Write it Down

When I worked with the Politico, the Editor-in-Chief who had helped head up the WashingtonPost always would send these follow-up e-mails after our meetings and it was really effective. It would sit in my e-mail and I would get stuff done. More importantly for these folks who live in a world where there network is their bread and butter, the masters of their own CRM always won.

If you have paper notes, just take a picture(s) of them. Works great for whiteboards, too. (Don't forget to turn off the flash.)

If you're going to share, you may want to type up the content as opposed to sharing the picture(s), depending on context. Nonetheless, you immediately have the notes on your device as opposed to pieces of paper to keep track of or a board possibly at the mercy of other conference room users.

P.S. I'll add that I do find it useful to flesh out e.g. meeting notes after the meeting. There will be things I didn't write down, and thoughts that germinate afterward.

For paper notes, I'll often use a different pen color, so that I know what was written in which context. Even with on-screen notes, I'll use a different text color to identify this difference. The distinction helps when referring back to the notes.