This book shows you why minutes matter and how they are vitally important to all organisations to document meetings. This edition, updated by new lead author Kirsty Semple, takes into account both online and in-person meetings and the increasing use of technology to manage and preserve the integrity of minutes.

Using practical examples, the book provides essential, in-depth guidance on how to produce accurate, brief and clear minutes which meet all legal requirements. It includes many tips and techniques to ease the task of minute taking and to lessen the amount of time it can take to produce minutes. It includes information about the:

What does it cover?

* Importance of data management and security
* Impact of virtual meetings on the minute-taking process
* Increasing importance of minutes as regulatory and legal documents

Whether you take minutes regularly or occasionally, or you are involved in managing or chairing meetings and want to be more effective, this book makes indispensable reading.

'Our trustees loved the book so much that they insisted it was recorded in their own minutes'
Andie Barlow, Principal Administrator, Institute of Family Therapy (of the previous edition)

Kirsty Semple ACIS LLM, now retired, was a governance consultant and is Director of Semple Associates Ltd, formed in 2001. She is also editor of the ICSA Charities Handbook. Specialising in corporate governance and compliance, Kirsty has provided consultancy, training and support to boards of numerous voluntary sector organisations for 18 years. Before going into public practice, Kirsty was Company Secretary of the disability charity Scope. She acted as secretary for a range of organisations, including the Born Free Foundation and the National Garden Scheme.