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Memorability: An A-Z of effective presentations

Humans are highly forgetful. According to Hermann Ebbinghaus’ Forgetting Curve (Ebbinghaus, 1913), when we encounter new information, we forget some of it almost instantly. For example, you may leave a webinar or meeting with your head full of new facts and figures, only to find that you can recall very little of it hours later....
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Cognitive load: an A-Z of effective presentations

Whether pitching for a project, or providing a quarterly review at a board meeting, we all want our presentations to be memorable. It is often considered a key determinant of success. The problem is, our short term memory only holds 7 (+/- 2) items of information at any one time. So, the likelihood of the...
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