# Sell your memory, possibilities to get people interested **URL:** \ **Category:** General Memory Chat\ **Created:** [September 11, 2013, 9:47am UTC](https://forum.artofmemory.com/t/sell-your-memory-possibilities-to-get-people-interested/28743 "2013-09-11T09:47:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Haplo](https://forum.artofmemory.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/ed655f/32.png) [@Haplo](https://forum.artofmemory.com/u/Haplo)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2013, 9:47am UTC](https://forum.artofmemory.com/t/sell-your-memory-possibilities-to-get-people-interested/28743/1 "2013-09-11T09:47:39Z")
Hi guys, I have opportunity to do some workshops/lectures/shows about memory techniques in the culture center in my hometown. Could you brainstorm any ideas? Because as to give a lecture i know that it could be about for example learning new words in foreign language or remembering faces, or some linking and palace stuff, but what about the situation, where i am sitting in front of the table, can have some accessories and people are passing by (let’s assume that there is a big workshop day, where many people presents their ideas - like on the left i have a box, where somebody teaches how to paint and on the right is a juggler). How to get the attention of like… 5 people and get them enough interest to instill in them the idea of ​​coming later. I can memorize a deck of card earlier, but in front of them it takes me like 2 minutes - its to much time… Maybe memorize pi and start to write them down on a big blackboard and then continue with explaining this concept in some entertaining way. I watched tedtalks of Nelson and Joshua, but that was a speech, so sth little different. You can gather them and then do with them mix of journey/palace method to remember a list of things, but i am not sure if this would interest them enough. What do you think? Or maybe present interesting way of remembering capital cities? Please help, give some ideas and maybe more people will do this kind of presentations in their cities. (If this topic was mentioned earlier please let me know, it felt kind of weird to me, but i couldn’t remember to read here about it). ---
**Author:** ![Brianma](https://forum.artofmemory.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/9f8e36/32.png) [@Brianma](https://forum.artofmemory.com/u/Brianma)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2013, 10:20am UTC](https://forum.artofmemory.com/t/sell-your-memory-possibilities-to-get-people-interested/28743/2 "2013-09-11T10:20:33Z")
What you want are mentalist tricks. Go here : [http://headinside.blogspot.com.au/](http://headinside.blogspot.com.au/) This site covers mnemonics as well as various math and science tricks. Its also got very good videos of magic tricks - some mnemonically linked. The blog writer does turn up here occasionally. ---
**Author:** ![seamagu](https://forum.artofmemory.com/user_avatar/forum.artofmemory.com/seamagu/32/333_2.png) [@seamagu](https://forum.artofmemory.com/u/seamagu)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2013, 10:42am UTC](https://forum.artofmemory.com/t/sell-your-memory-possibilities-to-get-people-interested/28743/3 "2013-09-12T10:42:58Z")
You could learn a day for any date method and then as people their birthday and tell them the day it falls this year, next year or when they were born. On the previous posters link you can purchase Scott Crams ‘Day One’ method which is great. You could memorise their credit card for them to show them how easy it is, most people don’t know their own credit card number. I find memorising my credit card very handy when internet shopping! there are lots of cool things you can do Ask people what they do themselves and come up with ways that mnemonics would help e.g. prices, product codes, measurements, names and faces Also things like birthdays, maybe remember a load of historical things that happened in the dates leading up to and beyond the event, some people like that kind of thing. hope that helps, regards, Sea ---
**Author:** ![LociInTheSky](https://forum.artofmemory.com/user_avatar/forum.artofmemory.com/lociinthesky/32/2857_2.png) [@LociInTheSky](https://forum.artofmemory.com/u/LociInTheSky)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2013, 1:28am UTC](https://forum.artofmemory.com/t/sell-your-memory-possibilities-to-get-people-interested/28743/4 "2013-10-09T01:28:53Z")
A street performer, a magician that I met, told me he had a friend who was also a street performer, and he would ask people their zipcodes and say things like “Ah yes, when I’m in such and such a town, I enjoy a nice dinner at this or that place.” It’s quite a project, but pretty cool. ---
**Author:** ![Josh](https://forum.artofmemory.com/user_avatar/forum.artofmemory.com/josh/32/21_2.png) [@Josh](https://forum.artofmemory.com/u/Josh)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2013, 7:14pm UTC](https://forum.artofmemory.com/t/sell-your-memory-possibilities-to-get-people-interested/28743/5 "2013-10-09T19:14:46Z")
> [@LociInTheSky](#): > > …he would ask people their zipcodes and say things like “Ah yes, when I’m in such and such a town, I enjoy a nice dinner at this or that place.” That’s a great idea. According to [this page](http://www.zip-codes.com/zip-code-statistics.asp), there are 41,789 zip codes. A little more research makes it look feasible though: > **[ZIP Code](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZIP_code#By_geography)** > > A ZIP Code (an acronym for Zone Improvement Plan) is a system of postal codes used by the United States Postal Service (USPS). The term ZIP was chosen to suggest that the mail travels more efficiently and quickly (zipping along) when senders use the code in the postal address. > Introduced on July 1, 1963, the basic format comprised five digits. In 1983, an extended code was introduced named ZIP+4; it included the five digits of the ZIP Code, followed by a hyphen and four digits that designat... The first digit is for the state. That is only 10 items to memorize. The next two digits are for the SCF: > **[Sectional center facility](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sectional_center_facility_%28SCF%29)** > > A sectional center facility (SCF) is a processing and distribution center (P&DC) of the United States Postal Service (USPS) that serves a designated geographical area defined by one or more three-digit ZIP Code prefixes. A sectional center facility routes mail between local post offices, sorting and delivery centers (SDCs), to and from network distribution centers (NDCs), and to and from other sectional center facilities. > Note: Alabama 369 is served by Jackson, Mississippi; 353 is unassigned.... With just the first three digits of a zip code it should be possible to make a good guess. ---
**Author:** ![seamagu](https://forum.artofmemory.com/user_avatar/forum.artofmemory.com/seamagu/32/333_2.png) [@seamagu](https://forum.artofmemory.com/u/seamagu)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2013, 11:09am UTC](https://forum.artofmemory.com/t/sell-your-memory-possibilities-to-get-people-interested/28743/6 "2013-10-10T11:09:27Z")
I was thinking it would be cool to know a famous person’s birthday for every day of the year, anyone have any such lists? thanks, Sea ---
**Author:** ![Josh](https://forum.artofmemory.com/user_avatar/forum.artofmemory.com/josh/32/21_2.png) [@Josh](https://forum.artofmemory.com/u/Josh)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2013, 5:48am UTC](https://forum.artofmemory.com/t/sell-your-memory-possibilities-to-get-people-interested/28743/7 "2013-10-11T05:48:16Z")
> [@seamagu](#): > > I was thinking it would be cool to know a famous person’s birthday for every day of the year, > > anyone have any such lists? Maybe Wikipedia – you can find birthdays on each date page: > **[October 10](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_10#Births)** > > This is an accepted version of this page > October 10 is the 283rd day of the year (284th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 82 days remain until the end of the year. > **[October 11](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_11#Births)** > > This is an accepted version of this page > October 11 is the 284th day of the year (285th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 81 days remain until the end of the year. ---
**Author:** ![seamagu](https://forum.artofmemory.com/user_avatar/forum.artofmemory.com/seamagu/32/333_2.png) [@seamagu](https://forum.artofmemory.com/u/seamagu)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2013, 7:44am UTC](https://forum.artofmemory.com/t/sell-your-memory-possibilities-to-get-people-interested/28743/8 "2013-10-11T07:44:03Z")
Thanks Josh, I think I’ll set up a blog page with a list of the days of the year where people can add famous births or deaths. I’ll add a link here if I figure it out, (Winston Churchill was born yesterday (10 oct) 73 years ago by the way) cheers, Sea ---
**Author:** ![seamagu](https://forum.artofmemory.com/user_avatar/forum.artofmemory.com/seamagu/32/333_2.png) [@seamagu](https://forum.artofmemory.com/u/seamagu)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2013, 8:04am UTC](https://forum.artofmemory.com/t/sell-your-memory-possibilities-to-get-people-interested/28743/9 "2013-10-11T08:04:20Z")
Hi all, I’ve posted it in the challenges section: > **[Calendar of Famous Births/Deaths](https://forum.artofmemory.com/t/calendar-of-famous-births-deaths/26701)** > > So here is the challenge: I’ll add a famous person’s birthday or date of their passing into the list of dates below. Feel free to edit this with additional people. Also please leave in the comments what method you are using to memorise them. I... Please feel free to add to this as it is a work in progress, thanks, Sea