Dear Office Professional:

Every day, key meetings take place in your office. And the decisions made as a result of these meetings can involve millions of dollars, and even change people’s futures. Employers prize accurate minute-taking skills more than ever. But not everyone knows how to take effective minutes – and some people panic at the thought of having to keep track of everything that happens in a meeting.

Now, peerless minute-taking skills can be yours – in just minutes – with Effective Minute-Taking: Tips to Improve Your Meeting-Recording Skills. The Executive Summary of our informative webinar will help you improve your skills in a vital administrative area and prove your value to your organization.

After many requests, the editors of Administrative Professional Today have produced a unique Executive Summary designed to bring you success with minute-taking. In just minutes, you’ll gain confidence to provide your organization with accurate, beneficial meeting records.

Effective Minute-Taking: Tips to Improve Your Meeting-Recording Skills will help you:

• Discover the appropriate way to take, write, draft and distribute meeting minutes
• Establish guidelines and check-off lists to ensure quality
• Feel comfortable with the role of meeting recorder
• Review samples and illustrations of appropriate agendas and minutes
• Determine what information should be captured
• Know how to prepare your draft and final copy
• Correct, file and index minutes
• And much more!

Nationally renowned speaker, author and trainer Joan Burge will take you from pre-meeting preparation to post-meeting follow-up – giving you a comprehensive overview of the minute-taking process, and providing the skills that you can put to work immediately.

Joan has edited this Executive Summary of her webinar, and added a question-and-answer session and appendix containing sample minutes. She will take you through the process step-by-step, from the eight things you must do before a meeting starts … to the proper format for submitting minutes once the meeting is over … and everything in between. You’ll gain the skills and confidence you need to be a minute-taking star.

Table of Contents
  Introduction
  Part I: Pre-Meeting Preparation
     8 keys steps to take in advance
  Part II: During the Meeting
     Prepare your mind to filter information
     Key information to capture
     Beyond taking notes: your conduct
  Part III: After the Meeting
     Turning to production
     Putting on the finishing touches
     Correcting, filing and indexing
  Part IV: Minute-Taking Q & A's
  Appendix: Sample Meeting Minutes

Don’t wait another minute! Effective Minute-Taking: Tips to Improve Your Meeting-Recording Skills will make you a more effective professional – AND a more marketable commodity. Add this valuable Executive Summary to your agenda today!


Sincerely,





Alice Bumgarner
Editor, Administrative Professional Today

P.S. Remember, there’s absolutely no risk. If you don’t see how you can improve your skills in this vitally important area, as well as increase your value as an employee, we’ll refund your entire purchase price – no questions asked – and you’ll have no further obligation.

P.P.S. Success is just minutes away! Download a PDF version of Effective Minute-Taking: Tips to Improve Your Meeting-Recording Skills and start advancing your career right away. Get your copy now!