I joined 3 organizations this semester at my university and I typically meet about 5 new people each meeting in each of these organizations (so 15 people a week there alone) and on top of that, I attend events within these organizations that meet others in similar organizations so there's even more people. I, as well as many others, am not good with remembering names. I also am not used to meeting people because the last year and a half I only met maybe 7 people in total. I have thus made this topic to ask you guys for your opinions for strategies to remember people's names when meeting them. I try to focus when the other person says his or her name and not think too much about what I am going to say next. If I already have planned what I am going to say then I am more likely to block out what they say before I speak and thus not remember their name. I also try to use their name a few times when talking. What do you guys do? How have your experiences been with trying to remember names?
Re: discussion: how do you remember people's names when meeting Take a art class. Learn to draw. Then every time u meet a person do a sketch of them and write their name next to the sketch ๎
Re: discussion: how do you remember people's names when meeting Idk I'm really good at remembering names because I stick them to faces. I wouldn't worry about it too much because you'll stress yourself out. Just tell them the truth,"I can't remember your name", and try to make a joke out of it and have a laugh chances are they probably don't remember your name either. Eventually you'll learn the names but until then I wouldn't let this bother you.๎
Re: discussion: how do you remember people's names when meeting If I am meeting just 1 person and for an extended period of time, then I can remember names. The only difficulty is when it's 5 people at once or 5 people in a short period of time. I know one trick when forgetting people's names is to either ask someone else who might now or grab one of your friends and introduce him or her to the person whose name you forgot and that person should say his or her name when introducing ๎ I do typically ask for their name again immediately after forgetting but I know that it drops their self esteem when someone else forgets their name.
Re: discussion: how do you remember people's names when meeting It doesn't drop mine it's just a noraml thing that happens all u have to do is apologize for forgetting there name and you'll be fine๎