Effective Minute Taking

This half day workshop provides guidelines and procedures for taking minutes effectively, whether the meetings are in-person, online or hybrid. It is designed to give you a better understanding of what to include, what not to include, the responsibilities for the person taking the minutes and the tools available to facilitate minute taking.

Course price includes:

• Perth’s best facilitators and coaches at Perth’s best CBD training centre

• Interactive, practical and hands on learning with small groups for maximum impact

• Free help desk support after your training

• Take-home resource workbook

• Refreshments

• Certificate of Attendance

• Our 100% quality guarantee

• Virtual option available

Details

Minute taking is a critical part of the business meeting process that can help save time, money and sometimes reputation. The course consists of theoretical and practical activities to promote learning.

Course Times

• 12:30pm to 3:30pm

Course Content

Introduction

• Introduction

• Housekeeping

• Objectives

Before The Meeting

• Types of minutes for different types of meetings

• Preparing outcome driven agendas

Role Of The Minute Taker

• Responsibilities of the minute taker

• Active participant or active listener

During The Meeting – Taking Minutes

• What to include and remaining objective

• Writing in plain English and being brief with your notes

• Digital tools available for capturing the minutes

• Creating and using templates for minute taking

After The Meeting

• Prepare the draft minutes

• Circulate the draft minutes and request input from all participants

• Distribute the final minutes

• Keep copies of the final minutes

Putting It All Together

• Actions

Outcomes

• Understanding different types of minutes and different ways to document minutes

• Creating outcome driven agendas

• Clarify responsibilities as a minute taker

• Know what to put in and what to leave out of the minutes

• Using templates and digital tools to save time in preparing the minutes