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.
Overview
Syllabus
Introduction
- Strategies to communicate to wider audience
- Why don't people understand?
- Three types of intelligence
- The joys and sorrows of groupthink
- A note about money and time
- Using words that people know
- Don't dumb down, smarten up
- The magic of stories
- Why don't they care?
- Reigniting hope in technology
- Leading through enthusiasm
- Your success isn't their success
- Engineers vs. managers
- Finding shared goals
- You are both buyer and seller
- Learning about your audience
- Format is as important as content
- Responding to cultural cues
- Communicating with clients
- Communicating with vendors
- Communicating with teammates
- Communicating with partners
- Communicating with conference audiences
- Communicating with the public
- Further strengthen communication
Taught by
Tom Geller
