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No matter who you are or what you do, whether
at work or in the community, you are involved in meetings.
And meetings are costly, even if they are held in a company
boardroom. To ensure meetings are productive and worth the
expense involved, three ingredients are necessary: An
assurance of closure, a strong chair or leader, and accurate
minute taking. It has been said that if the meeting minutes
are not accurate, then the meeting may just as well not have
taken place.
If people can’t remember or agree on what actually occurred
at a meeting, how can the group effectively accomplish its
objectives? This one-day minute taking workshop helps minute-takers
understand their role and the best techniques for producing
meeting minutes that include all the essential information needed.
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course comes with:
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Pre-Assignment |
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PowerPoint
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Course
Outline |
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Promotional
Advertorial |
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Recommended
Reading Lists |
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You
also receive:
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Unlimited reprinting
rights |
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Unlimited number of
users |
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Unlimited rights to
customize and modify the
course contents to suit
your needs. |
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The
Minute-Taker's Workshop
Overview
What
participants will learn:
At the conclusion of this workshop, participants will:
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Recognize the
importance of minute-taking and be able to use them to their
advantage
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Be able to
remedy many of the complaints that beset minute-takers
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Be able to write
minutes that are suitable for formal meetings, semi-formal
meetings and action minutes
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Develop the
essential skills of an effective minute-taker
Using our courseware training
materials is easy and cost effective.
It works like this... each course (whether you purchase the
course individually or as part of a library of related titles)
comes with a student workbook, instructor guide, pre-made
PowerPoint versions, quick reference guides, icebreakers &
handouts, Pre-Assignments, detailed Course Outlines, Promotional
Advertorials and Recommended Reading Lists . Each of the
components can be opened into Microsoft Word (or Corel
WordPerfect) and you are allowed to make any changes you want to
the content to better suit your needs.
Why write
Minute Taking training materials when we've done it for
you? We've saved you thousands of hours.
We
do the prep work... you do the training.
By being so flexible, our customer enjoy
how easy it is to customize the training materials to meet their
needs. You are allowed to make any changes to the content -
including replacing our name with yours. Do you want to replace
our examples and references to those of your own in order to
enhance the training and your students' experience? No problem.
Prewritten courseware saves you time any money and helps you
better prepare for classroom training with well-researched and
proven course materials.
Course
Outline
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Pre-assignment
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Participants are
asked to bring along a copy of minutes from their latest
meeting
(non-confidential) to critique and compare. |
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Introductions,
objectives and agenda |
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Discussion of
pre-assignment |
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The Role of a
Minute-Taker |
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Handling common
problems you experience |
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Developing a
meeting agreement |
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Minutes for
Formal Meetings |
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The need for
good minutes |
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Organizing
formal minutes |
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Headings |
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Motions |
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Minutes for
Informal Meetings |
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Semiformal
minutes |
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Action minutes |
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Techniques
for Preparing Minutes |
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Before the
meeting |
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At the meeting |
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After the
meeting |
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The Minute
Book |
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Bylaws and
Procedures |
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Computers:
The Latest Tool |
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Advantages and
disadvantages |
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Electronic
meetings |
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Taking
Minutes in an Interactive Meeting |
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A Final Word |
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Listening skills |
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Behind the
scenes |
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Hidden variables |
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Your image |
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Review and
Evaluations |
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Suggested
Reading List
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