Template for taking notes during a meeting

Here is the default meeting note template I use in OneNote and EverNote. It has evolved over several years, but this version has stuck for a significant time. It allows for searches based on attendees, topics, dates, agenda, etc.

Date:

• Typically filled in by the note-taking system (OneNote, EverNote, etc)

Scheduler / Requester:

• The person who requested or schedule the meeting

Participants:

• Full list of participants and any relevant information about them.
• For example, title, department, vendor, etc.

Agenda / Goals:

• Very specific set of topics to discuss
• Very specific set of goals to be accomplished
• This should also be part of the meeting invite.

Notes:

• Notes taken during the meeting.

Questions:

• Don’t interrupt speakers with questions, write them down here so they can be addressed at an appropriate time.
• Put questions here before the meeting that should be discussed.

Decisions:

• Document any decisions made in the meeting.
• This can not be stressed enough, undocumented decisions didn’t happen.

Other People’s Deliverables:

• Keep track of task assignments.
• Dates can be assigned here.

Jason’s Deliverables:

• This is where the note takers deliverables and dates go.
• I typically move these to a system that is used to keep track of tasks.
• If a system such as EveryNotes is used, these can be checkboxes which allow searching for “Uncompleted Tasks"