Savage Communications

TAKING
MEETING NOTES

10.00-13.00

Part 1: Wednesday 12 January
Part 2: Wednesday 19 January

Meeting ID: 824 644 5034

IMPORTANT

1. Download the Zoom app before the workshop.

    

2. Dial in from your own device, in a completely separate location / meeting room from other participants wherever possible.

    

3. Head into the waiting room 5 minutes before the start time.

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ABOUT THE TRAINING

Hi everyone,

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I'm looking forward to seeing you for the Taking Meeting Notes workshops.

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These workshops are designed to help you record meetings succinctly and in the most user-friendly way possible. The sessions provide clear guidelines on note-taking conventions. They’ll help you to stay in control, capture the most important points and produce accurate, useful notes.

You’ll have plenty of opportunities to practise these skills and receive feedback during the course.

Part 1

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The first part will provide guidelines on what to do before, during and after meetings so you can take notes properly:

• Preparing to take minutes

• Understanding audience needs

• Using accepted Rathbones’ minute-writing models

• Keeping up with fast-paced meetings

• Clarifying key points, responsibilities and timings 

You will use a role-play exercise to practise your new note-taking skills.

Part 2

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The second part will focus on the language aspects of notes:

• Writing succinctly and in plain English

• Broadening your vocabulary of reporting verbs

• Using appropriate sentence structures

• Using impartial language

• Editing and formatting your work

You will use a video exercise to further develop your note-taking skills.

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See you soon!

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Margaret

WHAT PEOPLE SAY

CAPGEMINI IRELAND

HR BUSINESS PARTNER

Margaret’s writing course was excellent. It was well-received and created a buzz in the office. She was seen by the participants as someone who not only knew the subject in depth, but was also an extremely personable and engaging trainer. 

ROYAL SOCIETY OF BIOLOGY

DIGITAL LEARNING OFFICER

Margaret is great at what she does and created a very engaging and interesting course. The delegates were full of praise for her and the way she delivered the minute-taking courses, particularly via Zoom, where she managed to maintain a good level of interactivity.

ABOUT MARGARET WEBSTER

Margaret Webster is not only a professional writing trainer, she is a professional writer.

Her clients include AstraZeneca, Duchenne UK, English Football League, Historic England, London Stock Exchange, Macmillan Cancer Support, Network Rail, the Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea and Wycombe Council. 

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Margaret’s talent lies in bringing her subject matter to life in an engaging, memorable way. 

As a writer, she has been producing corporate and marketing communications for over 20 years. She has written about a wide variety of topics for diverse audiences across many different media – ranging from light-hearted feature articles to high-stakes conference speeches. 

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For the last five years, she has specialised in large, complex projects where she works with organisations on their most important communications, such as key reports, strategies, standard operating procedures, television scripts and pitch documents.

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She shows their people how to craft communications that are relevant, clear and vivid for their target audiences. And she shares practical techniques and tools with them so they can quickly improve their business writing, copywriting or public speaking.

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Margaret is also a coach to senior executives, entrepreneurs, technical experts and other copywriters.

Since 2004, Savage Communications has delivered training to hundreds of organisations across the UK and globally. Here is a small flavour of some our clients.

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