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New Seminar
Pitman Training Holborn are
now offering a brand new
SpeedWriting seminar. Turn over
for more details.
Holborn, Notting Hill, Manchester and Croydon
Events..
Calling all London Diploma Students As a student of Pitman Training you are entitled to
receive a student oyster card for use during the
duration of your diploma study, Speak to a Trainer
for more information.
On the 25th September we will be
holding two cake sales for our students!
Cakes will be in abundance at both the
Trainer
Holborn and Croydon centres so take
a break from the studying and enjoy our
homemade cakes. Look out for offerings
from Paul’s Bakery and Sainsbury’s!
The cake sales aim to raise money for
the charity Shaw Trust.
TIPS
When you are taking notes from the dictations
( or in real situations) the best is to use the
notepad just one facer and when the notepad is
finished turnover and start the other face, so
they don’t lose time turning around the pages or
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Vanessa,
Notting Hill Trainer
If you are completing the typaz course at home
on your laptop, remember that you will be using
a full sized keyboard for your validation test. It is
a good idea to get some practice in on our
August proved to be a great month for the Notting
Hill centre—75% of exams sat were awarded the
mark of distinction. Congratulations to the Notting
Hill students and Trainers! All your hard work paid
off last month and we hope to see another
successful month in September.
keyboards before you come in for the test.
Holborn Trainers
You are never fully dressed for an interview
without a smile!
Heather-Ann
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New Seminar
SpeedWriting
Pitman Training’s one day SpeedWriting Course is an intensive seminar designed to help you understand the
SpeedWriting process, giving you the foundation skills that will enable you to practice and develop your
speed after the seminar in your own time.
Course Content
In one day of tutor led training, you’ll work through the following areas: Silent letters and vowels, phonetics and prefixes, exercises and
dictation practice Prefixes continued, use of subscript and superscript, exercises and dictation practice Suffixes, exercises and dictation
practice, dictation passages. Once you’ve attended this course you will be eligible to take an exam leading towards a widely recognised
Pitman Training Certificate.
Who Should Take This One Day SpeedWriting Course?
The one day SpeedWriting Course is suitable for anyone who wants to know the theory of SpeedWriting and be able to write up to 40
words per minute. It’s especially ideal for those who are short of time, as well as those who prefer to learn in a classroom style
environment. If you’d prefer to learn SpeedWriting in your own time, why not try our self-paced SpeedWriting Course. This course
allows you to brush up on your SpeedWriting at times to suit you, either from home or at one of our training centres in London
(Holborn, Notting Hill, Croydon) and Manchester.
Pitman Training’s one day SpeedWriting Course takes place on a selection of dates throughout the year.
The next seminar takes place in the High Holborn Centre on Thursday 24th October 2013.
Speak to a Course Advisor for more information.
Heather Baker
Creator of BakerWrite SpeedWriting
What gave you the idea to come up with Speed Writing?
About 10 years ago I was asked to teach speedwriting but only had shorthand. As the organisation
couldn’t find anyone else, they asked me if I could study a system and so teach it. When I
researched the various existing systems I found that, although the basics were good, the advanced
aspects were quite complex and not easy to read back. I wondered why nobody had created a
system based on shorthand techniques and so tried to find one. Nobody had and so I created
BakerWrite, tested it and found it to be very popular.
I then had my book published and shortly afterwards the system was taken up by Pitman Training.
How do you yourself use Speedwriting and who else can benefit from the method?
I use it when I’m on the phone, in meetings and for my “to do” lists. Anyone who has to take notes,
make lists, do interviews, write articles, etc can benefit.
Do you have any handy tips for our students currently studying SpeedWriting?
My main tip for all BakerWrite speedwriters is to do something every day; just never give up. Also,
always keep your writing small and close together and don’t press too hard.
60 seconds with...Angie Lewis (Training Team Leader in Croydon)
1)How long have you worked at Pitman Training? Since July 2013
2) What do you like most about your job? What I really enjoy about this role is
the difference we can make to students lives. By listening to their dreams and aspirations
we can advise on their CV, interview techniques and general guidance on how to get
where they want to go. I love meeting the different personalities that come through the
door and hearing in a lot of cases all about their lives.
Team
3) Favourite…
a) Course? Social Media
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b) Film? Colour Purple
c) Place in the world? Jamaica/India
4) Apple or Samsung? Apple
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This month we say goodbye
to Notting Hill’s Training
Team Leader, Jo. Jo will be
putting her skills developed
through the Exec PA
diploma into practice as she
joins Barclays Bank as a PA.
We wish her all the best for
the future. Good luck Jo!
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