Mina's Guide to Minute Taking - Softcover

Mina, Eli

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0973442808 ISBN 13: 9780973442809

Publisher: Eli Mina Consulting, 2004

Synopsis

Mina's Guide to Minute Taking offers practical, systematic advice on how to handle the minute taking job with clarity and confidence. Whether you record minutes of an informal, formal or closed (in-camera) meeting, this book offers principles, standards and practical tools to achieve the following goals:

Create concise, objective and useful minutes, even from a poorly run meeting

Know what to record and what to leave out of the minutes

Protect the confidentiality of decisions made in closed (in-camera) meetings

Record motions, amendments, and other formal meeting procedures

Make it easy to track the evolution of issues by electronic archiving systems

Build rapport with the members of your group and generate respect for your role

Intervene in a meeting, calmly but confidently, to get the information you need

Help improve clarity and productivity in meetings

About this title

About the Author:

Eli Mina, M.Sc., CPP, PRP is a Vancouver(Canada) based management consultant, speaker, executive coach and Certified Parliamentarian. In business since 1984, Eli assist his clients in managing meetings, building better boards and councils, preventing amd dealing with disputes and dysfunctions, demystifying the rules of order, and establishing minute taking standards. Eli is the author of several books in his fields of expertise.

Review:

I used the book to draft guidelines for our Board. Thank you. It was exactly what I was looking for. -- Reader from Quebec

Our new staff members needed a good start to minute taking. Their feedback indicates the book provided a good foundation. -- Reader from California

Your book was helpful in showing me the proper methods of obtaining, recording, and archiving the information I need. -- Reader from Saskatchewan

About this edition

• Publisher: Eli Mina Consulting
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0973442808
• ISBN 13: 9780973442809
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 93