Conducting a Technical Meeting

Learn To Conduct Technical Meetings | Online Short Course

This Conducting a Technical Meeting course is designed for individuals eager to lead structured, efficient, and productive technical meetings. It’s an ideal complement to IT courses that focus on communication, leadership, and project delivery. Whether you’re an IT manager, team lead, project coordinator, or aspiring facilitator, this course equips you with the skills and confidence to guide technical discussions that lead to actionable results.

Technical meetings often involve complex topics, diverse stakeholders, and high-stakes decisions. This course will help you master the skills needed to manage these challenges, ensure clear communication, and keep meetings focused and outcome-driven—all essential in IT and tech-driven environments.

What You’ll Learn

Through this course, you’ll gain hands-on experience in:

  • Planning and structuring technical meetings for maximum clarity and effectiveness.
  • Communicating complex IT concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.
  • Managing time, agendas, and diverse team dynamics in technical discussions.
  • Encouraging participation and collaboration across departments.
  • Documenting decisions, assigning action items, and following up effectively.

These skills are critical for IT professionals, team leaders, and facilitators looking to ensure that meetings contribute directly to project goals and business outcomes.

Who Should Enrol

This Conducting a Technical Meeting course is ideal for professionals who want to lead effective meetings in IT and technology-driven environments. It’s especially valuable for those who have completed or are currently pursuing IT courses and want to enhance their leadership and communication capabilities.

Ideal for:

  • IT professionals leading or participating in technical team meetings
  • Project managers and coordinators in tech environments
  • Developers, engineers, or analysts transitioning into leadership roles
  • Facilitators and trainers running IT workshops or review sessions
  • Anyone aiming to improve productivity and clarity in technical communications

By enrolling, you’re gaining a practical, career-enhancing skill set that bridges the gap between technical knowledge and effective leadership. This course empowers you to run meetings that align with strategic goals, reduce misunderstandings, and drive results in any IT or tech-based organization.

Take the next step—enrol today and become a confident, results-driven leader in conducting technical meetings as part of your broader journey through professional IT courses.

This unit standard is intended to provide proficient knowledge of the areas covered. For those working in the workplace in the area of Information Technology. As additional knowledge for those wanting to understand the areas covered. People credited with this unit standard are able to demonstrate knowledge of different types of meetings and their procedures, prepare for a technical practitioners meeting, chair a technical practitioners meeting, and conduct post-meeting follow-up for a technical meeting. The performance of all elements is to a standard that allows for further learning in this area.

Course Content

  • The demonstration describes the types of technical meetings and their uses.
  • The demonstration identifies leadership styles used in meeting procedures.
  • The demonstration identifies decision making processes used in meetings.
  • The demonstration describes meeting conventions relevant to the type of meeting chosen.
  • The demonstration identifies that the note taker should have technical background knowledge.
  • The preparation ensures physical arrangements for the meeting are done, relevant to the type of meeting.
  • The preparation ensures that meeting outcomes are clear, concise and well documented.
  • The preparation ensures that meeting invitations are extended to relevant participants timeously.
  • The preparation completes and distribute the meeting agenda and other supporting documentation needed for the type of meeting.
  • The chair and members agree on rules and guidelines for behavior.
  • The chair applies agreed meeting conventions throughout the meeting, according to the type of meeting and in accordance with the standing procedures of the organisation(s) involved.
  • The chair ensures that the published agenda is followed.
  • The chair provides for active participation by all members to avoid/ minimise conflict.
  • The chair ensures that meeting topics are prioritised and that discussion times are allocated according to importance, urgency, complexity and agenda.
  • The chair ensures that agreed decisions are clear, accurate, includes a time frame for action and are within the mandate of the type of meeting conducted.
  • The follow up ensures minutes of the meeting are produced accurately and in line with the policy of the organisation.
  • The follow up communicates agreed records of discussion to interested parties in a format and time frame that meet requirements of the type of meeting and of the organisation(s) involved.
  • The follow up includes a summary of discussions and actions, and meet format requirements.
  • Non-accredited: Short course only  
  • Duration: 1h 30m
  • Delivery: Classroom/Online/Blended
  • Access Period: 12 Months 
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