Many times I have seen people coming for meetings or training with nothing in hand to take notes. Our brains cannot retain everthing we see or hear & we tend to forget things fast so taking notes is a habit that we need to cultivate in our lives. I have three methods of note taking,
- Laptop to jot down notes when I am at a group meeting (& also get some work done on the sly when I am at a point in the meeting that I find least interesting).
- Note book to take down points when I am at a one on one meeting.
- Phone to take down notes when I am in church listening to the sermon or when I forget to take the notebook to the one on one meeting. The apps I use are mainly Google Keep / Ever Note.
The above works for me, you need to find what works for you. Here's how you should make notes,
- Keep it short & simple. With electronic devices, auto complete is a big aid to note taking.
- Capture the point made. Listen & write.
- Don't keep writing paragraphs, just take it down in point form.
- At the end indicate when & where this note was taken, other wise you will tend to have pages & pages of notes with no indication of what these notes were for.
Hope this helps. Please do make your suggestions on the comments section below.
