21 Abr How to Take Meeting Notes Effectively
In a one-on-1 meeting with a customer or an audio conference call with several participants, effective note-taking skills are crucial to keep on top of the information being discussed. If you’re struggling to make notes that are effective, it could be difficult to keep up with the whole meeting or remember important information when you’re back at your desk. The tips in this article can assist you in improving your note-taking skills so that you’re able to take more effective, organized meetings in the future.
Choose a method for note-taking that you find most effective. There are several common methods to try, including the Cornell method, which consists of breaking your notes into a small column on the left and a larger one on the right. The smaller column is meant to highlight the most important ideas from the discussion and the larger column concentrates on the specifics. At the bottom of the page, you can write an overview of the meeting to tie everything together.
Keep it simple. You can easily get lost in the minutiae when making notes. However, it is important to focus on what is most important to ensure that your notes are useful to those who will be reading them later. Use symbols or shorthand instead of reciting verbatim. This will make it easier to recognize your notes when you go back to them and read them.
Ideally, your team should communicate the agenda of the meeting in advance so that you can create an outline prior to the meeting. This will prevent you from having to record key points during the meeting itself and can assist you in staying on the right track throughout the entire discussion.
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