Better Minutes and Meetings

Learn how to take better minutes and notes that result in clear actions.

Clear minutes and actions are critical to an organization’s success

Taking and preparing meeting minutes does not have to be laborious or intimidating.
Learn how to have productive, time-efficient meetings that result in action.

People who take minutes are the sense-makers—the unsung heroes who have to record the essence of discussions, decisions and actions. Minutes that are not clear can cause confusion and are unproductive: it can result in deadlines missed, have unintended consequences and cost implications.

Who is this program for?

Anyone who takes detailed minutes/notes of meetings, brainstorm sessions and action plans.

Take Better Minutes is an interactive program that gives you the opportunity to take minutes and notes and receive feedback on your progress. You will learn how to use time-efficient tools, templates and best practices that you can start using immediately.

Purpose

Take Better Minutes will help you:

• Understand the essential components of minutes;
• Understand the importance of creating a clear, actionable agenda before a meeting;
• Prepare using the PREP planning process;
• Use best-practice strategies to record the critical elements of a meeting;
• Build confidence by practicing engaged listening;
• Request clarity if actions are unclear;
• Adopt clear writing principles using tools and templates;
• Learn how to summarize your notes and refine your minutes;
• Get feedback and quick approval of minutes/notes prior to distribution;
• Set read-only permissions and get comments prior to distribution;
• Use consistent file-naming conventions to ensure your minutes are accessible and searchable;
• How to capture, assign, communicate and track actions.

Duration—in-person or virtual classroom

Available as a 4-hour program.