Minute Taking Masterclass
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The training was personalised, trainers were good and handouts were quite useful. I had a good time overall, four members of our team did the Project Management Course. We felt facilitated, there were times they seemed to overran on time since we enjoyed a lot discussing and digressing from the main topic.
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Short course
In Nottingham, Birmingham, Edinburgh and 3 other venues
Description
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Type
Short course
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Level
Intermediate
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Duration
Flexible
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Start date
May
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A full day training programme that delivers techniques for producing professionally-presented minutes and includes a review and evaluation of minutes that delegates are currently producing.
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About this course
A greater confidence in minute-taking
Know how to structure and lay out minutes professionally
Develop an appropriate writing style for producing minutes
Improved listening skills
Reviews
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The training was personalised, trainers were good and handouts were quite useful. I had a good time overall, four members of our team did the Project Management Course. We felt facilitated, there were times they seemed to overran on time since we enjoyed a lot discussing and digressing from the main topic.
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Course rating
Recommended
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Student
This centre's achievements
All courses are up to date
The average rating is higher than 3.7
More than 50 reviews in the last 12 months
This centre has featured on Emagister for 13 years
Subjects
- Minute Taking
- Meetings
- Writing
- Layouts
- Creating
- Listening
- Producing
- Achieving
- Include
- Ensuring
Course programme
Content
- What are the challenges with producing minutes?
- Examination of delegates current practice for creating minutes
- Published agendas and hidden agendas – their effects on meetings and minute taking
- The importance of listening
- What to include, what to leave out of minutes
- Sections, styles and layouts
- Whois doing what and when
- Headings and numbering
- Useful words for minutes
- Writing in the active rather than passive tense
- Writing concisely, professionally and clearly
- Exercise in re-drafting existing minutes to incorporate learning points
- Practical exercises in taking minutes at scenario-based ‘meetings’
Note – Attendees are required to bring along a set of minutes that they have produced in the past, which will form the basis of an exercise.
09.30 – 10.00 Introductions and course objectives
10.00 – 10.30 The challenges with producing minutes, especially if the meeting is being chaired ineffectively.
10.30 – 11.00 Examination of delegates’ current practice for taking minutes ensuring accuracy and achieving an easy to read visual layout.
11.00 – 11.15 Coffee
11.15 – 11.45 Published agendas and hidden agendas – their effects on meetings and minute taking.
11.45 – 12.00 The importance of listening – how to ensure that nothing important is missed and no incorrect assumptions made.
12.00 – 12.30 The big question – what to include and what to leave out of minutes.
12.30 – 13.45 Lunch
13.45 – 14.30 Layouts – sections, styles, headings and numbering.
Organisational house styles will be reviewed and compared which delegates will have brought along with them.
14.30 – 14.45 Who is doing what and by when? Ensuring action items are clearly identified.
14.45 – 15.00 Writing in the active rather than the passive tense.
15.00 – 15.30 Writing concisely, professionally and clearly.
15.30 – 16.00 Exercise in re-drafting existing minutes to incorporate learning points.
16.00 – 16.15 Useful words for minutes and common confusions that spellcheck may not pick up and correct.
Minute Taking Masterclass