{"id":397,"date":"2025-04-23T23:33:50","date_gmt":"2025-04-24T04:33:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/brandonburke\/?page_id=397"},"modified":"2025-04-25T13:39:01","modified_gmt":"2025-04-25T18:39:01","slug":"communication-skills","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/brandonburke\/communication-skills\/","title":{"rendered":"Communication Skills"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Effective communication skills were essential for expressing complex ideas clearly. In <strong>Introduction to Networking and Security<\/strong>, I learned how to communicate technical concepts, particularly when performing a <strong>ROI analysis<\/strong>, so others could understand the financial impact of security decisions. <strong>Public Speaking<\/strong> helped me build confidence in addressing an audience, especially on topics like cybersecurity, where I emphasized the importance of safeguarding information. In <strong>Introduction to Academic Writing<\/strong>, I focused on honing my writing to present well-structured arguments on critical issues like cybersecurity measures, ensuring my ideas were both persuasive and backed by evidence. These courses strengthened my ability to communicate ideas effectively, both in writing and speaking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">IT 315: Introduction to Networking and Security &#8211; ROI Analysis<\/h3>\n\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/brandonburke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34796\/2025\/04\/IT-315-Case-Analysis.pdf\" class=\"pdfemb-viewer\" style=\"\" data-width=\"max\" data-height=\"max\"  data-toolbar=\"bottom\" data-toolbar-fixed=\"off\">IT-315-Case-Analysis<br\/><\/a>\n<p class=\"wp-block-pdfemb-pdf-embedder-viewer\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">COMM 101R: Public Speaking &#8211; You Are Not Secure<\/h3>\n\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/brandonburke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34796\/2025\/04\/You-Are-Not-Secure-Outline.pdf\" class=\"pdfemb-viewer\" style=\"\" data-width=\"max\" data-height=\"max\"  data-toolbar=\"bottom\" data-toolbar-fixed=\"off\">You-Are-Not-Secure-Outline<br\/><\/a>\n<p class=\"wp-block-pdfemb-pdf-embedder-viewer\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">ENGL 211C: Introduction to Academic Writing &#8211; Cybersecurity Imperative Measures<\/h3>\n\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/brandonburke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34796\/2025\/04\/Cybersecurity-Research-Final.pdf\" class=\"pdfemb-viewer\" style=\"\" data-width=\"max\" data-height=\"max\"  data-toolbar=\"bottom\" data-toolbar-fixed=\"off\">Cybersecurity-Research-Final<br\/><\/a>\n<p class=\"wp-block-pdfemb-pdf-embedder-viewer\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Effective communication skills were essential for expressing complex ideas clearly. In Introduction to Networking and Security, I learned how to communicate technical concepts, particularly when performing a ROI analysis, so others could understand the financial impact of security decisions. Public&#8230; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/brandonburke\/communication-skills\/\">Continue Reading &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24541,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/brandonburke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/397"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/brandonburke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/brandonburke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/brandonburke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24541"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/brandonburke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=397"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/brandonburke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/397\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":451,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/brandonburke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/397\/revisions\/451"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/brandonburke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=397"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}