AUTHORS RON WOLDOFF AND ELLEYNE KASE

The world of publishing first made a path to Ron Woldoff's door with Wiley and Sons in New York inviting him to coauthor the flagship products “SAT for Dummies“ and “GRE for Dummies.“

 

Ron is the founder of National Test Prep™ and creator of the LifeLines™ study approach. He currently teaches at his own school, National Test Prep in Phoenix Arizona.

ELLEYNE KASE IS A PUBLISHER, PROFESSIONAL WRITER, BOOK DESIGNER AND PROJECT MANAGER. BESIDES DEVELOPING THE LIFELINES™ CURRICULUM AND BRAND for international distribution SHE HAS PROJECT MANAGED THE "PRE-CALCULUS FOR DUMMIES" AND THE "PRE -CALCULUS WORKBOOK FOR DUMMIES" WITH THE AUTHOR YANG KUANG, PHD.

 

DUMMIES® IS A BRANDED IMPRINT OF WILEY AND SONS.

 

RON WOLDOFF EARNED HIS DUAL MBA-MIS DEGREE FROM ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY AND SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY, WHERE HE STUDIED THE CULMINATION OF BUSINESS AND TECHNOLOGY.

 

AFTER GRADUATING, HE SPENT SEVERAL YEARS CONSULTING FOR SEVERAL FORTUNE-500 AND LOCAL CORPORATIONS, INCLUDING HONEYWELL, AMERICAN EXPRESS, APS, AND COX COMMUNICATIONS.

 

 

 

IN 2008, TAKING A BREAK FROM THE CORPORATE WORLD, RON HELPED SOME STUDENTS PREPARE FOR THE GMAT, GRE, AND SAT EXAMS. WITH THESE SUBJECTS AND HIS TEACHING SERVICES IN DEMAND, NATIONAL TEST PREP WAS ESTABLISHED THAT COUNTED PRIVATE STUDENTS ALONG WITH NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY AND THE INTERNATIONALLY ACCLAIMED THUNDERBIRD SCHOOL OF GLOBAL MANAGEMENT AS CLIENTS.

 

ON THIS, HE REMARKED, “I APPLIED MY SKILLS AS AN ANALYST TO THE EXAMS BY LOOKING FOR ARRANGEMENTS, TYPES OF QUESTIONS, AND COMMON TRAPS. THE KEY TO ANSWERING A QUESTION CORRECTLY WAS IN HOW TO APPROACH THE PROBLEM. STARTING FROM THERE. I DESIGNED THE CURRICULA ACCORDINGLY, TO GREAT SUCCESS.

 

 

 

EARLY IN 2010, RON MET ELLEYNE KASE AN INFORMATION ARCHITECT, BOOK DESIGNER AND ILLUSTRATOR WITH OVER 30 YEARS EXPERIENCE IN ADVERTISING AND BOOK DESIGN. SHE HAD FOUNDED MAX WISE PUBLICATIONS IN 2006 AS A PLATFORM FOR PUBLISHING VISUAL QUICK NOTES, HER OWN LINE OF EXAM PREP BOOKS/CURRICULUM AND ONLINE STUDY PRODUCTS FOR THE FINANCIAL SERVICES INDUSTRY.

 

ON THIS, SHE REMARKED, “I APPLIED MY SKILLS AS A DESIGNER AND ILLUSTRATOR, ALONG WITH RESEARCH ON HOW THE MIND ABSORBS DATA. THE EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS WERE DEVELOPED TO MAKE BEST USE OF ONE'S NATURAL MEMORIZATION FACULTIES. USING THESE PRINCIPLES THE CURRICULUM COLLAPSED STUDY TIME AND INCREASED SHORT AND LONG TERM RECALL.“

 

 

 

THAT SAME YEAR THEY DECIDED TO TEAM TOGETHER IN TAKING THE EXISTING LIFELINES CONCEPT IN A GLOBAL DIRECTION.

 

BEGINNING FROM THE LIVE ACTION, DIRECT EXPERIENCE IN RON'S CLASSROOMS, STREAMLINED OVER THE YEARS BY STUDENT FEEDBACK, THE BASICALLY VERBAL CURRICULUM WAS TRANSFORMED INTO A WRITTEN WORKBOOK AND MEDIA FORM WITH ELLEYNE'S SKILL AT CREATING STEP-BY-STEP EDUCATIONAL INSTRUMENTS.

 

BY USING OVER 42 YEARS OF COMBINED EXPERIENCE THEY CREATED THE EDUCATIONAL PRODUCTS YOU SEE TODAY.

 

"OUR GOAL IS TO HONOR STUDENTS‘ NEEDS WHILE ALSO GIVING INSTRUCTORS‘ A PROVEN PLATFORM THEY CAN TRUST."  THIS HAS PROVED ITSELF OVER AND OVER THROUGHOUT THE LAST FOUR YEARS AS THE LIFELINES FOR THE GRE AND GMAT WORKBOOKS HAVE BEEN USED IN UNIVERSITY CLASSROOMS BY MANY STUDENTS AND MULTIPLE INSTRUCTORS TO GREAT SUCCESS.

 

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