Board & Committee Support: Minutes, Papers & Protocol
The minutes are the institution’s memory under oath — what the secretariat writes is what the board is judged on later.
Format
Classroom · Virtual
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Behind every functioning board sits a secretariat that makes it function: papers assembled and distributed on time, meetings that run to protocol, and minutes that will one day be read by auditors, regulators or courts. This programme trains that craft to a professional standard — the annual governance calendar, board pack quality control, the discipline of minute-taking (what to record, what to summarise, how to capture dissent), resolutions and follow-up tracking, and the protocol and confidentiality the boardroom demands of everyone who serves it.
What you will do
Who attends
Board secretaries and assistant company secretaries; executive assistants who support boards and committees; governance officers; minute-takers for senior committees.
Programme agenda
Built for the decisions no textbook prepares you for
I.Before the meeting
- The governance calendar: cycles, deadlines, dependencies
- Board packs: assembly, quality control, secure distribution
- Agendas, quorum and notice done correctly
II.In the room
- Minute-taking: decisions and reasons, not transcripts
- Recording dissent, abstention and declared conflicts
- Boardroom protocol: seating, speaking, discretion
III.After the meeting
- Draft, review and approval of minutes — the clean chain
- Resolutions, action logs and follow-up that closes
- Records: retention, access and what the regulator may ask for
Frequently asked
Who should attend the board support and minutes course?
It is designed for board secretaries and assistant company secretaries, executive assistants who support boards and committees, governance officers, and minute-takers for senior committees — everyone whose work makes a board function.
How does the course teach minute-taking?
As decisions and reasons, not transcripts: what to record, what to summarise, and how to capture dissent, abstention and declared conflicts. It then follows the clean chain from draft to review to approval, with resolutions, action logs and follow-up that closes — written for minutes that auditors, regulators or courts may one day read.
Is the programme available in-house and in French?
Yes. BIZENIUS delivers the course in English and French, and an in-house edition can be tailored to your governance calendar, committee structure and boardroom protocol. Sessions run on a rolling calendar with dates confirmed on request; fees and quotations are provided on enquiry.
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