Understanding In-Camera Meetings

Understanding In-Camera Meetings

If the phrase sounds unfamiliar to you, even if you take a lot of minutes or attend many meetings, you aren’t alone. When I first heard the phrase, I thought it meant “it was recorded,” but in reality, it means the opposite. It’s not English, but Latin means “in...

Why You Need to Take Minutes

If you are like most administrative professionals, taking minutes is one of the least popular tasks. But knowing why you need to take minutes might give you a better understanding of why you should get good at taking them. They are important, and you want to be known...
Top 10 Tips for Writing an Agenda 

Top 10 Tips for Writing an Agenda 

When it comes to complaining about wasted time at work, meetings are one of the biggest offenders. We spend too much unnecessary and unproductive time in meetings, the meetings aren’t organized or structured, and people don’t come prepared for them when invited! Sound...
Voice-to-Text and Minute Taking

Voice-to-Text and Minute Taking

Voice to text apps are commonplace now. Whether it is Otter.Ai, Reason8.ai, Voicera, Rev.com, or any of the others, the temptation to use them to transcribe your meetings into minutes is irresistible. They are all good at recognizing voices and creating good...
Taking Minutes: Less is More

Taking Minutes: Less is More

Minute-taking is often an admin’s least favorite task. I’ve heard from more than one person that they want to call in sick on the days they have meetings that require minutes. It appears that so many admins hate taking minutes because they don’t have a good...