Taking minutes is a much under-rated skill. It can be challenging at the best of times. So how do you do it for virtual meetings?
This trainer-led session will help. It's a very practical programme which explores the issues specific to minuting on-line meetings and gives solutions to some of the trickier problems.
Full of useful tips, the session will enable participants to:
Identify how to adapt their current minute-taking skills to on-line meetings
Plan and prepare for a meeting
Follow a line of discussion
Work in partnership with a remote Chair
Deal confidently with minute-taking challenges.
1 Welcome
Programme objectives
Personal introductions
2 Adapting minute-taking to virtual meetings
How is it different?
What changes in approach are needed?
3 Preparation
Preparing for the meeting
Technology and equipment
Dress and personal presentation
Liaising with the Chair
Practical preparation tips
4 Minuting tips
Managing the 'techie' elements, eg. poor sound/visual quality
Knowing who is speaking
Following a line of discussion
What if I don't hear or understand?
Tips for producing a set of minutes
5 Session review
Summary, key learning points, feedback and close