Toronto Meeting Minutes Training Workshop
The importance of Meeting Minutes include providing:
- a permanent record of actions planned or completed and decisions reached.
- a running account of discussions
- a record the decisions reached
- a method to keep absent members informed
- a reminder of the topics discussed
- a method to ensure that pending or deferred issues are not forgotten.
- a history of the organization
- a record of the work done in the past
Objectives
Our Toronto meeting minutes training workshop will enable participants to make minute taking easier by:
- Introducing forms and formats
- Identifying key reporting areas
- Increasing listening and focusing ability
Methodology
- Instructor presentation
- Full-group discussion
- Small-group interaction
- Individual exercises
- Practice exercises
Topic Areas
- The benefits of being the minute taker
- The importance of meetings
- The most challenging aspects of taking minutes
- The role of the chair
- The role of the minute taker
- The role of the participants
- Additional responsibilities for a meeting
- Using an agenda
- Taking & organizing formal minutes
- Recording motions
- Taking & organizing informal minutes
- Taking & organizing action minutes
- Excelling at taking any minutes
- Selling your ideas
- Being prepared
- Sending a positive attitude
- Do’s & Don’ts of recording
- Writing up the minutes
Participants at the Toronto meeting minutes training workshop are encouraged to send an email within three months following the training workshop and can expect a personal reply to assist with their learning experience.
