Making Meetings Count
Whether the final document is long and detailed, or short and to-the-point, meeting minutes are integral to effective organisational structure, assigning responsibility, and keeping project teams on task.
About the course
Working with our subject matter experts, we have designed this course to expand and enhance your minute taking skills and help you to develop the full potential of your role in meetings where important decisions are made.
The course offers a highly interactive blend of expert-led tuition and practical exercises so you will learn how to record minutes with greater efficiency as well as how to structure, draft and edit minutes.
By the end of the course, you will be able to prepare and agree agendas with greater purpose, clarify the minute taking requirements of each meeting and navigate the process more confidently to develop your own role.
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Get exactly what your team needs with a tailor-made Minute Taking course. Co-created with you to help tackle your team's unique goals and challenges.
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Course content
Course content
- Understanding the role of minute taker
- Drafting and agreeing agenda items and order of business
- Issuing the meeting notice
- Assessing meeting requirements, asserting your role and managing expectations
- Listening skills for the meeting environment
- Taking effective notes quickly
- Selecting relevant information & constructing key points
- Structuring, Drafting, Editing & Distributing Your Minutes
Who should attend
Anyone who is responsible for recording minutes and/or preparing meeting agendas, and who wants to be more effective in their role.
Certification
A Certificate of Attendance can be supplied in soft-copy and/or hard-copy on request
Frequently Asked Questions
Do I need to prepare anything in advance?
Where possible, you should have a sample to hand of minutes you have produced or of the type of minutes you will be expected to produce.
What does Live, Online training entail?
We use Zoom to run our live, interactive online sessions, and each class is secured with password access so only the registered participants can join. We ask you to keep your camera on for all sessions, if possible. You can join through any browser, or download and instal the free Zoom app from www.zoom.us
And if the course is in-person in the classroom?
In-classroom courses are paperless, so printed course notes will not be distributed to learners. Where possible we will share soft copies of notes with you ahead of the course session. However, you are welcome to use your laptop or tablet throughout the course and print notes that are shared with you by the trainer.
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