Note taking in meetings
Discussion
waterwonder said:
Do the notes need to be a transcript?
When I do assessment days I take copious amounts of notes. However I don't write what was said word for word.
I just focus on getting the key things verbatim and ignore or summarise the rest. Takes a bit of practice but can be done accurately and in real time.
On occasion I have to do it 1:1 which is hard, much better if all you have to do is take notes rather than engage in the conversation.
Basically the answer is
a) dedicated quick note taker or
b) dictaphone
for a disciplinary meeting a transcript is what is needed or a very close paraphrase , much as in a contemporaneous notes interview under PACE.When I do assessment days I take copious amounts of notes. However I don't write what was said word for word.
I just focus on getting the key things verbatim and ignore or summarise the rest. Takes a bit of practice but can be done accurately and in real time.
On occasion I have to do it 1:1 which is hard, much better if all you have to do is take notes rather than engage in the conversation.
Basically the answer is
a) dedicated quick note taker or
b) dictaphone
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