How to Retain Information
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Information is retained by organisms from generation to generation in their DNA: a buzzard chick becomes one because of that retained information.
A tree retains information about climate and atmospheric content while it was growing by the widths of growth rings and elements trapped in their cells.
A landscape is a record of its past, its climate and weather: a river cuts a gorge, uproots trees and deposits these burdens that it has picked up down stream. Long after a river flood has subsided, its traces are left behind
People need to learn, and retain information and on much shorter time scales, with greater accuracy and precision. An educational advisor once told me that somebody needs to do something twenty times in order to retain what they have been taught. A training session can usually repeat something three times before a counterproductive mindset is induced.
By using imagery, strategically placed where people are going to see them, the desired training content can be reinforced. Learning “how to retain information” is a skill in its own right, covered by Paul Z Jackson in his pre- and post-programme ideas and techniques to support learners sessions.