Take a Minute! Minute Taking Skills

At some point in your business career, someone may ask you to take minutes at a meeting. But what if you don’t have minute taking skills, or you are worried about making a mistake?

Minutes serve as an official written record of decisions, so a true and accurate account of the proceedings and actions is important, yet many minute takers struggle with this task for various reasons.

In our Take a Minute! Minute Taking Skills course, we explore the fundamental principles of minute taking. We also provide clear guidelines to help you master this skill to remove some of the natural anxiety associated with “getting it right.”

This online course includes access to an expert facilitator, and you can choose up to two hours of one-to-one support via webinar, if needed.

Topics we’ll cover

• the importance of your role as minute taker
• tips to take the anxiety out of the process of minute taking
• types of meeting (formal and informal) and how to select the most appropriate format for your minutes
• formal meeting procedures and the meeting process and protocols
• tips to plan an effective meeting
• what to include in your minutes and what to leave out
• shortcuts to make taking notes simpler

You can review the full curriculum below for more details.

To set you up for success, we provide sample templates for agendas and minutes, plus we offer opportunities for you to practice your newly acquired minute taking skills.

Want to complement your learning?

Check out these other courses we developed to help you succeed:

• Assert Yourself! (Assertiveness Skills)
• Business Presentations Made Easy
• Effective Business Writing
• Positive Language for Positive Results
• The Executive Assistant: Progressing into Management

Have questions?

Contact us. We would love to chat and help you get started!