To be able to "articulate" something in a clear and succinct manner is more than a "skill" to have. One of the main challenges, architects face regularly, is to express the "business problem" or the solution for it, to a wide and diverse group of people (stakeholders often), coming from a variety of backgrounds, interests, industry experience, business area, technical experience and culture.
In order to develop skills in this area, here are some tips:
Try Free-writing - There is nothing better than writing about your observations, feelings, experiences - whatever comes to your mind. Just keep writing. Use a good editor - MS Word is perfect!!
It is far easier now than it was a few years ago; given that we now have so many enabling technologies - BLOGS for instance would be one of the best enablers. You may just write something in a text editor and keep it to yourself. You might add random review comments on books, films, food or anything. If you are willing, there are web-sites which offer readers to add "free commentary" or reviews - for e.g. Amazon.com / co.uk ... If you want to put down a review - just do it!! It would help you "express" your thoughts and critical ideas. Putting your thoughts down in a blog, makes you socially commit to the material too. This is even better as it develops your thinking and writing skills.
Here are some web-sites that may inspire and help you, if you are interested -
http://writing2.richmond.edu/wac/freewrit.html
http://myweb.wvnet.edu/~jelkins/writeshop/writeshop/elbow.html
http://ezinearticles.com/?Writing---Expressing-Your-Ideas&id=5366296
Try blogging free on the internet - Try creating a blog account in www.blogger.com . Its free! You will get a blog site called.blogspot.com that you may share on your website or just among friends.
Maintain a journal - this can be a notebook (paper) or an application on your phone or PDA or PC. Make sure you have one. There are fewer alternatives to maintaining a good journal. Keep a note of everything you see, feel, hear so that you can come back to it in future.
NB: I will write more later on this subject. There are a handful of good sources I can point you to.
Try Free-writing - There is nothing better than writing about your observations, feelings, experiences - whatever comes to your mind. Just keep writing. Use a good editor - MS Word is perfect!!
It is far easier now than it was a few years ago; given that we now have so many enabling technologies - BLOGS for instance would be one of the best enablers. You may just write something in a text editor and keep it to yourself. You might add random review comments on books, films, food or anything. If you are willing, there are web-sites which offer readers to add "free commentary" or reviews - for e.g. Amazon.com / co.uk ... If you want to put down a review - just do it!! It would help you "express" your thoughts and critical ideas. Putting your thoughts down in a blog, makes you socially commit to the material too. This is even better as it develops your thinking and writing skills.
Here are some web-sites that may inspire and help you, if you are interested -
http://writing2.richmond.edu/wac/freewrit.html
http://myweb.wvnet.edu/~jelkins/writeshop/writeshop/elbow.html
http://ezinearticles.com/?Writing---Expressing-Your-Ideas&id=5366296
Try blogging free on the internet - Try creating a blog account in www.blogger.com . Its free! You will get a blog site called
Maintain a journal - this can be a notebook (paper) or an application on your phone or PDA or PC. Make sure you have one. There are fewer alternatives to maintaining a good journal. Keep a note of everything you see, feel, hear so that you can come back to it in future.
NB: I will write more later on this subject. There are a handful of good sources I can point you to.
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