Attending Meetings - Making an Effective Meeting Contribution

When you go to a meeting, it's a chance to impress. You will want to make an effective meeting contribution.

So, how can you contribute effectively to the meeting? We'll look at making good meeting notes, and the 5 S's of an effective meeting contribution.

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This video is part of course module number 2.3.1
Program 2: The Manager as Communicator
Course 3: Meetings
Section 1: Attending Meetings

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LESSON NOTES
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There are four main ways to make good meeting notes:
- free form
- mind map
- running lists
- In and out notes

And the five S's of an effective meeting contribution are:
- Select
- Structure
- Simplify
- Synthesize
- Summarize

RECOMMENDED EXERCISE
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1. Look at the way you take notes. How effective is it? Now think about the kind of meetings you attend and what you need to take away from them? How can you improve your note-taking, using some of the ideas from the video? (2 MC CPD Points)
2. Take your plan for better meeting notes out for a spin. Try it at your next meeting and then reflect on what you have learned and modify your approach next time, if you need to (2 MC CPD Points)
3. At the next three meetings you attend, consciously use the five S's to plan and make an effective contribution to those meetings. (3x2 MC CPD Points)

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[gregbowman]

Thanks Mike. I'm halfway throughway my career and have attended many meetings, but these videos on making meetings more effective are really useful.