Impossible to Ignore: Creating Memorable Content to Influence Decisions

Carmen Simon

Jun 2016 · McGraw Hill Professional

About this ebook

A groundbreaking approach to creating memorable messages that are easy to process, hard to forget, and impossible to ignore—using the latest in brain science

Audiences forget up to 90 percent of what you communicate. But people make decisions and act based on what they remember, so a pragmatic approach for the effective communicator is to be deliberate about the 10 percent that audiences do retain. Otherwise, content recall is random and inconsistent.

Many experts have offered techniques on how to improve your own memory, but not how to influence other people’s memory. Drawing on the latest research in neuroscience and cognitive psychology, Impossible to Ignore is a practical step-by-step guide that will show you how to control the 10 percent that your audiences do remember by creating content that attracts attention, sharpens recall, and guides decision-making toward a desired action.

Ratings and reviews

Possibly one of the most dull and uninspiring books I have ever read.

It is firmly rooted in good science and provides deep insight on how to be remembered.

Great book. Some amazing and unique insights on the creation of content. Something I will refer back to many times in the future.

About the author

Carmen Simon, PhD, is the cofounder of Rexi Media, a presentation design and training company, and the creator of Presenter Pro, the #1 business app in 2008. She holds doctorates in both instructional technology and cognitive psychology.