When you invest time reading good books, going through content-rich courses, or taking a variety of classes, do you end up with piles of random notes and stacks of binders you can’t seem to locate when you need them?
April and Alia Perry join up in this podcast to share how they use Evernote and other tools to organize and easily access information now and into the future.
***To learn more about Alia’s new STEP for Students program, click here or on the image below!
Show Outline and Links
We want to learn and grow, and that includes a variety of settings:
- Being a student at a public or private school
- Learning in a business setting
- Studying personally at home
- Taking online courses
I (April) am no longer a “formal” student, but I still continue to learn, study, and record what I want to remember.
- I created a Knowledge Binder several years ago to hold handwritten or typed notes about the books that I read.
- Now I use Evernote to hold outlines for books, courses, conferences, podcasts, information from websites, etc.
- ***For our podcast about note-taking at a conference, visit https://learndobecome.com/conference-notes
Alia is a senior in high school, and she keeps incredible notes and records using paper and digital devices.
- In the podcast, she explains how she organizes her paper binder and files
- Evernote is one of Alia’s favorite resources. She scans/photographs papers she may need later, keeps audio recordings to help her prepare for tests and assignments, and maintains active study notes inside the app that she can review any time she needs them.
- Alia also uses Google Drive to hold the majority of her school assignments.
The goal is for each of us to USE what we learn to improve our lives.
Your LearnDoBecome Challenge
Using some suggestions from the podcast–or ideas of your own, create a special place to record the things you are learning right now. A binder, a notebook in Evernote, a dedicated folder in your Google Drive… No more piles. 🙂
You talked about several different tools that you designed – including a debrief page from conferences or books you’ve read. Is it possible to see the tools you’ve created?
Thanks Kim! I just added the link to the conference notes podcast. https://learndobecome.com/conference-notes/ I also wrote up a quick outline of our podcast. Was there anything else that you wanted to see? Thank you!!
I love seeing how you use Evernote! Any reason not to use Evernote for family journaling and recipes?? Thanks for all you do!
Hi April,
First of all, you and your family are inspiring! So I have a question about keeping all of your info electronically. I’m excited to start using Evernote, but I listened to your podcast with Greg McKeown, and it was fabulous! When he was talking about journaling, he talked about how he doesn’t rely entirely on digital technology. He isn’t completely confident that it won’t lose something important. So my question is do you have all of your important notes somewhere on paper, or what do you do to keep your hard earned knowledge safe?
Great question! I do keep a backup of Evernote, but a LOT of my resources and memories are digital. My mother-in-law is so smart, and she prints photos, letters, etc. that she wants to keep. So she would print all her Evernotes, for example. I just figure I’m going to leave a ton of digital stuff when I pass on. 🙂