Friday, July 11, 2014

We Retain 10% of What We Hear and 80% of What We Say and DO


Source: medium.com

When communicating with others, especially about complex topics, it's important to understand how human brains work and what we are paying attention to and how we learn and comprehend.   Keeping it simple and accepting that repetition in diverse ways will help.  In my first full time writing job many moons ago, my boss had us writers read magazine ads as part of on our training on how to get the point across succinctly, and to grab our reader's attention immediately. When I have been part of a workshop or class, I retain the most when I can do along with listening and reading and watching.

This is the article from medium.com that got me thinking about this:

https://medium.com/i-love-charts/3-types-of-visual-information-we-use-everyday-and-why-they-work-2ac85ecc87f0