The document discusses Allan Chan's observations at pre-parties on forgetting names when meeting new people. He introduced himself differently on two nights - normally on Friday and with a unique description on Saturday. On Friday, people remembered his name but on Saturday, even those who heard the unique introduction forgot his name when he introduced himself normally to others. The document suggests reasons people may forget names like distractions or lack of interest. It proposes that developing a habit of not listening or being too lazy to ask again can make people boring at parties. Some recommendations are given like using unique introductions or associating names with characteristics. The proposed solution is a drink sleeve with stickers to spell names, which helps solve issues like awkwardness, warm drinks

1. HABIT & BEHAVIOR
forgetting names.
Allan Chan

2. Facts:
Dr. Ildiko Kemenes, memory expert at University of
Sussex
!
The brain has a restricted capacity to learn things.
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Disturbance during memories being formed can disrupt
and stop memories from being formed.
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Memory formation is also energy consuming so the brain
sometimes need to decide if it´s worth the energy for this
particular memory.

3. Forgetting names observation
Location: Pre-parties on Friday and Saturday.
Experiment:
Introduce myself 2 different ways.
- Standard way: “hi, I´m Allan.”
- Cool way: “I´m probably the only Asian Norwegian guy you will ever meet, and I´m Allan.”
Observe behaviors and patterns of people who forget my name.

4. Forgetting names.
Observation results:
Friday pre party:
Introduced myself !the standard way.
Saturday pre party:

5. Forgetting names.
Observation results:
Friday pre party:
Introduced myself !the standard way.
Saturday pre party:

6. Forgetting names.
Observation results:
Friday pre party:
Introduced myself !the standard way.
Remembered my name.
Saturday pre party:

7. Forgetting names.
Observation results:
Friday pre party:
Introduced myself !the standard way.
Remembered my name.
Saturday pre party:

8. Forgetting names.
Observation results:
Friday pre party:
Introduced myself !the standard way.
Remembered my name.
Saturday pre party:
Introduced myself the cool way.

9. Forgetting names.
Observation results:
Friday pre party:
Introduced myself !the standard way.
Remembered my name.
Saturday pre party:
Introduced myself the cool way.

10. Forgetting names.
Observation results:
Friday pre party:
Introduced myself !the standard way.
Remembered my name.
Saturday pre party:
Introduced myself the cool way.
to these 3 girl and 2 guys.

11. Forgetting names.
Observation results:
Friday pre party:
Introduced myself !the standard way.
Remembered my name.
Saturday pre party:
Introduced myself the cool way.
to these 3 girl and 2 guys.

12. Forgetting names.
Observation results:
Friday pre party:
Introduced myself !the standard way.
Remembered my name.
Saturday pre party:
Introduced myself the cool way.
to these 3 girl and 2 guys.
All remembered my name.

13. Forgetting names.
Observation results:
Friday pre party:
Introduced myself !the standard way.
Remembered my name.
Saturday pre party:
Introduced myself the cool way.
to these 3 girl and 2 guys.

14. Forgetting names.
Observation results:
Friday pre party:
Introduced myself !the standard way.
Remembered my name.
Saturday pre party:
Introduced myself the cool way.

15. Forgetting names.
Observation results:
Friday pre party:
Introduced myself !the standard way.
Remembered my name.
Saturday pre party:
Introduced myself the cool way.
Introduced myself the standard way to the rest.

16. Forgetting names.
Observation results:
Friday pre party:
Introduced myself !the standard way.
Remembered my name.
Saturday pre party:
Introduced myself the cool way.
Introduced myself the standard way to the rest.

17. Forgetting names.
Observation results:
Friday pre party:
Introduced myself !the standard way.
Remembered my name.
Saturday pre party:
Introduced myself the cool way.
Introduced myself the standard way to the rest.

18. Forgetting names.
Observation results:
Friday pre party:
Introduced myself !the standard way.
Remembered my name.
Saturday pre party:
Introduced myself the cool way.
Introduced myself the standard way to the rest.
Remembered my name.

19. Patterns
from my observation.

20. Patterns
from my observation.
Guys seem to remember my name better
than girls.

21. Patterns
from my observation.
Guys seem to remember my name better
than girls.
The ones who forgot my name, didn't
come back for it.

22. Patterns
from my observation.
Guys seem to remember my name better
than girls.
The ones who forgot my name, didn't
come back for it.
Even repeating my name while introduction didn’t help.

23. Patterns
from my observation.
Guys seem to remember my name better
than girls.
The ones who forgot my name, didn't
come back for it.
Even repeating my name while introduction didn’t help.
People who forgot the first time were distracted
before meeting me.

24. BEHAVIOR
CUE
REWARD

25. Cue
When entering the party:

26. Cue
When entering the party:
Many names to learn at one time.

27. Cue
When entering the party:
Many names to learn at one time.
There are more people waiting to meet you.

28. Cue
When entering the party:
Many names to learn at one time.
There are more people waiting to meet you.
Focused on something else.

29. Cue
When entering the party:
Many names to learn at one time.
There are more people waiting to meet you.
Focused on something else.
Not interested.

30. Behavior

31. Behavior
You are meeting this guy then the next person and
his friend again. Rush through it.

32. Behavior
You are meeting this guy then the next person and
his friend again. Rush through it.
As you forgets you don´t feel asking again.

33. Behavior
You are meeting this guy then the next person and
his friend again. Rush through it.
As you forgets you don´t feel asking again.
Asks awfully lot about you (me)

34. Behavior
You are meeting this guy then the next person and
his friend again. Rush through it.
As you forgets you don´t feel asking again.
Asks awfully lot about you (me)
Feel ok to ask for my name if I forgot as well.

35. Reward
?
?

36. Reward
?
?
Conversation starter.

37. Reward
?
?
Conversation starter.
Remembers the person better after
asking again.

38. Reward
?
?
Conversation starter.
Remembers the person better after
asking again.
Embarrassment, especially if the other
person remembers your name.

39. BEHAVIOR
CUE

40. BEHAVIOR
CUE
HABIT

41. BEHAVIOR
It will eventually develop a habit from behavior.
CUE
HABIT

42. BEHAVIOR
It will eventually develop a habit from behavior.
CUE
HABIT

43. BEHAVIOR
It will eventually develop a habit from behavior.
CUE
If changes aren´t made, you are stuck in
this circle of a boring person at parties.
HABIT

44. BEHAVIOR
It will eventually develop a habit from behavior.
CUE
If changes aren´t made, you are stuck in
this circle of a boring person at parties.
HABIT

45. BEHAVIOR
It will eventually develop a habit from behavior.
CUE
If changes aren´t made, you are stuck in
this circle of a boring person at parties.
REWARD
HABIT

46. BEHAVIOR
It will eventually develop a habit from behavior.
CUE
If changes aren´t made, you are stuck in
this circle of a boring person at parties.
REWARD
Change your habit and find new rewards.
HABIT

47. Motivations
from my observation.

48. Motivations
from my observation.
Feels like people are waiting in line to meet you.

49. Motivations
from my observation.
Feels like people are waiting in line to meet you.
makes you feel uncomfortable so you just want to meet everyone quickly as possible.

50. Motivations
from my observation.
Feels like people are waiting in line to meet you.
makes you feel uncomfortable so you just want to meet everyone quickly as possible.
Disturbance in the background.

51. Motivations
from my observation.
Feels like people are waiting in line to meet you.
makes you feel uncomfortable so you just want to meet everyone quickly as possible.
Disturbance in the background.
either they are talking with friends or playing games while introduction.

52. Motivations
from my observation.
Feels like people are waiting in line to meet you.
makes you feel uncomfortable so you just want to meet everyone quickly as possible.
Disturbance in the background.
either they are talking with friends or playing games while introduction.
Not interested.

53. Motivations
from my observation.
Feels like people are waiting in line to meet you.
makes you feel uncomfortable so you just want to meet everyone quickly as possible.
Disturbance in the background.
either they are talking with friends or playing games while introduction.
Not interested.
Simply forgets.

54. Motivations
from my observation.
Feels like people are waiting in line to meet you.
makes you feel uncomfortable so you just want to meet everyone quickly as possible.
Disturbance in the background.
either they are talking with friends or playing games while introduction.
Not interested.
Simply forgets.
no shame in that.

55. Habit

56. Habit
Shake hands becomes a “thing to do”.

57. Habit
Shake hands becomes a “thing to do”.
The symbol of hand shake and meeting new people means nothing than a hand shake.

58. Habit
Shake hands becomes a “thing to do”.
The symbol of hand shake and meeting new people means nothing than a hand shake.
Not trying to listen for the name.

59. Habit
Shake hands becomes a “thing to do”.
The symbol of hand shake and meeting new people means nothing than a hand shake.
Not trying to listen for the name.
If you are not trying to listen, will you be listening to anything from someone you will meet in the future?

60. Habit
Shake hands becomes a “thing to do”.
The symbol of hand shake and meeting new people means nothing than a hand shake.
Not trying to listen for the name.
If you are not trying to listen, will you be listening to anything from someone you will meet in the future?
Too lazy to ask for the name again.

61. Habit
Shake hands becomes a “thing to do”.
The symbol of hand shake and meeting new people means nothing than a hand shake.
Not trying to listen for the name.
If you are not trying to listen, will you be listening to anything from someone you will meet in the future?
Too lazy to ask for the name again.
What will you be asking for again if you won´t even ask for a name?

62. Recommendations.

63. Recommendations.
Introduce your self with a crazy story.

64. Recommendations.
Introduce your self with a crazy story.
Repeat their names.

65. Recommendations.
Introduce your self with a crazy story.
Repeat their names.
Associate their names with something characteristic about them.

66. Recommendations.
Introduce your self with a crazy story.
Repeat their names.
Associate their names with something characteristic about them.
Or…

67. Solution.

68. Solution.

69. Solution.

70. Solution.

72. Most people enjoys cold beverages at parties.

73. Most people enjoys cold beverages at parties.
Cold beverages turn warm quickly when you are
holding it for a while.

74. Most people enjoys cold beverages at parties.
Cold beverages turn warm quickly when you are
holding it for a while.
It helps killing the awkwardness of asking for
any names again and cold drinks turn warm.

75. Most people enjoys cold beverages at parties.
Cold beverages turn warm quickly when you are
holding it for a while.
It helps killing the awkwardness of asking for
any names again and cold drinks turn warm.
A sleeve that you can wrap around your drink to maintain its coldness.

76. Most people enjoys cold beverages at parties.
Cold beverages turn warm quickly when you are
holding it for a while.
It helps killing the awkwardness of asking for
any names again and cold drinks turn warm.
A sleeve that you can wrap around your drink to maintain its coldness.
All includes one set of alphabetic stickers for you to spell out your name.

77. Most people enjoys cold beverages at parties.
Cold beverages turn warm quickly when you are
holding it for a while.
It helps killing the awkwardness of asking for
any names again and cold drinks turn warm.
A sleeve that you can wrap around your drink to maintain its coldness.
All includes one set of alphabetic stickers for you to spell out your name.
If your name has more than one similar letter. You will now have to ask people around
you to complete your name.

78. Most people enjoys cold beverages at parties.
Cold beverages turn warm quickly when you are
holding it for a while.
It helps killing the awkwardness of asking for
any names again and cold drinks turn warm.
A sleeve that you can wrap around your drink to maintain its coldness.
All includes one set of alphabetic stickers for you to spell out your name.
If your name has more than one similar letter. You will now have to ask people around
you to complete your name.
It is no longer awkward if I don´t know your name because now I can see your
name on what you are drinking.

79. This solution help solve:

80. This solution help solve:
Awkward situations.

81. This solution help solve:
Awkward situations.………………

82. This solution help solve:
Awkward situations.………………
Warm beer.

83. This solution help solve:
Awkward situations.………………
Warm beer.

84. This solution help solve:
Awkward situations.………………
Warm beer.
Friends only.

85. This solution help solve:
Awkward situations.………………
Warm beer.
Friends only.

86. This solution help solve:
Awkward situations.………………
Warm beer.
Friends only.

87. This solution help solve:
Awkward situations.………………
Warm beer.
Friends only.
Breaking up friends in
groups and includes
everyone as a full circle.