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Minute Taking Tips

Office Dynamics

Susan wrote in asking about some pointers on recording meeting minutes. The most difficult part of taking minutes is deciding what information has to be written down verbatim, what can be paraphrased, and what is unessential for the official records. It is also important to maintain an accurate meeting folder for reference.

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Minute Taking Tips

Office Dynamics

Susan wrote in asking about some pointers on recording meeting minutes. The most difficult part of taking minutes is deciding what information has to be written down verbatim, what can be paraphrased, and what is unessential for the official records. It is also important to maintain an accurate meeting folder for reference.

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Training On-line

Laughing all the Way to Work

The good thing about on-line courses, is anyone can do it from anywhere. I use a place based in Toronto, Canada called Last Minute Training. It works in the same way as last minute flights do. When it gets closer to the course date and it doesnt look like they will fill the seats, they offer the course at a cheaper price.

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Webinar Advanced Minute Taking Workshop

Office Dynamics

After many requests, the editors of the Administrative Professional Today newsletter have produced a webinar to take your minute taking skills beyond the basic level to master minute taker. What makes a master minute taker? Do you have a moment of panic when you're asked to take meeting minutes? It's that simple.

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Acting the part.

Laughing all the Way to Work

I didn't have much choice except to sink or swim and I dog paddled with all my might and stayed afloat and got better at it and recently was able to give a webinar on Taking Effective Meeting Minutes. There are so many places to look and people to ask. Shortly after, I was asked to speak to an admin group of about 50 people.

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Is it that time of the year already?

Laughing all the Way to Work

We really dont have an excuse because it is becoming increasingly easy to take courses online. I have had great experiences learning online in interactive courses. One question I have about this entry is where do you find online courses. EST Taking Effective Meeting Minutes Join me for a Webinar Oct.

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The Assistant Toolkit

Practically Perfect PA

We have so much to do and juggle over the course of one day that you don’t even think about the skills you use for all of the different tasks. Meeting Management including Board and Committee Meetings. Minute Taking. It can be really easy for assistants to neglect their tool kit. Email and Diary Management.

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