The art of using pictures to represent words has been around practically since the beginning of time—think cave drawings. But in the business community, visual note-taking—which involves distilling in ...

Mind mapping, a form of visual outlining, may seem superficial, but once mastered it provides a powerful tool for managing information overload and the hyperbolic multitasking of the modern world.

If your class notes are unclear at first glance, you're not going to get much use out of them. This has nothing to do with how neat your handwriting is — it's all about how your notes are structured.