RATIONALE

• Meetings are an important and integral part of our working lives and group decision-making process. Well-managed meetings with clear objectives and outcomes are great opportunities to innovate, solve problems, be more efficient and make decisions with the collective intelligence of a group. On the other hand, meetings are also a frequent source of frustration and many people simply prefer to avoid meetings to protect their productive working hours.
• Minutes serve as a permanent record of the points that were discussed in meetings, what was decided, what actions must be taken, who must take them and when, and to re-confirm actions that were agreed during the meeting. Accurate minute-taking skills are prized more than ever before. This is where facilitation comes into the picture – facilitation is the art of making meetings participative and more effective.
• Participants would also learn how to shake-off the minute taking bogeyman as we break down the formats of minutes, by capturing the minutes effectively, clearly, concisely, and accurately.