If you are responsible for taking minutes at meetings, then the tools and techniques covered in this course will prove invaluable.
Effective Minuting
- Why do we call it minutes?
- What are minutes used for
- The role of the minute taker
Ensuring meetings are effective and efficient
- Expected standards of minutes for different meeting types
- Exploring elements to ensure both virtual and face to face meetings are productive
- Determining objectives of the meeting to maintain focus
- Who should be attending the meeting
- Confidence in your own preparation
- The importance of an agenda
Standards required during the meeting
- Should I type or handwrite my notes
- Frameworks and structure
- Speed writing, abbreviations & shorthand
- Why is it so challenging to maintain your focus
- Enhancing your ability to actively listen
- Putting it into practice
Post Meeting Responsibilities
- Minutes structure
- Action logs
- Summarising
- Distribution of your minutes
- Proofreading
- How can technology support
The course runs from 9:30am through to 4:30pm.
You will learn in a relaxed environment with a small group of people. A specialist tutor will guide and encourage you through all the learning necessary to develop your skills and questions are always welcome.
Included with your course
We provide the following with online and training centre delivered courses.
- Course notes
- Certificate of attendance
Online Delivery
A link to the online training platform will be sent before the course, simply click the link and follow the instructions.
- See Virtual / Remote training information for more details
- Contact us if you'd like to test the platform before the morning of the course
- You can be located anywhere in the world with an internet connection and your computer
Our Training Centres
For training courses run at one of our training centres we include.
- Free onsite parking
- Lunch and refreshments
- Notepad, pen and Polos
Our Norwich on-site parking (NR3 1UB) is free and situated 5 minutes walk along the river to our training centre at St James Mill. If you arrive by train it is about 20 minutes on the Riverside walk or a short taxi ride to get to us. View full directions for Norwich and all our other venues.