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• A Slidedoc is a visual document designed for quick consumption.
• Slidedoc to read. Because you won’t be presenting it, a Slidedoc must contain enough meaty information to be a piece of standalone communication that can be consumed quickly.
• The foundation of effective communication is empathy. Ensuring that others understand what you are proposing must trump any personal or professional preferences you have regarding data. A chart that is clear to you could be perplexing to many others. It’s not that your audience isn’t smart; it’s that they are coming from a different background, and...
• The number one skills gap was soft skills. Out of a soft skills gap of a whopping 1.6 million, 993,000 required oral communication skills, and 140,000
• required writing skills. Weiner concluded that people with strong communication skills will not be replaced by emerging technology such as artificial intelligence.