Office English: Writing notes
5/4/202610 min
Should you write down every word that people say in a meeting? In this episode of Office English, Pippa and Phil discuss meeting notes, action points and minutes.
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Pippa· Host1:04
[Instrumental music] How good are you at writing notes in a meeting?
Speaker 11:10
Personally, I'm really bad at doing it. [instrumental music] I am concentrating on the conversation, and so I don't really remember to make good notes, and then when I look at them afterwards, they don't make sense.
Pippa· Host1:26
I think good notes in meetings have to be short. You