Minute Taking Masterclass

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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.

E£480

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1 Day

Course Details

Course Overview

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.

Timetable

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.

Benefits

Objectives

Delegates can expect to achieve the following outcomes:

  • 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

  • Leicester Branch

    102 Brook Street Wymeswold, Leicester
  • Birmingham Branch

    Somerset House 37 Temple Street, Birmingham
  • Leeds Branch

    Weetwood Hall Hotel Otley Road, Leeds
  • Edinburgh Branch

    Edinburgh Training and Conference Venue 16 St. Mary's Street, Edinburgh
  • Bristol Branch

    EEF Venues Engineers House, Clifton Down Road, Clifton, Bristol
  • London Branch

    150 Minories Aldgate, London
  • Nottingham Branch

    WigWag - The Meeting Space Martindale House, The Green, Ruddington, Nottingham

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