OVERVIEW
In this topic, we will understand the meaning of note-taking, its benefits, and other methods. In this, we will also elaborate on what not to do while taking notes. Let us begin with its meaning.
MEANING
Note-taking is a way of making notes by listening to important information. It is temporary but always contains important information for better presentation. It is generally structured during presentations and meetings and makes recalling long and short points easy. In this, we write down some ideas which help us to manage the task. If note-taking is concisely present then it is easy to review information that is referred to in it. Now let us know what the benefits of this in another part in brief.
BENEFITS
Under this, we are going to see some key benefits of note-taking in brief. Let us begin with it.
- Improve productivity:
It provides proactiveness during planning, meeting, and feedback. Which helps to create a mind more active mind or alert to take information for better performance. - Business success:
This is also very important for managers not only to make them active or efficient but also to provide quality to productivity. Here we should take care of reviewing the meeting notes for better performance. - Collaboration within a team:
If the team uses decentralized note taking then it will help them to solve issues, and maintain focus on work. Collaboration also helps the team to work effectively and efficiently by listing, visualizing, and mind-mapping notes.
METHODS OF NOTE-TAKING
There are various methods of note taking let us discuss it in brief:
- The outline method
This kind of method makes note by dividing the heading into various parts and discussing it in various sub-parts. It uses bullet points and roman style text in the heading and contains numbers to provide various steps and other things related to notes. - The Cornell method
This method was introduced in the 1950s by Cornell professor Walter Pauk. This method contains division in columns by splitting pages. In which the big column contains the main points of the topic, and the other small columns contain questions and keywords. The summary of the topic will be at the bottom. - The mapping method
In this method, we use mind mapping which visualizes the comprehensiveness of unique ideas and their relationship. Where do you make your notes based on this question like what, when, where, how, who? etc. - The boxing method
In this method, we use a bundle of boxes in which we write an approach, ideas, and different ideas related to the topic with brief explanations of those topics. - Charting method
In this method, the notes are in the chart where several columns are categorized and there is sort of information into appropriate categories.
WHAT NOT TO DO IN NOTE TAKING?
- We should not write long and full sentences in note taking because it results in inefficient layouts and will become more time-consuming.
- While writing note taking we should not lose focus on the topic, to improve it we should use color coding methods and simple and clear language which will improve the note taking.
- We should not make notes before the meeting and other work because sometimes we fail to retain all the information. So, we should complete notes day by day with all the information.
CONCLUSION
In this topic, we discussed various things related to the same in which we have learned the meaning of note-taking, and other essential things with its method. Through this, we have learned how important these tools are in business planning and learning.