[Skill profile] “Communicating ideas” by Benjamin Todd, Benjamin Hilton

Through communicating important ideas, you could end up inspiring many people to do far more good than you could ever have done by yourself.

Narrated by AI.

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Outline:

(01:53) Key facts on fit

(02:14) Why are communication skills valuable?

(08:17) What does building communication skills typically involve?

(08:23) Content creation skills

(13:43) Organisational communication skills

(15:18) Communicating ideas alongside another job

(18:09) Community building

(19:03) Example people

(19:07) Kelsey Piper

(19:28) Julia Galef

(19:55) Kuhan Jeyapragasan

(20:25) How to evaluate your fit

(20:29) How to predict your fit in advance

(21:56) How to tell if you're on track

(24:01) How to get started building communication skills

(24:55) Content creation skills

(25:38) What content should you produce?

(26:18) Which medium should you choose?

(27:02) Finding your audience

(28:20) Organisational communication skills

(29:06) Get funding

(29:51) Apply for free one-on-one advising

(30:20) Find jobs that use communication skills

(30:29) Once you have these skills, how can you best apply them to have an impact?

(32:59) Career paths we've reviewed that use these skills

(33:25) Learn more

(34:44) Explore other useful skills

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First published:
September 18th, 2023

Last updated:
December 15th, 2023

Source:
https://80000hours.org/skills/communication

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Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO.

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