Find out what is expected to happen
• Scribing may be made a lot easier if you can find out how what is expected to happen and how the Radiant Room space will be used. Are the participants doing a Report Out which is expected to use up five panels? Will there be a group discussion or synthesis following? Is there a guest speaker who plans to talk for fifteen minutes, half an hour, an hour? Consult the Strawdog and ask the Facilitator what he or she expects to happen.

Placement on the wall
• Don't work too low on the wall. Participants in the back rows can't see past other's heads.

Mind Maps
• Mind Mapping is an excellent and highly recommended way to lay out your scribing. Mind Mapping begins with a central starting point around which major topics are arranged. It's a much more flexible way to record information than the bullet point list, because new ideas can be added as they emerge, regardless of the order in which they come up. Mind Maps are also more fun to draw, leaving lots of space to decorate and emphasize through color and drawing. They're more fun to look at, too. For more information on Mind Mapping, see Tony & Barry Buzan's excellent book The Mind Map Book. Other books and links on this fantastic creativity tool are listed on the Resources page.

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