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Minute taking tips

Practically Perfect PA

As any PA knows, taking minutes is a challenging and essential skill. This guide provides some handy tips on getting it right, every time. As a PA, there is nothing worse than looking disorganised as you rush out of a meeting. These tips should help you on your way to taking minutes efficiently. Do your research.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

My goal for this blog is to give good tips and ideas and occasionally put a smile on your face as you start your day!Lets © Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 7 November, 2009 Too much information. Do you have a question or do you want to pass information along to the person. Lets enjoy our day together.© Point being.

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Ask the Admin: Meeting Minutes Retention

Administrative Arts

You don’t indicate if you are talking about Board minutes or membership meeting minutes. According to every reference I can find for document retention, Board minutes should be kept permanently. I didn’t find any specific references to membership meeting minutes in any of the research I’ve done.

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Minute Taking Tips

Office Dynamics

Susan wrote in asking about some pointers on recording meeting minutes. The most difficult part of taking minutes is deciding what information has to be written down verbatim, what can be paraphrased, and what is unessential for the official records. Meeting participants will go off the topic or on tangents.

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Minute Taking Tips

Office Dynamics

Susan wrote in asking about some pointers on recording meeting minutes. The most difficult part of taking minutes is deciding what information has to be written down verbatim, what can be paraphrased, and what is unessential for the official records. Meeting participants will go off the topic or on tangents.

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10 Tips for More Effective Office Meetings

Productivity Bits

If you work in one of those offices where meetings are incessant yet nothing ever seems to be accomplished, you probably want to find a way to remedy this situation. Office meetings are the ideal place to communicate ideas and creativity in order to make the office a more efficient place. Ground Rules And Meeting Agenda.

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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.