http://www.smartspeedreading.com These slides are from the Iris Speed Reading Classes & Memory Improvement Courses. Iris is the largest and leading provider of Speed Reading & Memory Improvement Courses in the United States. This course covers memory and comprehension techniques so you could remember more of what you read.

1. Remember More of What
You've Read With These
Proven Techniques
Welcome!
Presenter:
Paul Nowak, Founder & Program Director

2. Short-Term Memory and
the Magic Number 7
1956: "The Magic Number 7, Plus or Minus Two"
George Miller's paper demonstrated the average
capacity of short-term memory is 7

3. The Magic Number 7
How many items does it take before
you make a grocery list?

4. How To Expand Our Short-Term
Memory
The "Chunking" Memory Technique

5. How To Expand Our Short-Term
Memory
The "Chunking" Memory Technique
Try memorizing this 10-digit number:
3,129,823,812

6. How To Expand Our Short-Term
Memory
The "Chunking" Memory Technique
Now Try Memorizing This 10-digit Number:
312-982-3812

7. How To Expand Our Short-Term
Memory
The "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!
You've boosted your short-term memory
capacity to 10 digits.

9. How To Expand Our Short-Term
Memory
The "Chunking" Memory Technique
Try to remember these 14 letters:
XIBMSATPHDMTVX

10. How To Expand Our Short-Term
Memory
The "Chunking" Memory Technique
Apply the Technique:
X - IBM - SAT - PHD - MTV - X

11. How To Expand Our Short-Term
Memory
The "Chunking" Memory Technique
Which is easier to remember?
XIBMSATPHDMTVX
or
X - IBM - SAT - PHD - MTV - X

12. How To Expand Our Short-Term
Memory
The "Chunking" Memory Technique
X - IBM - SAT - PHD - MTV - X
Congratulations!
You've 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 Map
Taking notes will help you remember what you
read because it is a form of repetition.
And repetition helps you remember

15. Use Multiple Reading Process
Whenever 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 To
Improve 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 To
Improve Your Recall Abilities
The Read & Recall Exercise
Let's try it right now as an example...
Using AccelaReader.com
&
George Orwell's Animal Farm

18. Practice the Following Exercise To
Improve Your Recall Abilities
The Read & Recall Exercise
Practice 10 minutes a day for 2 weeks

19. How To Remember Things Visually
Using the Peg System
One of the easiest memory systems to learn
Can 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 System
Assume 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?
What's 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 11-20
Everything is drenched in black oil

47. How To Remember More Items
Picture 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
pnowak@irisreading.com
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/paulnowak
Twitter: twitter.com/paul_nowak