BMT Office Administration
SEPTEMBER 12, 2022
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.
Practically Perfect PA
OCTOBER 3, 2012
If your company does not have a branded template you should suggest this to your manager and design something for them, a simple word template with the following information will suffice: The name of the Committee meeting. The date, time and location of the meeting. The name of the minute taker. The attendees. The apologies.
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Practically Perfect PA
OCTOBER 3, 2012
If your company does not have a branded template you should suggest this to your manager and design something for them, a simple word template with the following information will suffice: The name of the Committee meeting. The date, time and location of the meeting. The name of the minute taker. The attendees. The apologies.
Laughing all the Way to Work
JUNE 14, 2009
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?
Laughing all the Way to Work
DECEMBER 19, 2009
Much easier than searching in Outlook and less stressful. When a meeting is finalized, I put the scheduling sheet in a completed file. Another benefit to writing it down is if your boss asks you to cancel it or to quickly tell you when the meeting is, you can look at the sheet rather than trying to search for it in your calendar.
Laughing all the Way to Work
SEPTEMBER 6, 2008
If I forgot to bring my laptop with me to a meeting out of town, that would be an almost disaster for me because I prepare my minutes ahead of time on my computer and basically all I have to do at the meeting is fill in the blanks. EST Taking Effective Meeting Minutes Join me for a Webinar Oct. 5, 2010 at 12 p.m.
Who's the Real Boss?
AUGUST 31, 2020
So, the very best advice I can give you around how to write good minutes is to read other people’s minutes and start to work out what’s good, what isn’t; what fits your style, and what doesn’t. Ask yourself though, if someone who wasn’t at the meeting was to read these minutes, would they learn something?
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