Fact: Managers can spend up to 64% of their working time in meetings! Ensuring meetings are well-planned and communicated and achieve their objectives are some of the key challenges we face at work. This course covers basic meeting principles and codes of conduct to ensure meetings occur only for necessary topics, that these are well-planned and communicated in advance and that the meeting is productive, time-efficient and achieves objectives. The course also emphasises the role of the minute taker and the importance of producing accurate minutes. It has been said that if the minutes of a meeting are not accurate, then the meeting may just as well not have taken place. This one-day workshop helps to ensure that meetings are conducted in an efficient and effective manner. It also provides minute-takers with a deeper understanding their role and the best techniques for producing minutes that include all the essential information needed. Customisation for client-specific requirements is always available.