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 ...
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...
How to Take Notes Like an Alpha-Geek (Plus: My $2,600 Date + Challenge)
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...
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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...
The Ultimate Guide to Note-Taking
Smart Wisdom
Instead of taking notes in full sentences, you record only keywords and place them in a chain that maps the thought p...
The Ultimate Guide to Note-Taking
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 th...
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