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Minute Taking at Meetings Tip Sheet

colin watson — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 08:00:04 +0000

This free Tip Sheet gives valuable insights to Taking Minutes at Meetings.

Minute Taking Tip Sheet

Web Based Training – Taking Minutes at Meetings

colin watson — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 16:44:23 +0000

J Watson Training now offers a web based courses through Udemy on Taking Minutes at Meetings:

Web based training by Jane Watson

Jane Watson has been involved in the meeting process — both as a minute taker and as a chair — for many years.

In fact, she has written one of the first books exclusively on minute taking – The Minute Takers Handbook – now in its 4th reprint. Since then she has taught minute taking to all sorts of groups. And Jane has learned even more techniques to help you.

Whether you are taking minutes for boards, committees, weekly meetings, volunteer groups or your condo association, this workshop will make you more confident and enable you to produce professional minutes.

Participants will learn how to write effective minutes quickly, how privacy legislation impacts minutes, and how to improve their listening skills. The course includes templates, exercises and quizzes.

Once you sign-up for the course you will have unlimited access, including any updates I make to it in the future!

Minute Taking at Meetings

Whether you are taking minutes for boards, committees, weekly meetings, volunteer groups or your condo association, this three-hour workshop will make you more confident and enable you to produce professional minutes.

The course costs just $149… but for a limited time, use the coupon code “JWatsonTraining” and get the course for only $129!

Click HERE to get this special offer now!

If you prefer the conventional classroom lead instruction, Jane offers both a half-day and a full-day of training on Minute Taking.

Writing Policies and Procedures – Tip Sheet

colin watson — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 08:00:57 +0000

This is the handout from our popular one-day worksop on Making Policies and Procedures Work.

Policies and Procedures - Tip Sheet - J Watson Training

How to make a management development program succeed

colin watson — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 17:48:29 +0000

Here’s a great article on Why most Management Programs Fail.

Management development programs are about changing an organisation’s culture in response to a harsh financial climate.

The aim of the program should be to get senior managers to have a common understanding of what type of managers and what type of management behaviour the organisation wants.

The program should be to get senior managers to have a common understanding of what type of managers and what type of management behaviour the organisation wants.

The full article can be found at the Public Service UK website under

Take a look at the 14 management training programs offered through J Watson Training.

The Power of Words

colin watson — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 18:13:43 +0000

The Power of Words - click to play this 1:45 minute video

The subject line of an email is critical. I can make your message stand out and be read widely or be overlooked.

Your word choice impacts your readers’ buy in to your message.

The HR Tools the Profit 200 Use to Fire Up Their Employees

colin watson — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 13:06:13 +0000

Profit Magazine identified the top four tools the top 200 fastest growing companies use. Two of these are where J Watson Training can assist your organization.

#2 is Training Programs

#4 is Performance Appraisals

#1 and 3 are Benefit Packages and Bonuses

To view the chart in Profit Magazine click on Infographic: Perks and practices

PROFIT

Making Management Programs Succeed

colin watson — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 18:05:16 +0000

Here is an interesting article on Why Most Management Programs Fail. The author believes organizational change can only happen if training occurs when for a critical mass in terms of numbers and tiers of management.

The full article can be found at the Public Service UK website under Why most Management Programs Fail.

Take a look at the 14 management training programs offered through J Watson Training.

Web-savvy Canadians lead the world in time spent online

colin watson — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 20:41:42 +0000

Did you know Canadians:

Have the highest penetration of Internet access
Logged an average of more than 2,500 minutes online a month
Has the highest You Tube viewing on a per capita basis
Were eager early adopters of Facebook
Check Wikipedia more than any other nation

For the full article visit this link

Reducing Conflict in the Office

colin watson — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 12:39:50 +0000

The Toronto Star featured an article on the five steps to reducing conflict in the office.

It states that dealing with conflict in the workplace takes up a huge chunk of time managers and employees could be using more productively.

Our one-day workshops on Resolving Conflicts in the Workplace gives insights into how to be more efficient in handling this, thus freeing up valuable management time, helping to strengthen relationships, and improving future productivity.

New Words Quiz

tim watson — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 15:37:03 +0000

Here is an interesting quiz from the BBC on new words in the English language.

BBC Quiz