Private Bookings:

As a result:

This course is only available as a private booking for an individual or group.

  1. We are able to run courses on dates to suit you,
  2. We can customise the course content for you,
  3. We can offer discounts for larger group bookings.

Our private courses can run online, in-person at your offices or at one of our training centres.

Please contact us for full details.

Business Booking Details

Payment Of Invoices

For bookings from established businesses, we do not require payment at the point of booking.

We will send you an invoice which you can submit to your accounts payable system.

Purchase Orders

If your employer uses a purchase order (P.O.) system to manage supplier invoices that is no problem.

  • If you already have a P.O. number when booking add it to the PO number box on the booking form, and we will include it on your invoice.
  • If you need an invoice to generate a P.O. number in your accounts system, please book the course as normal and add a note in the PO number box – to be provided
  • We will send you an invoice (without a P.O.) which you can use to generate a P.O..
  • We will then re-issue your invoice with your P.O. included when you provide us with it

PAYMENT METHODS:

You are not able to pay directly online at the time of booking, we issue an invoice for all bookings.

We accept payment either via direct bank transfer or card

Our invoices contain our bank details if you would like to pay by bank transfer and there is also information on how to pay by card.

Please note, if you are using a business card there is a surcharge of 2% to cover the payment processing charges.

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Minute Taking Courses

Minute Taking Training: One Day Course

One Day Minute Taking Course

1 Days
Live Online & Client Site
Client Site Courses Available
28th May

This full-day training course covers all aspects of minute taking in detail.

  • Organising a meeting and agenda
  • Working with the chair of the meeting
  • Clarifying decisions
  • Understanding group dynamics
  • Creating accurate, clear minutes
Minute Taking Courses: Group Bookings & Private Courses

Group Bookings & Private Courses

Days
It's your private course, you choose.
Client Site Courses Available
21st Feb

We also offer private training. Contact us for more details about how we can create a customised course, designed just for you and your organisation.

Where you are booking 2 or more people onto the same course we offer group discounts. Please contact us for more details.

Effective Meetings Course: Combined Minute Taking & Chairing Meetings Training

Combined Minute Taking + Chairing Meetings

1 Days
It's your private course, you choose.
Client Site Courses Available

This effective meetings course combines minute taking and chairing meetings training.

Learn how to run & follow up meetings that get things done.

  • Structure meetings precisely
  • Generate real discussion & decisions
  • Create clear, actionable minutes

Minute Taking FAQs

Minutes of meetings have multiple uses:

  1. They are a permanent record of what was discussed and decided in case of future issues.
  2. They ensure that responsibility for agreed actions is clearly allocated.
  3. They allow people who did not attend the meeting to understand what was said and discussed.
  4. The need to document discussions means that a minute taker will often intervene to ensure that everyone is clear about what is being said improving communication.
  5. For legal and compliance subjects, they serve as a record that appropriate process was followed in case this is questioned in future.

No. The layout of meeting minutes should be adjusted to make then as clear and helpful as possible.

Generally, minutes will start with the basics of who, what, where, when and how.

Next they record the meeting, usually in chronological order unless there is a good reason not to.

 

Minutes should provide a clear overview of the key parts of the meeting.

Significant items like detailed discussions, decisions, and updates should be included.

Irrelevant details like side conversations, brief interruptions and excessive detail should be ignored.

The company secretary is responsible for taking the minutes of a formal board meeting.

At other less formal meetings, the chairperson is responsible for ensuring that taking the minutes is clearly delegated to someone.

It is important to remember that all meeting attendees are responsible for ensuring the minutes are accurate and complete. They should carefully review the draft minutes and comment where they believe there are errors or omissions.

What Do Previous Delegates Say

4.82 from 11 reviews

Course FAQs

The course is very practical and includes several minute-taking exercises.

The course splits into three approximately equal parts:

  1. Pre-meeting: How do you best prepare for a meeting, including preparing an agenda.
  2. The meeting: How to best take notes and ensure you are clear on what is being agreed.
  3. Post-meeting: How to produce the most useful minutes possible.

Delegates are welcome to bring some previous minutes that they have produced for discussion with the trainer.

General FAQs

We don’t have a dress code for our courses so please come wearing whatever you are most comfortable in.

Our online courses are designed to recreate the classroom training experience as closely as possible.

These courses will still be very hands-on and practical and you should come ready to practice what you are being taught in realistic role-play scenarios.

We don’t want to be the biggest training company but are trying to be the best!

We’re proud to say that we have won the Feefo Gold Award for 9 years in a row.

We also offer a 100% money-back guarantee if you are not satisfied with your course.

Yes we do. We email you a personal certificate after the course.

Where Do Your Courses Run?

London Training Venue & Course Details

St Clements House, 27 Clements Lane
London, EC4N 7AE
Tel: 0203 603 0150

Guildford Training Venue & Course Details

Surrey Technology Centre, 40 Occam Road
Guildford, GU2 7YG
Tel: 01483 688 488

Online Courses

We run a full schedule of remote courses over Zoom.
We also deliver private courses over Teams, if requested.