There are many online note taking services. Rather than record your notes on a local word processor, put them on the web. They then become someone else's to manage and backup. With web access, notes are always available on any network connected device.
Need some quick sticky notes?
http://www.aypwip.org/webnote/
Covering an event live? Want to have many editors with input live? Consider
Below are my notes from David Warlick's presentation to Waterloo Region teachers earlier this year.