Courses and resources

What is it about?

This one-day workshop will help you to ensure that the minutes or notes you take at meetings are clear, accurate and professional.

It will provide you with essential skills for each stage of the process: understanding the meeting, working with the chair, preparing the agenda, developing listening techniques, recording the meeting, distilling key points, and structuring and writing up the minutes.

Examples of good and bad minutes and agendas will help you to avoid common mistakes and follow best practice.

Carefully designed exercises will enable you to develop your skills and confidence.

Our Desktop Guide to Note & Minute Writing will become a valuable reference book on your return to the office.

What will I get out of it?

- It will help your minutes or notes at meetings to be clear, accurate and professional.

- It will provide you with essential skills for each stage of the process: understanding the meeting, working with the chair, preparing the agenda, developing listening techniques, recording the meeting, distilling key points, and structuring and writing up the minutes.

- Examples of good and bad minutes and agendas will help you to avoid common mistakes and follow best practice.

Learning provider:

This course is administered by Staff Learning & Development, please contact sld@exeter.ac.uk for any queries.