This free online course will teach you the skill of writing clear, concise and accurate minutes of a meeting.

Meeting minutes are written records of meeting proceedings. It is not a record of everything that happened during a meeting. Its essence includes the actions taken during a session, important points discussed, inputs from various employees, votes taken, reports of actions, plans and more. They are also a source of information for members who were unable to attend and help keep track of the decisions, agreements and actions taken during the meeting. The minute writer's task is to produce a clean and orderly record of a meeting that accurately reflects what happened. The mission of taking and writing minutes can seem daunting. It can be challenging to take minutes through a long, complicated and perhaps heated discussion. Facing numerous pages of untidy handwritten notes the next day can certainly bring on a headache. In this course, we will teach you the skill of competent minute writing.

Taking effective minutes of a meeting starts before the session begins. It needs planning with key focus areas or the agenda of the meeting in mind so that even if the discussion strays, your notes don't. Discover how to prepare for it and your role. You must listen actively for important points and differentiate between relevant and irrelevant facts of a meeting. After the meeting, you must compile the notes into minutes. Meeting minutes are only effective when recorded correctly and can be referred back to, distributed to others and quickly understood by anyone who glances over it. You'll also learn how technology can help you keep track of minutes and participants' information and how to deal with security and data breach issues.

Meeting minutes must be accurate for an organisation to succeed. If you are the one who has to record the minutes of a meeting, it’s essential to update your skills and ensure you are keeping up with the latest trends. This course will help you strengthen your minute taking and writing skills and adapt to working with multimedia. Suppose you aspire to become a personal assistant (PA), executive assistant (EA) or are starting as a minute taker and feel unsure where to begin. This course will help you gain a solid understanding of minute taking. It will prove particularly useful if you feel anxious, confused or simply wish to effectively enhance your ability to take notes and produce minutes with confidence. So take a step in the right direction, enrol in this course and get ready to face the challenges of writing coherent minutes of any meeting.