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Client Meetings

Your team will have 4+ meetings with client over the course of the semester:

  • Client Meeting 1 – Kickoff Meeting
  • Client Meeting 2 – Concept Generation and Selection Update
  • Client Meeting 3 – Design Update
  • Client Meeting 3a – Design Update (if needed on a team-by-team basis)
  • Client Meeting 4 – System Integration Update

These meetings will give you practice preparing clear concise presentation slides and then communicating that information.

Meeting Goals:

To effectively and rapidly communicate with your client, Chief Engineer and Project Engineer. Topics include:
  • Convey the Team’s understanding of the client and the project objectives
  • Gain/confirm/update your understanding of the client’s needs and requirements for your project
    • Empathize with the customer
    • What do they want? Why do they want it?
  • Communicate the Team's project status
  • Communicate the Team’s technical approach and have a design review of the work
  • Communicate / show the Team’s technical accomplishments
  • Gather answers & decisions needed to any current questions (Client Meeting)

Process Instructions

  • The instructions for filling the template are here: Client Meeting Presentation
  • Review the instructions for Creating Strong PowerPoint Presentations to improve your slides. This is a compilation of the most common feedback we have provided to our teams
  • Add team's content to the template file
  • Review and Edit your content! Commit to the repository as everyone edits.
  • Share your slides with your Project Engineer for review, at least 1-2 on-site meetings prior to your scheduled conference call / meeting. This will help you develop the best possible slides for your team.
  • Modify your content based on that feedback
  • Email to Client at least 1 business day before call / meeting so that they can prepare for your meeting

Client Meetings after Meeting 1

Ask your Project Engineer for guidance on whether you should start a new slide deck for Client Meeting 2 and 3 or whether you should instead keep updating and enhancing your original Client Meeting 1 slides.

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