The most effective Meeting Note Template. Ever.

by Johnathan Zhuang

Most people don't enjoy taking notes at meetings.

But it doesn't have to be painful.  Great meeting notes can be used to establish rapport, and is the centre-piece of an effective meeting.

And I'll let you in on a little secret...

It's a great way to show initiative, leadership (shhhh... as the note taker, you can guide the meeting) and get some awesome kudos from your team.

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So here's an lightweight template I use for all my meetings...

The Meeting Note Template

Template in Google Doc, feel free to Clone!

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Some Tips

  • Start Actions with who is responsible e.g. Tom: to clean up all the mouse traps
  • Attach a Due Date to each Action
  • You may want to elaborate your Decisions into your internal wiki, or your product specs.
  • Action points can go directly into Trello etc (Tools like Notion and Quip, make it easy to go from Meeting Notes to list of trackable to-dos for later) ✌️

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