How to learn 30 names in 30 minutes using www.rememberthename.de Presentation from the UX Camp Berlin 2012

1. «30 Names in 30 Minutes»
Reto Laemmler | @rtnrocks
www.rememberthename.de

2. About me
Reto Laemmler
•Product Manager at Doodle.com
•MS Interaction Design
•BS Computer Science
reto@rememberthename.de

4. Why is it difficult to
remember a name?

5. A picture is worth a
thousand words.

6. «Kawlowsky»

8. Kawlowsky
= Cow love ski

9. Memory technique
in 3 steps

10. Step 1: Choose a distinct feature
Choose a distinct feature from the person. This
helps to connect the person with the name.

12. Step 2:
Turn name into a picture (mnemonic)
In your head visualize the name as a picture.
Anything is possible – the crazier the better.

13. Heather Remy Sally

14. Step 3: Connect feature and picture
Combine the distinct feature and mnemonic into a
combined picture.
Again, anything is possible – the crazier the better.

15. Heather Remy Sally

16. Do it all in one
Hi!
My name is
Sandler.
Sandler = Sand

17. Tip: Listen well!
Listen well when someone tells you their name.
Repeat the name during the conversation.

19. How it works?
3.Create a participation list.
4.Let participants add
themselves to the list.
5.Everyone learns the names
and faces.

21. Let’s open
rememberthename.de/uxberlin
Add yourself to the list, if not done yet.

22. Why is it important to
remember names?

23. Recommended books & papers
Why is it difficult to put names to faces?
(Gillian Cohen)
An imagery mnemonic for the learning of
people's names
(PeterE. Morris, Susan Jones and
Peter Hampson)

24. Heather Remy Sally

25. Thanks!
rememberthename.de