Real-Time Meeting Minutes Board for Beginners: Notes, Decisions, and To-Dos in 3 Columns

Beginners unused to writing minutes open this template during the meeting to sort notes, decisions, and to-dos into separate columns instead of mixing them. The whiteboard holds a table with 4 agenda rows by 3 columns for notes, decisions, and to-dos, 3 meeting-header frames, a 5-stage flow from 5 minutes before to 10 minutes after the meeting, a to-do list frame, and 2 frames contrasting a bad and a good way to write. The task board has 5 columns from "Still notes" to "Done & shared", starting with 4 parent tasks - preparing before, sorting during, finishing within 10 minutes after, and following up until next time - each with 3 not-started subtasks. If you don't know how to write minutes, keep the 3 columns and write single words first; sentences can wait until after. If you mainly want to polish minutes into a report afterward, a different template focused on post-meeting documentation fits better.