A while back I came across a good tip on note taking. It included a number of neat tricks for marking up your notes for future reference. Below are a few of the markups that I use when taking notes during meetings.
| - | Undone Action Item |
| + | Done Action Item |
| < | Delegated - with a note to whom and the date |
| > | Waiting for another action |
| ^ | Data Point. |
| O | A circle around any of the above means that it has been carried forward, moved to another list or otherwise changed status |
I cannot recall where I got this tip from, so I apologize to the author if it is recognized.
I hope these quick and easy to remember markups help you as much as they have helped me. Got a similar tip? Share it by leaving a comment!
5 comments:
I really like these for both handwritten and digital notes. I have added @ for ask someone and ~ for someday/maybe.
For action items, I make a box next to the note that I need to address, and once it's completed I check it off. It's like making a check box for yourself. It's good for when you come out of a meeting with a pad full of notes, but only have some that need to be acted on.
Hi, I found those recently and love them. They came from Patrick Rhone (see at the end) http://patrickrhone.com/2006/05/12/org-fu-uberpost-productivity-whitepaper/
I use ticker like this specially on to do lists
v done
x deleted
- defered
o in progress
Very good system for paper-based systems, will try it tomorrow in the next meeting. It surely will take some time to implement automatically, but seemms worth a try.
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