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
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.