Minute Taking
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Course Code: OV-MT
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half-day live session delivered virtually or in-person | 6-8 hrs on-demand learning | 30-minute coaching session (optional extra for teams)
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This is available for groups and teams
This course will introduce you to a few simple yet brilliantly effective techniques to make minute taking quicker and easier. You will learn how to take control, ensure that the meeting is productive, and develop the confidence and competence to know that you‘ve got everything covered.
Throughout the course you will be taken through a step-by-step approach to producing effective minutes, using templates to help you produce structured agendas and take notes effectively. Practical exercises will help you build confidence and put your own ideas into practice.
This course is designed for anyone who needs the confidence and skills to produce accurate meeting minutes.
By the end of this course you will be able to:
- Identify different types of meetings and the requirements of each
- Work in partnership with the chair and colleagues when preparing the agenda, meeting papers and minutes
- Describe the principal elements of different types of meeting agenda
- Recognize and overcome barriers to listening to help maintain concentration and capture key points
- Try out both new and 'tried and tested' note-taking techniques
- Produce a clear and concise set of minutes
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Bitesize Sessions
Available for delivery to groups and teams, our bite-size learning sessions are short bursts of knowledge covering the what, why, and how of a topic, and delivered at pace. Expert-led sessions can be delivered virtually, face-to-face, or you can choose a combination, and they can be run either standalone or up to three sessions in a day.
Minute Taking
Course Code: VILT-MT
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90-minute live session delivered virtually or in-person (Perfect for use as part of a blended learning programme)
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This is available for groups and teams
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Part of our Core Library
This 90-minute session covers the planning steps that need to be carried out before the meeting takes place to make sure we‘re set up for success on the day.
It goes on to look at how we make sure that we provide an accurate, complete and objective record of the meeting that we‘re minute taking at - by capturing actions, decisions and next steps taken at the meeting. It finishes by looking at how we can ensure the final version of the notes distributed to meeting members are professional in all respects.
This short session is designed for those who need the confidence and skills to produce accurate minutes.
By the end of this session, you will be able to:
- Understand the responsibilities of the minute taker
- Plan for success
- Clarify the post meeting actions and responsibilities
- Work through a meeting simulation
Online Learning
Our award-winning learning content library is expertly created, easy to consume, and visually engaging and it can be experienced through a range of modalities - Fluidbooks, videos, animations, podcasts, infographics, quizzes and more. Use our digital learning content to support on-demand or blended learning provision within your organisation. Hundreds of topics are available in multiple global languages.
Minute Taking
Core content
- Minute Taking Fluidbook
- Minute Taking Infographic
- Minute Taking Quiz
- Minute Taking Animation
- Minute Taking Thrive in five
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Use our building blocks approach to create a customized program to suit your specific needs and context, at the pace you need.
Talk to us about what you want to achieve.

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Choose the core blocks you want (from our content library)

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Consider what blocks you want to customize (to make it your own)

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Review any additional technology and support services we can help you with (to bring the truly bring the learning experience to life)

Step 4
We’ll create the optimum journey for your learners
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To help achieve the pace and agility you need, we encourage you to make use of what we already have (our core library) and make it your own. There’s no need to ‘recreate the wheel’ - build from what we have ‘ready to go’ and then customize what you need to.
Choose from across our range of 100+ core topic areas.
Online self-study:
- Fluidbooks
- Infographics (standard and HTML)
- Thrive in Five
- Videos/animations
- Quizzes & assessments
- Podcasts
- Digital flip cards
- HTML microsites
- Digital adventures
- Applying what you have learned - action learning prompts/exercises
- All assets under a topic/collection
Live expert-led:
- Pre-built team experience (learning journey)
- Live workshops - virtual or in-person training (1 x half-day live session in a day; 2 x half-day live session in a day)
- Bitesize (1 x 90-min bite-size session in a day; 2 x 90-min bite-size session in a day; 3 x 90-min bite-size session in a day)
- Run-it-yourself
- Coaching – per hour (Follow-up; Learning program; Transitioning together; Team effectiveness; Career coaching; Leadership & executive; Skills performance coaching)
- Group facilitation sessions (1 x 3hr in a day; 2 x 3hr in a day
- Leadership lab session (1 x 3hr in a day; 2 x 3hr in a day)
- Virtual delivery platform license
Personalisation for live events:
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- Tailored
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Bespoke content creation:
- Fluidbooks
- Infographics (standard and HTML)
- Thrive in Five
- Videos/animations
- Quizzes & assessments
- Podcasts with bespoke or your content
- Digital flip cards
- HTML microsites
- Digital adventures
- Digital badges/certificates
- Live expert-led bite-size or workshop session
Bespoke printed communication/learning assets:
- Handouts
- Z-cards
- Zappar AR for Z-card
- Action learning prompts/exercises
- Bespoke Hub annual subscription fee (per user)
- Hub implementation
- Subscription (open) hub
- Booker portal
- Delivery – Virtual or in-person facilitator; virtual producer
- Faculty management
- Delegate management
- Instructional design
- Specialist instructional design
- Learning journey curation
- Logistics support
- Project management
- Customer success management
- Branding & creative communication
- Graphic design
- Translations services
- Proofing/QA
- Data insights & engagement
- Consultancy
- Supplier management
- Managed Learning Services

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