Note taking in meetings

[Ki3r]

Afternoon PH.

Just wondering if anyone has any suggestions on a better way to take notes in meetings.

I was supporting a work friend in a grievance meeting, bit out of my depth if I'm honest, but was purely there for moral support.

One thing I did notice though. In the meeting there was the Personal Manager, holding the meeting, another manager who was taking notes, my colleague and myself.

It was all a bit stop start. My colleague would start explaining something, before the manager taking notes would ask him to stop so she could catch up. He would then lose his flow.

It seems fine for small meetings, I've had a couple of them and its been less than a page and not a lot said (fairly straight forward). But this went on for a bit.

Does anyone have any suggestions on ways that could be better? The only one I can think of is with a tape recorder, but that seems a bit OTT for a supermarket.

I have no idea if it will change anything, but it did seem a bit of a crap way to do things.

Thanks .