About Us
We conduct Instructor led speed reading courses which increase comprehension, concentration, recall and retention with strategies for every kind of reading as well as writing. Programs include Learning Skills for students and Technical Reading an Writing for engineers and other professionals. Courses and seminars range from one hour to 15 hours in length. We have a summer school program for middle and high school students in Columbus, public classes in Columbus all year long and seminars and classes for organizations nationwide and internationally as we did recently in Bangkok, Thailand. More information on our website at www.advancedreading.com.
For years we have published class schedules for specific dates and times. Recently, our customers have told us that these schedules rarely match their availability. We have now begun an "on demand" scheduling process. Our schedule is simply -"classes available on YOUR schedule - anytime and anywhere". Contact us with YOUR schedule in mind. We can make it work.
How We Got Started
In 1978, some former associates from two separate nationwide franchise "speed reading" schools got together and with venture capital funding developed the Advanced Reading Concepts, Inc courseware and brand in Columbus, OH. Initially, the company focused on high school students and their parents in the Columbus, OH metro area. Within a few years, the company expanded into nationwide training classes for corporations and government agencies especially the military. In 2017 the company expanded further into government classes internationally.
The products and services we offer
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"She is able to do what she says. Just trust the process "
"I have known Bonnie for many years, and she has always taken extreme pride in helping her clients..."
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"I have known Bonnie for many years, and she has always taken extreme pride in helping her clients to read faster and more effectively. Bonnie loves to help people."
Products & Services
Speedreading Plus(TM) Learning Skills for students - prepare for SAT & ACT tests and reach your educational goals. Speedreading Plus(TM) Technical...
Students and adults are required to take tests for college or graduate school admission (SAT, ACT, GRE, GMAT, etc) and professionals are required ...
Increase your performance on higher education admissions tests as well as professional licensing exams.
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"I've known Bob for several decades. Nobody does time management training better. "
"Professional and down to earth."
Recent Activity
Bob from Advanced Reading Concepts Speedreading Plus(TM) dba: - Speedreading & More Answered this on February 11, 2022
I'm with you, Julian.
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I'm with you, Julian.
Bob from Advanced Reading Concepts Speedreading Plus(TM) dba: - Speedreading & More Answered this on October 21, 2021
"do unto others" - would you like to be the one that exposed Grandpa to COVID and he died? Be sensible everyone. We can beat this. Get vaccinated and/or wear a mask and social distance.
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"do unto others" - would you like to be the one that exposed Grandpa to COVID and he died? Be sensible everyone. We can beat this. Get vaccinated and/or wear a mask and social distance.
Bob from Advanced Reading Concepts Speedreading Plus(TM) dba: - Speedreading & More Answered this on January 20, 2021
Unfortunately almost never. Coming off the worst year in our 40 year history, we undertook a top to bottom review of our expenses, both fixed and variable. We found items that we had no idea when or why we were paying for them. Some were even recurring items charged on company charge cards or...
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Unfortunately almost never. Coming off the worst year in our 40 year history, we undertook a top to bottom review of our expenses, both fixed and variable. We found items that we had no idea when or why we were paying for them. Some were even recurring items charged on company charge cards or on direct pay from our bank. As we move to review and remove some expense items we find that is not as easy to accomplish as it should be. Moral to our story is not to let it happen again and for any small business, be very careful about giving any supplier recurring access to a charge card or your bank account. If you have to write a check or authorize a payment every month it will make it easier to take control of your expenses.
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Bob from Advanced Reading Concepts Speedreading Plus(TM) dba: - Speedreading & More Answered this on December 09, 2020
Like many of you, 2020 has not been a good year (understatement) for our business. We just completed a review of our expenditures for the last few months. Horrors! We have found expenses and even recurring expenses (automatic deductions each month) that are not supporting our current...
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Like many of you, 2020 has not been a good year (understatement) for our business. We just completed a review of our expenditures for the last few months. Horrors! We have found expenses and even recurring expenses (automatic deductions each month) that are not supporting our current activities and some that we don't even remember why we have them at all. We are making the 2021 resolution to much more closely monitor our expenses, cancel expenses that are of no value, and put controls on any new (especially recurring expenses) expenditures. Based on a review of a few months of expenses, we have already identified well over $1,000 of expenses to eliminate.
Bob from Advanced Reading Concepts Speedreading Plus(TM) dba: - Speedreading & More Answered this on May 27, 2020
We conduct classes primarily in our client's facilities. We would need to rearrange room tables, chairs and instructor space to create the necessary social distancing. We would also need to reduce our class sizes by 50 percent and monitor the health/temperature of every student (teen, adult,...
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We conduct classes primarily in our client's facilities. We would need to rearrange room tables, chairs and instructor space to create the necessary social distancing. We would also need to reduce our class sizes by 50 percent and monitor the health/temperature of every student (teen, adult, professional) at each class and look at the face mask issue and student materials issues. None of the above is a major hurdle but of concern to us as brand new issues. And, perhaps a bigger is is whether our clients will even allow in-person classes. These are really tough times for our 40 year old company.
Bob from Advanced Reading Concepts Speedreading Plus(TM) dba: - Speedreading & More Answered this on April 25, 2020
We teach in-person group training classes. Our revenue $0 for the foreseeable future. Applied for the disaster loan. May look at a Go Fund me. Beginning to look at virtual classes but need $ for equipment. Never had anything like this in 40 years in business.
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We teach in-person group training classes. Our revenue $0 for the foreseeable future. Applied for the disaster loan. May look at a Go Fund me. Beginning to look at virtual classes but need $ for equipment. Never had anything like this in 40 years in business.
Bob from Advanced Reading Concepts Speedreading Plus(TM) dba: - Speedreading & More Answered this on March 20, 2020
Our business involves getting groups together for training. We are really worried about our summer school program were we co-op with local school systems. If they eliminate their summer school program entirely, about 30 percent of our yearly revenue is at risk. Our other major revenue source is...
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Our business involves getting groups together for training. We are really worried about our summer school program were we co-op with local school systems. If they eliminate their summer school program entirely, about 30 percent of our yearly revenue is at risk. Our other major revenue source is the government and with the ban on groups these clients are not able to schedule training classes. Just this morning we began to explore virtual training.
Bob from Advanced Reading Concepts Speedreading Plus(TM) dba: - Speedreading & More Answered this on February 19, 2020
Advanced Reading Concepts have been around for over 40 years. We conduct Speedreading classes for students, corporate and non-profit organizations and the US Military. The main way that people find us is word of mouth from former clients. We try to prime the pump with networking events, some...
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Advanced Reading Concepts have been around for over 40 years. We conduct Speedreading classes for students, corporate and non-profit organizations and the US Military. The main way that people find us is word of mouth from former clients. We try to prime the pump with networking events, some social media and email marketing. All of those help but I still think WOM is the key. Being a niche business has benefit of little direct competition but the obvious con is the reality of a small market.
Bob from Advanced Reading Concepts Speedreading Plus(TM) dba: - Speedreading & More Answered this on January 01, 2020
We expected a flat year but a spike in our government business gave us over 10 percent increase in revenue. B2B business down, B2C business up a little.
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We expected a flat year but a spike in our government business gave us over 10 percent increase in revenue. B2B business down, B2C business up a little.
Bob from Advanced Reading Concepts Speedreading Plus(TM) dba: - Speedreading & More Answered this on August 10, 2019
Try an out of body - mind experience. Assume an alter-ego persona even for a few minutes to get used to it. Or, try a glass of wine before encounters with potential customers. Seriously, be yourself. Many potential customers would rather do business with you than a slap-on-the-back clown.
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Try an out of body - mind experience. Assume an alter-ego persona even for a few minutes to get used to it. Or, try a glass of wine before encounters with potential customers. Seriously, be yourself. Many potential customers would rather do business with you than a slap-on-the-back clown.
