@futurebird

for two years in my early twenties I attended a school that was a lot like primary school in that most of the classes were with the same people and it was every weekday from morning until early afternoon.
6 months in, during lunch, somebody complained about a Nicole in our class and my response was "We have a Nicole in our class?!" They spent several minutes describing her before I knew who they meant.

@futurebird I meet different groups of 30-60 people once a year at conferences. If they send round a group photo afterwards, I try to make notes and match names/conversations to faces. It sometimes works. If not, I'm fine with asking for a reminder (preferably not more than once per meeting...)

At more "business networking" events, I sometimes ask if I can take a photo of a new-to-me acquaintance with their name badge 🤷‍♀️

@futurebird I've silently made new colleagues a cheat-sheet in the past because our company didn't have some sort of intranet register with photos - so they got a hand-drawn floor plan with desks and names

@futurebird i don't meet people. #problemsolved

@futurebird@sauropods. Back when I was an English teacher (here in Tokyo), I made it a point to learn all my students' names in the first few days of classes, which both amazed them and made them feel like I cared for them individually.

@futurebird My classes are generally in the 15-30 student range, and I usually know all names within 4 meetings.

I have colleagues who just never learn students' names. They go all semester relying on just calling out names from the roll. Different brains work differently and different people have different priorities, I guess.