MGM - Memory Training for Fundraisers

In this fun and interactive presentation, U.S. Memory Champion, Chester Santos, will help you to develop your most valuable business asset: your brain!

Every professional understands the value of developing relationships, and you are not getting the most out of networking unless you remember people's names and what they do for a living. This program provides an overview of effective memory techniques for remembering the names of donors and prospective donors, in order to build your Major Gifts program. You will experience memory boosting methods that give "instant" access to vital program information so that you can be more persuasive during conversations.  Everyone will leave with sharper minds and a solid foundation in exercises and techniques that will benefit their cause, careers and personal lives.

The workshop will address techniques for:

1.       Developing many aspects of human memory: working memory, short-term memory, and long-term memory.

2.       Matching names and faces.

3.       Recalling key facts including numbers.

SPEAKER BIO:

Known simply as "The International Man of Memory", there’s no memory challenge Chester Santos hasn’t taken on – from recalling a random 100+ digit sequence in 5 minutes to naming every U.S. congress person’s state and district number. Through demonstrating extraordinary feats of the mind, as well as educating others to do the same, this U.S. Memory Champion is regarded as one of the greatest memory experts in the world. He is author of  "Instant Memory Training for Success" (Wiley) and his memory talents have featured the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, CNN, NBC, ABC and PBS. http://www.internationalmanofmemory.com/