AI for Work

Use ChatGPT to Turn Meeting Notes Into Follow-Up Emails

Save hours every week by automating your post-meeting follow-ups.

Use ChatGPT to Turn Meeting Notes Into Follow-Up Emails

Outcome

A professional, accurate follow-up email ready to send.

Step-by-Step Instructions
  • 01
    Get your raw notesCopy your rough meeting notes or a transcript from a tool like Otter.ai.
  • 02
    Prompt ChatGPTPaste the notes into ChatGPT along with the formatting prompt.Prompt: Here are my rough notes from a meeting. Draft a friendly, professional follow-up email to the client. List the key decisions we made, and then clearly bullet out the action items for each person.
  • 03
    Review and editRead the generated email carefully, checking for any hallucinations or missed nuances.
Copyable Prompts
  • 01
    Meeting Follow-Up GeneratorAct as an executive assistant. I am providing rough notes from a meeting with [Client/Team]. Draft a follow-up email. Tone: [Tone]. Structure it with a brief thank you, a summary of key decisions, and a bulleted list of action items with owners.

Required Tools

  • ChatGPT

Prerequisites

  • A transcript or rough notes from a meeting

Best For

Sales reps sending proposals

Project managers assigning tasks

Founders talking to investors

Example Output

Hi Team,

Thanks for the great meeting today. 

Key Decisions:
- We will proceed with Option A.

Action Items:
- @Sarah: Send updated timeline.
- @John: Review budget.

Best,
[Your Name]

Troubleshooting

The tone is too robotic.

Add 'Use a warm, conversational tone. Avoid jargon.' to the prompt.

Action items are assigned to the wrong people.

Always double-check assignments before sending. In the future, clearly state names in your raw notes.

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