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	<description>- Leadership Skills, New Thinking, New Psychology for a New Millennium</description>
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		<title>How to Max Your Brain (for Business Success)</title>
		<link>http://www.barrymapp.com/2011/02/how-to-max-your-brain-for-business-success/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Feb 2011 15:32:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barry Mapp</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here Barry Mapp talks about “How to Max Your Brain” (recorded on 3rd February in Runcorn)Video:    How to Max Your Brain Tweet This Post]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Here Barry Mapp talks about “How to Max Your Brain” (recorded on 3rd February in Runcorn)Video:    <a href="http://blip.tv/file/4763381">How to Max Your Brain</a></p>
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		<title>Pump Up your Productivity in Birmingham on March 15th (Lunchtime Workshop)</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Feb 2011 16:16:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barry Mapp</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The next Pump-Up your Productivity with Mind Mapping Workshop in Birmingham is on the 15th March at the refurbished G-Casino at Birmingham FIve WaysFull details can be found here: Tweet This Post]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>The next Pump-Up your Productivity with Mind Mapping Workshop in Birmingham is on the 15th March at the refurbished G-Casino at Birmingham FIve Ways</strong><strong>Full details can be found here:</strong><a href="http://lunchtimelearning2.eventbrite.com?ref=ebtn" target="_blank"></a><a href="http://lunchtimelearning2.eventbrite.com?ref=ebtn" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.eventbrite.com/registerbutton?eid=1270978531" border="0" alt=" Pump Up your Productivity in Birmingham on March 15th (Lunchtime Workshop)"  title="Pump Up your Productivity in Birmingham on March 15th (Lunchtime Workshop)" /></a></p>
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		<title>Phil Chambers on How he Uses Mind Mapping in his Business</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Oct 2010 17:26:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barry Mapp</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here colleague Phil Chambers talks about how he uses Mind Mapping in his business. Phil and I trained in Mind Mapping with Tony Buzan back in the mid 1990&#8242;s. Phil was also Chief Arbiter when I competed in the World Memory Championships back in 1997. Tweet This Post]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Here colleague Phil Chambers talks about how he uses Mind Mapping in his business. Phil and I trained in Mind Mapping with Tony Buzan back in the mid 1990&#8242;s. Phil was also Chief Arbiter when I competed in the World Memory Championships back in 1997.<object width="640" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/c8TPpV3Fan4?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/c8TPpV3Fan4?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="640" height="385"></embed></object></p>
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		<title>Mark Channon on Mind Mapping</title>
		<link>http://www.barrymapp.com/2010/09/mark-channon-on-mind-mapping/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Sep 2010 13:47:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barry Mapp</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Found this video today with Mark Channon (previously of the TV programme Memory Masters) talking in USA about Mind MappingMark starts off telling the audience about how he remembers numbers and then goes on to talk about Mind Mapping. Tweet This Post]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Found this video today with Mark Channon (previously of the TV programme Memory Masters) talking in USA about Mind MappingMark starts off telling the audience about how he remembers numbers and then goes on to talk about Mind Mapping.<object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" width="480" height="299" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"><param name="src" value="http://blip.tv/play/g55igc7xegI%2Em4v" /><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="480" height="299" src="http://blip.tv/play/g55igc7xegI%2Em4v" allowfullscreen="true"></embed></object></p>
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		<title>Pump Up Your Productivity with Mind Mapping</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Sep 2010 18:00:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barry Mapp</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pump Up Your Productivity with Mind Mapping (Two-hour Workshop) If you’d like to know how and why Mind Mapping (done properly) can give a boost to your Business Productivity and you live within commuting distance of Redditch then this lunchtime workshop is for you. Some studies have suggested you can get a 30% improvement in [...]]]></description>
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<h2><a title="Permanent Link to Pump Up Your Productivity with Mind Mapping" rel="bookmark" href="http://barrymapp.com/2010/07/pump-up-your-productivity-with-mind-mapping/">Pump Up Your Productivity with Mind Mapping</a> <span style="font-weight: normal;">(Two-hour Workshop)</span></h2>
<p>If you’d like to know how and why Mind Mapping (done properly) can give a boost to your Business Productivity and you live within commuting distance of Redditch then this lunchtime workshop is for you. Some studies have suggested you can get a 30% improvement in Productivity using Mind Mapping. That’s all well and good but will it work for YOU. Come on this workshop and find out.  Next date is Tuesday 12th October. Full details are here: <a href="http://sponsalislearning.eventbrite.com" target="_blank">http://sponsalislearning.eventbrite.com</a><strong>In this two-hour Mid-morning Learning Session</strong> you get to learn and try out for yourself (under the watchful eye of one of the UK’s top Mind Mapping Trainers) the business productivity tool called Mind Mapping<strong>Mind Mapping is often described as the Swiss Army Knife for the Brain</strong> as it is a seemingly simple and flexible tool for enhancing productivity.  However it’s virtually impossible to learn both correct technique and the power of its applications from reading a book (like it’s impossible to learn to ride a bike by reading a book) – this is why most business owners/managers have either never heard of it or they can’t get the hang of it.<strong>The best way to learn Mind Mapping is to have an ‘expert’ coax and coach you through it</strong>. If you can spare a long lunch break in Birmingham (free parking is available!) then we have put together this wonderful learning opportunity for you to get to understand and use this highly versatile productivity technique<strong>In this interactive session you will learn how and why Mind Mapping improves productivity in the following areas:</strong>• Planning and Preparation• Project Management• Thinking clearly and simplifying seemingly complex issues• Organising ‘Cluttered’ Thoughts• Preparing a workshop• Learning and Remembering new stuff (eg New Product Specs or New Client details)• Improving the Sales Process (Cold Calling, product info etc)• Improving Confidence• Delivering a Speech or a Biz Presentation<strong>You will also learn how to:</strong>• Differentiate Mind Maps from Spider and Bubble Diagrams and why this matters• Construct effective Mind Maps, read other people’s Mind Maps and how the Mind Mapping Principle organises the brain (and even how it can be used to organise your computer hard drive!).The meeting opens around 11.40am for registration and networking and the Mind Mapping Workshop starts at 12.10pm and finishes at 2pm (though you can stay and network till 2.30pm if you wish). Refeshments and ‘nibbles’ are available during this working workshop.<strong>Workshop Takeaways</strong>After the workshop you have immediate access to a web page with all the handouts and follow-up material available. Takeaways include practical examples where Business Owners are currently using Mind Mapping to enhance productivity across different areas of their business.See the full details here: <a href="http://sponsalislearning.eventbrite.com" target="_blank">http://sponsalislearning.eventbrite.com</a>This event is being run in partnership with <em>Sponsalis</em></div>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2010 10:12:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barry Mapp</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If you&#8217;d like to know how and why Mind Mapping (done properly) can give a boost to your Business Productivity and you live within commuting distance of Birmingham then this lunchtime workshop is for you. Some studies have suggested you can get a 30% improvement in Productivity using Mind Mapping. That&#8217;s all well and good but will it work for YOU. Come on this workshop and find out.  Next date is Wednesday 8th September at the Grosvenor Casino Birmingham Five Ways. Full details are here: <a href="http://lunchtimelearning1.eventbrite.com/">http://lunchtimelearning1.eventbrite.com/</a><strong>In this two-hour Lunchtime Learning Session</strong> you get to learn and try out for yourself (under the watchful eye of one of the UK&#8217;s top Mind Mapping Trainers) the business productivity tool called Mind Mapping<strong>Mind Mapping is often described as the Swiss Army Knife for the Brain</strong> as it is a seemingly simple and flexible tool for enhancing productivity.  However it&#8217;s virtually impossible to learn both correct technique and the power of its applications from reading a book (like it&#8217;s impossible to learn to ride a bike by reading a book) &#8211; this is why most business owners/managers have either never heard of it or they can&#8217;t get the hang of it.<strong>The best way to learn Mind Mapping is to have an &#8216;expert&#8217; coax and coach you through it</strong>. If you can spare a long lunch break in Birmingham (free parking is available!) then we have put together this wonderful learning opportunity for you to get to understand and use this highly versatile productivity technique<span style="text-decoration: underline;">In this interactive session you will learn how and why Mind Mapping improves productivity in the following areas:</span>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Planning and Preparation•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Project Management•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Thinking clearly and simplifying seemingly complex issues•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Organising &#8216;Cluttered&#8217; Thoughts•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Preparing a workshop•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Learning and Remembering new stuff (eg New Product Specs or New Client details)•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Improving the Sales Process (Cold Calling, product info etc)•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Improving Confidence•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Delivering a Speech or a Biz Presentation<strong>You will also learn how to:</strong>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Differentiate Mind Maps from Spider and Bubble Diagrams and why this matters•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Construct effective Mind Maps, read other people’s Mind Maps and how the Mind Mapping Principle organises the brain (and even how it can be used to organise your computer hard drive!).The meeting opens around 11.40am for registration and networking and the Mind Mapping Workshop starts at 12.10pm and finishes at 2pm (though you can stay and network till 2.30pm if you wish). Refeshments and &#8216;nibbles&#8217; are available during this working workshop.<strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Workshop Takeaways</span></strong>After the workshop you have immediate access to a web page with all the handouts and follow-up material available. Takeaways include practical examples where Business Owners are currently using Mind Mapping to enhance productivity across different areas of their business.See the full details here: <a href="http://lunchtimelearning1.eventbrite.com/">http://lunchtimelearning1.eventbrite.com/</a>As a special gift from us why not use the code xxxx to get a £5 discount on the booking price</p>
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		<title>Speaker at Brummies Forum June 29th</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jun 2010 17:56:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barry Mapp</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Details of the next Brummie Forum     Tuesday 29th June   12 &#8211; 2pm   Grosvenor Casino    Birmingham Five Ways(Originally Posted by Nina Slingsby on LinkedIn and copied here) The sales section of this year&#8217;s presentations is now well under way and having so far covered who and how to target, along with targeting specific markets [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Details of the next Brummie Forum     Tuesday 29th June   12 &#8211; 2pm   Grosvenor Casino    Birmingham Five Ways</strong>(Originally Posted by Nina Slingsby on LinkedIn and copied here)
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">The sales section of this year&#8217;s presentations is now well under way and having so far covered who and how to target, along with targeting specific markets in June we will cover more in-depth sales techniques.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">We will be joined by Marian Hubble who will focus on Success in Business with NLP. This will include steps to maximising sales, overcoming challenges and being the best you can.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><strong>Barry Mapp will follow with a presentation on &#8220;Mind Mapping in the Sales Process&#8221;</strong>.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">Mind Mapping has been described as the Swiss Army Knife for the Brain because it is so useful for many different brain activities and tasks. In this session Barry outlines what Mind Mapping is (and it isn’t &#8220;spider diagrams&#8221;!) and then shares examples of the usefulness of the technique in assisting the Sales Process.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">We meet at 12pm for a light lunch and networking followed by our speakers and your chance to ask questions and find out how to increase sales in your business. Event charge of £10 payable on the day but please call Karen on 0121 631 3535 or email sm_gc-birmingham@rank.com to confirm your attendance to this forum and feel free to invite along friends and colleagues to this popular networking event.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><strong> Over 18&#8242;s only and ID required (passport or driving licence) if this is your first visit to the </strong><strong>Casino</strong>.</p>
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		<title>Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-05-30</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 29 May 2010 23:08:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 May 2010 16:56:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 May 2010 16:41:02 +0000</pubDate>
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