Minute Taking Skills
Professional Minute Taking Skills training course
Our one-day or half-day instructor-led Minute Taking course has been designed to enable participants to understand and practice the skills needed for preparing accurate and effective records of meetings, conferences, and presentations. (Course outline below)
This course will benefit all individuals whose role in the workplace includes responsibility for taking and preparing Minutes. Delegates will learn how to structure quality minutes, techniques to record information consisely, and gain confidence as they develop their skills during the day.
We deliver minute-taking courses to organisations across the UK, including the NHS, government agencies, charities, and commercial companies.
Over the years we have developed and improved this course to ensure that attendees can take minutes in an effective manner. This course involves lots of practice and feedback to ensure these skills are mastered. There are 3 ways our trainers can teach these Minute Taking skills – training at your premises as an in-house tailored course, delivering regular one-day scheduled public courses at our venues, or delivering remotely as a half-day or full day course via Teams.
Onsite Tailored Courses:
This 1 Day Course can be customised to focus on the topics of most relevance and use your organisation’s house style if requested. Our training advisors will understand your objective and requirements and then use their knowledge to suggest possible solutions.
Closed-tailored courses are available on your site or remotely delivered for £695.00 plus vat (up to 8 attendees).
This includes trainer travel, reasonable customisation and course certificates for each attendee.
Remote Course:
Our trainers typically deliver remote courses as half-day sessions. Each half-day (3 hour) session is £495.00 plus vat and allows up to 10 people to attend via Teams. Our admin team will set up the meeting and invite the attendees.
Public Course:
This is perfect when organisations have only one or two people who would benefit from the training. We host these courses across England in small groups on scheduled days.
Scheduled public courses are held at our classrooms at Preston, Liverpool, Manchester, Birmingham & London.
1 Day Course | 1 Delegate £275 plus vat
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Course Overview
The style and formality of meetings can vary depending on the company or organisation but in most cases Minutes are required to provide a record of what happened. This one day instructor led course has been designed to enable delegates to understand and practise the skills needed for preparing accurate and effective Minutes of meetings, conferences and presentations.
Course Outline
Preparation for the Meeting
- Administration for the meeting
- Meeting documentation
- Setting the Agenda
- Different styles of Agenda
- Preparing an Agenda
- Distributing the documentation
During the Meeting
- Identifying participants
- Listening and summarising
- Different styles of notes
Writing the Minutes
- Different styles of Minutes
- Sections of Minutes
- Writing clearly and concisely
- Decisions and actions
Action plan
- Drawing up an action plan
- Refining your technique
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FAQs for Minute Taking Courses
Who is this course suitable for?
This course will benefit individuals whose role in the workplace includes responsibility for taking and preparing Minutes.
Do I need any prior experience?
No minute taking experience is required. The course is suitable for beginners as well as those wanting to refresh or improve their skills. Delegates new to Minute taking will have an opportunity to gain confidence as they develop and practice their skills during the day.
What are the learning outcomes?
By the end of the course, delegates will be able to:
- Prepare effectively before meetings
- Record key points concisely
- Structure and format minutes professionally
- Produce clear action points
- Gain confidence through practice
Can the course content be customised to our team's needs?
Yes. For inhouse courses, our trainers can customise the content and focus on the topics you request as the most relevant for your team. They can also use your template and house styles during the course and create practice exercises using your template. We can also adapt the training to focus on the types of meetings your attendees would be minuting, for example whether they need to record and distribute internal meetings or produce minutes that will be published as formal public documents.