Tips & Tricks

Top 5 mistakes committees make (and how good admin support prevents them)

May 23, 2025 / Leave a Comment

Running a committee effectively takes more than just bringing people together. It requires structure, planning, and clarity to ensure that meetings lead to meaningful outcomes. Unfortunately, we often see committees making the same mistakes—usually not because of a lack of effort, but because they’re missing the right support. Here are the five most common pitfalls, […]

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How to Prepare for Effective Minute-Taking

August 5, 2024 / Leave a Comment

At Virteffic, we know that having clear and detailed meeting minutes is vital for the smooth operation and governance of any organisation. Good minutes are crucial for tracking decisions and actions, keeping everything on record, and maintaining accountability. Here’s how you can prepare to take accurate and comprehensive minutes: Understanding the Meeting’s Purpose Knowing why

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Virteffic’s Guide to Prepping for Perfect Minutes

July 8, 2024 / Leave a Comment

Tess Price, professional with laptop, demonstrating effective minute-taking preparation at Virteffic

At Virteffic, we know how important well-prepared meeting minutes are for running organisations smoothly. Good minutes not only record discussions and decisions but also help track progress and ensure accountability. Here are our top tips for preparing to take minutes effectively: Understanding the Agenda A crucial step in preparing to take minutes is understanding the

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Agenda planning – our top tips when preparing for meetings

August 7, 2023 / Leave a Comment

The agenda sets out the structure for the meeting, and a clear structure is essential for a meeting to be efficient. A clearly organised meeting agenda will help make sure the conversation flows, so you can cut down on side conversations and get down to business. Circulating the agenda in advance of the meeting will

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Our top tips when preparing for meetings

July 31, 2023 / Leave a Comment

In this series of articles, we will give you our top tips and tricks for secretarial work before, during and after meetings. In this first article, we will focus on preparation for meetings. The quote; “If you fail to prepare, you prepare to fail.” holds true for all aspects of meetings and minutes. The level of effort required

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Feeling Connected – How To Create A Community In The Workplace

April 25, 2022 / Leave a Comment

April is Stress Awareness Month and the theme is ‘Community’. Close relationships with friends and family can add up to 7 years to our lives. That’s the same benefit as giving up smoking! http://www.wheelofwellbeing.org Virteffic was established in the first year of the pandemic and we work remotely and flexibly, as a result, we don’t have

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Tips for Better Virtual Board Meetings in 2021

January 25, 2021 / Leave a Comment

Board meetings are fundamental to the corporate governance system. They are a mechanism for directors to formulate strategy, discuss proposed matters, and take decisions. Virtual board meetings are not new, but before 2020 they were considered very much second-best compared to meeting face-to-face in the board room. Following the Covid-19 pandemic, virtual board meetings became

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