I have limited duties in my current position at work?

Question

I am an Administrative Assistant and I have been thinking of other things to do but really there isn't much to do besides processing mailings, filing and misc. errands for the office I work for.

We have team meetings every Thursday and I was thinking of keeping the minutes for the meetings. I have heard of this before as simple note taking but is there a proper way to do this? If so, can you explain to me how or any websites that would guide me in the right direction.

Thank you for all of your comments.

Answer 1

when taking minutes if you can do shorthand that helps if not dont worry as its not necessary as not many people do know how to do it these days.  All you have to remember is dont try and write down everything that gets said just the main points.  when writing down who's said what just put their initials to save writing full names.  if you need to shorten words then that's fine as long as you can understand what you've wrote after as you will more than likely have to type up the minutes and give copies to others.  If you have an agenda as to what's going to be discussed in the meeting then try to use that as a guideline as to what to take notes on.  What you could do is ask to sit in on a meeting where there is already someone taking minutes and you take minutes also so you can get a feel for it and compare yours to theirs at the end.

Answer 2

You can take notes in your own shorthand and type them more formally after the meeting.

The website listed as my source might help.