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About this talk: Ed's visual learning techniques are an effective and fun way to learn difficult information. They are ideal for children (and anyone else) who find it difficult to recall those “boring” facts.

About the speaker: Ed is a Grandmaster of memory and educational speaker. He was ranked 7th overall in the 2007 World Memory Championships. His party tricks include the ability to memorise 1000 numbers in an hour, 10 decks of cards in an hour and one deck in under 2 minutes. In 2005, Ed competed unofficially in the US Memory Championships (which is only open to US citizens). Though his score wasn't officially tabulated, he would have won hands down. In the random words event, he managed 150 words in five minutes, 50 more than the best American score. In the same year, he trained journalist Joshua Foer (brother of Jonathan Safran) to win the US Memory Championships.

Talk Topics - Learning About Learning

Further information about this Talk

To read more about Ed and get hold of his book click here.

To read about Josh Foer's romp to victory, click here.