Notetaking Inspiration
James Ball at Not Easy to Forget discusses the creative ways people take pen-and-paper notes at social media conferences he's attended. Everyone, it seems,is bringing along pens, pads and Moleskines. The reason is simple:
Time-tested and true, the studious practice of writing things down is still one of the best ways to utilize the different parts of your brain, and this to help retain important information. It’s just that simple, looking, listening, speaking, and writing all draw from different physical faculties and neurological processes. The more of these that you make use of, the better you’re taking it all in.For inspiration, he links to Mike Rohde's Flickr scans of an extensive set of notes taken at a Word of Mouth Marketing Crash Course in fall 2008. The notes have lots of doodles and illustrations and a generally fun approach to a job many of us regard as drudgery.
No wonder James refers to Mike as "a man who is well known and sought after for his note taking skills".
