Dave Farrow

Dave Farrow is a Guinness World Records holder for memory,^[1] who shares his memory techniques with audiences.

He won a Guinness World Record by memorizing the order of playing cards in 59 shuffled decks (3,068 cards).

Overview

Dave Farrow is a two-time Guinness Record holder for Greatest Memory. In 1996 he memorized the order of 52 decks of playing cards, randomly shuffled together, and recalled them correctly under Guinness Record (a total of 2704 cards).^[2] In 2007, Dave reclaimed this record by memorizing 59 decks of playing cards,^[3] making him the current record holder for Greatest Memory (a total of 3068 cards).^[4] Dave is featured in the 1997 and 2009 editions of the Guinness Book of World Records.

Dave is also a recognized speed reader ^[5] and in October 2008, he was hired by Sony Corporation to be the spokesperson for the Sony Reader. For this literacy campaign, he lived in the DataVision store window on 5th Avenue, NY, for a full 30 days. During this time he read constantly on the Reader. Dave read a total of 44,097 pages, which translates to 102 books. For every page he read, a school received an e-book classic library from Sony.^[6]

In high school he was diagnosed with ADHD and dyslexia. Labeled with these learning challenges and told by a teacher that he would never excel in anything other than a blue-collar job, Dave set out to prove the experts wrong. He went to his local library and read everything he could find on the topic of memory. Learning from the ancient and modern masters, he not only mastered the known memory techniques but also became one of the only people in this generation to invent new memory techniques.^[7]

As both a memory expert and a speed reader, Dave is capable of reading vast quantities of information in a short amount of time and remembering it all, with relative ease; in some circles, he is even known of as the "walking encyclopedia". Dave has used his own techniques and skills to become a self-taught expert in the field of nanotechnology, speaking as an expert at conferences across North America, the research division of Johnson and Johnson and to members of the White House Task Force on Nanotechnology as well as being featured in a nanotechnology trade magazine.^[8] He is currently involved in a US patent filing for a medical testing device that will change the way HIV is tested in developing countries.^[9]

Drawing on more than 15 years of experience in memory and business training, Dave Farrow provides an entertaining and measurable addition to any event. Dave’s corporate training clients include: Re/max, Coldwell Banker, Freedom 55 Financial, Investors Group, Century 21, Citigroup, Bank of Montreal, Bank of America, Bombardier, US ARMY, CFL Hall of Famer Terry Evanshen, and academy award winning Actor/Director Forest Whitaker.

Dave claims to have been featured in over 1000 interviews for his memory demonstrations which include The Today Show, Regis and Kelly, The 700 Hundred Club, CNN, CBS, Fox news, The Discovery Channel, the CW, CBC, and Esquire Magazine, to name a few.^[10]

Dave speaks nationwide to colleges and universities, providing students with a wide variety of tools for accelerated learning. These tools and techniques help students to cut their study time in half, remember more, and raise their grades.^[3]

Even senior citizens and people concerned about age-related memory loss and Alzheimer's disease have benefited from Dave Farrow's programs and memory techniques. Using the newest studies from the science of brain plasticity in his speeches, classes, and programs, Dave Farrow has also partnered with Alzheimer's Society for fundraisers.^[11]

Farrow worked with Canadian composer and producer Vikas Kohli of Fatlabs studios on designing his music and audio branding, specifically "Millionaire Memory" and "Simply Success".^[12][13]

References

1. ^ Memory guru visits Eastwood - Viewed May 2nd 2009.
2. ^ Guinness Book of World Records, 1997 edition
3. ^ ^{a b} http://espn.go.com/sportsnation/chat/_/id/23636
4. ^ Guinness Book of World Records, 2009 edition
5. ^ http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-10057549-1.html?tag=mncol;title
6. ^ http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-10055477-1.html
7. ^ http://campustalkblog.com/study-skills/millionaire-memory-man/
8. ^ Small times Magazine march 2006
9. ^ www.uspto.org
10. ^ www.millionairememory.com
11. ^ http://www.alzheimerkw.com/
12. ^ http://fatlabs.com/080~CORPORATE/?app.index=Audio%20Books%20%28Audio%20Branding%29%20-%20Simply%20Success%2FAudio%20Books%20%28Audio%20Branding%29%20-%20Simply%20Success.html
13. ^ http://fatlabs.com/080~CORPORATE/?app.index=Audio%20Books%20%28Voiceover%20%26%20Music%29%20-%20Millionaire%20Memory%2FAudio%20Books%20%28Voiceover%20%26%20Music%29%20-%20Millionaire%20Memory.html