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What is a smart summary template?
Inspired by the Smart Brevity style made famous by Axios, the smart summary template takes a winding conversation and turns it into something people will read. It includes a short headline, a punchy lead, key numbers and what happens next. Done.
A smart summary respects the reader's time. It pulls out the decision, the data behind it, and the next steps, then formats the whole thing in scannable sections.
Contented generates a smart summary automatically from your recording, so you get the brevity without the hours of editing.
How to use a smart summary template
Record your meeting in the Contented app, select the smart summary template, and download a structured brief within minutes.
1. Record your conversation
Capture your meeting in the Contented app. It's great for leadership meetings, strategy sessions, product reviews, board updates, or any discussion where the outcome needs to be communicated clearly to a wider audience.
2. Select the smart summary template
Choose smart summary from your Contented workspace. It lives in the Marketing module. Contented identifies the headline decision, the context that drove it, the key figures discussed, and the action points that emerged, then structures the output in the Smart Brevity format.
3. Review and export
Download as PDF or Word within minutes of the meeting concluding. The summary can be circulated to stakeholders, included in board packs, or repurposed as an internal update.
Who uses a smart summary template?
Anyone who needs to communicate the outcome of a meeting to people who weren't in the room, and wants them to actually read it.
A few examples:
- Executive teams sharing leadership decisions with the wider business.
- Founders updating investors or boards between formal reporting cycles.
- Product and marketing teams briefing the rest of the company on a launch decision, complete with consumer testing data and timelines.
- Agencies summarising client meetings into a shareable update that the client's wider team can pick up without a debrief.
- Internal comms and chiefs of staff turning lengthy strategic discussions into digestible updates for staff or stakeholders.
- Anyone walking out of a board meeting, a conference session, or a strategy offsite who needs to write up the decisions before they evaporate.
What's in a smart summary template?
- A clear headline capturing the core decision or outcome of the meeting.
- A lead paragraph summarising what was agreed and why, with the most important context up front.
- A "Driving the conversation" section explaining who called the meeting and what prompted the discussion.
- Bolded lead-ins ("The why", "By the numbers", "What's next") that guide the reader through the key points.
- Specific figures, quotes, and named people pulled directly from the conversation.
- A clear "What's next" section with deadlines, owners, and any conditions attached.
- Export-ready as PDF or Word, ready to share the moment the meeting wraps.
FAQs
Yes, on team plans. We build custom templates that match your organisation's existing formats, branding and terminology. Every document Contented produces is then consistent with what your team already uses, regardless of who created it.
Record your conversation using the Contented app. The recording is transcribed, securely processed and synced to your Contented workspace, where you can turn it into documents, charts, analysis and more. Download as Word, PDF or CSV, share with your team and clients, or file for records.
Contented is priced by team, not by seat. We don't believe in per-user pricing because it limits who in your business gets to use the tool. Our team plans give everyone in your organisation access, and include custom templates and branding.