How to Take Nonprofit Board Meeting Minutes + a Meeting Minutes Template

One under-appreciated aspect of running meetings is the meeting minutes. So, let’s talk about how vital it is to capture the notes and conversation from your meetings. In the startup phase, things may be moving quickly, and there often multiple people having multiple conversations. While the meetings help pull it all together, the meeting minutes help solidify your plans. If you don’t document what happened or what was said, it didn’t happen! So let’s break down the importance of meeting minutes and discuss how to keep the best minutes possible. This post will focus on meetings for the board of directors, but can also apply some of the tips at the end of this post to any other organizational meetings.