# Facilitation Skills for Technical Meetings and Decision-Making

DevFeed: [Facilitation Skills for Technical Meetings and Decision-Making](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/facilitation-is-the-most-underrated-skill-in-tech-39795.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://newsletter.bigtechcareers.com/p/facilitation-is-the-most-underrated>)

Author: Prasad Rao

Published: 2026-08-06T17:01:10Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Big Tech Careers](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/big-tech-careers.md>)

Topics: [Tech Careers](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/tech-careers.md>), [meetings](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/meetings.md>), [Development](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/development.md>)

Tags: [meetings](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/meetings.md>), [opinions](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/opinions.md>), [skills](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/skills.md>), [tech](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/tech.md>), [tech-careers](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/tech-careers.md>)

## AI overview

The article argues that facilitation is an important skill for technology professionals working in technical meetings. It defines facilitation as guiding a group toward a decision or outcome and distinguishes it from presenting and chairing. It also explains how facilitation addresses competing opinions, blockers, meeting dynamics, and decision-making.

## Source excerpt

How to build the one skill nobody teaches