Nobody wants to take minutes or notes at a meeting, but everyone wants to have them. Minutes serve a number of very useful functions. They act as a formal record of what happened at the meeting, a reminder to participants of what they decided, and what they are committed to do, and a source of information to those who did not attend.

● Know who should and who should not take the minutes
● Understand what to note and what to leave out
● Help prepare and stick to an effective agenda
● Learn to write and listen at the same time
● Know what has to be recorded word-by-word
● Use memory supports
● Work with a template for minute taking
● Distribute the minutes correctly and on time