Description

What Will Students Learn?

  • Recognize the importance of minute-taking.
  • Develop key minute-taking skills, including listening skills, criticalthinking, and organization.
  • Be able to resolve many of the complaints that affect minute-takers.
  • Be able to write minutes that are suitable for formal meetings, semiformal meetings, and action minutes.
  • Be an efficient minute-taker in any type of meeting.
  • Be able to prepare and maintain a minute book

What Topics are Covered?

  • The role of a minute taker
  • The skills of a minute taker
  • Meeting agreements
  • Minute styles (formal, informal, and action)
  • What do I record?
  • Techniques for preparing minutes
  • The minute book
  • Taking minutes in an interactive meeting