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All about practice, precision, calibration and evaluating your own performance

By Sonya Yeh Spencer, Certified ITA NLP Trainer

Over the years we often have people asking about the “trick” to learning NLP well. I think the “trick” is to work with the way our brain codes your learning experience, creates understanding and insight into subject matter. The key to mastery is “familiarisation” of the skills that you are acquiring. This means you need to practice, practice and practice some more. In fact you need to practice in a specific way, and here is the low down, based on training and our own learning experience:
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Our training schedule is out for 2013

We have published our new course schedule for 2013. There is a quick summary of the main courses presented here, and the complete details with pricing are on our main webstore/schedule – schedule/webstore

Take advantage now of the Super Early BirdThis is where we offer a discount for a limited period of time discounts until the end of April 2013, where you can save up to $2000 on the whole combo pack to become an NLP Practitioner. Also, for only $300 you can sample our training by attending the NLP Introduction weekend, which is actually the first 2 days of the full course. So if you stay on, there is no loss; if you decide it is not for you at this time, you will have skills to take away with you your investment in the weekend.

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Level 1: NLP Introduction Weekend

The starting point, taster, start learning some new skills

  • Pre-requisite: None
  • Study Mode: 1 Weekend Face-to-face training & Skype tutorial
  • Assessment: None
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Level 2: NLP Foundations

Foundations, getting grounded, working with self

  • Pre-requisite: Level 1: Introduction to NLP
  • Study Mode: 3 Weekends Face-to-face training & Skype tutorial On-Line Learning
  • Assessment: None
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Level 3: NLP Practitioner

Working with others

  • Pre-requisite: Level 2: NLP Foundations
  • Study Mode: 4 Weekends Face-to-face training & Skype tutorial On-Line Learning
  • Assessment: Practical and Written assessments with Case Studies
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Level 1-3: NLP Practitioner Combo

  • Pre-requisite: None
  • Study Mode: 9 Weekends (Total) Face-to-face training & Skype tutorial On-Line Learning
  • Assessment: Practical and Written assessments with Case Studies
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Ready to Train: NLP Practitoner (Advanced Patterns)

Ready to Train: NLP Practitioner – Advanced Patterns
International Training Academy - ITA NLP Certifying InstituteYou might have completed your NLP Foundations and experience the powerful shifts, and realised you like to continue learning the full set of NLP Patterns and some advanced applications. Then the NLP Practitioner – Advanced Patterns is for you. This is the part two of the full NLP Practitioner qualification. You will experience real capability acceleration and if you are wanting to become a coach, you will also experience real life client sessions while been mentored by us.

This course is truly life changing and future shaping for all attendees.

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Are you a mentor, coach, human resources manager, therapist, psychologist, health practitioner, adviser, trainer, teacher, instructor, counselor, parent, consultant, healer, or provide assistance or advice, police, or you facilitate or create change in any way, shape or form to grow or develop others and yourself?

Did you know

…We are all Change Agents, because we all influence others and ourselves on a daily basis. The difference is, some make change with skill and some don’t. The ones who do it with skill are the ones who get rewarded



Do you want to influence others?

Does your profession require you to effectively and ethically influence others to change for a better future? Do you influence others in your life on a daily basis, even without a fancy title?

“NLP cannot be dismissed as just another hustle. Its theoretical underpinnings represent an ambitious attempt to codify and synthesize the insights of linguistics, body language and the study of communication systems.” ~ Psychology Today

We are all Change Agents, because we all influence others and ourselves on a daily basis. The difference is that some instigate change with themselves and others with skill, and some don’t. The ones who do it with skill and precision are the one who get the rewards.
Some people work to influence others professionally, from healing professionals to coaches, from alternative health providers to corporate consultants, from care givers to mentors. We call people who influence others for a greater outcome: “Change Agents”. You might be a Change Agent now, or in the process of transitioning yourself to become a Change Agent. When you instigate change with skill to generate a result, the outcome will be extremely rewarding on multiple levels.

“(NLP) offers the potential for making changes without the usual agony that accompanies these phenomena…Thus it affords the opportunity to gain flexibility, creativity and greater freedom of action than most of us now know…”

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NLP helps you to rapidly elevate your skill level and effectiveness to build deep rapport, heighten your awareness, reading your client’s unconscious signals, decode the hidden value and belief structure, thought patterns and much more. With NLP you can design more effective results and future oriented solutions or interventions. You will have more tools to work around blocks, resistance, hesitation or limiting beliefs, and help your staff or clients to gain deep insight. In short, you will dramatically become more effective in the art of consulting, coaching, healing, education and parenting.


Training structure was thought out efficiently and effectively, made group really think hard and pay attention to details. This made us think for ourselves to obtain better understanding and solutions without giving away the answers.     
Attended a corporate training, 2010


Why is NLP so brilliantly effective in this area?

There are many reasons, but the most prominent ones are that this particular domain (Change) compared to other areas that NLP has branched into has had:

  • The most exploration
  • The most vetting
  • The most time since NLP’s origin
  • The most modelling and discovery, and essentially
  • The most revolution
NLP Practitioner – Enhancing your abilities to assist others on all levels.

“NLP has single-handedly shaped and created the Self-Help industry. Famous motivational speakers like Anthony Robbins have their roots in NLP, and so do many others.”

NLP skills taught today are far more efficiently learned and applied than when it were back in the early exploratory days of NLP’s childhood in the 70′s and early 80′s.
This is why well known motivational speakers who were trained in NLP are so effective in transforming minds in seconds or minutes; they are using NLP on their subjects, students and viewers and have been for so long now. Unlike some of the quick NLP Trainings and large scale trainings that abound, we focus on the learning product, your experience, and bringing great practitioners into the world above everything else.

“NLP is one of the biggest breakthroughs in the technology of achievement and human excellence.”

~ Time Magazine

What makes NLP so powerfully effective?

NLP has many distinctive characteristics that makes it so powerfully effective, and here are just a few:

NLP enhances your ability to build relationships and influence with integrity
Rapport building is one of the core NLP foundations that help you create a trusting relationship with your client to instigate effective change rapidly. Have you ever been successful with others when there is no rapport or low levels of rapport? Without rapport, there will be no trust, or influence to speak of.
NLP focuses on the processes of change, not on the content
Why? Have you ever got lost in other people’s use of words, meanings and interpretations? NLP shows how your client structures their thoughts and how they assign meanings to their experiences and the conclusions they generate. You can use what seems to be endless and effective NLP processes (or patterns) to cut through the maze that is their world and get to what is important with precision.

I’ve found the increased self-awareness and self-editing processes to have much wider-reaching uses and implications than I had been expecting and have used these tools in my personal life as well as, if not more, than in my professional life. These processes and ideas were harder to learn and sometimes felt somewhat strange at the time of training, but I can definitely see the benefit of learning these new skills.
    Queenstown, NZ, 2010
NLP works with your ability to direct or redirect thinking
Have you ever met individuals, teams and leaders in an organisation who have become so stuck in their minds and thinking, which keeps them getting into the situations that cause failure? NLP will help you skillfully frame any situation and re-direct people to think in the direction that generates choices and results. By learning NLP, you will gain the skills to think on multiple levels and perspectives with clarity.
NLP develops your ability to communicate effectively
Resistance and blockages to progress can be overcome in several ways in NLP. One of the ways is using NLP to construct multi layered communications that engage the client on all levels and this bypasses conscious objections. This means you can get your message across artfully and effectively.
NLP is a must have tool if you are working with creating ecological change for yourself and others.

"Both Sonya and Mark are certainly expert trainers in the field of NLP. They are highly effective, skillful and fully of integrity. NLP tools and skills that I have gained have helped me personally and professionally. It has enhanced my capability and as a result, transforming my business. NLP really enhanced my leadership skills that provided me with immediate results.
All these changes were from the first 8 days of the course. This course is so valuable that I highly recommend to anyone who is serious about their own development and success.
I have worked with other NLP trainers, but will only recommend Sonya and Mark at Blue-Sky Transformation to you to get the Real NLP and make a difference in your life."     Vicki Sparks, Owner ConnectWorking, Australia, 2009-2010

"Mark has great knowledge and a passion for training that makes learning and changing easy. Mark and Sonya have some cool ideas that are pragmatic and effective in both business and personal development applications. Mark is humorous and dynamic in his training style. Mark and Sonya are a must for anyone wanting to change and learn in today′s turbulent climate."
      John Thompson, Managing Director and NLP Trainer, Metropolis UK, 2009

Learning Outcomes – a partial list

  • Create and design effective change interventions
  • Build your own resourcefulness to handle any situation
  • Increase your awareness to read your client’s or staff’s subtle mind and body messages
  • Create change that is congruent with skill
  • Have the flexibility to work with your clients and step into their shoes
  • Use effective NLP processes or patterns to create rapid and painless change

Fantastic, incredibly helpful, and as each day goes by, the new tools are becoming second nature.
      Attended a corporate training, 2010

Is this course for me?

For those who want to hone their skills to improve their ability to assist others with profound skills and impacts, NLP will dramatically extend and build your ability to be a effective change agent, in whatever role or industry you are in.NLP dramatically increases your ability to create choices and flexibility in managing your behaviours, states, thinking and experiences – ultimately enabling you to lead the way into a new, exciting, and compelling future.

“NLP could be the most important synthesis of knowledge about human communication to emerge since the sixties.” ~ Science Digest

NLP makes “deciding what is best for you and the situation” possible. It goes beyond just clear thinking. In today’s world we are all under a multitude of influences and social dynamics. NLP helps you understand and notice these dynamics so you can make decisions with ease.

What if I was trained by another organisation?

For those who have already undergone some training by another organisation, ITA or Non-ITA, we have a special page dedicated to this topic. Trained by other Organizations covers how to gain the ITA NLP Classic Code Practitioner Qualification, or the ITA New Code Practitioner Qualification. It would be great to take a look at these links and then give us a call to get an idea how close your training might be so that you can continue on your learning journey with us.

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More Success Stories

Our effectiveness as coaches, consultants and trainers is closely related; as we coach and consult on a regular basis, this increases our ability to train in the area of human behavior, organizational change and specifically about coaching for personal performance. As we continue to train on a regular basis, this increases and stretches our experience and ultimately our effectiveness as coaches. So, we have a mixture of training and coaching testimonies here.

Testimony from within Queensland State Government

"Sonya is a fantastic trainer and exponent of NLP and brings a depth of knowledge and understanding that is critical when modelling such a technology. I waited 20 years to find the right provider to gain my certification as an NLP practitioner and I am so glad that I did. For anyone who is interested in experiencing true NLP, I highly recommend Sonya to you."
      Scott Thompson, Change and Benefits Manager at Office of Liquor and Gaming Regulation, Queensland Government, 2010
Testimony from a Psychologist

“The NLP training that I have completed over 24 days with Mark and Sonya Spencer has been some of the best training I have had the privilege of undertaking in my career. I have found Mark and Sonya’s rapport building skills, expertise, knowledge -in a broad range of psychological areas as well as NLP – and brilliant application of methods very inspirational as a practitioner interested in effective change. Additionally I have found them to be some of the most ethically minded and respectful teachers and practitioners I have worked with over the past 15 years training and practicing in psychology. And generous and funny.

I have witnessed on numerous occasions their exceptional rapport building skills result in an ability to work with very little content from clients and shift the client in a positive direction in one session. My own experience as a ‘client’ of theirs in training, using a real issue in one short session, was to process the issue in creative ways that brought about lasting change for me. Through Mark and Sonya’s training I have further enhanced my ability to build rapport – relationship being the cornerstone of good therapeutic work – and then through use of language and other tools empower people to shift their emotional state to a preferred one in their chosen context. Mark and Sonya work with a diverse range of clients using NLP, from severely depressed clients to special needs children and people with terminal illnesses, and numerous case studies show the positive impact this model can have on a broad range of issues.

I wholeheartedly believe that the impact of NLP is so powerful and helpful to clients that it is an essential tool in the psychologists kitbag. I believe NLP should be an integral part of all psychology degrees; It is based on how people learn, how we associate into their experiences, how we can use language to create change — what I predominantly do as a psychologist, but in a brief format, using creative and respectful tools that result in sustainable change and empowerment.

I am very grateful to both Mark and Sonya for introducing me to NLP. It has greatly enhanced my skills and confidence as a psychologist and practitioner.”

    Tracy Baker-Lawrence, Psychologist, Private practice

Testimony from the teaching profession

Thank you Sonya, for giving me the tools and ability to get answers in my life.
I enjoy the fact that you work with the whole mind, body and spirit, not jus the problem. You get to the core of what is happening. It is great to feel the (personal) power when I start to see everything fall into place. The tools you offered had supported me and helped me find which direction I want to go, and when I am on my own, I can approach other situations using these tools.

      Anita Dida, Early Childhood Head Teacher, Wellesley Kindergarten, 2005
Testimony from Queensland Government

“Mark is a first class trainer and a great model for NLP practitioners everywhere. He really ‘walks the talk’ and is very adept at translating complex concepts and ideas into simple language. Mark′s international experience in the IT sector provides him with an enviable body of knowledge that can be harnessed by organisations that he works with. I would recommend Mark highly to anyone considering engaging him for an assignment.”      Scott Thompson, Change and Benefits Manager at Office of Liquor and Gaming Regulation, Queensland Government, 2010
Testimony from an attendee at a Corporate Training

I noticed an immediate improvement in awareness between my conscious and un conscious. I’m sure quality will only improve from here.
    Attended a corporate training, 2010

Testimony from specific Sales and Effectiveness Training

"The training will help me with the quality of my personal life, I’ve seen results since the training, and have made choices I wouldn’t have done before — really positive! I enjoyed learning the new applications of NLP each day and how I could use the tools Sonya and Mark taught us in my personal life. They always made me feel completely comfortable with expressing how I felt and if I didn’t understand anything, they were happy to demonstrate or explain further, without making me feel stupid."
      Tristina, Queenstown, NZ, 2010

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2-for-1-offers on NLP Foundations in Brisbane

A Gift: 2 for 1 NLP Foundations Intensive

A Gift: 2 for 1 NLP Foundations Intensive for a limited time, and limited spaces.

In this NLP Foundations Intensive, you will gain solid skills to achieve and much more. You will walk away with greater clarity, ability to create change in yourself, understand the deep dynamic between people, and re-shape your own identity for success in life.

Is it time to:

  • Discover ‘Who’ is really directing your life
  • Take charge of your life to create success
  • Uncover your unconscious strategies
  • Install desired behaviours
  • Communicate clearly and precisely to generate results and boost your career
  • Increase your Emotional Intelligence to get the best results from yourself and others in any situation
  • Exercise your right to generate choices in life
  • Win friends and Influencing people with integrity
  • Understand others so you can be understood

 

Be Quick! It is only for a limited time with limited spaces
Our next NLP Foundations course will be an Intensive:  2 x 4 days (total 8 days) spread over two weekends (Fri, Sat, Sun and Mon) and if you want to secure your place or have someone in mind for the 2 for 1 deal,  you can secure this in our webstore now.

And there is more for you …
We will also share with you many of the powerful tools that we have created in the past ten years for our corporate, executive and personal clients to help you become even more effective and accelerate your learning. This set of tools has a street value over $3000.00 for free!  And if you are learning NLP wanting to become a coach, this set of tools are the perfect framework to help you conduct effective coaching sessions.  However, the true value is in how this course + additional tools will help you shape your inner game to create more successes in life and that is priceless!

Get this training from the webstore now.

Testimony from attending NLP Foundations

Very congurent trainers. Enjoyed interaction, Real-life needs and examples… {Learned} powerful techniques to improve own Chain of Excellence. Renewed energy to improve my character and levels of happiness and fulfillment.
      Attended NLP Foundations training, 2012


The content is so rich and the examples so relvant. I have so many tools and resources in my kit. I am now ready to shift and make better choices…. The overwhelming gratitude I have I am unsure how to express verbally… I can’t thank you both enough for making my life so much richer and encouraging me to make choices.
      Attended NLP Foundations training, 2012


Enjoyed the relaxed style; well facilitated; enjoyed practising what we learned and stories/ancedotes to solidify understanding.
      Attended NLP Foundations training, 2012


Most enjoyed presenting experiences, outings that were part of the the training, the walks and anchoring exercises. I have ysed the techniques to improve at works and this is useful for everywhere in my life. I am taking away a sense of always having choices, conversational techniques and rapport building techniques.
      Attended NLP Foundations training, 2012


Most enjoyed the small group format and the opportunity to apply the learning during the training. Thank you, this has been very powerful.
      Attended NLP Foundations training, 2012


This course has really helped me to take my life on a differnt and more positive path.
      Attended NLP Foundations training, 2012

Principles of Great NLP Training: Samller Classes for personal attention

Weekend Training Format – NLP Foundations

Do you want to learn NLP, but you are constrained by getting time off work? Would you like to learn NLP without giving up any of your week days and losing income? How about learning NLP in a format that enables you integrate more easily and you are able to use the tools immediately?

Due to popular demand for weekend training options, we are now offering a series in January 2011.

This is going to be a small class, residential training and highly focused on you getting quality, first hand experiences of NLP in Brisbane.

This training is fun and insightful. Our newly designed work-book and learning journal will see you develop your skills and deepen your learning to set the solid NLP Foundations to progress into the NLP Practitioner Certification training if you desire.

Training Time: 10:30 am – 6:30 pm for both Saturday and Sundays

Training Dates: Please see our Training Schedule for the first training in Jan 2011

To Book the training:

  • Go to the Training Schedule page and
  • Scroll down to “NLP Foundations” drop down list and select the dates and format that suits you.
  • Click on “Add to Cart”

Or Send us an email: info@blue-skytransformation.com or call +61 7 3355 9714


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NLP for Agents of Change

Did you know that we are all Change Agents, because we all influence others and ourselves on a daily basis? The difference is, some make change with skill and some don’t. The ones who do it with skill are the ones who get rewarded.

Would you like to be able to rely less on formal authority and more on ways to motivate and enable others to alter their behaviour?

NLP skills taught today are far more efficiently learned and applied than when it were back in the early exploratory days of NLP’s childhood in the 70′s and early 80′s. This is why well known motivational speakers who were trained in NLP are so effective in transforming minds in seconds or minutes; they are using NLP on their subjects, students and viewers.

Why is NLP so brilliantly effective in this area?

There are many reasons, but the most prominent ones are that this particular domain (Change) compared to other areas that NLP has branched into has had:
• The most exploration
• The most vetting
• The most time since NLP’s origin
• The most modelling and discovery, and essentially
• The most revolution

NLP works with your ability to direct or redirect thinking

Have you ever met individuals, teams and leaders in an organisation who have become so stuck in their minds and thinking, which keeps them getting into the situations that cause failure? NLP will help you skillfully frame any situation and re-direct people to think in the direction that generates choices and results. By learning NLP, you will gain the skills to think on multiple levels and perspectives with clairity.

“(NLP) offers the potential for making changes without the usual agony that accompanies these phenomena…Thus it affords the opportunity to gain flexibility, creativity and greater freedom of action than most of us now know…”
Training and Development Journal

What makes NLP so powerfully effective?

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How to choose the right NLP Training

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“Real NLP Trainers distinguish processes from content because they understand the importance of such a distinction and they have the skill to show you the ‘How’, what it is like to experience it and what it is like to do it” …Learning NLP is like learning martial arts; you need to do it to understand, not just reading from a book.

About the eBook

This Guide is our endeavor to assist you to make the right choice for you by supplying you with the some useful information and developments in the world of NLP training as an industry is not regulated. There are many associations out there offering no real quality assurance, standards or independent evaluation. Many of the associations exist only to provide benefit for its trainers and practitioners for promotional purposes. NLP and what you need to do to ensure you identify a quality training, so your hard earned money is used to invest in your life, not as a waste.

Some training schools believe New Code NLP is far greater than the Classic Code. We believe you cannot teach New Code without the skill set and capabilities developed with Classic Code. Classic has many merits and New Code does take NLP into an area that is previously not explored and very powerful as a tool. The fact is, NLP is about choices and creating options, we now have more options at our disposal. Both New Code and Classic Code of NLP are equally important.

…There are various different NLP training offering that ranges from weekend course, three days, seven days to 18 days or more. The quality of these courses varies dramatically. The cause of this trend…

Give them a fish, or teach them how to fish

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Can NLP help my with all my relationships?

“Most of us want deeply satisfying relationships. NLP will dramatically increase your ability to relate and build the relationships that are deeply rewarding and joyful to be in.”

..For those who want to hone their skills to improve their quality of relationships, career options, or seeking business improvement through relationship building. If you are seeking to create strong and rewarding relationships NLP will dramatically extend and build your ability to relate and create the relationship that is deeply rewarding and joyful to be in.

NLP is the most powerful tool to instigate change and personal development. NLP forms the foundation for many of the self help systems available today – why not go to the source for this information?

NLP allows you to investigate fully how you and others operate at home, in the work place and in this world.
NLP dramatically increases your ability to create choices and flexibility in managing your behaviours, states, thinking and experiences – ultimately enabling you to lead the way into a new, exciting, and compelling future.
……we can always learn how to be more tolerant, more understanding, more skilful, and more anything, for us to become better people and live an enriching life?

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How can I use NLP to Succeed in Life?

“Most of us want to live successfully. Whatever “Success” means to you, NLP will dramatically align you cognitively, emotionally and behaviourally to create success in your own way.”

…For those who want to create more “YES” answers in life and don’t want to settle for mediocrity, NLP is the tool for you. NLP will dramatically extend and build your ability to develop yourself to actualise your potential.
Success to different people will mean different things. Instead of copying other people’s success formula, most successful people create their own and make sure it works for them by continuously adapting and improving their game by learning skills from the experts. The reality is most experts themselves rarely know all the factors that make them successful.
Successful people know what they want. They also know why they want it and are ready to accept the consequences, good or bad, when achieving their goal. In other words, they are so congruent with what it is that they want, nothing can sway them from achieving it. Not everyone who succeeds in life knows “how” to get to where they want to be.
…NLP helps you identify what you truly want and become congruent to what you desire to achieve…

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