Taking minutes of meetings
By: Joanna Gutmann.
Edition: Rev. 2nd ed.
Publisher: Kogan Page Limited
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780749456573
Subjects: Business meetings; Business communication; Corporate minutes; Business records
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Background. Cycle of a meeting : the participants; title: Arranging a meeting. Who will attend : administration; title: Sections of a meeting; title: Agenda. Agenda styles; title: Personal preparation; title: Creating the right environment; title: Attending the meeting; title: Taking notes. The message, not the words; title: Structuring notes; title: Writing up the minutes; title: The minutes. Styles of minutes : common questions about minutes : useful words for minutes; title: Recording decisions and actions; title: Layout and numbering. Layout : numbering : look at the picture; title: Impact of the freedom of information act on minutes. Exempt information : impact on meeting papers : referencing meeting papers : writing minutes; title: Business English for minutes. Sentences : paragraphs : plain English : problem punctuation; title: Building confidence.