Category Archives: Presentations and meeting coverage

Professionals record meetings with multiple mikes, an audio mixer, and carefully calibrated levels. But if all your employees need is a backup tape to make sure they produce accurate minutes, you don’t need quality that high. Here’s what to buy: A digital recorder with a microphone input jack. We use a SONY ICD-SX46 digital voice [...]

This article originally appeared in the Editorial Advantage newsletter. The session has been taped, and now it’s your job to produce a summary for those who missed the session, didn’t take notes, or just didn’t get it. The task of summarizing can be daunting; but once you learn how it’s done, you’ll be able to [...]

This article originally appeared in the Editorial Advantage newsletter. Event organizers sometimes need a verbatim transcript of a speaker’s presentation or proceedings. Cece Whitaker, a professional transcriber, answers FAQs about ways to get a transcript prepared accurately, on time, for a reasonable price. Q: What’s the best way to find a transcription service? A: Search [...]

By Mitchell Beer, CMM, and Woody Huizenga, CMM. This article originally appeared in the Editorial Advantage newsletter. The meetings industry has been through quite a journey over the past few years, as planners and suppliers have tried to gauge the relative merits of live and virtual meetings. But while the choice of venue is largely [...]

This article originally appeared in the Editorial Advantage newsletter. Writing, like every other profession, has its specialists: novelist, publicist, poet, essayist. The rapporteur is one such specialist. Organizations hire them to meet the need—and sometimes the legal requirement—for accurate reports of meetings. Publication and program managers sometimes casually assign any willing and available staff person [...]

This article originally appeared in the Editorial Advantage newsletter. How quickly do you need to write up the decisions made during a meeting? Instantly, if the participants are addressing important topics and there’s no room for error. With a full agenda, it’s easy to gloss over important details in an effort to move the meeting [...]

This article originally appeared in the Editorial Advantage newsletter. Companies that are serious about complying with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act are implementing controls against fraud. But do their meeting minutes reflect their commitment? The internal control framework established by the private sector’s Committee of Sponsoring Organizations (followed by most companies and auditors) assigns specific responsibilities in [...]