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Minute-Taking
This online course is designed for clerks, councillors, and parish councils who want to create clear, accurate, and professional meeting minutes.
Learn at your own pace from home with interactive workbooks and quizzes that make the process practical and enjoyable.
What you’ll discover:
- What minutes are and why they matter
- Key legislation and compliance essentials
- How to structure and style your minutes
- Recording attendees and declarations of interest
- Handling public questions and confidential items
- Capturing votes, resolutions, and internal controls
- Best practices for publishing and summarising minutes
By the end of this course, you’ll have the confidence and skills to produce minutes that are precise, compliant, and easy to read.
Example Curriculum
Module 1
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- Minute Taking
- Introduction
- Module 1 - Content
- What are Minutes?
- Legislation
- What should they contain?
- Recording Names of Attendees
- Declaration of Interests
- How to Minute public questions
- Acceptance of Previous Minutes
- Minutes Styling - Numbering
- Minutes Styling - Narrative
- Minutes Styling - Narrative in detail
- Voting and recording resolutions
- Voting and recording resolutions - examples
- Minuting Confidential Items
- Publishing the Minutes
- What needs to be captured for Internal Controls
- Hints and Tips
Module 2
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Module 3
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