Meeting minutes
A document recording who attended a meeting, what was discussed, what was decided and which actions are outstanding.
Meeting minutes are the written, structured record of a meeting. Unlike a transcript, they don’t copy everything that was said: they capture what matters afterwards. For some bodies (boards, committees, councils) the minutes are formal and are approved at the next session.
- Date, time, place and attendees.
- The agenda or topics covered.
- A summary of each topic and the decisions made.
- Actions with owner and due date.
- The next meeting, if one was set.
The hardest part of minutes is taking notes while you take part. With the meeting recorded and transcribed, the job becomes reviewing a draft, with the option of checking every sentence in the audio.
Echo prepares that draft with the summary, decisions, actions and chapters, and you can export it to Word or PDF. There’s a guide on how to write meeting minutes and models in templates, such as board meeting minutes.
