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Posted by: Bill Jarrard on Friday, 25 November 2011 - 6:03am

Memory and Sales Success Next week Jennifer takes off once again to Guangzhou, China to be Senior Arbiter at the World Memory Championships, and I thought it was timely to address a question we get quite often, which is...

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Posted by: Jennifer Goddard on Friday, 28 October 2011 - 2:00pm

Have trouble remember numbers?

We all do - numbers are often meaningless and hard to make links that will help us remember them.

There are two systems most commonly used

  • The Major System
  • The Dominic System

The Major system

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Posted by: Jennifer Goddard on Wednesday, 14 October 2009 - 3:02pm

To celebrate the 2009 World Memory Championships, we have re-released a series of 10 videos to provide insight into how a National Memory Championships is run.

The competitions are generally the same except the length of events are longer in the World Memory Championships.

These 3-4 minute videos are suitable for people interested in competing in a memory event, volunteers who help adjudicate and journalists and other people interested in how a memory championships is run.

01 Random Words

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Posted by: Jennifer Goddard on Wednesday, 29 December 2010 - 8:31am

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Posted by: Jennifer Goddard on Thursday, 23 December 2010 - 3:09pm

In a field of over 40 people, Ben Pridmore is the World Memory Champion for the second time.

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Thanks to all the competitors and my fabulous group of Arbitors for making it a memorable event! Also thanks to Phil Chambers, Chris Day, Dominic O'Brien and Tony Buzan for making my job easier.

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Check out a previous blog post http://www.mindwerx.com/node/1054/ to see what is involved in a Memory championships

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Posted by: Jennifer Goddard on Friday, 24 December 2010 - 5:51pm

Australian Memory Championships versus the AFL Grand Final
Two Great Competitions on One Weekend

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Posted by: buzzgirl on Tuesday, 19 August 2008 - 12:59pm

As Britain’s physical athletes clock up record hauls of gold medals in Beijing, our mental athletes have been seeking to make their own mark in London in the UK Open Memory Championships at Simpsons in the Strand over the weekend of August 16 and 17.

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Posted by: debbie_jarrard on Friday, 12 November 2010 - 11:11am

Congratulations to Jennifer Goddard for becoming the first Senior Arbitor at the World Memory Championships.

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Posted by: Jennifer Goddard on Friday, 24 December 2010 - 5:59pm

Why do millions watch 22 people run around chasing after a little white ball in order to kick it into a net?

Find out what the fascination with soccer and memory competitions have in common in an interview with Tony Buzan http://www.buzan.com.au/b-tube/audio_interview.html

 

I am off to Bangkok next week to convene the Thailand Memory Championships. Will keep you posted...

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