I’ve had good results with flashcards. One side write a person’s name, and on the other write conversation details, physical descriptions, and mnemonics for physical descriptions. A few days of reviewing that Michael Jones is a friend of Lisa’s who a grad student at Brown studying Fluorochemistry and looks a bit like O’Brian from Star Trek, and you’ll probably remember his name (and other tidbits about him too).
I’ve had good results with flashcards. One side write a person’s name, and on the other write conversation details, physical descriptions, and mnemonics for physical descriptions. A few days of reviewing that Michael Jones is a friend of Lisa’s who a grad student at Brown studying Fluorochemistry and looks a bit like O’Brian from Star Trek, and you’ll probably remember his name (and other tidbits about him too).