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3 Techniques To Improve Your Technical Explanations And Be Understood
Interview with Anne Janzer, Author of Writing To Be Understood
In last weekâs Build episode, we talked about why if somebody doesnât understand your explanation for a technical concept, itâs not OK to just tell them to look it up or Google it. We also covered the effects of doing this, the main one being that you donât come off as someone who is credible!
In todayâs episode, weâre going to dive into the specific tactics for how you can explain abstract technical concepts to an audience of either lay people or one that may be a little bit more advanced.
Anne Janzer is back to help us out. Anne is a prolific author and recently published Writing To Be Understood: What Works and Why.
Hereâs what youâll learn as you watch todayâs episode:
- What things we need to take extra time to explain
- How to gauge your audienceâs level
- How to handle mixed audiences and explain in a way that is inclusive
- How to avoid âdumbing downâ an explanation
- Why writing out an explanation is harder than sharing it verbally
- How to pick analogies that are going to resonate with your audience
- Which contexts to apply these techniques to
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