Minute Taking Standards and Related Issues

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Monday, January 20, 2014
Time: 9:00 am – 4:00 pm
Pan Pacific Hotel, 999 Canada Place, Vancouver

Limited enrolment. Register early to avoid disappointment!

Who should attend: Anyone interested in or responsible for taking minutes of corporate or volunteer organization meetings.

Learning level: All levels

Minute taking can be complex, tricky, and challenging. Minute takers are often expected to take concise and coherent minutes from poorly run meetings. Many are directed to take minutes without established standards and without knowledge of the issues being discussed. In this one-day workshop, learn to take minutes with ease and confidence, and to build rapport with your group.

After this workshop you will...

have a better appreciation of the significance of minute taking and related standards
gain a better understanding of what should be kept in and out of minutes and why
have tools and ideas to obtain your group's support as you take minutes

You may also be interested in the following related CLEBC course, also conducted by Eli Mina. For more information, and to register, click here for Robert's Rules of Order—Demystified.

Law Society of BC CPD Hours: Attendance at this course cannot be used towards continuing professional development (CPD) hours.

Registration includes workshop materials plus a copy of Eli Mina's book Mina's Guide to Minute Taking — Principles, Standards & Practical Tools. Note: You will continue to receive a print copy of the materials at the course. In addition, you will receive an email with a link to the online version of the workshop materials approximately one day before the course.

Course Instructor
Eli Mina, MSc, PRP — Vancouver

Pricing
EARLY BIRD (Register by December 20, 2013 and SAVE)
Live Course: Regular $620 | Student $315

After December 20, 2013
Live Course: Regular $685 | Student $345

Unable to attend without financial support? To learn more about CLEBC's Bursary Program click here and for our Easy Pay Plan click here.

CLEBC Program Coordinator
Jessica Post
jpost@cle.bc.ca

Course Instructor
Eli Mina, MSc, PRP — Vancouver

About the Course Instructor
Eli Mina, MSC, PRP, is a Vancouver-based Board Effectiveness Consultant, Meeting Mentor, and Registered Parliamentarian. Since 1984, Eli has advised his clients on effective decision making, chairing contentious meetings, preventing and dealing with disputes and dysfunctions, demystifying the rules of order, and minute taking standards. His clients come from municipal government, school boards, Aboriginal organizations, credit unions, regulatory bodies, business corporations, and the non-profit sector. Eli’s book 101 Boardroom Problems & How to Solve Them was published in November 2008. He has also published other books on meetings, rules of order, and minute taking. Eli’s website is www.elimina.com.

TOPICS INCLUDE

Minute taker’s do’s and don’ts
Ten key principles for minute taking
Anecdotal, decision-only, and verbatim minutes
Making minutes ”reader-friendly” (format ideas)
Taking minutes at informal and formal meetings
Recording motions, amendments, other actions
De-personalizing the minutes
Minutes approval process and its impacts
Impacts of freedom of information and privacy issues
Building rapport with the team’s chair and members
Analysis of excerpts from minutes

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