Nelson Dellis

Inspired to intensely train his memory by his grandmother’s struggle with Alzheimer’s, Nelson Dellis went on to become a five-time USA Memory champion and one of the world’s leading memory experts. His work has won praise from brain health advocates ranging from neurosurgeon and CNN Chief Medical Correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta to journalist and Alzheimer’s activist Maria Shriver. Nelson has also received praise for his book, “Remember It! The Names of People You Meet, All of Your Passwords, Where You Left Your Keys, and Everything Else You Tend to Forget.” The book teaches many of the techniques that he used to break multiple U.S. and international records as a competitive memory athlete. Nelson showcases his own superhuman memory talents with interactive brain training tips and techniques. This Grandmaster of Memory will leave your audience entertained, enlightened and possessing invaluable knowledge on how to improve their memories for a more enhanced work life.

Born with an average memory, Nelson’s innovative training techniques rapidly transformed him into one of the world’s leading competitive memory athletes. In addition to his five USA Memory championships, he holds the elite Grandmaster of Memory title. Nelson has been featured on The TODAY Show, CNN.com, ABC Nightline, The Dr. Oz Show and National Geographic. In addition to “Remember It!”, he is the author and illustrator of the children’s book “I Forgot Something (But I Can’t Remember What It Was!)” and most recently “Memory Superpowers!: An Adventurous Guide to Remembering What You Don’t Want to Forget.”

Nelson evangelizes a brain healthy lifestyle that combines both mental and physical fitness with proper diet and social involvement. His highly entertaining keynotes are filled with jaw-dropping demonstrations of his own incredible capacity to memorize, and he’s on a mission to show you how!

Wouldn’t you love to remember the names of all your conference attendees? Remember all the many features of a new product line for a sales launch? Or remember all the names of patients and their families to enhance the patient experience?

Nelson holds a number of U.S. and international records, including memorizing the most names (235) and words (256) in 15 minutes and the most digits (907) and decks of playing cards (9.02) in 30 minutes. He is the founder and CEO of Climb For Memory, a charity that aims to raise awareness and funds for Alzheimer’s disease research through mountain climbs all around the world, including Mt. Everest. Nelson is also the co-founder of the memory training app, Memory League and co-founder and director of the Memory League Championships, the only digital-format, tournament-style, head-to-head memory competition. When not traveling the world as a memory consultant, speaker and competitive memory athlete, he is a professor of computer science at Skidmore College and the University of Miami, where he earned a M.S. in computer science and a B.S. in physics.

With a passion for brain health, brain training and memory enhancement, Nelson will work with you to create a keynote that is entertaining, informative and unforgettable.