http://simonwillison.net/2013-06-11T12:12:00+00:00Simon Willison2013-06-11T12:12:00+00:002013-06-11T12:12:00+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2013/Jun/11/how-do-some-public/#atom-tag

<p><em>My answer to <a href="https://www.quora.com/How-do-some-public-speakers-memorize-so-many-statistics-when-speaking-on-stage/answer/Simon-Willison">How do some public speakers memorize so many statistics when speaking on stage?</a> on Quora</em></p> <p>It's really not hard. If you're memorising a complete speech, remembering a few statistics is easy in comparison. Also, the stats you use in a speech should be meaningful (otherwise thy include them at all?) which means the have a built in mnemonic.</p> <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/speaking">speaking</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/quora">quora</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/ted">ted</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/tedx">tedx</a></p>