Minute Taking

Duration: 1 day

Objectives of the course:

By the end of this course you will be able to:

1. Write and distribute your minutes with confidence.
2. Understand best practice theories to prepare for meetings and write effective minutes.
3. Clearly identify your role before, during and after the meeting.
4. Identify positive strategies to listening & summarising.
5. Deal with jargon and technical language & grammar professionally.
6. Identify different methods of Minute Taking and organising your material.
7. Learn techniques to identify and highlight important points in a clear concise language.
8. To give delegates the confidence and skills to take accurate and concise Minutes

Course Outline

Welcome
Housekeeping etc
Introductory exercise

Effective Meetings

Preparation
Ensuring a meeting is successful - what role will you play?
Arranging the meeting, Agenda setting, Minute taker
The meeting cycle
Structure of a meeting
Agenda setting

Note Taking

Do's & don't - effective note taking
Example layouts
Mind Mapping

Attending the Meeting

At the meeting - concerns/issues
Common problems
Finding out who's who/remembering
Not understanding
Hearing
Arguments
Coping with numbers and figures

Writing Minutes

Layout of Minutes
Example of agenda items
Tradition style
Factual style
Practical Exercises

Language & Grammar

Business English
Punctuation
Grammar

Agreeing actions to take forward

Evaluation & close

There are plenty of practical exercises during this course.

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