WHAT IS MINUTE WRITING?
The art of minute writing is exactly that, an art. Our years of experience in this field have enabled us to hone our minute writing skills to such a degree that we can cut through a lengthy, detailed discussion and record the salient points and any agreed actions. When writing minutes, we do not merely write a full transcript of the meeting or record who said what to whom. An agenda item is included for a reason, it is our job to identify and record decisions and actions relating to this so that anyone looking back can clearly retrace the course of the meeting.
MINUTE WRITING IN A VIRTUAL WORLD
With the rise of virtual meetings, we have seen an increase in the number of software applications that transcribe the meeting, which have become more sophisticated over the last few months. Whilst these applications may be useful to us as the minute writer as an aide memoire, they are not useful as minutes of a meeting. During a 23-minute-long test meeting, the transcript produced by one of these apps was 28-pages-long, although it accurately distinguished between the different speakers, the majority of the text was nonsense. These results are from only one test, and I am sure that the transcription will improve, but the key point is that lengthy transcripts are not the same as minutes and should never be able to replace them.
MSP AND OUR MINUTE WRITING SERVICES
Minutes are required to record the decisions of a company, a process that needs to be carried out in the proper manner and by those who are qualified to do so. The minutes should reflect what happened in the meeting clearly and concisely, creating a simple document to refer to when there is cause to review past minutes to clarify points of action or the sequence of events. Human nature is such that two people often recall events differently. To ensure that the minutes produced are a correct representation of events, all the directors involved can review them before approving the unified record of the meeting. By using MSP secretaries to write your company’s minutes, we guarantee that with our experience and sensitivity, we will produce a concise and valuable record of your meeting.
Contact MSP to discover more of how our minute writing services would benefit your company