Are you a type of person who always take notes for every information or important things that you received in work? Or you are a type of person who just listen and try to remember that information? If you are in the first type, be glad because that is the right things to do to keep the information. However, did you know that most of them who did a Note Taking feels that their note is disorganize or even forget and puzzled when read it back the information that they have just received. Perhaps it causes by the method that they try to implement was not correct. Before we discuss any further on how to create proper and effective notes, you probably need to know why Note Taking is important and you have to implement it in your daily work. Note Taking is important action to do because it will help you to recall important information and Deepen your understanding of a topic or concept. Besides that, it will also make your work become more organize and lessen the risk of Missing in Action or Lost In Action. After we aware and understand the important of Note Taking, next you need to know on how to make a notes in effective and it suits your work that you do. Let’s break down the methods below:

 

1. The Sentence Method

Sentence Method is one of simple way because the information that been written is a line of sentence that have different topic and meaning in every line. This method is very useful for you who wants to write down the information with simple. Besides that, this method is usually used by a worker in a meeting or when receiving a brief from colleague. This method will help people to do a Note Taking even if he or she never did it before, because it is very easy and simple to do.

2.        The Outlining Method

The next method is what so called as Outlining Method. This method works by making a title/heading from every topic that you want to write down, then make a sub-title for every detail from every information that you receive. This method is very helpful for those who wants to see a connection or correlation for every topic or sub-topic. Furthermore, you can also change the topics that exist into a different type of question.

3.         The Mapping Method

The Mapping Method have their own advantage to see the correlation from different topics and idea in visual. The Note Taking method for this particular type is very useful for those you classified themselves as a visual learner. Mapping Method is usually shape like a pattern that connected between the topic and the sub-topic that later with produce a conclusion.

 

 

So that is the several methods of Note Taking that you can try. Making good notes will help you very much to do your daily job. Do not let you plan that you discussed is become a mess and gone, because it will bring a disadvantage. Good luck trying!