Episode 43: Effective minute-taking

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In this month’s episode of the podcast, we’ll be talking about how to take effective minutes of your meetings. Minutes provide evidence for what is discussed and decided on at your meetings. Good minutes can protect an organisation and its officers, particularly if decisions are called into question later and evidence needs to be provided.

Episode highlights
1:22 The importance of taking meeting minutes
2:55 What needs to be recorded in the minutes
6:48 Conflicts of interest and material personal interests
9:29 Changes to meeting minutes

Links
Episode 43 transcript
Episode 13: Good governance in practice: holding meetings
Episode 33: Managing conflicts of interest
E-learning module: Meetings and minute-taking
Conducting Meetings fact sheet