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LinkedIn Learning

Tech Career Skills: Communication for Developers

via LinkedIn Learning

Overview

Learn new ways to communicate the work you do as a developer. Discover best practices for connecting with clients, vendors, team members, nontechnical audiences, and more.

Syllabus

Introduction
  • Strategies to communicate to wider audience
  • Why don't people understand?
1. You're More Different Than You Think
  • Three types of intelligence
  • The joys and sorrows of groupthink
  • A note about money and time
2. Overcoming Barriers of Experience
  • Using words that people know
  • Don't dumb down, smarten up
  • The magic of stories
3. Overcoming Barriers of Motivation
  • Why don't they care?
  • Reigniting hope in technology
  • Leading through enthusiasm
4. Overcoming Barriers of Perspective
  • Your success isn't their success
  • Engineers vs. managers
  • Finding shared goals
  • You are both buyer and seller
5. Overcoming Barriers of Style
  • Learning about your audience
  • Format is as important as content
  • Responding to cultural cues
6. Using Your New Communication Skills
  • Communicating with clients
  • Communicating with vendors
  • Communicating with teammates
  • Communicating with partners
  • Communicating with conference audiences
  • Communicating with the public
Conclusion
  • Further strengthen communication

Taught by

Tom Geller

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