Effective Minute Writing: essential skills and knowledge

Description

This webinar will equip participants with essential skills for effective minute writing, ensuring a robust audit trail in organisational meetings. It will cover the purpose of minutes, challenges of the role, and how to prepare using agendas. Attendees will gain practical tips on active listening, word abbreviation, and creating clear formats and layouts. The session will also address proper sign-off procedures and highlight common pitfalls to avoid. Participants will develop the ability to filter discussions, capture significant details, and produce accurate, concise minutes that support decision-making and compliance. This course is ideal for all staff involved in meetings and record-keeping.

This webinar provides one-hour of CPD and offers a structured learning experience designed to deliver actionable outcomes. Participants will gain valuable insights and practical skills to apply in their professional roles.

Delegates places are interchangeable with colleagues from the same organisation.

 

Content 

  • Why take minutes?

  • The challenges of the role

  • Preparation and effective use of an agenda

  • Word abbreviation and other useful tips

  • Active listening

  • Format and layout

  • Sign off

  • What to avoid

 

Presenter

Jo French

Expert Trainer at the School of International Financial Services

Jo French 

Jo, through her company JETT Limited, specialises in developing contemporary bespoke, technical in-house CPD programmes covering a range of AML, compliance and governance issues. She has over 25 years’ experience in delivering credible training to a wide range of financial service businesses both in the Crown Dependencies and internationally, as well as institutions that include the BBA, the ACSP in the Isle of Man, Guernsey Training Agency and the Jersey International Business School where her role also extended to delivering on Buckingham University’s BSc (Hons) in International Financial Services degree as part of their faculty. 

In addition, she has taught on the International Compliance Association’s full range of AML and compliance qualifications since 2005, and as a Fellow of the Governance Institute (formally ICSA) written and delivered across both level 4&5 Certificate and Diploma, as well as the qualifying scheme, (subjects include Corporate Governance, Risk Management, Boardroom Dynamics, Company Law and Company Compliance and Administration.) Jo’s ICSA students have won many international prizes, most recently in Trust and Company Administration in May 2021, and CORE in the  November 2021 exams. 

A committed educationalist, Jo has a First Class Law Degree (LLB) and Masters in Law (LLM) (Merit) from Queen Mary University of London specialising in financial services law. She is passionate about the delivery of accessible and innovative training courses.