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How to take meeting minutes like a professional

BMT Office Administration

Meeting minutes are a staple of all Board meetings, and many internal company meetings, as they serve as an official written record of a meeting to aid in future decision-making and fill in employees who couldn’t attend. Yet, if you’ve never written meeting minutes before, it may seem like an intimidating process.

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How to take better notes with Speed Writing

BMT Office Administration

It also gives you something to reference later if you need to study the information, send out meeting notes, or verify the instructions that you were given. Some specific uses of speed writing include: When taking meeting minutes at a staff or board meeting. Include these new words in your notebook for reference.

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Effective Committee meeting management

Practically Perfect PA

The agenda. The Committee chair will normally finalise the meeting’s agenda but you can certainly help by drafting the initial version. Every agenda should have the following details: The name of the Committee meeting. The members that are attending the meeting. The timing of meetings.

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Effective Committee meeting management

Practically Perfect PA

The agenda. The Committee chair will normally finalise the meeting’s agenda but you can certainly help by drafting the initial version. Every agenda should have the following details: The name of the Committee meeting. The members that are attending the meeting. The timing of meetings.

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Whose meeting is it anyway?

Laughing all the Way to Work

© Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 16 May, 2010 Whose meeting is it anyway? Do you ever get a meeting request and an agenda has not been provided, or if it is a teleconference the call-in details have not been given or the boardroom hasnt been booked for an internal meeting? Lets enjoy our day together.©

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How to Hold Effective Meetings

Professional Assistant Blog

If the person isnt responsible for any of the items discussed in this meeting, dont invite them. Plan out an agenda of all points that will need to be discussed. The facilitator would hold the meeting and introduce each topic. The Timekeeper would make sure each topic is covered within the amount of time mentioned on the agenda.

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Meeting preparation.

Laughing all the Way to Work

Some things I have on this list is a memory stick with the minute templates, tentcards, meals ordered, meeting packages, pen, notebook, highlighter, calculator (I hate math so just in case they ask something that requires mathematical skills) and attendance records to establish quorum for each meeting. Are you plugged in?

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