I recommend this London based NLP training company very highly. I did my Practitioner with them and found the course to be very inspiring and engaging.

I'm currently doing my Practitioner with PPD Learning and it has been really enjoyable so far. I plan to post more detailed comments when I complete the course in July 2008.

I would recommend the course to anyone reading this. The summer programme starts in May 2008 so just enough time to check out their website NLP Training Courses - UK London, NLP, NLP Practitioner Training course, Neuro-Linguistic Programming — PPD Learning

PPD Learning Rock!

Judith Lowe is a wonderfully talented trainer and a very cool person.

Hi guys

Just found your reviews - I have already chosen PPD as my main choice from reading about them but I haven't actually done a course yet! Now it's been about a year since you all did it, can you tell me how you feel about the courses a year on?

Thanks very much

Matt

My opinion hasn't changed. Judith is my role model in terms of training and she is inspirational. I still recommend PPD to anyone interested in NLP.

I also recently qualified with PPD Learning (Practitioner July 2009) and cannot speak highly enough of them.

I fully agree with the comments made above about Judith, the principal trainer. There are also at least 5 other 'coaches' around to support you during exercises; who give you verbal and written feedback to help improve your skills. I would add that having 21 full days worth of training really prepares you well for your NLP journey- whatever that maybe. I spent months looking for the right course and I definitely found it. Highly recommended.

Hi,

I can add to what everyone else has said. I did my training with PPD Learning and it was fantastic. I would highly recommend their courses.

Does PPD curriculum include new and old code nlp?It is been challenging for me to choose the right course but im split between John Grinder and Judit Lowe's training programmes. JG's training includes new and old code nlp. Any thoughts would be appreciated.

I don't know the answer to your question, but I do just want to pick up on the idea that NLP is 'old code' or 'new code'.

Obviously, I recognise the terms 'New Code' and 'Classic Code' as the distinctions John Grinder and associates make between the NLP originally taught and the NLP they teach now.

I don't know what PPD teaches, but if you take, for example, Bandler, what he teaches probably isn't 'old code' NLP just because it's not 'new code' NLP.

If you see what I mean.

Apologies for not answering the question, as I said, I just wanted to challenge the idea of NLP being 'old code' or 'new code'.

Cheers

Having done both PPD`s Practitioner and Master Practitioner Courses, I can say that they include both `New Code` and `Classic Code`. Obviously, this is using the distinctions that John Grinder makes and I`m sure Richard Bandler would not describe it this way.

Best wishes,

Mike

Thanks Mike for your reply. What makes it difficult to decide is even John Grinder himself conducts NLP practioner courses which last for 13 days whereas PPD's last for 7+14 days which def.has more content i guess.

So this is the situation im in where i have to choose one of them.Would appreciate any thoughts on this.

Hi,

I think it really does depend on what you`re looking for. I chose the PPD course because, having been to several free events by various NLP training organisations, I really liked the way Judith Lowe trained. The 21 day training worked well for me - there was lots of content - we had lots of opportunities to practise what we were learning and having a gap between part 1 and part 2 of the course gave us lots of opportunities to try things out ìn the real world`, so to speak, and to come back with questions or different things to work on.

I haven`t trained with John Grinder, so I can`t comment on his training. Hope this helps!

Best wishes,

Mike

cyberkrish wrote:

PPD's last for 7+14 days which def.has more content i guess.

We make a lot of generalisations as consumers. A more expensive DVD player is probably better than the cheapest model. A longer course probably has more content than a short one. But are these generalisations always true?

We've all had cheap presents wrapped in elaborate packaging, right?

This isn't specifically about PPD/any company as much as it's about NLP training as a whole set. Be wise before you spend a lot of money. You won't know what a good training is like until you've been to a few of them and have your own experiences to compare - and that's a big investment in both time and money. How much is it really worth to you? Could you get what you want another way, from books or practice groups or chatting to people? Would you benefit from shopping around more, maybe attending introduction events with 5-6 different trainers before choosing one for a full event?

You probably have many more options than you think.

Have fun on the journey.

Hi Chris
Yes i agree there are many options but im glad that ive narrowed it to TWO now. There are free events and other ways of learning but i prefer to learn from a person who has several years of experience and ive been to the seminar as well. I was more or less satisfied with the trainer.

If there is a course run by the founder of NLP and it is almost priced closely to another course provider then dont you think it will be difficult to choose?Thats why looking at the content of the course and trusting my instinct based on attending the intro.seminar i think i could make a decision.

Anyway thanks for your thoughts on this.

Cheers
krish

cyberkrish wrote:

Thanks Mike for your reply. What makes it difficult to decide is even John Grinder himself conducts NLP practioner courses which last for 13 days whereas PPD's last for 7+14 days which def.has more content i guess.

So this is the situation im in where i have to choose one of them.Would appreciate any thoughts on this.

Hi Krish

What you wrote interested me as I have developed successful short courses (in another field). These enable the person to be able to do what it was they wanted to do extremely well, gain a good understanding and develop a curiosity about what might be possible. These courses provide them with a sound foundation on which they can begin to practice, experiment, learn more and perhaps even go on to develop the field in a new way.

I was motivated to design courses like this because I was aware that students who had attended many courses (which can last up to five years) had a woeful lack of knowledge, inadequate skills and a poor understanding of the subject area and I wondered why that was and what could be changed to make things better.

Hi there Krish

John Grinder as you might be aware leads a NLP Premier Practitioner course at the NLP Academy with Michael Carroll and Carmen Bostic St Clair. the course is called the Premier Practitioner because it was the first of it's kind to integrate New Code with Classic Code in a easy to learn format.

Personally I think the opportunity to learn with a co founder in any field will give you a more authentic experience. I am not being negative about any other trainer, I just think when you get to the source of the information (in this case Grinder), you will embrace the technology in a way that’s aligned with the original intentions off the developer (again in this case John Grinder).

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