You’ve done it again. You’ve lost your car keys. Or your charger. You can’t remember your best friend’s middle name, or that important thing you really wanted to say. Something that happened one year ago might as well have been a whole decade ago – and indeed, as we age, the passing of time can feel like a compression of a whole life’s worth of experience.

In this masterclass with Mark Channon, the mindset coach and author of several books on memory, you will learn about the fascinating complexity of your brain, and how it sifts through, analyses, prioritises, stores and sheds information.

Through practical exercises as well as lecture-style talks, you will discover the importance of rehearsal for forming strong memories, drawing on science to tap into how the memory works as well as the effective strategies that can help you to improve your own ability to store and retrieve information.

Course content

The science behind memory
Memory strategies: what are they and how can they help you?
The good news and the bad news
How to learn faster and remember for longer
Memory for books, names, talks and numbers
Memory habits

This course is for …

Anyone looking to improve their memory and performance
Anyone with an interest in how the brain works and processes information

Tutor profile

Mark Channon is a mindset coach and startup consultant. After creating the quiz show Monkhouse’s Memory Masters for the BBC, he became one of the first grand masters of memory in the world. Mark is the author of several books including The Memory Workbook and Improve Your Memory: Sharpen Focus and Improve Performance. Mark was the original Memory Coach on Channel 4’s, Can I Improve My Memory, coaching Gok Wan, Joey Essex and Valerie Singleton. After 30 years of experience as a coach and leading digital products for the likes of BBC and Microsoft, Mark now works with clients on career transformation, high-performance leadership and business growth.

Course Details

Date: Wednesday 8 February 2023
Time: 6pm-8.30pm GMT

A catch up recording will be shared after the class and will be available for two weeks.

This masterclass is available globally. If you are joining us from outside the United Kingdom, please use this time zone converter to check your local live streaming time.

6pm GMT | 7pm CET | 10am PST | 1pm EST

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Improve your long-term memory, with Mark Channon