my old manager taught me this beautifully simple trick -- at the start of the meeting, if you're the responsible party for taking notes, open up a new email an

my old manager taught me this beautifully simple trick -- at the start of the meeting, if you're the responsible party for taking notes, open up a new email and add all the meeting attendees (plus anyone who couldn't make it). proceed to take notes directly in the email during the meeting (following whatever note taking format you prefer) bonus points if the meeting has no slides/screenshare; in that case, present the notes as you are typing them. when the meeting ends, while everyone is still in the room, send the email. boom - immediately, everyone has the outcome, there are no "please forward me the meeting notes", everyone is immediately on the same page, and everyone will see the email when the meeting is freshest in their mind and respond right away if something in the notes does not mesh with their understanding of the result.