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The idea that we can't use laptops in meetings is outdated. You can do active listening while taking notes, as long as you practice good note-taking instead of
by Communitivity 9y ago
The idea that we can't use laptops in meetings is outdated. You can do active listening while taking notes, as long as you practice good note-taking instead of verbatim transcription. I typically use a concept-mapping tool such as CMapTools from the great folks at the Institute for Human and Machine Cognition (IHMC) in Florida. That lets me capture the essential concepts from the meeting and the relations among those concepts.
- txcwpalpha 9y agoOne of the arguments against laptops is that even when people are aware of the fact that they shouldn't take verbatim transcriptions, they still tend to do so when using laptops. Hand-writing notes tends to make it almost impossible to write verbatim transcriptions, which forces active listening and processing the information as it comes in. It's very much a "YMMV" thing, as it's certainly possible to take great notes and listen well while using a laptop, but for the average person, laptops encourage bad meeting/lecture habits.