Amplify your Experience: How to Start Writing and Speaking

Tonie Huizer

Finding the best and most effective way to communicate your ideas is a creative process, and one that not all tech professionals find easy. There is no single, defined path that will get you from a vague idea of what you ‘could’ write or speak about, to an article or presentation that has ‘the magic’. However, in this session we’re going to share with you some simple techniques that will help you get started and give you the best chance of success.

We’ll show you how to explore your ‘vague idea’ and turn it into a story with a purpose, and an understanding of its audience, the problems they need to solve most urgently and why. The content will start to take shape and structure and, after that, if you follow a few simple rules of communication, you’ll be able to explain even complex technical ideas with purpose and clarity, and in a way that others can easily follow. This is what we mean by “amplify your experience”.

We will show you how to make sure your audience gets the maximum benefit from the ideas, the knowledge and experience that you want to share with them.

Once you start using the techniques, you’ll find that not only are you able to write an article or give a presentation that hits the audience, but also to communicate more effectively with team members at work and explain your ideas more clearly to your managers. You’ll learn technical communication skills that are of a broader benefit to all IT professionals.