Minute Taking Skills Training
Minute taking is a skill that can be learned. This training is a complete guide to meetings and minute taking and is a must for anyone who attends meetings - from the manager who reads minutes to the secretary who takes them.The workshop focus is on practical exercises that will help you build your confidence, and improve your ability to summarise and select the most important points when writing and compiling minutes.
Course Duration: 2 Days
Course Times: 08:30 - 16:30 daily
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Everyone who attends meetings, takes or reads minutes.
On Completion of this training delegates will:
- Be able to identify the objectives of meetings, the various types of meetings and the roles of the people who attend them
- Know their responsibilities at a formal vs. an informal meeting
- Know who should do what before, during and after a meeting
- Know how a basic meeting should run, and how it achieves its objectives
- Be able to explain and write a Notice of a Meeting as well as a Meeting Agenda
- Describe various types of minutes and give guidelines for effective minute taking
- The role of the minute taker
- Your pre-meeting duties
- Listening skills
- Preparing and planning for a meeting
- The objectives of meetings
- Valid meetings and procedures
- Principles of good minute taking
- Using the correct format for the minutes
- Note taking skills
- Using symbols and abreviations
What is included?
- Highly skilled presenter
- Comprehensive course pack
- Certificate of attendance
- 5 star training venue
- Lunch, tea and refreshments
- Parking
Take home tools
- A comprehensive learner guide packed with practical tips
- CD of resource material
- Post-course e-mail and telephonic support
