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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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Tips on good minute taking

Practically Perfect PA

As you can imagine I got quite good at bashing out minutes without much thought behind them but no matter how easy I found writing the minutes the process still took forever. Are there any tips that you can share? Do you enjoy taking minutes or do you dread the task? Always great to hear your thoughts!

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Tips on good minute taking

Practically Perfect PA

As you can imagine I got quite good at bashing out minutes without much thought behind them but no matter how easy I found writing the minutes the process still took forever. Are there any tips that you can share? Do you enjoy taking minutes or do you dread the task? Always great to hear your thoughts!

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3 “Needs” of Time Management

Ian's Messy Desk

Does the process need to be improved ? Do the meeting minutes need to be prepared, printed, collated, staples and distributed to committee members? Can the minutes be handled by an e-mail attachment or better yet, posted to some form of groupware? Are you making the best use of tools and processes.

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Word and Outlook 2007 tips

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 24 May, 2009 Word and Outlook 2007 tips I use Word 2007 at my new job and have never really had a chance to go through it to find the quick tips and how-tos that I had in Word 2003. .©

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5 Things Every Meeting Management Guru Does

Melissa Peoples

Meeting management is complicated these days, and mismanaged meetings waste your executive’s time, focus, and energy. Successful meeting management doesn't "just happen." Start using these tips, and you will be your company's Meeting Management Guru in no time! Manage the process NOT the content!"

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Effective Committee meeting management

Practically Perfect PA

The saying goes that there are three requirements to make up an effective Committee – the right task, the right people and the right process. In most cases assistants will not be in a position to influence the tasks given to a Committee or the members that make up the group but they will have a huge influence over the process.