In her role at Duke, Cam Kelly’s memory gets put to the test. As Associate Vice President for Principal Gifts for Duke Alumni Engagement and Development, she maintains a mental rolodex of Duke alumni ...

When I try, I can learn names quickly and effectively. Even though I don't have a particularly good memory, I've developed skills and tricks: my secrets for learning names. First, pay attention. If I ...

In a few weeks, we will be starting a new academic term. With each new group of students comes a new batch of names to learn. While some instructors are able to master a large number of student names ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Top CEOs have figured out how to be lazy—in a good way. (Illustration by Fortune) In coaching hundreds of executives over the ...

What's in a name? It's a question you may not think much about. But it's a loaded one with a deep answer. "In theory, a person’s name is the word any person will hear the most in their lifetime," says ...

It’s something we’ve all done before – after a brief introduction at a dinner party or event, you turn away to realise you’ve completely blanked on the person’s name. A trick of the mind, people often ...

Ah, memory. You're such a tricky beast. Let's be real with each other: Being scatterbrained is a side effect of entrepreneurship. SF Gate Logo Don't let Google decide who you trust. Make SFGATE a ...

When Michelle D. Miller leads faculty workshops, she often does what she calls a “party trick” that she uses on the first day of class with her students: learning everyone’s names. As professors have ...

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Most of us have experienced the anguish of forgetting someone’s name while they’re standing right in front of us. It’s like a mental game ...