Center for Lifelong Learning

I loved this class! The material Dr Giuliano teaches is not a gimmick. It really works.
At the end of class, we had 30 minutes to read a book. Mine was 367 pages. I got through 340 pages and took notes. I’m not saying I got as much out of the book as I would have had I spent several days reading the book, but I did get a lot out of it; way more than I would have ever expected. And that was only a few hours after learning a brand new skill. It’s truly a new paradigm for approaching reading.
I can only imagine after a couple of months of practicing this new skill and becoming more proficient with it how much faster and better I’ll be at reading. Knowledge is power and speed-​reading gives you the ability to acquire much more knowledge. It’s like a super-​power.
Dr Giuliano himself is awesome. He’s kind, caring, and very open-​minded. It felt really good to be around him.
So, this class was one of the best values I’ve come across in my life. And no, no one paid me or encouraged me to write this review. You owe it to yourself to take this class. Seriously.

Finally decided to give speed reading a try and I can’t believe I’ve waited so long. The class has surpassed all my expectations, thanks to the amazing instructor and his fun teaching style. Jackie was really great at keeping the class entertaining and easy to follow. I feel that the information presented is invaluable and will most likely prove to be life-​changing. I especially liked Jackie’s way of approaching learning in general, encouraging people to be open minded about what our incredible minds can do. The information presented kind of blew my mind and at the end of the class I already knew that my reading speed and how I approach reading in general has improved significantly. I wish I had known this information before going through grad school but oh well. Really great class!

Loved the speed reading class, very helpful! Can’t wait to continue my speed reading journey! Would highly recommend to anyone who’s curious about speed reading and would like to read faster. Definitely wish I had done this before grad school… would have made life much easier!

Great, I loved it! I took the one day workshop and am recommending it far and wide, to anyone who loves to plow through academic texts, journals, etc. I wouldn’t read Melville this way, but most of my reading is nonfiction, so I’m all in! I signed up, not due to speed issues, but absorption, focus and retention. As I practice this method, I’m not only relieved to have improved in those areas, but also very pleased with the speed improvement.

Jackie is a brilliant educator. He understands what motivates adults to learn and is skilled at organizing content and presentation in a way that makes sense and captures the learner’s attention. The content of this class works very well in a 1-​day format. The speed reading techniques he teaches are very simple and easy to learn. The most important thing is to keep an open mind! Really, the proof is in the results. My reading speed went from 325 wpm to 1200 wpm by the end of the day. The best part is my comprehension stayed the same at 60%. Invariably, you might wonder if you will still enjoy reading after beginning to speed read. I think I enjoy reading more, actually. I am more curious, and enjoy having the big picture so I can then know where to focus my energies. Once you start speed reading, you’ll never go back!

I was also taught by Dr Jackie Giuliano over a 2 day weekend course. Some of the techniques presented were useful, but there isnt really enough material to warant 2 full days of instruction. I feel like the course information could have been condensed into 1 day.\, ro with more time spent on individual coaching.
Also, the speed reading gains promised by the marketing material is disingenuous. As Jeff C pointed out in his review, students are encouraged to report that thier reading speed has at least tripled at the end of the course. However, in my class almost all students had comprehension drop dramatically using the new reading methods.

I had the pleasure of spending two days in Jackie’s Speed Reading workshop recently. At the beginning of the workshop, I tested 200 words per minute with 60 percent retention. At the end, I was reading 800 words per minute with the same retention rate. I would have been delighted had I only doubled my reading speed, but quadrupling it? I’m thrilled.
Jackie was also a pleasure to work with, a patient coach who makes learning enjoyable and brings his rich work experience — which includes a stint working at the Jet Propulsion Lab — to teaching.
Taking this workshop does present me with one problem: devouring books at four times normal speed gives me an unfair advantage over my competition. And since I’m all about collaboration over competition, my only recourse is to spread the word — take this course if you want to keep up!