Minute Taking at Meetings

Name: Minute Taking at Meetings
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Minute Taking: making the taking of notes/minutes at formal and informal meetings easier

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Created byJane Watson

Last updated 9/2025

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What you'll learn

After this workshop, you'll be able to:
determine what to record and what to ignore
understand how privacy legislation impacts minutes
convey information in succinct, effective sentences
organize yourself before, during and after the meeting
watch for the hidden variables

Course content

7 sections • 22 lectures • 2h 17m total length

The importance of minutes7:58
Outines the ingredients for a successful meeting and describes how the course is laid out.

The role of the minute taker8:46
Outlines the qualities of a professional minute taker and explains the relationship with the chair.
The definition of minutes7:38
Uses the definition of minutes to start outlining what the minute taker should record during a meeting.
The impact of privacy legislation7:14
Describes the impact of freedom of iInformation on minutes for both formal and informal meetings.
The Minute Taker's Toolbox7:14
Explains the tools the minute taker should use to make the recording process easier.
What Every Minute Taker Needs to Know

The agenda6:54
Demonstrates how a detailed agenda will assist the minute taker and offers suggestions for preparing agendas for formal and semi-formal meetings.
Consent Agenda4:57
Discusses how to handle the consent agenda when preparing minutes for formal meetings.
Before the meeting9:53
Provides suggestions for the minute taker before the meeting.
At the meeting9:03
Discusses the various tools the minute taker could use -- short hand, long hand, lap top, and recording devices -- and also provides advice on how to handlce corrections to minutes.
After the meeting5:18
Reviews the responsibilities of the minute taker after the meeting.
Organizational Tips

Set Up of Minutes5:59
Outlines the details that should be recorded in the headers of formal, informal and action minutes.
Guidelines for What to Include6:05
Details what should be included in minutes and what should be omitted.
Motions and Resolutions5:07
Discusses motions and resolutions for formal meetings and provides examples of how they are written.
Exercises for What to Include2:00
This exercise contains five excerpts from minutes. Participants are asked to review the excerpts and note the details that should not have been included.
Answers to Exercise7:33
Critiques the minute excerpts in the previous exercise and provides better ways of writing the information.
What to Include

Writing guidelines7:52
Lists words that should be avoided and provides guidelines to help you avoid some of the most common grammar errors in minutes.
Exercises to download2:00
This exercise should be downloaded and completed before the next lecture. The exercise involves nine statements from minutes that should be rewritten. It will test your ability to write clearly and concisely and to ensure "the loop" is closed.
Answers to Exercise10:08
Analyzes the sentences provided in the previous exercise and suggests better ways of writing the information.

Requirements

no previous knowledge required

Description

And you'll take the minutes.

This is a statement that often sends fear into the minds of meeting attendees. Why? Because too many people consider the role boring, stressful, and non-important.

This three-hour Minute Taking course: How to Take Minutes at Meetings will change your mind.

I have been involved in the meeting process -- both as a minute taker and as a chair -- for many years.

In fact, I have written one of the first books exclusively on minute taking -- The Minute Takers Handbook -- now in its 4th reprint. Since then I have taught minute taking to all sorts of groups. And I have learned even more techniques to help you.

Whether you are taking minutes for boards, committees, weekly meetings, volunteer groups or your condo association, this workshop will make you more confident and enable you to produce professional minutes.

Take this ultimate Minute Taking course right now and learn how to take minutes at meetings.

Who this course is for:

Anyone who takes or will take minutes at meetings of boards, committees, volunteer groups or condo associations

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Course content

Introduction1 lecture • 8min

What Every Minute Taker Needs to Know4 lectures • 31min

Organizational Tips5 lectures • 36min

What to Include/What to Ignore5 lectures • 27min

Writing Tips3 lectures • 20min

Additional Aids2 lectures • 20min

Handouts2 lectures • 4min

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