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And the award for accuracy goes to… February - The Oscars

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Compare each item in Column 1 to its match in Column 2. If the items are the same, put a tick in the ‘S’ column. If the items are different, put a tick in the ‘D’ column, and then circle the error in Column 2. Please write how long it takes you to complete this exercise on the front of this paper.

92nd Academy Awards S D 92nd Academy Awards

The red carpet is 500 feet S D The red carpet is 5000 feet

Emil Jannings first winner S D Emil Jennings first winner

Longest speech 5 minutes 30 seconds S D Longest speech 6 minutes 30 seconds

The nominees are… S D The nominees are…

Martin Scorsese S D Martin Scorsese

29.6 million people watched in 2019 S D 29.6 milion people watched in 2019

Posthumous win for Heath Ledger S D Posthumus win for Heath Ledger

The Dolby Theatre, Hollywood S D The Dolby Theatre Holywood

Katherine Hepburn S D Catherine Hepburn

Best Picture Oscar S D Best Picture Oscar

Mahershala Ali, Best Supporting Actor S D Maharshala Ali, Best Supporting Actor

Bohemian Rhapsody won four in 2019 S D Bohemian Rhapsody won four in 2019

Sunday 9 February S D Sunday 9 Febuary

Award-winning sequel: The Godfather S D Award-winning sequel: The Godfather

Walt Disney has won 22 Oscars S D Walt Disney has won 22 Oscars

Youngest award winner: Tatum O’Neal S D Youngest award winner: Tatum O’Neil

Most frequent host: Bob Hope S D Most frequent host: Bob Hope

Quentin Tarantino S D Quentin Tarantino

Longest to win: Gone with the Wind S D Longest to wind: Gone with the Wind

Cedric Gibbons designed the statuette S D Cedric Gibbons designed the statuete

Best animated feature film S D Best animated feature film

The Oscar statuette is 34cm tall S D The Oscar statuette is 34cm tall

Seating capacity of theatre: 3,300 S D Seating capacity of theatre: 3,800

Leonardo DiCaprio S D Leonardo DiCaprio

Find the answers on the last page How did you do? There are just 25 pieces of information to compare and verify in the test – just one mistake equates to a 4% error rate. The test should take no more than three minutes to complete. Imagine if your people made one error every three minutes! That’s 20 errors every hour and 140 errors in a seven-hour day. It’s easy to see how it mounts up.

What does it mean? That’s 19% of your Our results from the ten most recent courses delivered show participants have an average error rate of 3%. We find people company’s salary bill typically spend 19% of their time making, finding and fixing those mistakes. No-one likes having to re-do work and sort out It’s like employing problems arising from mistakes. Accuracy skills training boosts your own error personal effectiveness and organisational efficiency. department!

Proven to work Results show a 57% Since 2003 we have been working with organisations across reduction in errors! the UK to improve people’s accuracy skills. The training improves the quality of your operations, delivers cost-saving gains and increases productivity. Typically, our participants That’s £1,932 saved achieve a 57% reduction in errors. A return on investment saving is calculated through the value of time saved through per person making fewer errors. The typical saving is £1,932 per person per year. Think also of the savings from fewer fines, fewer per year compensation payments and improved reputation!

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Developing an Eye for Accuracy Accurate Written Communication Our flagship in-house workshop for people Our interactive in-house workshop for people who work with data and information who work with documents and emails

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Where do we get our facts and figures from? The results are taken from the last ten Developing an Eye for Accuracy workshops delivered. The average salary of the participants is £22,000 (working 37.5 hours per week). Figures last updated September 2019. Developing an Eye for Accuracy February - The Oscars

92nd Academy Awards 3S D 92nd Academy Awards The red carpet is 500 feet S 3D The red carpet is 5000 feet Extra 0 Emil Jannings first winner S 3D Emil Jennings first winner a not e Longest speech 5 minutes 30 seconds S 3D Longest speech 6 minutes 30 seconds 5 not 6 The nominees are… 3S D The nominees are… Martin Scorsese 3S D Martin Scorsese 29.6 million people watched in 2019 S 3D 29.6 milion people watched inMissing 2019 l Posthumous win for Heath Ledger S 3D Posthumus win for Heath LedgerMissing o Missing l The Dolby Theatre, Hollywood The Dolby Theatre Holywood S 3D Missing , Katherine Hepburn S 3D Catherine Hepburn K not C Best Picture Oscar 3S D Best Picture Oscar Mahershala Ali, Best Supporting Actor S 3D Maharshala Ali, Best Supportinge not Actor a Bohemian Rhapsody won four in 2019 3S D Bohemian Rhapsody won four in 2019 Sunday 9 February S 3D Sunday 9 Febuary Missing r Award-winning sequel: The Godfather 3S D Award-winning sequel: The Godfather Walt Disney has won 22 Oscars 3S D Walt Disney has won 22 Oscars Youngest award winner: Tatum O’Neal S 3D Youngest award winner: Tatum O’Neil a not i Most frequent host: Bob Hope 3S D Most frequent host: Bob Hope Quentin Tarantino 3S D Quentin Tarantino Longest to win: Gone with the Wind S 3D Longest to wind: Gone with the Wind Extra d Cedric Gibbons designed the statuette S 3D Cedric Gibbons designed the statuete Missing t Best animated feature film 3S D Best animated feature film The Oscar statuette is 34cm tall 3S D The Oscar statuette is 34cm tall Seating capacity of theatre: 3,300 S 3D Seating capacity of theatre: 3,800 3 not 8 Leonardo DiCaprio 3S D Leonardo DiCaprio

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