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Sensemaking 101

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Sensemaking 101

Download the list of sparks you can add to your note to explore

During the session (around halfway in), Nick shared a set of sparks in the chat to guide your sensemaking practice. To make it easier for you, we've prepared this as a downloadable file. Use them to follow along with the session or revisit the exercise at your convenience.

Click here to download the list of sparks.

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00:00:00 - Start
00:00:08 - Introduction
00:01:58 - Introduction to Sensemaking
00:04:23 - The Knowledge Accelerator - Monthly Themes
00:06:02 - Sensemaking 101 - Agenda
00:06:41 - What is Notemaking
00:09:51 - Rapid-Fire Remarks
00:14:46 - Overview of Sensemaking & Notes
00:19:36 - Notemaking Instruction
00:21:41 - Notemaking Practice
00:23:41 - The Surface
00:26:02 - The Depth
00:28:32 - The Reminder
00:29:42 - The Primal Shout
00:31:18 - The Spark Method
00:32:02 - Relate
00:32:34 - Remark
00:33:14 - Spark
00:34:18 - Exercise - Spark Method
00:46:26 - Notemaking takeaways
00:47:42 - The Spark Methods over time
00:48:41 - How to develop notes after the Spark Method
00:50:10 - How to think with many notes
00:51:29 - Eight Skills of Ideation
00:57:32 - Importance of Sensemaking - 7 Takeaways
01:03:01 - Q&A
01:04:00 - Q1 - Managing thousands of notes
01:07:00 - Alumni: Tobi Mattingly
01:12:05 - Q2 - Obsidian beginners and placeholders
01:15:04 - Alumni: Karl Iglesias
01:17:48 - Q3 - Advice for object permanence
01:20:30 - Q4 - LYT on LLM interactions
01:24:06 - Alumni: Aria Khodaverdi
01:30:41 - Q5 - Lower rates
01:31:10 - Q6 - How to link without interrupting thinking?
01:33:41 -  Q7 - How to shift to PKM?
01:36:56 - Q8 - Combine vaults or start fresh?
01:42:24 - Q9 - Do AI PKM tools reduce friction?
01:47:50 - Q10 - Should Ideaverse feed into LLMs?
01:51:31 - Q11 - Data privacy best practices
01:54:02 - Q12 - How do you capture notes practically?
01:55:43 - Q13 - Repeat links or shorthand references?
01:56:40 - Q14 - Switch from OneNote or adapt?
01:59:03 - Q15 - Live session time
01:59:34 - Q16 - Deep link different vaults
02:01:24 - Q17 - Mapping: conceptual links or visual too?
02:05:55 - Alumni Testimonials

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