What is a "visual key" system?

What is a "visual key" system?

Arthur Bornstein (Founder, The Bornstein School for Memory Training) gives expert video advice on: How can I improve my ability to remember appointments?; How can I improve my ability to remember important dates?; How can I better remember dates or people in history? and more...

A good way to remember anniversaries, birthdays and appointments is to develop some type of a key system. A key system is coming up with a exact word or symbol to represent the number. That will allow you to make the association with the person, place or appointment that it's going to represent. You think of that key word, whatever's connected to it should come back with it.