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Skills required to be a good minute taker
August 24, 2017August 14, 2017  by Practically Perfect PA

Skills required to be a good minute taker

Nobody readily puts up the hand to take minutes and those of us who do sometimes fear the job because of the expectation that is put on us to produce discussions accurately. Not everyone can be a good minute taker – it’s a definite skill and quite often an art, hence the name of my course, […]

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Minute taking template
May 25, 2017April 24, 2018  by Practically Perfect PA

Minute taking template

Assistants have come a long way, we are all asked to do lots of different things as part of our role. However, nearly every assistant I know at some point will be asked to write a set of minutes.

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in Core Skills / Featured / Minute Taking / Templates
May 4, 2016April 27, 2016  by Practically Perfect PA

100 words that will making minute taking a breeze

So as we all know minute taking can sometimes be a little tedious (Friday morning job anyone!!) I used to write hundreds of minutes every year and I really did find some amazing hacks that would make the task easier, quicker and less boring! You can find more of my tips here.

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in Core Skills / Minute Taking
January 31, 2016February 3, 2016  by Practically Perfect PA

The Langham Hotel, London

The Langham Hotel, London was Europe’s first ‘Grand Hotel’ opening its doors in 1865. The hotel is an exquisite five star luxury property and one of the best known hotels in London. It is also one of London’s eight Leading Hotels of the World.

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January 28, 2015January 6, 2016  by Practically Perfect PA

Minute taking tips

As any PA knows, taking minutes is a challenging and essential skill. This guide provides some handy tips on getting it right, every time.

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More minute taking tips
July 17, 2014January 8, 2016  by Practically Perfect PA

More minute taking tips

As we all know, writing minutes is a fundamental part of an assistant role and a skill we have to get right. As far as our tasks go, it is an important one but at the same time it can be pretty arduous and pretty dull especially if the meeting is lengthy or you left […]

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Technology to help minute taking
May 2, 2014January 8, 2016  by Practically Perfect PA

Technology to help with minute taking

About 10 years ago I used to manage 12 Committees as part of my role at the time. I absolutely loved the job but it did mean that I had to write 48 sets of minutes each year. These minutes were just from the main Committee meetings – I also had to attend and minute […]

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Effective Committee meeting management
October 11, 2012August 22, 2018  by Practically Perfect PA

Effective Committee meeting management

Last week I wrote a blog on minute taking during meetings. It provided quite popular so I thought I’d write a little something on working with Committees in general. The minutes are the end product of a meeting but how do we ensure the meeting itself is well organised, productive and attended by the right […]

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in Core Skills / Meeting Management
October 3, 2012August 22, 2018  by Practically Perfect PA

Tips on good minute taking

Today, we are talking about tips on good minute taking. As we all know writing minutes is an essential skill for assistants, and we have probably written more over the years than Stephen King has written novels. I had a job a few years back that provided support for twelve Committees who had four meetings […]

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Making it routine
November 6, 2011December 29, 2015  by admin

Routine Procedure – Friday

The last day of my productivity challenge! Friday 0810 – I’m on the early train into work today as there is a Board meeting starting at 9am. I have a quick look through my emails but nothing much has been sent in overnight that is urgent so I have a chance to read my book […]

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