In her role at Duke, Cam Kelly’s memory gets put to the test. As Associate Vice President for Principal Gifts for Duke Alumni Engagement and Development, she maintains a mental rolodex of Duke alumni ...

When I try, I can learn names quickly and effectively. Even though I don't have a particularly good memory, I've developed skills and tricks: my secrets for learning names. First, pay attention. If I ...

In a few weeks, we will be starting a new academic term. With each new group of students comes a new batch of names to learn. While some instructors are able to master a large number of student names ...

What's in a name? It's a question you may not think much about. But it's a loaded one with a deep answer. "In theory, a person’s name is the word any person will hear the most in their lifetime," says ...

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When Michelle D. Miller leads faculty workshops, she often does what she calls a “party trick” that she uses on the first day of class with her students: learning everyone’s names. As professors have ...

It’s something we’ve all done before – after a brief introduction at a dinner party or event, you turn away to realise you’ve completely blanked on the person’s name. A trick of the mind, people often ...

Ah, memory. You're such a tricky beast. Let's be real with each other: Being scatterbrained is a side effect of entrepreneurship. SF Gate Logo Don't let Google decide who you trust. Make SFGATE a ...

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Most of us have experienced the anguish of forgetting someone’s name while they’re standing right in front of us. It’s like a mental game ...

Do you, like me, have trouble remembering the names of people that you meet, especially at business functions or social gatherings where you meet a group of people all at once? Yeah, it was the bane ...