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The challenges of the minute taking role
Essential preparation: tools, tips and techniques
- Creating a 'notemaker friendly' agenda
- Friend or foe?
Effective note-taking: tools, tips and techniques
- Applying effective note-taking techniques
- Important post-meeting activities
- Re-structuring notes when creating minutes for longer agenda items
- Applying the skills learned: a practical exercise
Effective minute writing
- How detailed should minutes be?
- Writing style
- Passive voice or active voice?
- Structure and layout
- Analysing examples
- Minute-writing: key guiding principles
- Naming names: CGI best practice
Credibility and self-confidence
- Essential personal skills for successful minute taking
Personal development
- Using the Power/Interest Matrix to maintain key relationships
- The Minute-taker’s Reminder Checklist
- Post-course reference material that you will receive
Action points for personal application
- Effective minute-taking: summary of tools, tips and techniques