Minute Taking Course Details

Kings Oaks
Crockerton
Warminster
BA12 8AS

bite-size sessions

Time is tight and money is tighter and for many, a full-day out of the office is simply not feasible. With this is mind, we are offering half-day, bite-size sessions. They take some of the key essential points and just focus on those. Run two in a day and you will offer some valuable skills for half the price per head. Use the 'contacat' button if you have qustions or would like a session outline.

Subjects
	Get a grip on meetings Chairpersons and minute-takers define their role and identify how to work effectively together, clarify the purpose of each part of the meeting and develop their approach to each part to ensure the meeting is productive.
	Notetaking for panel meetings For those who've attended Minutes Made Easy and want to adapt their skils to minuting panel meetings. Delegates review the structure of a disciplinary or grievance and then take notes from two extracts with peer review and model answers.
	Notekaking, refresh and develop A refresher for those who've attended Minutes Made Easy but had a break from minute taking, this session will also take note-taking skills to a higher level.
	Notetaking, introduction and practise Practical session to support your in-house provision of minute-taking training. Gives hands-on experience using audio recordings of meetings with feedback and model answers in different styles.
	Dots and squiggles Punctuation is a code and this sessions helps participants to encode their documents correctly. Covers all the marks with tips and techniques for using each correctly.
	See me If people are to be effective at work, they first have to be noticed. If they are to be seen and heard in tricky situations, they need to have the foundations in place: the general presentaiton of confidence and competence.
	Workload v worker, who's managing who? In reactive roles, time management is a non-starter but there are techniques for managing the workload - to keep all the balls in the air.

Very good, well-informed, enjoyable. Didn’t think I would learn anything new but I was wrong!

Have been given the tools to go forth with confidence in my ward meetings.

Felt able to ask silly questions and get an informed response

Method
The sessions are practical, hands-on and interactive. Questionsa are welcome at any time.

Administration
Duration:two sessions a day (9.30-12.30, 1.30-4.30)
Breaks: 11.00 / 2.45
All course handouts, detailed reference notes and stationery are provided
Minimum of six delegates, maximum of twelve.

At your office
These bite-size sessions are designed to run two in a day. The content can be the changed to suit the needs of your staff if you wish. We bring everything except the furniture, the flipchart and the coffee.