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    Electronic Shorthand: An Easy-To-Learn Method Of Rapid Digital Note-Taking
    Electronic Shorthand: An Easy-To-Learn Method Of Rapid Digital Note-Taking
    Electronic Shorthand: An Easy-To-Learn Method Of Rapid Digital Note-Taking
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    Electronic Shorthand: An Easy-To-Learn Method Of Rapid Digital Note-Taking

    By Michelle Campbell-Scott

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    If you can never find a pen but always have an electronic device, Electronic Shorthand might be for you!

    If you need to take notes for study, work, hobbies, or due to memory problems, Electronic Shorthand could be a great help to you.

    It's a quick and easy-to-learn method of taking notes on an electronic device - a smartphone, tablet, or computer. Unlike traditional shorthand, it doesn't involve learning a whole new language, it's similar to 'texting' but with a few simple rules.

    It will enable you to take extensive notes, quickly and easily, and have them available anywhere in the cloud - without having to transcribe them or type them up afterwards.

    This is ideal for students and anyone who studies online or off. It's also great for reporters - you don't need to invest years into learning Pitman, Gregg, or Teeline shorthand, and you won't need to worry about storing your notebooks or bits of paper. Business people love this method for taking down client briefs, networking/conference notes, and for organizing their lives.

    Electronic Shorthand could save you hassle, stress, and confusion.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMichelle Campbell-Scott
    Release dateOct 18, 2016
    ISBN9781370392209
    Electronic Shorthand: An Easy-To-Learn Method Of Rapid Digital Note-Taking
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    Michelle Campbell-Scott

    Michelle goes under a number of names: Michelle Booth, Michelle Campbell-Scott, and Mia Campbell. She was born in a Liverpool (UK) hospital to a book-mad mother and a bemused father. One of her earliest memories is of her mum sitting on the floor reading, with a vacuum cleaner next to her. She had spotted an interesting book while cleaning, picked it up and got engrossed!She also remembers her dad stepping over a pile of books and saying, "If you love them so much, why don't you try writing one?"She did. And hasn't stopped since.She is a former teacher who left teaching in the summer of 2012 to pursue her dream of writing full-time. Now she works from home the dogs are a lot happier.

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      Book preview

      Electronic Shorthand - Michelle Campbell-Scott

      ELECTRONIC SHORTHAND

      AN EASY-TO-LEARN METHOD OF RAPID DIGITAL NOTE-TAKING

      Michelle Campbell-Scott

      Smashwords edition

      Copyright © 2016 Michelle Campbell-Scott

      Coo Farm Press

      Electronic Shorthand: An easy-to-learn method of rapid digital note-taking

      US edition

      This book is protected under the copyright laws of the United States of America. Any reproduction or other unauthorized use of the material or artwork herein is prohibited.

      This eBook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This eBook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

      All rights reserved. Although the author and publisher have made every effort to ensure that the information in this book was correct at time of going to press, the author and publisher do not assume and hereby disclaim any liability to any party for any loss, damage, or disruption caused by errors or omissions, whether such errors or omissions result from negligence, accident, or any other cause.

      THIS BOOK IS FOR YOU IF YOU ARE…

      A reporter or trainee reporter;

      A student of any kind – real world or online;

      A business person;

      Someone who make lists – to do lists, shopping lists, books to buy, etc;

      Someone who takes notes while watching online videos or webinars;

      A lifelong learner.

      It will enable you to take notes quickly and accurately on a device (smartphone, tablet, laptop, or computer). The notes will be fairly confidential as you will have made up your own abbreviations for many words. They will be easy to read back in the future (even decades into the future). They will also be available across multiple devices and operating systems and therefore easy to retrieve in different situations.

      If you already know shorthand or speedwriting, you will still find this useful as neither shorthand nor speedwriting transfer well to an electronic environment.

      THIS METHOD IS NOT …

      A new language;

      Difficult – you will pick it up straightaway and build on it as you use it in everyday life;

      Something that will take you hours and hours of study;

      A waste of your time – you will use it in all sorts of situations.

      In loving memory of Muriel Chisholm, whose grandchildren’s pencil cases were always the best-stocked

      CONTENTS

      Introduction

      Part 1 – The Groundwork

      How Not To End Up In Horrible Pain

      Getting Started – Some Shorthand Basics

      Part 2 – The Lessons

      Lesson One – Using Word Outlines

      Lesson Two – Handing Initial & End Vowels

      Lesson Three – Write What You Hear

      Lesson Four – Use Abbreviations

      Extra Exercises

      Suggested Electronic Shorthand Dictionary

      Part 3 – Speeding Up

      Getting Faster

      What To Do With Your Notes

      WrapUp

      Appendix One – Resources, Apps, & Software

      Appendix Two – Answers To Exercises

      Bibliography/Notes

      About The Author

      INTRODUCTION

      THE 18TH CENTURY British author Charles Dickens, like his character ‘David Copperfield’, chose to learn a method of shorthand in order to improve his career prospects. His new skill enabled Dickens to become a Parliamentary reporter.

      He studied shorthand from a ‘10-shilling shorthand manual’[Source]. 10 shillings is equivalent to about $500 today so the book in your hands is quite a bargain!

      Whether or not you have aspirations of becoming a reporter –the reporters I know love this method - you probably need to take notes occasionally.

      We often think we are going to be able to remember something but generally our memories let us down, unless we have done memory training. Notes are really important if you don’t have an eidetic memory.

      They’re also important for fact-verification, legal matters, and anything that you need to refer to with 100% accuracy at a later date.

      Students in particular are known for note-taking – or rather they used to be. It’s common now for teachers and professors to give out their notes and PowerPoint presentations to their classes. This has led to a decline not only in note-taking but in the ability of students to take notes.

      Yet research shows note-taking is very valuable. One study[Source] showed that students who took notes performed better than those who didn’t. The students who took notes averaged 72% correct answers, whereas the students who didn't averaged 61%. That's a full grade difference.

      Most students would be very glad of the opportunity to improve their exam scores by a full grade. Forward-thinking schools and colleges do teach note-taking skills but, unfortunately, they teach pen & paper based methods. To the Googling generation!

      Then they wonder why the kids ‘don’t get it’. If they taught electronic methods they might have more success.

      Notes are great if you can actually manage to get everything down that you want and read it afterwards. For many people, that’s just not possible. Illegible notes and a sore hand are pretty normal for most students and many business people, too.

      I was fortunate to learn Pitman shorthand while in school (I wanted to be a reporter and thought it would come in useful) and never forgot it. I’ve used it while taking notes in business meetings, trainings, seminars, workshops, online training courses, while watching YouTube videos, webinars, sermons, and more.

      I’ve never been a company secretary or the designated person for taking the notes but I have a poor memory (as a result of a knock on the head in a car wreck) and notes really help. So I take notes wherever I go and whatever I’m doing. They sometimes turn out to be very helpful and have even proved useful for me legally.

      I have taught High School and been a business trainer. Both places contained people who needed to take notes, write quickly and legibly, and be able to find those notes and read them back afterwards – often months or years afterwards. The students in school needed their notes for learning, revision, and homework.

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