It was extremely informative, yet low-key. Brandie was personable, knowledgeable and fun. I have a few friends that are interested in attending a meeting just like this one.

These are great tips! I have been needing to get organized and start using my Evernote. Especially since so many people swear by it! SkinnyScoop Tastemaker, Lori Krolik created this other awesome list of ways to stay organized with Evernote. Looks like I’ll be checking out all of these tips and use it as motivation to get myself organized with my app http://www.skinnyscoop.com/list/moretimeforyou/5-ways-evernote-keeps-me-organized

I am a 4-time stroke survivor and have been through an ABI (Acquired Brain Injury) program twice. They use a Memory Notebook, either standard 8.5×11 or classic 5.5×8.5 ringbinders, with 7+ sections: Schedule, Calendar, To-Do, Notes, Strategies, How-To, and Misc; I have added Goals, Short-term and Long term sections. We have to carry this with us all the time and with consistent and proper use, it supports, supplants and aids our memories so we can function; one of the biggest cognitive deficits is loss of one or several memory areas.
Without it I have learned I cannot function. I must record and follow it not just daily, but hourly. I check my to-do list 3 or more times a day. I record in my notes section what others say. I constantly set goals to achieve them; otherwise I flounder. It keeps me on track, it keeps me organized, it is my tool for my life.
But, I’m a geek. An old geek, but a geek at heart. Another cognitive deficit I had (of many) was the strokes disabled my left side, of which I am left-handed. I could not write coherently and could not take notes as it was very slow and laborious, but I had to find a way to get the information from the whiteboard to the paper. That’s when I discovered Evernote, doing a Google Search on capturing whiteboard notes. OMG! I simply asked the therapists to give me a moment to snap an Evernote pic of the whiteboard with my iPhone, and would sync back to my home computer where I could type up my notes and print them out and put them into my Memory Notebook! Problem Solved!
And, we had a lot of paper information to put into our notebooks; lists, glossaries, how-to’s, etc. that was handed out and we punched holes in them and inserted them in the right places for reference, plus we had to make and print out, either on the computer or by-hand, lists of medications, medication explanations, etc. etc., doctor appointments, notes to tell the doctors, and so on, you can imagine I am sure, but with class instruction we were able to maintain our Memory Notebooks properly, including them checking them, even tearing them apart on us and we’d have to put the right information back into the right sections as a weekly exercise, etc. It was all meant for us to learn, follow and use the Memory Notebook to its best advantage. But, it was a book. A ringbinder I had to carry everywhere….
So, the logical next step: create your Memory Notebook in Evernote; have a notebook for each section mentioned above!
But, what about the paper handouts for reference? Geek to the rescue – scan them into the computer and save them in notes! It took some manipulations to do so, but Every Single Page in my physical Memory Notebook I digitized into the proper sections in my Evernote Memory Notebook! I NOW CARRY MY MEMORY NOTEBOOK ON MY HIP! And there’s nothing I cannot do on paper that I cannot do on line and furthermore sync back to my desktop or vice versa!
Then, the ultimate – create a share between me and my two instructors who can monitor my usage of my Memory Notebook, and now am training them on how to set up their own Memory Notebooks through Evernote, then likewise they can show new inductees into the class how to create their own online MN as well as the required paper MN. I advised the head instructor on purchasing an android tablet and am now working with them to recreate my MN for them, and they can snag all my digitized sheets into their own too.
Evernote is not a gizmo or a convenience, it is my life blood. I could not operate without it, as my memory is trashed as is many stroke survivors. I have proven that Evernote is THE vehicle to create your own memory on line! Thank you for allowing me to be so long-winded; I only type about 8 wpm but it’s better than my writing!