How to take great notes

• Don't just take notes. Read them

  If you have a bunch of pads or notebooks filled with meeting notes that you never consult, your note-taking isn't pro...

  How to Become a Masterful Note-Taker: 8 Lessons From Research

• Note prioritization

  

  Most common reasons to search through old notes : Figuring out who is supposed to do what Revisiting/clarifying deci...

  Note Taking Strategies - The Digital Project Manager

• Digital vs. handwritten note-taking

  

  There's little research into the benefits of digital note-taking over handwritten notes . But the findings underline...

  How to Become a Masterful Note-Taker: 8 Lessons From Research

• Structure and hierarchy

  

  The most rigorously structured notes, those with hierarchal ordering and numbered subsections, are of the highest q...

  How to Become a Masterful Note-Taker: 8 Lessons From Research

• Must-Capture notes in meetings

  Action Items : to-dos, tasks, action requests etc. These will serve as the foundation to keep everyone aligned and mo...

  Note Taking Strategies - The Digital Project Manager

• Honing your note taking strategies during meetings

  Create an agenda , to be able to better control the pace of the meeting and plan for the likely key notetaking m...

  Note Taking Strategies - The Digital Project Manager

• Mind-mapping

  

  It brings visual structure to notes, usually involving writing one word in the center and drawing offshoots from it ...

  How to Become a Masterful Note-Taker: 8 Lessons From Research

• The Von Restorff effect in notes taking

  

  We remember things that stand out. Underlining something makes it stand out against other words and that makes re...

  How to Become a Masterful Note-Taker: 8 Lessons From Research

• The Outline method

  

  It requires you to structure your notes in form of an outline by using bullet points to represent different topics an...

  The Best Note-Taking Methods

• The Cornell Method

  

  The page is divided into 3 or 4 sections (top for title and, bottom for summary, 2 columns in the center). &nbs...

  The Best Note-Taking Methods

• The Boxing Method

  

  All notes that are related to each other are grouped together in a box.  A dedicated box is assigned for each ...

  The Best Note-Taking Methods

• The Charting Method

  

  It is an ideal method for notes that involve a lot of information in form of facts and statistics, that need to be le...

  The Best Note-Taking Methods

• The Mapping Method

  

  Helps organize your notes by dividing them into branches, enabling you to establish relationships between the topics....

  The Best Note-Taking Methods

• The Medium Method

  Combining paper and digital tools for personal organization and productivity. You need: The main notebook , the...

  Use The Medium Method to Combine Digital Note-Taking With Pen and Paper

• Benefits of note-taking

  

  Taking notes keeps you focused . It triggers critical, constructive thinking . It enables you to stay engaged . It ca...

  Recovering the Lost Art of Note Taking

• Effective notes taking

  Choose the right tool : digital or paper, whatever works for you; Give your notes structure : this focuses your ...

  Recovering the Lost Art of Note Taking

• The Bullet Journal (BuJo)

  

  It lets you capture all your notes, to-do lists, calendars and sketches and organize them into a single system. It ...

  Bullet Journal 101: Can It Help You Take Better Notes, Even Faster?

• How to Bullet Journal

  

  Grab a notebook and a pen ; Format your journal : Index page->Future Log-> Monthly Log-> Daily Log; Flip to ...

  Bullet Journal 101: Can It Help You Take Better Notes, Even Faster?

• Visual note-taking

  

  Using simple words and pictures helps us to see connections between pieces of information , get a better idea of what...

  The scientific case for doodling while taking notes

• Helpful tips for trying visual note-taking

  Turn your paper 90 degrees so it’s longer than it is tall.  Pair images with your own words . Arrange them on ...

  The scientific case for doodling while taking notes

• Indexing systems

  Information is useful only to the extent that you can find it when you need it.  For a non-paginated pad, you ca...

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• Pick out the main ideas

  

  When listening to a lecture, identify key phrases, ideas, and takeaway points. When you hear something you’ll ne...

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• Shorthand techniques

  

  Consist of abbreviated symbols, letters, or pen strokes. They’re also a great way of capturing information quickly.&n...

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• Review cards

  

  One of the most useful techniques when it comes to reviewing notes. Limiting the space you have to write your notes o...

  Improve Your Note-Taking with These 3 Tips | Evernote

• The Outline/List

  Is a linear method of taking notes that proceeds down the page, using indentation or bullets to denote major and mino...

  The Ultimate Guide to Note-Taking

• The Sentence Method

  The goal is to jot down your thoughts as quickly as possible. Format is kept to a minimum:  every new thoug...

  The Ultimate Guide to Note-Taking

• SQ3R (Survey, Question, Read, Recite, Review)

  Skim the material for bolded text, images, summaries, to produce a list of headlines; Each headline is then written...

  The Ultimate Guide to Note-Taking

• Visual mapping

  

  A nonlinear system of note-taking that resembles a tree and root structure: i deas stem from one major concept and ar...

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• Smart Wisdom

  

  Instead of taking notes in full sentences, you record only keywords and place them in a chain that maps the thought p...

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• Timelines

  

  A continuum of dates and events.   However, timelines need not be limited to two-dimensions. Timelines can be m...

  The Ultimate Guide to Note-Taking

• Flow-chart

  

  Represented by individual steps that start from a problem and lead to a solution.  Each step is denoted by a d...

  The Ultimate Guide to Note-Taking

• Venn diagram

  

  Usually comprise overlapping circle that represent sets. A set includes items that all share a specific characteristi...

  The Ultimate Guide to Note-Taking

• Fishbone diagram

  

  Identify the main problem (effect)  and write this in a box center left of the page.  Draw a thic...

  The Ultimate Guide to Note-Taking

• Different types of information demand different styles of note-taking.

  There are lots of reasons to take notes : to retain information, to capture ideas,  to problem solve or brainsto...

  The Ultimate Guide to Note-Taking