This guy's voice is so relaxing. Anyone else?

Everyone draws as a child. Artists are just people that never stopped drawing.

I actually made a random doodle YEARS ago and made a small story out of it, years later, I remembered exactly how the story went, and drew it again. I found the piece of paper with the original doodle, and sure enough, the story was almost exact.

Him: let's start with a circle Me: * sweats nervously *

I really like the sound that the marker makes

Does anyone else love the sound of the marker on the paper? Its so soothing.

For those looking for how to remember things better by drawing you're looking for 9:49

This was not a lesson about Drawing.... but about LIFE. 🙏🏻 Thank You Sir!

That's the key phrase - "when we draw, we remember more" - what an excellent presentation - thank you so much

How many noticed that he drew rather simply and child-like when he wanted the people to draw 😄Gem of a teacher he is !

I had a chapter about a mountaineer who had climbed Everest. Her story was so boring and difficult, everyone hated that chapter. I decided to draw the whole story. You know what....I remembered it so easily that I didn't forget it till the final examinations!!!

Ye but where is Spike.

The more mental processing there us during learning, the better the memory. The act of drawing, which involves processing meaning in an visual way, can increase the mental processing and therefore better memory. Great idea! Thank you!

i love this guy's enthusiasm. particularly loved how he concluded his talk. kudos

I want this kind of teacher 😢 I can understand him and full of positivity thank you sir 💓

I don't want him to finish - his is a calm and pleasing personality!

Incredible, three weeks after watching the talk once, I could remember 5 out of 7 correctly! Amazing

I have been struggling to learn Arabic for the past 10+ years and recently I started drying images on my vocabulary cards in order to teach English and I also wrote the Arabic translation of the English words and guess what. I remembered Arabic vocabulary the next day and the day after and a week after and now I can use it in a real conversation as well. Now I tell all of my English students to draw images in order to remember words and they also remember. Now my students love me and praise me for teaching them English that have been trying to learn for decades here in panama but can't seems to learn it.

I don't have words to thank this great elderly personality with such a great presentation.

I just loved the way he concluded. That thing literally won my heart.... Some teachers own a special place in our hearts(True for this man).

As a student engineer i mostly draw and doodle when im reading at times my freinds think im crazy . They just dont understand what is going on and why im having A+

I did this 40 years ago in school. I didn't know it was something researched. I drew(doodled) at the top of my note paper. It helped me remember. Interesting. My history book cover was full of doodles.

I have a really bad memory, usually suck at the kind of memory test he was describing (to recall a list of memorized words after a distraction has been presented) and I was astonished that I could still remember all 7 drawings (6 of which with absolutely no effort or need to think about it) and all in their respective positions. It really was an exciting experiment!

I remember using this technique to help my grade school daughter memorize a story line to be recited in front of her class. We convert the sentences to pictures we draw and it make easy for her to remember the story line.

All the time i was Thinking he is wasting papers. But it was worth it. Thank you for the Lesson. 😁😁😅

Just imagine the wonderful smell of all those markers!

He is a Very Good Teacher. Respect for Him from Pakistan.

"Drawing" specifically isn't so much the key, but truly understanding and rephrasing it in your own words, not memorizing the original phrases. It can be through drawing or illustrated with drawings, or just in words, or just an abstract diagram, whatever works. The more different ways one can explain the same thing, the better.

I went to a class in February about cartoon drawing. Amongst the Covid 19 I found a sketch book and nice markers I had bought. You've inspired me creatively. I love your "Art" with stroke patients. This is a great tool for recovery and ways to "express" ones feelings or just feel good and have some plain FUN! THANKS!

He is so down to earth & amazing, especially helping the stroke patients

Thank you Graham for this talk. I have been drawing since I was 16 and I want to do a nursing course next year and so I finally thought that I would use my drawings as a study tool as well as a source of confidence when dealing with overwhelm from the stress between assignments and exams, use what makes me happy to bring out the real, clever me like it always did especially for my future 😃

That is how the original alphabet was formed. Drawings of things in the world that represented an abstract set of ideas associated with the nature of the objects. It is a useful way to try to start understanding something that is foreign to you (as is the case for all forms of art), but language has developed to the current point for the sake of articulating more precise meaning from our experiences in life. Language itself is a form of mythology in that way. A set of condensed abstractions that are refined over long periods of time for the sake of understanding the fundamental basis and processes of reality. We utter words that we feel correctly match the impulses that compel us to speech and then we seek to define the words with other utterances that are more familiar and clear to us through experience. A picture or an action can help convey the things that are unspeakably unknown to us, and once the image exists an analysis can take place to make the unknown known.

One of the best TED Talks. 🌟I love the way he explains.

I couldn't agree more with him, for I see this works out really well with language students, for example. I love the way he explains everything. Fantastic!

"Life Long Learners" I really like this.

A simple yet powerful (and sometimes forgotten) tool, not just for the sake of remembering more, but also for creativity in general...excited to use it...

Im not joking ive been using these metods to memorize since i was 13 now im 16 and this method is so good to memorize and it makes memorizing easier

Fantastic!! I used drawings and linked them - mind mapping - to prepare for my sociology A level ! It worked. I got a B grade!!! Drawings work!!! Graham Shaw explains it beautifully! 👏

I was using this technique during my graduation, it really helped me score more. i was just using a single picture for all which was boring and bit of confusing, now this video made me think of how we can use multiple pictures to create a wonderful memorable piece of information which can register in our brain quickly. Thank you

On Christmas around the faamily dinner table we somehow got on the subject of drawing. I stated " I'm still drawing stick figures." Mind you I was about 50 at the time. My 9 year old austistic nephew looks at me and calmly states "Aunt Sis, there's nothig wrong with stick figures." He could have hit me with a brick with the simple truth in his statement. I beliebve he was saying as long as you are dong your best at anythig in life you attempt it doesn't matter how good it is. You are doing your best.

a great teacher

A real eye-opener in so many ways. I think the memories retain better if you actually do the drawing for real the way the audience did. As I'm getting on in years and didn't draw anything but tried to remember them all. I could only recall 3 of them and had forgotten the cat and the boat and the little figure of a man. Back in 1958 I failed to pass a test to enter senior school at age 11 because I couldn't remember more than two of the objects of a photo of a room full of them. I hadn't drawn them. So it was sorry mate you're too thick to have a place here. Wish I'd had a pencil and paper and this knowledge at the time. It's truly brilliant.

I always kind of did that and it works. In fact we are so much visual learners that even when olny using normal annotations when I did a test I usually remembered the pages I've written the relevant information on at the same time. I think a great way to use this is to just doodle stuff along with your annotations.

Best speech on memory improvement i have seen so far and also he is really a very vibrant personality.

It was a shock to see that I have got the whole thing right. Thank you so much for sharing this! He is amazing

I can see that you a devoted teacher. I wish that teachers in this country z (FIJI) could be as devoted. You make learning so much more easier and enjoyable!

This person gave me a true reason by which I can do my studies along with which I can follow my passion of drawing which I left due to my parents as they want me to study rather than drawing they find drawing useless I think the problem is not with me the problem is with their thinking ...thanks for such an amazing video I really loved it

This guy is gold. Thank you for this inspiring speech! Gonna use this.

Truly inspiring Artist to all the people who love drawing!! Draw more to remember more!!

According to the author of Brain Rules, our brain sees letters/words as visual images. The key to remembering is to to use more of our senses including sound and smell, which are stored in different parts of the brain this allows us to retrieve information from more than just one part of our brain. We can make more sense of these drawn images because the shapes also convey meaning. To make it more memorable if he had created a story the success rate would of increased. Really enjoyed this and enjoyed the simplicity of learning the basics of drawing to get across a message.

Probably the most magnificent TEDx venue by a country mile

Bravo! I very much enjoyed Mr. Shaw's gentle and humor-filled presentation. I feel inspired to put his recommendation of drawing to help me remember more easily and effectively. Thank you! 🙏👍😊

Invigilator : Why are u making drawings? Me : Its complicated!!! 😂

Superb talk by Graham Shaw ! 6.44 looks like a mind map :)

This is the sentence that sums up the lesson: "when we draw we remember more!"

TFS. TEDx. What a great teacher. I have already started building on my visual tool kit. What great ideas to learn to draw, remember things and develop language. More importantly how to pass on knowledge and help others. Respect and appreciation.

I would suggest this strategy is usefull if you have time but if you dont let me tell you something... it is still faster -Unknown

Picture thinking is the key to learn Mandarin characters.

The most practical talk I have ever heard in my student life

I tried to remember 45min lecture by drawing and greatfully it helped me a lot. Thank you sir

See that's why I watch documentaries instead of studying articles

I always use this technique when want to keep informaiton in my mind and I read a book about it :) great!

One of the best TEDx presentations ever! I am glad I had an open mind about this talk. I nearly skipped the video because I'm not an artist. I am now glad I didn't.

One of the quality TED talks I have came across.

I can't wait to teach my kids how to learn by drawing! thanks alot!!

Amazing1 Loved it, Graham. I could draw for the first time in my life. Did as a break from hard word and it was great fun! You are an inspiration. So simple and such a powerful message! Congrats!

A Wonderful way for both children and adults remember everything. Thanks a lot Mr Gramham Shaw.

He always brings a smile on my face..

Supremely useful😍 I will no doubt put it into practice...!

and people who enjoy reading are making pictures in their minds while reading.

This is absolutely brilliant. It will start out children's education very, very fast indeed and continue on through a lifetime.

Just amazing! I just got my aha moment! This talk will change my communication skills to a completely new level.

This is literally how I study. I am in med school and one of the things I like to do is draw stick figures and stuff along with disease showing signs and symptoms and like everyone makes fun of them but I have like photographic memory of all of them and its great

It’s usually just basic shapes put together. You see the issue for me is creativity

Love his enthusiasm

That is exaclty what I do when my daughter asks for help in doing her math - draw a picture. Now I got confident in the method! :)

And this is why mindmaps work great with studying!

You are a good drawer sir

I would be thankful to this man forever 🙏🏻☺️☺️

what a great teacher. this can change the world in so many ways and also destroy the world for having this strong skill set

When I relate your topic to Arabic language, now I understood why understanding quran is easy.... Coz every word in quran has a root letter and can be easily understandable, as u gave the example tree representing growth, or life, depending on the situation. Just like the OOPs concept in JAVA language.

I love this guy

This will really help people that are seniors perhaps suffering from senility.

This video came right in time! I will try that for my upcoming exams! Thank you!

What I wanted to draw : 👁️👄👁️ What I draw : ◉‿◉ What I remember : •_•

I now have a good reason to learn how to draw ✍🖼

This is the most Splendid Video I have ever watch ...Memory through Painting Cartoon THE POWER OF VISUAL LEARNING

Best Tedtalk i have ever seen.Thumbs up for the sir and thanks for such a great information. ..

12:00 what a beauty

The king of emojis

Great to see the wonderful Graham Shaw in action!

I can't wait to begin doing this activity for the residents I work with.

I really can't draw. Are there more videos like this, books or whatever that explain how to draw using only basic shapes? Like, how to assemble basic shapes to come out with more complex figures, using as few free hand drawing abilities as possible. That's be very useful

How to draw sin0 + cos0 = 1 ??

Excellent presentation and exciting technique. Thank you Graham Shaw.

The best 'memory' talk I've heard so far

4:55 Kill It With FIREEE

My problem usually isn't remembering things, it's remembering what things i'm supposed to remember

Thank you sir, you're amazing teacher!!

How can anyone not like this?!!! Phenomenal!