Formal Meetings

• The Administrative Assistant usually plays a role...

  The Administrative Assistant usually plays a role (often as secretary) at formal business meetings. Formal meetings are normally held for a specific purpose and at regular intervals e.g. the Annual General Meeting (AGM) of a public limited company which has to be held by law, or a Board Meeting. Formal meetings tend to have strict procedures and have to follow certain rules and regulations.
• Minutes (formal notes) of the meeting...

  Minutes (formal notes) of the meeting will require to be taken and kept as a record of what was discussed and what was decided during the meeting (these are looked at in more detail later).