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

22. 1. Pencil

23. 2. Swan

24. 3. McDonalds

25. 4. Chair

26. 5. Hook

27. 6. Cherry

28. 7. Lightning

29. 8. Race Track

30. 9. Balloon

31. 10. Plate w/ Silverware

32. Create the Visualizations 1. Bread 2. Milk 3. Tomatoes 4. Soda 5. Turkey 6. Chips 7. Strawberries 8. Deodorant 9. Cucumbers 10. Cereal

33. 1. Pencil + Bread

34. 2. Swan + Milk

35. 3. McDonalds + Tomatoes

36. 4. Chair + Soda

37. 5. Hook + Turkey

38. 6. Cherry + Chips

39. 7. Lightning + Tomatoes

40. 8. Race Track + Deodorant

41. 9. Balloon + Cucumbers

42. 10. Plate w/ Silverware + 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

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