How to Study Effectively Program Secrets of an Information Athlete 24

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Jonathan Kemp
Creator of SmartWisdom
How to Study Effectively
Secrets of an Information Athlete
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Copyright © J Kemp 2011. All rights reserved.
Program
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1. Module 1 – Background
2. Module 2 – A solid base to work from
3. Module 3 – Strategy
4. Module 4 - Example of optimising a process
5. Module 5 – Planning for reports, presentations, exams
6. Module 6 – Thank you
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1
• 20
Mobiles
Valuable session
• Take what you like and leave the rest
• Take away 1 thing – great!
• Take away 2 things – brilliant!!
Background
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SmartWisdom 2
®
Some clients
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SmartWisdom 2
®
SmartWisdom® - Advanced Knowledge Management technique
• Advanced Note-Taking & Advanced Planning
Background
• 17 years development
• 12 years training clients in blue chip companies
Scientific underpinning (2008 – 2010)
• Two studies by a team of cognitive neuroscientists
• Results submitted and published in two peer reviewed scientific journals
• 20% improvements in performance
Competitive edge for experienced professionals
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Program
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4. Module 4 – Example of optimising a process
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What is all of this really about?
1)) Studyy Skills
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No
2) Information Skills for learning and work
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Yes
3) Result
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Increase yyour effectiveness when learning
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Up skill you for the work place
Give you a competitive edge in life
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What is the secret of learning?
1)) Natural intelligence
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Yes / No
2) Combination = success anywhere
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Strategy
Focus
Process
Skills
Network
3) Understanding some core concepts
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Brain
Information / Knowledge
Life principles
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Understanding some core concepts
How the brain works
1) Memory – some structural facts!!
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After 48 hours
After 1 week
After 1 month
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How information and knowledge
g work
1) Key barriers to understanding
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Terminology
Structure
2) Obtain real and validated understanding
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Manipulate
p
the information
Personalise the information
3) Critical to realise, Once ‘understood’
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Does not = memory!!!!
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Terminology
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A job
j b came in
i for
f kiting,
kiti
a couple
l off kknown
IC1 blaggers. First of all they needed a few
woodies and a skipper. Before spinning the
drum a couple of tugs were made outside,
nothing of interest though.
Lunch + 5
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30 [end
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Police terminology
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A piece of work (a job) came in for cheque fraud
(kiting), a couple of known white (IC1) armed
robbers (blaggers). First of all they needed a few
constables (woodies) and a sergeant (skipper).
Before searching (spinning) the house (drum) a
couple of stop and searches (tugs) were made
outside, nothing of interest though.
Lunch + 5
30 [end
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Program
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4. Example of optimising a process
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Strategy
1) What is the end goal
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Grade A, B, C..
First, 2.1…
What ever you aim for you get (or less)
2) Be really clear and specific – Raise the game
3)) Commit
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Share it with someone you respect
Set up a reward (which you stick to!!!)
4) Why is this so critical when learning?
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Amount of effort / training
The team you choose
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Strategy
Understanding the nature of success
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Can not guarantee success
Can guarantee
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Greatly increase the probability of success
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Some keyy principles for managing
g g information
1) Pareto Principal
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Program
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Process
Identifying
y g and understanding
g process is power
At university / college
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Lectures
Revision
Reports
Presentations
Group work
Exams
Dissertation
The trick is to break down
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Break down the activity
Identify the component parts
Improve performance within each component part
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Lecture process (Information event) – Three stages
1) Prep
2) Event
3) Review
(lecture)
Investment
Time & Money
Issues:
Too busy
Solution:
Pre read:
Pareto:
Strategy:
1) Barriers x 2
2) C
Comprehension
h
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Manipulate:
Memory capacity
T busy
Too
b
Review:
20 / 80
20 / 80
Choose subject
Choose subject.
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Lecture process – Stage 1) Prep
1) Prep
2) Event
3) Review
(lecture)
Investment
Time & Money
Issues:
Too busy
Solution:
Pre read:
Pareto:
Strategy:
1) Barriers x 2
2) C
Comprehension
h
i
Manipulate:
Memory capacity
T busy
Too
b
Review:
20 / 80
20 / 80
Choose subject
Choose subject.
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Lecture process – 1) Optimise preparation
Core information skill – Efficient Reading
g / Searching
g
Tip 1) Use a guide – to check detail
China is experiencing one of the fastest growth rates in the
world. The coastal regions have seen the greatest growth,
Tip 2) Use a guide – to scan
China is experiencing one of the fastest growth rates in the
world. The coastal regions have seen the greatest growth,
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Using A Guide
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Tip 3) Use your usual pen / pencil
• Not a highlighter
Advantages
• Increases speed
• Enhances immediate focus
• Helps with concentration over time
• Useful for marking text
• Proactive
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The trick when reading is to be ‘Proactive’
Tip 4) Pre reading – we are on a mission is to identify
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Structure, Terminology
Tip 5) To gain overview (= structure) need to read
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Front and rear
Introductions and conclusions
Headings, bullets, highlights and graphics
Tip 6) Focus is ‘Searching’ for Information of interest
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Do not highlight
Mark off at end of line / diagram:
X = important
XT = new terminology
XQ = question
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Lecture process – Stage 2) Event
1) Prep
2) Event
3) Review
(lecture)
Investment
Time & Money
Issues:
Too busy
Solution:
Pre read:
Pareto:
Strategy:
1) Barriers x 2
2) C
Comprehension
h
i
Manipulate:
Memory capacity
T busy
Too
b
Review:
20 / 80
20 / 80
Choose subject
Choose subject.
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The Team – The Network
Find students
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Similar outlook to yours
Have similar goals
Are better than you
Greatest resources
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Ideas and insights
Guaranteed source of satisfaction
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Helping your team
Helping strugglers
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Methods for managing knowledge
During
g Meeting
Two key differences between note-taking and SmartWisdom
Activities and Results
School Note-Taking
SmartWisdom
General
Listening / Analysing
Listening / Analysing
1) Actual point
of recording
Primary focus
Accurate data capture
Analyse
Validate
Personalise
2) Output
'Dead Knowledge'
Unlikely to use 'real time'
20%
'Live Knowledge'
1) Access to 1 hr
2) Use 'Real time'
3) Look for gaps
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How SmartWisdom® gives you a competitive edge (Knowledge Harvesting)
Step 1:
Original Knowledge (no need for any prior Introduction)
Input
There is
Th
i a need
d ffor 1
15 new advisors
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to visit
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clients and make presentations.
Step 2:
Remove all superfluous Knowledge
Unpack
There is a need for 15 new advisors to visit
Step 3:
Break down all remaining Knowledge into single units
Unpack
How SmartWisdom gives you a competitive edge (Knowledge Harvesting)
®
Step 3:
Unpacked
clients and make presentations
presentations.
Step 4:
Repack the knowledge as you hear it (New users)
Repack
Step 5:
Benefit
13% improvement
in comprehension
Immediately reorganise the Knowledge the repack (Experienced users)
Manipulate
& Repack
(Skip No 4)
Benefit
20% improvement
in comprehension
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SmartWisdom® - Integrated questioning technique
Original
Knowledge
Benefits
Step 5:
Manipulated
& Repacked
Step 6:
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• 20% improvement
in comprehension
Q1
• 13 potential questions
Use the 3 Proactive SmartWisdom ‘Knowledge Questions’
Q1) Navigate
What is (could ___ be) ___ all about?
Q2) Explore
Can (could) you tell me more about ___?
Q3) Discover
Apart from ___, what other ___ ideas / issues / ___ are there?
Copyright © J Kemp
2011. All rights
reserved
Copyright © J Kemp
2010. All rights
reserved
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Your final ‘Knowledge Base’ will look like this
(page 25)
Very Important:
1) 100% accuracy
2) Harvest all
relevant detail
3) Harvest exact
words used
4) 1 hr lecture /
meeting on
3/4 – 1 page
6) Revisit After 1
year in 10 - 15
seconds with
90+ % recall
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Lecture process – Stage 3) Review
1) Prep
2) Event
3) Review
(lecture)
Investment
Time & Money
Issues:
Too busy
Solution:
Pre read:
Pareto:
Strategy:
1) Barriers x 2
2) C
Comprehension
h
i
Manipulate:
Memory capacity
T busy
Too
b
Review:
20 / 80
20 / 80
Choose subject
Choose subject.
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Lecture process – 3) Optimise Reviews
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Reviews are crucial
Timing
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Same day
24 hour hours
Duration
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5 -10 mins
Proactive
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Highlight key structure
Highlight key points
You may need to be strategic
Lunch + 5
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Self evaluation
Benefits
e e ts
• Self awareness
• Independence
• Power
ACTIVITY
DATE
EST.
ACTUAL
START FINISH
TIME
TIME
Lunch + 5
ISSUES / IDEAS / IMPROVE
30 [end
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Lecture process – 3) Optimise Reviews
If you want to be really, really strategic:
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Choose 1 / 2 subjects
Start creating revision notes from day 1
Optimum revision notes require you to manipulate the information
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Q and A - Terminology
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Trick is to create focus - set targets (content and time)
Q and A - Content
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Trick is to create focus - set targets (content and time)
Lunch + 5
30 [end
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Optimise revision - Q and A on Terminology
Information Athlete T raining Program
E) T erminology Dictionary
Reason: 2 barriers to understanding new information: 1) Terminology, 2) Structure
Word
Definition
Example
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Optimise revision - Q and A on Content
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Program
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SmartWisdom and Reports
®
Example question
• Report on the outlook of the
Asian Cellular phone market.
Include examination of
production data, trade barriers,
technology developments and
main competitors.
Word count
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3 000 words
3,000
Margin 5%
= 150
Intro / Concl = 300
Remainder
= 2,550
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Research and references
Ref AUTHOR / INITIAL
Date of
publ.
TITLE / PUBLICATION
VOL /
EDITION
PAGE
NO(S).
PLACE OF PUBLICATION / PUBLISHER
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SmartWisdom and Presentations
®
Example
• Report on the outlook of the
Asian Cellular phone market.
Include examination of
production data, trade barriers,
technology developments and
main competitors.
Time count
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20 minutes
Margin 5%
Intro / Concl
Remainder
= 1 minute
= 1 minute each
= 17 minutes
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SmartWisdom and Exams
®
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Answering the question
• What are some of the key
y
issues to consider when
setting up a joint venture
in China
Benefits
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Validates understanding
Creates focus
Create a great str
structure
ct re
Pace myself
Pareto principle
Review ??
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Program
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Thank you
1) Copies of slides and templates
2) Feedback and any questions – respond on blog for all
3) Book on ‘Effective study skills’
4) SmartWisdom® pilots
5) Some good news…
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How to Study Effectively Program Secrets of an Information Athlete 24

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