Principles for Better Learning
Taught by Stephen Mayo
Stephen Mayo is a life-long learner with a passion for identifying simple habits and techniques to make people more effective in daily life and work. His most recent research focused on brain performance, accelerated learning and memory. Stephen is a Vice President at Precision, a quantitative marketing agency that uses data to help Fortune 500 companies achieve their sales and marketing goals.
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Have you wondered how to make better use of your limited time when learning a new hobby or skill? It can help to understand how our brains learn, store and recall information.
In this session, we will explore:
- How to modify your behavior to learn and retrieve concepts more easily
- How to use story-telling, meaning and details to make information more memorable
- How to optimize the duration and spacing of practice or study sessions
- How to maximize the creative power of the subconscious brain
- Effective practice techniques
We will focus:
- 10% on brain science
- 20% on principles of learning
- 70% on tactics for daily life
