A blank meeting minutes template with the sections that make minutes useful afterwards: who was there, what was discussed per agenda item, what was decided, and who does what by when. Download it for Word or Google Docs, copy it into Notion, or fill it in right on this page.
Free to use and adapt, no signup. The .docx opens in Word, Pages and Google Docs (File → Open → Upload).
Meeting: [Meeting name / purpose]
Date: [Date] Time: [Start] – [End]
Location / call link: [Where]
Facilitator: [Name] Minute-taker: [Name]
Present: [Names]
Apologies: [Names]
| Action | Owner | Due | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| [Task] | [Name] | [Date] | Open |
| [Task] | [Name] | [Date] | Open |
| [Task] | [Name] | [Date] | Open |
[Date, time, location]
Wave AI's free meeting minutes generator transcribes the recording with speaker labels and fills in this structure for you: attendees, discussion, decisions and action items with owners. You can also paste a transcript from Zoom, Teams or Google Meet. No account needed.
Paste this into a Notion page and the headings, lists, checkboxes and tables become Notion blocks. It also works in Obsidian, GitHub, Confluence and any Markdown editor.
# Meeting Minutes **Meeting:** [Meeting name / purpose] **Date:** [Date] **Time:** [Start] – [End] **Location / call link:** [Where] **Facilitator:** [Name] **Minute-taker:** [Name] ## Attendees **Present:** [Names] **Apologies:** [Names] ## Agenda 1. [Agenda item] 2. [Agenda item] 3. [Agenda item] ## 1. [Agenda item] - **Discussion:** [Two or three lines on what was covered] - **Decision:** [What was agreed, or "No decision"] ## 2. [Agenda item] - **Discussion:** [Two or three lines on what was covered] - **Decision:** [What was agreed, or "No decision"] ## 3. [Agenda item] - **Discussion:** [Two or three lines on what was covered] - **Decision:** [What was agreed, or "No decision"] ## Action items | Action | Owner | Due | Status | |---|---|---|---| | [Task] | [Name] | [Date] | Open | | [Task] | [Name] | [Date] | Open | | [Task] | [Name] | [Date] | Open | ## Open questions - [Question still to resolve] — [Who will resolve it] ## Next meeting [Date, time, location]
The meeting name, date and time, attendees and apologies, the agenda, a short summary of the discussion per agenda item, the decisions made, action items with an owner and due date, open questions, and the date of the next meeting. This template has a section for each.
Yes. Download the .docx file and open it in Google Docs (File → Open → Upload), or open it in Word, Pages or LibreOffice. Headings, the agenda list and the action-items table come through as editable text.
Minutes are a record of outcomes, not a transcript. Two or three lines of discussion per item is usually enough; spend the detail on the exact wording of decisions and on who owns each action. Formal bodies such as boards need motions and votes recorded too: use the board meeting minutes template for that.
Yes. Upload the meeting recording or paste a transcript into Wave's free meeting minutes generator and it fills this structure in for you: attendees from the speakers, discussion by topic, decisions, and action items with owners. Review names and decisions before you share them.
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