Minute Taking Made Easy workbook 'Table of Contents'

What Are Minutes? ............................................................ 3
What Should Minutes Contain? ............................................... 3
What Should They Not Contain? .............................................. 3

Types of Meetings ............................................................ 4
  Formal ..................................................................... 4
  Modified Formal Meeting .................................................... 4
  Informal Meeting ........................................................... 4
  Properly Recorded Minutes .................................................. 5
  Roles of the Minute Taker .................................................. 6

Before The Meeting ........................................................... 7
  Questions to Ask ........................................................... 7
  Before the Meeting Checklist ............................................... 8
  Four Categories ............................................................ 8

Listening Skills ............................................................. 9
What are active listening responses ........................................ 9
Listening Awareness Inventory .............................................. 10

Different Formats for Taking Minutes ......................................... 12

Creative Shorthand ........................................................... 13

The Agenda ................................................................... 14
The layout of the agenda ................................................... 14

Organization ................................................................. 15
Organizing Formal Minutes .................................................. 16
Organizing Informal Minutes................................................. 19

Formal Terms Simplified ...................................................... 20
Quorum ..................................................................... 20
Motions .................................................................... 20

What to Record ............................................................... 21

After the Meeting ............................................................ 22
Minutes Summary ............................................................ 22
Minutes Book ............................................................... 22

Appendix “A” – Agenda for Informal Minutes ................................... 23
Appendix “B” – Agenda for Formal Minutes ..................................... 24
Appendix “C” – Minutes – Formal Style ........................................ 25
Appendix “D” – Minutes – Semiformal Style .................................... 27
Appendix “E” – Minutes – Action Style......................................... 28
Appendix “F” – Parliamentary Terms ........................................... 29
Appendix “G” - Connecting Words .............................................. 33
Appendix “H” - Bibliography .................................................. 35

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