Build your meeting action tracker.
Turn meeting decisions into owned actions with due dates and clear follow-up.
How to build your meeting action tracker
Describe the job
Turn meeting decisions into owned actions with due dates and clear follow-up.
Review the first version
Choose how the project coordinator records the meeting reference and how the workstream owner reviews the next step.
Refine the views
Ask First to adjust the fields and views for the people who will use the app.
Test before sharing
Walk through the process with a sample record and check who owns the next action.
A meeting action tracker example
A launch meeting assigns a supplier follow-up for Friday.
Meeting action tracker example
- Record
- Meeting action tracker · 01
- Owner
- Project coordinator
Current stage · Project coordinator
Open the meeting reference
A launch meeting assigns a supplier follow-up for Friday.
Read the full walkthrough
Open the meeting reference
A launch meeting assigns a supplier follow-up for Friday.
- Record:
- Meeting action tracker · 01
- Owner:
- Project coordinator
Review the closure
Notes say discussed but no owner accepted it; leave the action unassigned until an owner confirms, and close only against the recorded reply.
- Stage:
- Awaiting workstream owner review
- Owner:
- Workstream owner
Keep an action unassigned
Keep an action unassigned until someone accepts it and open until the reply is recorded.
- Next action:
- Keep an action unassigned until someone accepts it and open until the reply is recorded.
- Owner:
- Project manager
What to include in your meeting action tracker
Keep the meeting reference in context
Keep meeting reference, decision, action owner, due date, evidence and closure together so the next person can understand the request or record.
When the next step needs a decision
A launch meeting assigns a supplier follow-up for Friday. Notes say discussed but no owner accepted it; leave the action unassigned until an owner confirms, and close only against the recorded reply.
Keep closure visible
Keep an action unassigned until someone accepts it and open until the reply is recorded.
Choose what each person needs
Give the project coordinator a working view and the workstream owner a review view. Keep meeting reference and decision attached to the decision as the work moves between them.
Questions about meeting action tracker
Start with meeting reference, decision, action owner, due date, evidence and closure. Describe who enters the information and who reviews the next step.