Holly T, 18 Mar 2021
Good overview of concepts. I can see why it's usually a full day course and that it needs to be longer to go deeper into the topics
Jo M, 17 Mar 2021
The course had a nice flow. I am not sure if it needed to be an all day session, but that may depend on the individual and their experience of the subject. I was possibly expecting to receive greater guidance how to structure minutes, but what I learned was that there are different approaches. That in itself was helpful as I already take minutes for Board meetings so it was encouraging to know that I am not doing anything particularly wrong, but there are different styles and ways of writing and presenting them and it is personal to each organisation, the Chair and the focus and purpose of the meeting.
Nishma M, 17 Mar 2021
The previous course I attended the instructor done a demo while we watched and then gave us the opportunity to practice, which worked really well as we could write notes at the same time. This time we were watching and doing at the same time so was not able to take it in as I felt I was rushing to keep up an do and watch at the same time.
Sarah M, 17 Mar 2021
My lower scores above are based on the speed of the training - I found it was too fast in lots of places. By the time I had found where I was supposed to be looking on screen, I had missed bits. It was also too fast to give me time to take adequate notes. In spite of the fact that I've been using Teams for meetings for quite a long time, I very easily get lost in terms of looking at different windows. I find it one of the least intuitive systems I've ever used - I'm usually pretty good, but am finding this one so hard to master!! Christine was excellent at involving everyone, and at answering questions.
Perry N, 16 Mar 2021
Food for thought when it comes to the relationship between a good chair and the minute taker
cora N, 23 Feb 2021
I would have like to be able to participate in the training sessions and it difficult following some of the sessions due to loss of sound.
Amelia H, 18 Feb 2021
Not sure what I expected so different parts of the course felt more relevant than others. I have defiantly taken some things away from it though.
Steven P, 17 Feb 2021
Breakout groups could have been bigger to encourage more interaction
Chris L, 15 Feb 2021
the course was useful and the facilitator was engaging and knowledgable. The breakout sessions were far too long, and totally unstructured. We had one @45 minutes and one @75 minutes. I have never even had one half this length. The day could have been reduced in length significantly.