Note-taking enables you to stay engaged. Note-taking provides a mechanism for capturing your ideas, questions, and commitments. Note-taking communicates the right things to the other attendees.
Then he suggests four ways to improve your note-taking skills:
Use a journal-formatted notebook. Keep your meeting notes as a running journal. Use symbols so you can quickly scan your notes later. Schedule time to review your notes.
With most of my notes, I use list form with indented for sub-ideas. I drop down as fewer words as possible. Two those are the main things to make my note-taking more effective. Recovering the Lost Art of Note-Taking – [Working Smart]
