How to write meeting minutes at work as a beginner
#meetingminutes #meetingnotes #takenotes
How to write meeting minutes at work? As a management consultant, you're going to have to take meeting minutes and take notes in work meetings. Hopefully this is a quick overview of key things you need to write down, especially digital notes in any corporate job that you'll be doing.
I use a branded version of these meeting notes in my management consulting job but this can apply to all home office jobs. Link to meeting minutes template can be found here: drive.google.com/file/d/1JeZK...
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Template I made can be found here: drive.google.com/file/d/1JeZKxYeRPNOAZAVqqlaloJs3h6cf-tUc/view?usp=sharing NOTE: 1) Change fonts / colours to your firm branding 2) Add a client logo in the top right 3) Delete things you don't need 4) Rename the document name
@abdulqudusalhajiisa550
10 ай бұрын
template
thank you. As a side note, love how you kept this snappy. Many youtubers speak too slow or upload too-long videos.
@KajolPhadnis
3 жыл бұрын
Trying to keep the education videos short and sweet :)
@ZodoLeeka
2 жыл бұрын
I'd like to second this. I really appreciate the pace. Thanks for sharing this helpful tutorial.
Just got a job as a senior consultant, going through all of your videos, feeling lucky to find such useful videos. Thanks Kajol. 😀
@KajolPhadnis
3 жыл бұрын
Great to hear! Major major congrats on the new job :)
@iamabhishekaggarwal
3 жыл бұрын
@@KajolPhadnis Thankyou Kajol 😀
omg today i entered my first ever BIG meeting and really struggled yet I run over to your youtube. Thank goodness! Cheers to all the tips
@KajolPhadnis
2 жыл бұрын
Anytime Hannah xxx
Super duper helpful tips! I’ve always struggled with summarising and writing straightforward lecture notes, meeting minutes etc. I will definitely try this in the near future ❤️
@KajolPhadnis
3 жыл бұрын
Awww glad it is helpful - lemme know how it goes 🤗
This is great. I'm using your video and template in my Business English class tomorrow. Thanks a million👍
Thank you for the tips. It was very helpful
As I live and breath🤣🤣, the fastest woman alive. Thank you for the tips and templates.
Nice, your style is similar to mine for taking minutes. If the minutes are going to someone pretty high up, it help to ask someone you work with who knows them. Ask what is the best way to make the minutes easy to read.
thanks, much respect Madam.
what i find really difficult with business requirement meetings is that so many people are saying different/conflicting things about the same topic (stakeholders, subject experts, etc) and it just goes around and around. eventually, someone says "ok let's go with that" but at that point im still writing down the 5th suggestion and i end up missing what "that" is cause so many solutions were discussed thoroughly to get where we ended up. any tips on how to improve following where the decisions eventually land?
@tatianabritton6258
Жыл бұрын
Have you thought about voice recording the meeting (with permission of course)? If not, don’t be afraid to speak up and ask to verify what suggestion was agreed on.
@5asiulenka
Жыл бұрын
Record it secretly on phone
@daviddavis8053
Жыл бұрын
Always ask permission first. It's easier to get the requirement if your hosting the meeting. If not, for those big corporate level meetings, they are usually recorded either way for this very reason. In time you develop an ear for it too.
@mosaif_mudawi
Жыл бұрын
@@tatianabritton6258 Great suggestion!
great advice!
@KajolPhadnis
3 жыл бұрын
Hehe thank you - glad you enjoyed it :)
AMAZING VIDEO!!!!
@KajolPhadnis
3 жыл бұрын
Awww so glad you enjoyed it ❤❤❤
Showing a real life example would be great.
@KajolPhadnis
2 жыл бұрын
client confidentality and hahaha, imagine doing one of what my friends say in a discussion
@coreystickland
2 жыл бұрын
A draft minutes example would be great
@nlynch8506
2 жыл бұрын
Oh she don't have an example...✌🏽
It's informative... However after watching video I got breathing problem. Advice for you, u can take a pause of at least 1sec. After completing a sentence.
so beautiful ❤️
Really informative and helpful, thank you. If you could slow it down just a bit, it would make it a little easier to take notes. :)
Wow I feel out of breath just watching this...
@moonbeam603
2 жыл бұрын
hahaha! me too!!
That's a great video to send to some people 👀😂
@KajolPhadnis
3 жыл бұрын
Quick 3 min video hollaaaaa
I have learnt a lot!
@KajolPhadnis
3 жыл бұрын
Send it to someone who can learn too 🥰
@applesgreenandred5287
3 жыл бұрын
@@KajolPhadnis I will do :)
@KajolPhadnis
3 жыл бұрын
Hehehe thanks x
@applesgreenandred5287
3 жыл бұрын
@@KajolPhadnis 😁😊☺
Great tips! Maybe you could consider a slower pace in subsequent videos. Tip: Pause for a few seconds before moving to a new point... Thank you!
" Kajol Phadnis - Wannabe CEO" hahahahahaha I love it! Never stop dreaming! ;-)
@KajolPhadnis
3 жыл бұрын
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Is there a different writing current or previous minutes?
Damn girl! I love you ♥️🤭😜
@KajolPhadnis
3 жыл бұрын
Omg stop 💙💙💙💙💙
Great video! Would love a link/ downloadable version of this template if you could add it in the description or comments section!
@KajolPhadnis
3 жыл бұрын
I'll do this hehe - will comment again when I've added it!
@simranb101
3 жыл бұрын
@@KajolPhadnis sounds good, thanks!
@KajolPhadnis
3 жыл бұрын
pinned comment with the link :)
@simranb101
3 жыл бұрын
@@KajolPhadnis Thank you!
Can u add annex or attachments to minutes of meeting? Like the documents presented and used during the meeting?
@KajolPhadnis
3 жыл бұрын
Yes you defo can :)
@felicitysmoakandwillgraham6453
3 жыл бұрын
@@KajolPhadnis how does one attach it? Is there a right way? My boss wants me to use excel to make a MoM and i cannot, for the life of me, figure out how i could attach files for references in that kind of form 😭
Video is indeed very helpful, one suggestion though - can you speak little slow
@KajolPhadnis
2 жыл бұрын
Hopefully improved in my recent videos :) will go slower
Awesome presentation. Partly amazed I could keep up with your pace and still noticed how glossy your hair looks.. damn girl!
Don't forget to hit the like button :) Let me know what other topics you want me to cover!!
@umeshp
3 жыл бұрын
Resume writing for a consultant
@KajolPhadnis
3 жыл бұрын
Will add that
@riorin8829
3 жыл бұрын
Hi Kajol, would you share your meeting minute template? thanks
You are beautiful and I couldn't focus on what you are saying. ❤
This is my PMO Interview Question how to create MOM and how to document it ..
Unfortunately I do not have access to my system, so I'll have to listen and write.
i write minutes for meetings all the time at work as i am a senior admin, but i want to improve my minute taking skills because i feel like i don't know if my minutes are good enough to a high standard? i haven't had any complaints about them, i usually capture the main important points discussed and then the actions, but i want it to sound more professional if that makes sense? do you have any tips for this please? thanks x
Perfectionist 🥵😍
@KajolPhadnis
3 жыл бұрын
Lmao we all are - need to get over this habit
@aletsgetloud6
3 жыл бұрын
@@KajolPhadnis haha I could only wish to be one! I’m not even close🤣 AKA the laziest person on this planet xD
@KajolPhadnis
3 жыл бұрын
@@aletsgetloud6 I'm lazier than you trust me hahahhaa but in a month I'll have a time management one which hopefully motivates you hahah
I came here to learn on minutes 😃 of meeting 😂 for First year and ended up learning for future also 😂😂
great info but please slow down you are talking way to fast.
@KajolPhadnis
2 жыл бұрын
Latest videos are defo slower now
@a.n1111
2 жыл бұрын
Agreed
You conveyed important tips to take effective minutes but it was very difficult to followup your conversation like you rushed up
@KajolPhadnis
Жыл бұрын
Sorry about that hopefully I've now improved in my latest videos
Can you help me write emails and letters professionally?
@KajolPhadnis
2 жыл бұрын
Video on that soon
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I love u
you look like winona ryder
great vid but thank god for slowing speed is there lol
@KajolPhadnis
2 жыл бұрын
Haha sorry, hopefully the recent videos have slowed down
omg - you need to SLOW down!
@KajolPhadnis
2 жыл бұрын
Latest videos have :)
You speak super fast
@KajolPhadnis
2 жыл бұрын
recent videos have slowed down hopefully :)
Thank you for this great tip. Actually my first time watching your videos but observed that you talk a bit too fast. Maybe you could moderate your pace a little. Just a little so one can digest what you are saying as you are saying it. Rather than pause to comprehend. #MyOpinion.
@KajolPhadnis
Жыл бұрын
100% hopefully my newer videos have me talking slower
@Momoh_Lawal
Жыл бұрын
@@KajolPhadnis Amazing, you just earn a subscriber. I'll definitely go check them out. Thank you again 😊
Do you prefer more than one person writing the MoM ?
@KajolPhadnis
3 жыл бұрын
Good question - 100% cause you often miss things as people speak sooo fast 😭😭😭
@2minsplease
3 жыл бұрын
So so true. Happens to me all the time. I prefer having 2 people and divide the speakers into 2 groups allocating one group to each 😝
@KajolPhadnis
3 жыл бұрын
Need someone to collate that afterwords hehehe
@2minsplease
3 жыл бұрын
Hahaha Yes
@2minsplease
3 жыл бұрын
I was waiting for the REC thing which you did in your previous video. That was so cool 😝🙏🏼
In this day and age I can't figure out why people don't record it??? I was recording minutes in 1987. Lol.
@elbothomes
Жыл бұрын
what do you use? mini recorder?
@laurahamilton6528
5 ай бұрын
In some meetings this isn’t allowed for privacy, security or confidentiality reasons. Although recording is great back up, why would you sit through the whole meeting again? Regulators etc. don’t want written documents and if you have to go through past sets of minutes for any reason, it’s a lot easier to review a document than it is to sit through a recording.
You gotta speak slowly honey. Its hard to attend to you.
We’ve come too far with technology to be doing this. Why don’t the meeting just get recorded without showing the faces? Ppl can just state their name & position when they want to speak. Everyone gets an audio copy to do whatever they need to do & done!
You are missing the basics of communication. Dont be so fast that your viewers have to repeat the videos.
You can't be taking minutes and also be a CEO in the same meeting
@KajolPhadnis
3 жыл бұрын
sometimes you have to :)
Please just speak a little slow
You talk too fast its hard to follow...nice template though
@KajolPhadnis
Жыл бұрын
I do but hopefully in my last 10 videos I've talked waaaay slower!
Speaking way to fast to catch what you are saying.
Why are u speaking so fast
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you should little bit slow speaking.
Complete rubbish...No indication all how to do it...
You talk way too fast. This was a waste of two minutes of my time