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MEDIA RELEASE: February 16, 2010
For Immediate release
Georgia State University’s Robinson College of Business offers Advanced Reading Skills Course
The J. Mack Robinson College of Business at Georgia State University is partnering with Speed Reading International Inc. to offer the ExecuRead Speed Reading & Comprehension Skills training course to students and the business community in Atlanta Georgia.
“Two pilot courses were offered earlier this year to test the impact of and response to this training” says Robinson’s Executive MBA (EMBA) Program Director, Laura Crawley, Ph.D. “Our students experienced immediate results and we’ve received inquiries from Atlanta businesses about further offerings.” The pilot courses were primarily aimed at Robinson EMBA students, but also offered limited access to the Atlanta business community.
In addition to the Robinson students and faculty, future courses will be open to students and faculty from other colleges and universities and especially to the business community who are aiming to increase work productivity without incurring additional overhead costs.
“Inadequate reading, comprehension and studying skills are a major factor hampering academic and business productivity” says ExecuRead coach and president of Speed Reading International, Dr. Bruce Stewart. “With people today ..... read more
The Caylor School of Nursing at Lincoln Memorial University has commissioned an ExecuRead Speed Reading & Comprehension Skills Course for students at its Knoxville TN campus in January 2010.
The course is in Knoxville TN on Saturday 23 and Sunday 24 January from 9am to 2pm. Members of the local business community and general public interested in joining this course are welcome.
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The J Mack Robinson College of Business at Georgia State University has scheduled the ExecuRead course in Speed Reading & Comprehension Skills for its EMBA students & faculty.
And due to popular demand, an additional class is now open to the Business Community and General Public in Atlanta.
The courses will be presented at the J Mack Robinson College of Business on Fri 15 & Sat 16 Jan 2010 and will be presented by Dr Bruce Stewart, international advanced reading skills coach since 1975.
While seating preference will be given to EMBA students & faculty from the JMR College of Business, the course is open to other GSU students and to JMR Alumni and to people from the local business community and general public.
Dr Bruce Stewart, President of Speed Reading International Inc, has been awarded a 0205-Tactical Intelligence Officer “Plank” by the Warrant Officers of 1st Intelligence Battalion of the US Marine Corps at Camp Pendleton, California for his contribution to the enhancement of the intelligence analysis capabilities of the USMC. More read more
The US Marine Corps at Camp Pendleton CA has commissioned Dr Bruce Stewart to present the ExecuRead Advanced Reading Skills Course to 40 Marines from 1st Intelligence Battalion. Earlier this year, this course was presented to officers at the Pentagon and at the Special Operations Command Naval Special Warfare Development Group.
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The Business School at Lincoln Memorial University has scheduled the ExecuRead for Students course in Speed Reading & Comprehension Skills for its MBA students & faculty.
The course is to be held at the Knoxville TN campus of the LMU Business School on Sat 07 & Sun 08 November 2009 and will be presented by Dr Bruce Stewart, international advanced reading skills coach since 1975.
While seating preference will be given to LMU students & faculty, the course is open to all LMU students and to LMU Alumni, their families and to people from the local business community.
The Debusk College of Osteopathic Medicine at Lincoln Memorial University has scheduled the ExecuRead for Students course in Speed Reading & Comprehension Skills for its students & faculty.
The courses are to be held at LMU-DCOM on Sat 14 & Sun 15 November 2009 and again on Sat 21 & Sun 22 November 2009 and will be presented by Dr Bruce Stewart, international advanced reading skills coach since 1975.
While seating preference will be given to LMU students & faculty, the course is open to students from other schools & colleges and to people from the local business community.
This weekend, 14 students at GA Institute of Technology learned to read, on average, 6 times faster with increased comprehension. 3 people joined the very exclusive Top Performers Club : Kirsten Jones with a reading speed / comprehension increase of x11, Thomas Woodson with a reading speed / comprehension increase of x13 and Joel McMahon (a professor at North GA College) with a reading speed / comprehension increase of X20.
To join the Top Performers Club, participants are required to increase their reading speeds by a minimum of 10x without losing comprehension, as measured with standardized reading speed and comprehension tests, all within 10 hours of classroom-based coaching over 2 days.
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Jonathan D Hart from the College of Charleston becomes the 65th member of the ExecuRead Top Performers Club. "Best crash course in any subject that I've done" says J D Hart. "For a 10-hour course, the results are nearly priceless. The amount of time you save after the course is insane."
ExecuRead for Managers course presented to the US Naval Special Warfare Development Group.
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