Discovery · ADHD Product
Writing Meeting Notes Regardless if needed
Writing notes in meetings to help maintain focus regardless of whether you are going to need them or not.
Writing notes in meetings to help maintain focus regardless of whether you are going to need them or not.
Using note-taking to help keep you in the room and pull you back from other thoughts. As well as the added benefit of having some notes should you need them.
Does this work for you?
What others have said
Log in to add a comment or vote on others.
You might also like
Task Strategy: Use tools to break down projects into feasible chunks and/or overcome intertia
Use tools like https://goblin.tools/ or chat gpt (Ask it to break down your project and give as many details as you can) to help provide you…
Task Strategy – Positive use of delayed sending email and messages
“Task Strategy. Positive use of delayed sending for email and messages”. Many message platforms support delayed sending -notably most email systems (including gmail and outlook), slack, iphone (support for iMessage, WhatsApp and SMS),…
Timelines for meetings: Setting alert 3 minutes before
Setting an alert/ alarm for important meetings 3 minutes before helps not miss the events and always be on schedule.
Ratings and comments come from people with ADHD sharing what helped them. They are experiences, not medical advice.
I have always done this, even before I knew that I had ADHD.
I used the physical act of writing to help process the info, as I wrote it down and thus to check if it made sense to me. If not, I could ask a question to clarify. It also helps me remember the info - highly pertinent given that I have such a poor memory.
Really helpful - it's a way of tethering my mind to whatever I need to be paying attention to in the moment, e.g. lecture, workshop etc, and really supports recall. Sometimes it can get a reaction - e.g. in university lectures where Power Points and recordings are available I've experienced lecturers perceiving note-taking as unnecessary and pausing the lecture once or twice to ask people to stop writing, wrongly assuming that note-taking and not looking at the person/screen all the time means you're less focussed. Now I know the 'why' I'm happy to continue regardless and share that information if needed.
If I have to be present in a dull meeting I try to take big notes. Even if I know I am not going to use them. It is a crutch to get me through the meeting and does really help.
Very useful. I've always done this in meetings and lectures. I think I discovered it helped during lectures. I can easily follow but then immediately forget what I've just heard so if I take copious notes I can go over them afterwards. Otherwise I will forget the salient points. I would recommend not taking. I do it in conversations too now and find Google keep helps with this because it's very accessible.
This always helps me to focus better, especially if it is a boring meeting.
I find this really helps me to stay focused and have a record of the discussion even if I don't need al of it
This is a massively helpful way of paying attention in meetings ... or at least appearing to.. .because you can always refer back to your notes if you are asked about something 😉
This is a massively helpful way of paying attention in meetings ... or at least appearing to.. .because you can always refer back to your notes if you are asked about something ;-)
I find this really helps me to stay focused and have a record of the discussion even if I don't need al of it
This always helps me to focus better, especially if it is a boring meeting.
Very useful. I've always done this in meetings and lectures. I think I discovered it helped during lectures. I can easily follow but then immediately forget what I've just heard so if I take copious notes I can go over them afterwards. Otherwise I will forget the salient points. I would recommend not taking. I do it in conversations too now and find Google keep helps with this because it's very accessible.
If I have to be present in a dull meeting I try to take big notes. Even if I know I am not going to use them. It is a crutch to get me through the meeting and does really help.
Test of 5 stars
Test