Have you ever walked into a meeting, ready to take minutes, to find the person in charge of the meeting has no idea what they are doing? They don’t know how to run a meeting, they don’t know how to make decisions, they don’t know what their role is, and they expect...

        When I ask about the task that admins hate the most, taking meeting minutes always tops the list. When the subject of artificial intelligence is brought up, admins are most excited about what AI can do to eliminate their most dreaded task....

I typically start my Minute Taking Made Easy workshops by asking my class if they like taking minutes. After a few chuckles and groans, the overwhelming response is no; they do not like it at all. I think it is fair to say that while we don’t like the task, most...

       If your Board wants to save time and streamline its meetings, consider using a “consent agenda.”A consent agenda is a group of routine discussion points wrapped into one singleagenda item. Roberts Rules of Order also calls it a “consent...

      Most people dislike taking minutes. They struggle trying to figure out what everyone is saying and what is important enough to make it to the final copy. I find the cause is they've never really been taught what to include in their documents and...

    Two and a half years ago, when we were all thrown into turmoil and asked to work from home, we had to make some major adjustments to the way in which we held our meetings. Naturally, that has affected the way we take minutes.Although most of us are...

Every Tuesday morning at 9:30, my executive held his weekly manager's meeting. I took the minutes. One of the managers, Barbara, was always the last person to join the meeting, and she was always late. As everyone walked into the boardroom, I would write down...

Remember the game, Telephone, that we played as kids? One person wouldwhisper a message to the person beside them, and they would whisper it alongto the person beside them. When the message reached the end of the line andthe last person shared aloud what the message...

  Are you using a laptop, yet, to take minutes? I hope the answer is yes. However, if it’s no, let me convince you. Taking minutes using a laptop is better than the traditional approach of pen and paper.I realize that for many people there is some fear about...

  Meetings were on Tuesday mornings. I was new to the role of EA to the VP and Regional Manager, and taking minutes was one of my tasks. Only … I didn’t have a clue how to take minutes. During the job interview, they’d asked me if I could take minutes, and my...