Remembering names (and faces) is a huge challenge for me!  Especially if I don't hear the name well at the beginning of the conversation, and then feel like an idiot for asking them to repeat it...

Great tips!  I tend to have a difficult time remembering everyones names.  And since I work in the bank branch it is something that we need to do! 

I have almost the opposite problem, I hear the name and am certain I must know them even though I don't recognize their face. I've come to realize it's just due to living in a small town and seeing/showing so many listings which have sellers' names there. Sad, but true!

It just happend to me last night in the store.  I had my Realtor Name Badge on and someone came up to me and started talking like he knew me - I played along and asked his name - still not sure where I knew him from.  He asked for my card though, maybe he'll call me to buy a house, you think?

Some names stick for me and some don't.  I try the repeating their name several times or name association...I'm terrible at names unless I'm on the phone and can take notes! 

I'm guilty of a short-term memory. I've have often forgot a person's name as soon after they say it.  I know that's because I'm mentally focused on something else. Thanks for the tips.

Mark

I make a game out of it, at parties I introduce my self to the person and talk to the person for a while and then when someone else that I previously met walks by I introduce that person to the new person. My highest record so far is 57 people in one outing,

That's a great post Bill... Bob... Martin... I mean Mark  ;-)

Research has shown that people like hearing their own name.  So if you can remember their name.  Also, if you remember someone's name they will make an effort to remember yours.  Good reminder.

Joseph - Thanks for the comment...and the laugh!  You're so right...the times I've forgotten someone's name and they remembered mine, it never happened again with that person:) 

Forgetting someones name is embarrassing. It happens all the time. Good points in trying to get it to sink in. I just last week saw someone in the grocery store and thought who is that? Then later on my way home I remembered. She was the Buyer .I had a condo for sale and She bought it. Although she was the buyer and I had the listing it was me that was with her during the inspection and even had long talks with her about her work and school.I felt really bad that I could not place her at the time....

I forget names almost as quickly as I hear them.  Heartbreaking, isn't it?  And my name is not spelled or pronounced the way most people spell or pronounce the name.  So, I often get people say "How do you say your name again??"  I always say that I'll answer to just about anything as long as it isn't mean.  That usually makes them remember my name for some reason.  Go figure!

~Renae

I too am guilty of remebering a face and not the name that goes with it.  I tend to be focused on something else, thanks for the tips. Gary, I like your idea of a game.