Minute Taking

Minute Taking
Cost: £115 members, £165 non-members

Aim:
This course will develop your skills in recording minutes accurately and effectively.

Target Group:
This course is suitable for anyone who has to record details of meetings and record minutes accurately and effectively.

Objectives:
By the end of the course you should be able to:

• identify common rules and procedures of minute taking
• identify relevant information and tale effective notes
• write up minutes using appropriate format and language

The course will cover:

• Concerns about minute taking and writing minutes
• The range and purpose of meetings
• The role of the Secretary and Chairperson
• Extracting relevant information
• Different types and styles of minutes
• Conventions of minute taking – language, tenses, numbering
• Practical exercise in writing and redrafting minutes

The course will be very practical and you should bring meeting notes or minutes that you have already drafted for reviewing and redrafting during the course.

Entry Requirements:
There are no specific entry requirements.

You could use your ILA Account for this course.

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