Communication Engineering
4.8
(44 ratings)
4 Weeks
·Cohort-based Course
Mindset, Frameworks, and Tools to create agreements and influence through effective and collaborative conversations.
Communication Engineering
4.8
(44 ratings)
4 Weeks
·Cohort-based Course
Mindset, Frameworks, and Tools to create agreements and influence through effective and collaborative conversations.
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Course overview
Express yourself. Create agreements to collaborate. Set up a growth loop.
Technical experts often receive feedback to improve their communication skills. The common remark they hear is “You give too much detail” or “You go into the weeds.”
The desire for details can become your liability. As an engineering leader, I’ve seen this happen to so many engineers in my teams. People who address this gap have more fulfilling careers. The sooner you address it, the better.
I created this course drawing lessons from my journey in Toastmasters and facilitating workshops for hundreds of people on public speaking.
This course starts where books and other courses end - deliberate practice!
In this 4-week online course, you will develop 3 habits of communication: authenticity, brevity, and clarity.
We’ll cover four themes in the course: 1) talking with structures, 2) asking insightful questions, 3) listening deeply, and 4) setting a loop for leadership growth. Each week is focused on one of these four themes.
Course Overview:
1. 9 hours spread over 4 weeks
2. 5 hours dedicated to peer conversations; you'll learn by speaking, probing, role-playing, and listening
3. Proven communication frameworks and practical tools
You can find the missing link to your career growth in this course. Many have found, it's your turn now.
This course is for you if you want to communicate with authenticity, brevity, and clarity!
Read the detailed syllabus and reviews by past participants on this page below.
Your peers from Amazon, Ellucian, Fidelity, Kitopi, Nvidia, Oracle, Ridecell, Salesforce, State Street, Kotak, EY, Nubank, and SAP have attended previous cohorts dialing in from Armenia, India, Ireland, Mexico, Poland, Hungary, Canada, Brazil and the United States.
For group registrations, please send an email to pramoda@changesmith.me
Who is this course for
01
Senior ICs and Tech Leads who have challenges with concise and structured communication; either sharing too much or too little.
02
Technical Experts and PMs who work with customers and are unsure what questions to ask to clarify customer's needs and create clear agreemen
03
Managers and Technical Leaders who are looking for frameworks and tools for handling difficult conversations and managing conflicts.
What you’ll get out of this course
Develop a personalized toolkit based on frameworks and strategies for conversations
Build new conversational and framing skills through practice sessions and role-playing
Increased self-awareness, confidence, and clarity leading to inspired productivity
Chart your own path to leadership growth through periodic feedforward and follow-up with your key stakeholders
This course includes
8 interactive live sessions
Lifetime access to course materials
7 in-depth lessons
Direct access to instructor
4 projects to apply learnings
Guided feedback & reflection
Private community of peers
Course certificate upon completion
Maven Satisfaction Guarantee
This course is backed by Maven’s guarantee. You can receive a full refund within 14 days after the course ends, provided you meet the completion criteria in our refund policy.
Communication Engineering
Course syllabus
Week 1
Sep 3—Sep 8
Week dates are set to instructor's time zoneEvents
- Sep
3
Module 1: Live Session
Module 1: Live Session
Tue, Sep 3, 3:00 PM - 4:15 PM UTC
- Sep
5
Module 1: Practice Session
Module 1: Practice Session
Thu, Sep 5, 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM UTC
Modules
- Module1:Talking with structure, poise and concisenessModule1:Talking with structure, poise and conciseness3 Lessons • 1 Project
Week 2
Sep 9—Sep 15
Week dates are set to instructor's time zoneEvents
- Sep
10
Module 2: Live Session
Module 2: Live Session
Tue, Sep 10, 3:00 PM - 4:15 PM UTC
- Sep
12
Module 2: Practice Session
Module 2: Practice Session
Thu, Sep 12, 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM UTC
Modules
- Module2:Asking insightful questionsModule2:Asking insightful questions1 Lesson • 1 Project
Week 3
Sep 16—Sep 22
Week dates are set to instructor's time zoneEvents
- Sep
17
Module 3: Live Session
Module 3: Live Session
Tue, Sep 17, 3:00 PM - 4:15 PM UTC
- Sep
19
Module 3: Practice Session
Module 3: Practice Session
Thu, Sep 19, 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM UTC
Modules
- Module3:Listening deeplyModule3:Listening deeply1 Project
Week 4
Sep 23—Sep 26
Week dates are set to instructor's time zoneEvents
- Sep
24
Module 4: Live Session
Module 4: Live Session
Tue, Sep 24, 3:00 PM - 4:15 PM UTC
- Sep
26
Module 4: Practice Session
Module 4: Practice Session
Thu, Sep 26, 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM UTC
Modules
- Module4:Leadership growth loopModule4:Leadership growth loop3 Lessons • 1 Project
4.8
(44 ratings)
What students are saying
Participant Testimonial
Umang Vanjara, Senior Engineering Manager. A participant of a previous cohort.
Reflections from Guest Speakers
Paulo Andre
Nassar Stoertz
Vineet Joglekar
Alan Freeman
Meet your instructor
Pramoda Vyasarao
The demon that you can swallow gives you its power.
When I started my career as a junior engineer in 2002, two demons haunted me - insecurity and inability to communicate well.
I joined a Toastmasters club in 2003 to improve my speaking skills. By 2005, I swallowed the two demons and experienced the power of self-expression, influence, and authentic communication.
Since 2008, I've operated in organizational leadership roles in engineering at Oracle India and Oracle America. I was an internal coach and facilitator at Oracle.
In 2021, I joined Meta as an organization leader to experience working in a high-performance product environment.
Since February 2023, as the Founder and Coach of Changesmith Coaching - I'm excited to help tech professionals land behavioral changes in life and leadership.
If you're looking to elevate to a new level by swallowing your demons; this course is for you!
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Communication Engineering
Cohort 5
$799
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Course schedule
3 hours a week
Tuesday
8:00am - 9:15am PST
75-minute live session. 45-minute introduction to ideas; followed by 30 minutes focused on Q&A and Practice in breakout rooms.
Thursday
8:00am - 9:00am PST
60-minute practice session and Q&A. These moderated sessions help you practice the frameworks and get a few reps to build your muscle of mindful communication. You can play roles and respond to real-life scenarios in these sessions.
Use frameworks for effective communication
Are you finding it difficult to provide short and succinct updates to your leadership?
Try this framework in your next high-stakes conversation, it'll make a significant difference in your impact and influence.
S3 is one of the frameworks we discuss and practice during the first week of this course.
The more senior you are; the more the need for structured communication.
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Learning by doing
This course is designed with the intention of doing the work more than gaining knowledge. Transformation is more important than information.
Interactive and peer-focused
You’ll be interacting with other learners through breakout rooms and practice sessions
Group Coaching
Group coaching sessions help you bring nuanced situations in a private environment and practice your responses
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