Communications: How to Talk, Write, Present, and Get Ahead!
Learn how to communicate effectively in your workplace to be more effective in your job and to further your career, applicable to anyone who has to communicate and wants to improve their communication skills
What you'll learn
Communicating effectively is one of the most essential aspects of your job, and is the key to progressing in your career. But how do you do it? Most companies do not provide training on how to communicate so this course fills that gap for you. Firstly you'll learn the foundational skills necessary for any form of communication. Then you'll learn the art of running a successful meeting, along with how to handle some specific meeting scenarios like code reviews and 1-1s. You'll learn how to write effectively, whether emails, articles, or reports, and how to start and maintain a popular blog. Then you'll move on to planning and writing a presentation, including how to pick a topic, formulate an effective slide-deck template, and write the presentation content, all depending on what type of presentation it is. Finally, you'll learn how deliver a top-notch presentation, including preparation, managing nerves, and a whole raft of tips and tricks on what to do and what not to do. In today's busy work environment you can't afford to have sub-standard communication skills or you'll be left behind - but if you watch this course and practice what you learn in it, you'll boost your skills and start to get ahead! This course is perfect for anyone working in the I.T. industry, with any amount of technical experience and communication skills.
Table of contents
- Introduction 1m
- Skills: Expressing Yourself (1) 4m
- Skills: Expressing Yourself (2) 4m
- Skills: Knowing Your Audience (1) 3m
- Skills: Knowing Your Audience (2) 4m
- Skills: Precision Questioning 3m
- Skills: Listening 3m
- Skills: Expectation Management 2m
- Skills: Inbox Management 3m
- Skills: Knowing Ignorance != Stupidity 1m
- Skills: Knowing 'It Depends' 1m
- Skills: Be Cool, Calm, and Collected 2m
- Outside of Work 1m
- Summary 1m
- Introduction 1m
- General Skills: In-Person Meetings 3m
- General Skills: Remote Meetings 3m
- General Skills: Running a Meeting 3m
- Meetings With Your Manager 3m
- Meetings With Your Employees 3m
- Intra-Team Relationships 2m
- Inter-Team Relationships 2m
- Meetings With Clients 4m
- Code/Design Reviews 2m
- Summary 1m
- Introduction 1m
- What Kind Of Presentation Is It? (1) 2m
- What Kind of Presentation Is It? (2) 1m
- Picking a Topic 2m
- Picking a Complexity Level 2m
- Writing a Title and Abstract 2m
- Choosing a Template 1m
- Slide Deck Content Flow 2m
- Slide Content 2m
- How Many Slides? 2m
- Using Images and Diagrams 2m
- Using Animations 1m
- Summary 1m
- Introduction 1m
- Get a Mentor 2m
- Practice Makes Perfect 2m
- Practicing Your Presentation 1m
- Dress Code 1m
- Clickers 1m
- Tech Checks 1m
- What Could Go Wrong? 2m
- Manage Your Nerves 2m
- Handling Questions 2m
- Dos and Don'ts (1) 2m
- Dos and Don'ts (2) 2m
- Dos and Don'ts (3) 2m
- Dos and Don'ts (4) 2m
- Total No-Nos 1m
- Summary 1m
- Blog Post Resources 1m
- Course Summary 1m