Have you ever wondered about the Midori &#;Pickable&#; Sticky Note packs ($6.75 each)? They include three different paper stocks: white paper with a colored edging, kraft paper and a translucent colored paper stock. All three papers are in one booklet giving the users the option to choose or &#;pick&#; what sticky note to use on the fly instead of carrying three separate pads.
The packaging includes little drawings on the front showing how each section opens completely to easily remove a sticky note as needed and the back illustration includes text describing the paper: Fine Paper, Kraft Paper, and Tracing Paper. The text below the illustration indicates the number of sheets of each paper: 30 sheets of the Fine Paper, and 20 sheets each of Kraft and Tracing Paper.
In writing tests, the Fine Paper worked with all the different types of pens and pencil equally well. For a sticky note, I&#;d give the Fine Paper notes a 10 out of 10 as far as sticky notes go. Lovely!
The Kraft Paper worked best with felt tip, gel pens, rollerballs and pencils. The fountain pen ink beads up as did the Faber-Castell PITT brush ink and the water soluble Pentel Brush pens. I really like the look and feel of the kraft notes but the pens that work well with it is a bit limited and should be used with a bit of caution.
I was most excited to try the Tracing Paper sticky note because its translucent so it could be used decoratively or to add notes while still being able to see what is underneath but it is definitely a coated paper that is not conducive to any water-based inks. Even the Faber-Castell PITT brush, which is supposed to be waterproof, beaded up on the paper. Gel pens, felt tips, pencils and ball point all work fine and I suspect that a Sharpie would also work. This limited pen usefulness could be a sticking point (no pun intended) for some people but the idea of having a translucent sticky note makes me willing to endure its pen limitations in order to have see-through sticky notes in my tools.
The sets of sticky notes available currently looks like Midori replaced the tracing paper option in the set with a colored paper. The Natural set includes an ivory stock instead of tracing paper which might be a better option overall. The Warm set includes a lavender paper and the Cool set has a light blue paper in addition to the white Fine paper with colored edge and Kraft Paper options. I think, despite enjoying the concept of the translucent paper, I would probably prefer to have the newer sets with the colored papers.
What&#;s your favorite sticky note?
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A client opened a shiny new campus, and we set up in a brand new conference room for three days of workshops. To begin the first activity, I write an example sticky note and place it on the wall.
Where it promptly falls off, fluttering&#;like a leaf&#;down to the conference room floor. While a room full of participants watch, bemused.
I try again.
It falls off again.
Turns out, the shiny new conference room had a special coating on the walls to make them easier to clean, so sticky notes just wouldn't stick.
So, what do you do if this happens to you?
Ever since that fluttery day, I bring a few things with me to workshops.
Super Sticky Post-It Notes
Craft Paper
Easel pads
Masking tape
First, we insist on the Super Sticky sticky notes from Post-It. They really are stickier and stay better than other sticky notes I've seen. They're more expensive, but sticky notes sticking to the wall seems worth it.
Second, I bring a roll of brown wrapping paper or craft paper along for workshops. Before the workshop, we test the surfaces that will have sticky notes. If they don't stick well, we tape craft paper to the wall with wide masking tape.
(We often tape craft paper to the wall, anyway, for journey mapping, as this makes it easy to travel with the journey map afterward.)
If you don't have a roll of craft paper, easel pads also work well. The kind of giant pad where you can tear off the top sheet and stick it to a wall are easy to work with, but even non-adhesive easel sheets can be taped to the wall with wide masking tape.
If you use the adhesive easel pads, there's one thing to remember. The top 3" of the page has a film on it that makes it easy to pull the easel sheets apart and harder for sticky notes to stick. I usually write the title of the exercise and some squiggles up there to encourage participants to place their sticky notes further down on the page.
But what if masking tape won't hold craft paper or easel pads on the walls? That's what happened to me in that first conference room. Nothing would stick on the walls.
When nothing will stay on the walls, lay craft paper or easel pad pages on the tables and have participants place the sticky notes that way. A neat side effect of this approach is people gather around the horizontal "wall" while they discuss and add sticky notes.
That new conference room was the first time I'd ever faced walls where nothing would stick, but everything worked out ok in the end. As long as you come flexible and prepared, you can facilitate anything, anywhere. Just remember:
Post-It Super Sticky Notes
Brown wrapping paper or white craft paper
Easel pads
Wide masking tape
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