Notes from Speed Reading Webinar

Read, Comprehension and Retain information for Technical Material

• Decide what you want to read and retain. Choose Good Books. You can plan as many subjects to read at a time as you may have ( 1 hour per day per subject) + Repetition times ( find when you can use in existing time)
• Keep Paper, Pen or other logistics suitable for reading handy
• Follow below MRP (Multiple Reading Process) -

1. Preview -  2 Mins
• Read Introduction and Summary
• Read questions if available
• Take notes to catch important phrases
2. Overview -Get Main Points - 5 Mins
• Read TOC, Heading/sub headings/bold faced words/Tips
• Read first sentence of each paragraph if article is short or no headings available
• Identify important sections where more details are required
• Add more phrases and links
3. Read using speed reading methods
• Read and recall only after section/paragraph and take short notes -key words 
• Limit 20 mins - 5 min breaks strategy
• When a diagram is referred, look at it
4. Repetition
• Read and Recall
• Create/Organize information - create question/answers, Lists, Mind Maps to revise
• Repetition using Notes spaced learning ( Try to Recall before peeking)
• Skim more articles to get general feeling of information and catching key words. Limit this to 15 minutes per session and add to existing notes or associate. More association in different ways ( doing, listening, talking, writing, reading more)
• Focus more on repetitions in mind than recreating whole notes
• Teach to others