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1. Remember More of WhatYouve Read With TheseProven
TechniquesWelcome!Presenter:Paul Nowak, Founder & Program
Director
2. Short-Term Memory and the Magic Number 71956: "The Magic
Number 7, Plus or Minus Two"George Millers paper demonstrated the
average capacity of short-term memory is 7
3. The Magic Number 7How many items does it take before you
make a grocery list?
4. How To Expand Our Short-Term MemoryThe "Chunking" Memory
Technique
5. How To Expand Our Short-Term MemoryThe "Chunking" Memory
TechniqueTry memorizing this 10-digit number: 3,129,823,812
6. How To Expand Our Short-Term Memory The "Chunking" Memory
TechniqueNow Try Memorizing This 10-digit Number: 312-982-3812
7. How To Expand Our Short-Term MemoryThe "Chunking" Memory
Technique Which is easier to memorize? 3,129,823,812 or
312-982-3812
8. How To Expand Our Short-Term Memory The "Chunking" Memory
Technique 312-982-3812 Congratulations!Youve boosted your
short-term memory capacity to 10 digits.
9. How To Expand Our Short-Term MemoryThe "Chunking" Memory
TechniqueTry to remember these 14 letters: XIBMSATPHDMTVX
10. How To Expand Our Short-Term MemoryThe "Chunking" Memory
Technique Apply the Technique:X - IBM - SAT - PHD - MTV - X
11. How To Expand Our Short-Term MemoryThe "Chunking" Memory
Technique Which is easier to remember? XIBMSATPHDMTVX orX - IBM -
SAT - PHD - MTV - X
12. How To Expand Our Short-Term Memory The "Chunking" Memory
Technique X - IBM - SAT - PHD - MTV - X Congratulations!Youve
boosted your short-term memory capacity to 14 letters.
13. How To Use the "Chunking" Technique to Remember What You
Read Create a Mind Map
14. How To Use the "Chunking" Technique to Remember What You
Read Create a Mind MapTaking notes will help you remember what you
read because it is a form of repetition. And repetition helps you
remember
15. Use Multiple Reading ProcessWhenever You Read 1. Preview a.
Read the intro & conclusion 2. Overview a. Read the headings
& sub-headings and/or the first sentence of every paragraph 3.
Read 4. Final Review 5. Recite Look at all that repetition.
Repetition Helps You Remember!
16. Practice the Following Exercise ToImprove Your Recall
Abilities The Read & Recall Exercise Read a Paragrah and then
immediately write down what you remember Keep it brief: write a
keyword or 2-3 words max
17. Practice the Following Exercise ToImprove Your Recall
Abilities The Read & Recall Exercise Lets try it right now as
an example... Using AccelaReader.com & George Orwells Animal
Farm
18. Practice the Following Exercise ToImprove Your Recall
Abilities The Read & Recall Exercise Practice 10 minutes a day
for 2 weeks
19. How To Remember Things Visually Using the Peg SystemOne of
the easiest memory systems to learnCan be applied to remembering a
list of anything and can also be applied to reading
20. How To Deeply Encode a Memory Using the Peg SystemAssume We
Need to Remember a 10-item Grocery List
21. The Peg System to Remember Groceries 1. Bread 2. Milk 3.
Tomatoes 4. Soda 5. Turkey 6. Chips 7. Strawberries 8. Deodorant 9.
Cucumbers 10. Cereal
43. Can you remember the list? Whats number 1? Number 2?
44. Did you remember them all? 1. Bread 2. Milk 3. Tomatoes 4.
Soda 5. Turkey 6. Chips 7. Strawberries 8. Deodorant 9. Cucumbers
10. Cereal
45. How To Remember More Items 11. Detergent 12. Toilet Paper
13. Yogurt 14. Flowers 15. Cheese 16. Coffee 17. Fish 18. Olives
19. Toothpaste 20. Ice Cream
46. Find a Theme for 11-20Everything is drenched in black
oil
47. How To Remember More ItemsPicture these items drenched in
black oil with the other images (pencil, swan, etc.) 11. Detergent
12. Toilet Paper 13. Yogurt 14. Flowers 15. Cheese 16. Coffee 17.
Fish 18. Olives 19. Toothpaste 20. Ice Cream
48. Applying the Peg System to Reading Section 1 of the Chapter
Associate it to a pencil Section 2 of the Chapter Associate it to a
swan Etc, etc, etc...
49. Summary Short-Term Memory & the Magic #7 The "Chunking"
Memory Technique Mind Mapping Multiple Reading Process The Read
& Recall Exercise (Practice 10-min/day) The Peg System
50. Thanks for Attending! Contact Information: Paul Nowak
[email protected]: linkedin.com/in/paulnowak Twitter:
twitter.com/paul_nowak