Professional Development, 5 minutes, self-paced
Effective Note Taking
A short piece on taking notes at work: why short-term memory makes notes necessary, the specific situations where taking them is expected, and a few tips for capturing information you will need later.
Included with the Thrive Platform, flat per organization. Courses set the language; live workshops are where the skill is built.

What you will learn
- Identify the situations at work where taking notes is expected
- Describe why note taking supports memory retention and understanding, given the limits of short-term memory
- Describe the note-taking practices the course recommends
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