1. | https://degreed.com/dguserr4k6dy/dashboard#/feed | |
2. | https://www.safaribooksonline.com/library/view/impossible-to-ignore/9781259584145 | |
3. | 15 Ways to Make your content Memorable (15) | |
4. | 9 of the 15 items above can influence others long-term memory | |
5. | Memory matters b/c it influences action | |
6. | Kieth Ericson at Harvard study on overconfidence in remembering future effort | |
7. | Memory, emotion and motivation may be the basis of brains design (3) | |
8. | Edmund Rolls - We guid behavior to things that r useful & away from things that aren't | |
9. | rewards that motivate - affection, praise, touch, $ --> emotion = happiness | |
10. | - emotion - unhappy boss | |
11. | emotion of frustration - expecting a reward we don't get; someone getting credit for our work | |
12. | emotion of relief - punishment stops | |
13. | Make it clear how my content enables ppl 2 mv 2 a reward (6) | |
14. | 3 Examples of better communication - intensify rewards, avoid a negative (3) | |
15. | The brain's quest is to seek rewards and avoid punishment | |
16. | Ppl execute on intention (4) (4) | |
17. | Brains r after max(reward) min(effort) min(risk) in socially desirable way | |
18. | Prospective Memory - Remembering a future event | |
19. | 3 steps that ppl act on future (3) | |
20. | 3 routes to our next move (reflex, habit, goal) | |
21. | TO BE ON PEOPLE’S MINDS, YOU MUST BECOME PART OF THEIR REFLEXES, HABITS, AND/OR GOALS THEY CONSIDER VALUABLE. | |
22. | list of stimuli that are biologically rewarding (16) (16) | |
23. | secondary reinforcers, such as money or promotions, which are learned and which require, at least initially, cognitive effort to generate action. | |
24. | when trying to influence others’ memory is that they overestimate the importance of goals and underestimate the impact of existing reflexes and habits | |
25. | too much novelty but no integration with existing reflexes and habits, as well as no reinforcement and no immediate rewards, forgetting is inevitable | |
26. | consider people’s reflexes, habits, and goals | |
27. | how to influence someone else’s memory because people make choices based on what they remember | |
28. | When we share great ideas, and others remember and act on them, we progress. When we have great ideas and others forget them, we stagnate. | |
29. | Dodgson offered a wise coping technique for times of complexity and change: focus on proportions rather than precision. | |
30. | CONSIDER INFLUENCING OTHERS’ MEMORY THROUGH THE LENS OF PROPORTION RATHER THAN PRECISION. | |
31. | there is no single factor that makes something memorable. It is a combination of elements, used in the proper ratio | |
32. | Surprise, for example, is memorable, but too much of it can be disconcerting. | |
33. | The top 50 SlideShares contained, on average, 9 of the 15 memory variables, | |
34. | in a PowerPoint presentation, some items can become distinct relative to their “neighbors.” Scientists call this salience. | |
35. | Even a complex chart can be memorable if it appears after a string of simple text-based elements because it is seen as a surprise that breaks a pattern. | |
36. | Decide the Salient point (distinct relative to their “neighbors.) and repeat it | |
37. | People act on what they remember, not on what they forget. | |
38. | What matters most is what happens next. People need memory to predict their next move | |
39. | Memory guides action toward maximum rewards. | |
40. | Establish a framework, and then decide which items must stand out. Weaken their neighbors. | |
41. | Tie cues to people's goals | |
42. | link your message to people’s most relevant goals. | |
43. | Studies show that prospective memory is more effective when it follows the formula of written instructions + imagery | |
44. | Timeless Message - create a classic in 3 steps 1. address fundamental human problem 2. build mental picture; 3. Repeatable metaphor (3) | |
45. | 13 Classic Quotes or Mantras (13) | |
46. | 3 Characteristics for a classic by Italo Calvino (3) | |
47. | HOW MUCH OF YOUR CONTENT MEETS THE CRITERIA FOR A CLASSIC? | |
48. | CLASSICS, NOT CLICHÉS | |
49. | A classic is always marked by something worth mentioning over and over again, without the risk of becoming a cliché. | |
50. | MOST SHORT-TERM MEMORIES ARE FATED TO BE FORGOTTEN UNLESS THEY ARE TIED TO LONG-TERM GOALS | |
51. | 9 Criteria for repeatable messages (9) | |
52. | Often we forget things because there are not enough cues or triggers in the environment to refresh our memory | |
53. | Techniques to Convince Others to Repeat Your Words | |
54. | MEMORY THAT REINFORCES A DESIRED SELF THRIVES ON GENERIC STATEMENTS | |
55. | How do you create a good mantra for your listeners? Start where they are, not where you are. Listen to their vocabulary, to their way of talking. People often say the same things over and over without realizing it | |
56. | Build a mantra based on what your audience is already saying | |
57. | A MESSAGE OFTEN BECOMES REPEATABLE IF IT CONFERS STATUS. | |
58. | How does your content make people look in front of others? | |
59. | people would rather come across as storytellers than mere distributors of data. | |
60. | messages respond to people’s aspirations, to the materialization of a desired self. As a result, they are highly repeatable | |
61. | Repeatable messages respond to long-term goals such as health, beauty and safety (author fails to mention $) | |
62. | What are some motivations that prompt the repetition of those messages? | |
63. | Can your audience repeat your statements easily? | |
64. | SIMPLE SYNTAX LEADS TO REPEATABLE MESSAGES | |
65. | Disfluency - distinct words | |
66. | Hard to read slides increase memorization of them | |
67. | Are your sentences simple enough, even for non-English speakers? | |
68. | Simple syntax is necessary but not sufficient for a repeatable message. Research shows that once the syntax is simple, providing a safe canvas, the foreground must be marked by distinct words, | |
69. | Any time you aspire to a repeatable message, ask whether your audience can carry your content from context to context | |
70. | procedural memory is based on perception and motor skills (e.g., your ability to swim even if you have not done so in the past 10 years) | |
71. | Declarative memory includes knowledge and facts (e.g., “Magnesium is to the right of sodium on the periodic table | |
72. | alliteration, parallel construction, and metaphors correlated with brand recall | |
73. | Many people have great ideas to share, but when they use clichés, they drain their messages of their potency, rendering them common and forgettable | |
74. | Use the word "Imagine" to create anticipation and invite action. Ppl just dont thnk abt future; they feel the future & emotion influences decision-making | |
75. | Ur communications, do you delay gratification while sustaining attn? r u mking reveal 2 soon? How long cn u prolong anticipation | |
76. | Anticipation triggers dopamine which activates motivation and action | |
77. | Give people a valuable tool the first 5 minutes of a presentation | |
78. | PROVIDE SWEET ANTICIPATION, NOT AN AGONIZING WAIT. | |
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80. | Table of Contents | |
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