Meetings, Agendas & Minutes

Course Description

If people can’t remember what occurred or what was decided at a meeting, how can the group accomplish its objectives? Discover the top minute-taking tips and techniques, and develop key minute-taking skills that include listening, critical thinking and organization. Learn to produce minutes that include essential, accurate information for informal, semi-formal, formal and action-oriented meetings.  When you know what belongs on an agenda and how to write minutes for a meeting, you know how to keep track of business. This course addresses the roles and responsibilities of the meeting leader, note-taker and attendees.

Participant Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this course, you will be able to:

• Develop a proper agenda
• Understand the composition of meeting minutes
• Use various formats of meeting summaries
• Determine the criteria for capturing proper minutes

Course Content

1. Elements of Successful Meetings
2. Meeting Types and Formats
3. Meeting Personnel - Roles and Responsibilities
4. Agenda and Minutes
   • Formats
   • What to record
   • Corrections
   • Motions
   • Distribution
   • Filing and Indexing
5. Minutes Taking Techniques
6. Minutes Taking Equipment/Supplies
7. Meeting Resources