Lesson 1 of 5 in For office workers: faster writing
Write a meeting summary in 60 seconds
You spend 30+ minutes writing meeting notes. AI can do the draft in 60 seconds. You just edit it.
Do this
After your next meeting, paste your rough notes (even bullet points) into ChatGPT or Claude. Ask for a clean summary with action items.
Try it now
Copy this prompt and paste your own meeting notes where it says [PASTE NOTES HERE]:
>Here are rough notes from a team meeting. Please write a clean summary with these sections: 1) What we discussed, 2) Decisions made, 3) Action items with owners and due dates. Keep it professional and under 200 words.
[PASTE NOTES HERE]
Check yourself
Does the summary have clear sections? Are action items assigned to people? Does it sound like something you'd actually send?
What just happened
You turned messy notes into a professional summary. The key was giving the AI structure: tell it which sections you want and what format. AI is great at organizing; you provide the judgment on what matters.