The Corporate Educator Launches Online Speed Reading Course

November 18, 2008

The Corporate Educator LLC announced today the launch of the first of its kind eLearning course in speed reading.  This course delivers proven techniques to improve a reader’s reading speed and comprehension in a user-friendly online environment. 

Titled “Rev It Up Reading: Getting Up to Speed with What You Read,” the course is now available 24/7 at www.RevItUpReading.com and just in time for holiday gift giving and New Year’s resolutions.

The course is delivered in three one-hour modules.  Although a learner can do all three modules at one time, most will log in and out as time allows.  Included with the course is the eBook 10 Days to Faster Reading, which learners will use along with other materials for timed reading exercises where the results are tracked on a personal progress chart.

Rev It Up Reading is the brainchild of Abby Marks Beale, principal of The Corporate Educator.  Marks Beale is a noted speaker and the author of several publications including “The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Speed Reading”,  “10 Days to Faster Reading”, and “Success Skills: Strategies for Study and Lifelong Learning”.  She has taught speed reading for over 20 years and has experience with online learning through a three year stint with Barnes and Noble University teaching “Speed Reading: Read More in Less Time”, a course created and designed by Marks Beale using her book 10 Days to Faster Reading.
 
“Using the analogy of a stick shift with five-gears, many readers are stuck in first or second gear.  Mostly it’s because they haven’t been taught how to get into the higher gears.” explains Marks Beale.  “This course is for anyone who wants to tool up their reading abilities or just feel more confident and competent.  It will help any reader reach their reading potential, which includes the ability to use all five gears.  In the end, it becomes the reader’s choice in what gear they choose to read.” 

“Rev It Up Reading: Getting Up to Speed with What You Read” is a simple to use interactive journey that takes the reader through a step-by-step process to increase reading speed and comprehension, as well as reading confidence and competence.  The course includes the solid tips for effectively and efficiently conquering even the tallest of reading piles.  Marks Beale has created a short introduction to the course available on YouTube (enter 347781 in the search box)  or through her website (www.RevItUpReading.com) on the Online Course page.  The course is a perfect gift for busy students and business professionals who want to improve their reading skills both on paper and on-screen.

The unique piece to this course is the ability to “raise one’s hand” and email Marks Beale with questions without ever leaving the course.  Additionally, each participant is automatically signed up for a comprehensive follow up program sent via email that encourages them to put the techniques they learned to work in their everyday life.

“We decided to partner with Meet And Train, an online course development and learning management provider, to develop ‘Rev It Up Reading: Getting Up to Speed With What You Read’ because of their experience and their ability to deliver a complete eLearning solution for The Corporate Educator.” says Marks Beale. “It has been a pleasure working with the team and I am thrilled with the results.”

“In addition to retail availability through www.RevItUpReading.com, we plan to approach our larger corporate clients for enterprise deployment on their Learning Management Systems (LMS)” explains Matt Crowshaw, principal of Meet And Train. “After all, our approach can double productivity by the ability to efficiently manage and comprehend the mountain of information that overwhelms and frustrates the typical knowledge worker.”

Abby Marks Beale is the founder of The Corporate Educator www.TheCorporateEducator.com and Rev It Up Reading www.RevItUpReading.com.  She specializes in helping busy people work smarter, faster and just plain better.  Since 1988, Marks Beale has developed well-received, content-rich training and speaking programs that reduce workplace stress through the knowledge of skills.

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Rev It Up Reading is a subsidiary of The Corporate Educator. Since 1988, we have been teaching faster, more effective reading to busy professionals, educators and students in a wide variety of corporations, associations and schools. We offer speaking services, on-site and online training programs, teleclasses, books and audio recordings about how to manage any reading workload and how to read better and faster. ALL of our training is practical and immediately useful to your life and work.