Meetings and Minutes

Content:

Learn the key elements of a successful meeting (recognising the needs of the
participants)
• Understand the importance of Agendas: Formulating an agenda (format and content):
• Learn the purpose of meetings & the role and responsibilities of the minute taker.
• Develop techniques for drafting and writing effective minutes:
- listening skills;
- note taking exercise;
- sorting information effectively;
- grammatical issues: using correct tone, avoiding language pitfalls;
- terminology;
- editing.
• Minutes writing workshop:

At this stage students will be given a scenario to work with; we will have a meeting
together and they will have to take and type the minutes themselves before having a
debriefing session.

Please note that areas of this schedule may be more emphasised than others in order to
best meet delegates’ needs on the day.