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title: Hold a 1:1 Meeting
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# Hold a 1:1 Meeting

## Run your meeting and capture notes

This article explains how to use Zal.ai's meeting note taker to run effective 1:1 meetings and capture notes that can be used in performance reviews.

**This article is relevant to:** Managers

**Feature:** *Meetings*

## Accessing the Meeting Note Taker

1. From *Meetings* → *Meeting Planner*, find your scheduled meeting.
2. Click on the meeting to open the note taker.

## Using the Note Taker

The meeting note taker has three sections:

- **Public Notepad:** Shared notes visible to both participants. Use for action items, decisions, and discussion points.
- **Private Notepad:** Your personal notes, not visible to the other participant.
- **Agenda:** Pre-defined talking points from the meeting type template.

## Linking to Goals

In the note taker, you can view and link notes to the employee's goals. This creates a record of goal progress discussions.

## How Notes Are Used in Reviews

Public meeting notes become data sources for performance reviews. The AI uses them when generating appraisal drafts.

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