can concentrate, for instance. The trainer conducted the course very professionally.”
Deutsche Telekom course

“It was a weekend packed with information, exercises and more exercises. It sounds like hard work, but it was actually good fun and very interesting.
At the end of the weekend, you go home exhausted wondering whether you’ll be able to maintain your effective reading rate improvement outside the course environment. I can now tell you that the answer to this question is yes. Two weeks after the course, I’m still chunking and even though it doesn’t seem like I’m reading faster, I’m definitely getting through more material and absorbing just as much information, if not more. I can definitely recommend this course to all civilian conscripts and people from all walks of life."
L.F., Civilian Conscript from Berlin

“Change is possible.”
"Simple tips and tricks that make a big difference."
"You can still make some big improvements on a skill that people tend to 'take for granted.’”
"They show you that faster reading doesn’t have a negative effect on comprehension."
"Reading faster DOESN’T mean you remember less => Confidence in a higher effective reading rate!!"
“You can achieve fast improvements with simple techniques.”
Deutsche Bank course

"It was an excellent course that kept me focused and concentrated during the ‘lunchtime lull’."
"A very interesting course, great exercises, opportunities to practice what we’d learned and it was great to see the progress we were making!"
Landesbank Hessen-Thüringen course

"I never expected this kind of an improvement.”
“It motivated me to read texts that I don’t even like. And it was interesting to find out that reading rate and reading efficiency aren’t incompatible.”
Federal Agency for Occupational Safety and Industrial Medicine (BAuA), Dortmund

“It's always astounding to learn how important these soft skills courses are as a means of structuring and communicating 'obvious' knowledge.”
Course at SAP Germany, Walldorf

"The course has a great atmosphere, a targeted concept and modules that build on each other. All of us significantly improved our effective reading rates."
"The course took place over four months ago but I often catch myself deliberately trying to read at a faster rate so that I can concentrate better and remember more content. I think that the course was very helpful and that follow-up workshops and refresher courses are a great idea.”
P.S., Civilian Conscript from Potsdam-Mittelmark

"The refresher course focused on practical applications at work again. I can definitely recommend a refresher course as a follow-up to the basic course.
WGZ Bank