The Art of Explanation: Making your Ideas, Products, and Services Easier to Understand

Become an explanation specialist

You’ve done the hard work. Your product or service works beautifully―but something is missing. People just don’t see the big idea, and it’s keeping you from being successful. Your idea has an explanation problem.

The Art of Explanation is for businesspeople, educators, and influencers who want to improve their explanation skills and start solving explanation problems. These tools, tactics, and techniques will help you consistently inspire audiences to fall in love with your ideas, products, or services through better explanations in any medium. You will learn to:

• Plan: Learn explanation basics, what causes them to fail, and how to diagnose explanation problems
• Package: Using simple elements, create an explanation strategy that builds confidence and motivates your audience
• Present: Produce remarkable explanations with visuals and media

The Art of Explanation is your invitation to become an explanation specialist and see why explanation is now a fundamental skill for professionals.

LEE LeFEVER is the Chief Explainer, illustrator, and voice of Common Craft, and is widely credited for inspiring the video explanation industry. Since 2007, the company has won numerous awards and has created explanations for the world’s most respected brands, including Intel, Google, Dropbox, and Ford. Its online videos have been viewed more than 50 million times. Today, Common Craft’s mission is to make the world a more understandable place to live and work by inspiring and equipping professionals to become explanation specialists.
Lee can be found in Seattle, Washington, with his wife and business partner, Sachi, and their dog, Bosco, a fine swimmer.