Minute Taking
Short course
In London
Description
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Type
Short course
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Location
London
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Duration
1 Day
On completion of this programme you will be able to: Apply effective preparation techniques -Record key points in a concise and effective format -Clarify meeting objectives and create a table of action points -Edit minutes for maximum clarity -Format minutes usefully. Suitable for: This programme is for you if you are, or plan to be, responsible for recording minutes of meetings and noting important action points as part of your role. You will be brought up to date with the latest thinking on meeting records and all the practical skills of minute-taking.
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Course suitable for:
This programme is for you if you are, or plan to be, responsible for recording minutes of meetings and noting important action points as part of your role. You will be brought up to date with the latest thinking on meeting records and all the practical skills of minutetaking. A key message is that minutetaking can only be effective as part of the wider process of meeting administration. Minutes should be brief, but how should they look? Examples in a range of formats will be used, and participants can take away ideas for improving the quality of their own work.
Helping to make meetings work
- What are minutes for
- Purpose of meetings
- Types of meetings
- Benefits of good minute taking
- Preparation and planning
- Writing styles
- What to avoid
Roles in a meeting
- Clarifying meeting objectives
- What is an agenda?
- How to construct an agenda
- Using the agenda as an agent of control
- Keeping up
Active listening skills
How to intervene
Notetaking formats
- What to note down
- Taking minutes
- How to create a table of actions
- Styles of minute taking
- Editing the minutes
Key words
- What was agreed?
- Action to be taken following the meeting
Feedback, summarising and closing
- Proof reading
- Final presentation
- Minute taking practice: The opportunity to take the minutes of a meeting
- Rewriting badly written minutes
Review of Programme
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- Making Meetings Work
- Microsoft Word Level 1
Minute Taking