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  <td style="border: 1px solid #fff; padding: 10px; color: #D3D3D3; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;">3:45 PM - 4:15 PM</td>
- <td style="border: 1px solid #fff; padding: 10px;"><a href="https://codebeamnyc.com/talks/evolve-your-developer-skills-with-elixir/" style="color: #4EB813; text-decoration: none;"> Evolve Your Developer Skills With Elixir</a> </td>
+ <td style="border: 1px solid #fff; padding: 10px;"><a href="https://codebeamnyc.com/talks/evolve-your-developer-skills-with-elixir/" style="color: #4EB813; text-decoration: none;"> From Code to Clarity: Elixir Skills with Visual Thinking</a> </td>
  <td style="border: 1px solid #fff; padding: 10px;"> <a href="https://codebeamnyc.com/participants/carlo-gilmar/" style="color: #0074A9; text-decoration: none;"> Carlo Gilmar</a> </td>
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 - Evolution, skills, mindset
 level: Beginners, Intermediate users
-title: "Evolve Your Developer Skills With Elixir"
+title: "From Code to Clarity: Elixir Skills with Visual Thinking"
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 - _participants/carlo-gilmar.md
 
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-As professionals embedded in the Erlang ecosystem, probably you're already familiar with the technical strengths of Elixir. But how can you evolve beyond coding to accelerate your personal growth, enhance your team culture, and become a better team player in your field?
+In this talk, you’ll discover how Elixir fosters a problem-solving mindset, and I’ll demonstrate how Visual Thinking can enhance your understanding of complex topics, improve team communication, and strengthen leadership skills.
 
-In this talk, I’ll dive into how Elixir not only sharpens your technical skills but also fosters a mindset focused on problem-solving, innovation, and resilience. You’ll discover how adopting Elixir can help you think in terms of scalability, fault tolerance, and long-term maintainability—principles that extend beyond just code. This mindset equips you to lead teams, inspire collaboration, and drive the adoption of new tools while maintaining a culture of continuous learning and improvement.
+Through live visual examples, we’ll explore how to become an active team player, promote collaboration, build emotional safety, and create a culture of continuous improvement. I’ll also show how Visual Thinking is a skill that anyone can develop and why it’s important for both individual growth and team success. You’ll learn how to use Visual Thinking as a problem-solving approach, and see how it aligns perfectly with the development of your Elixir career.
 
-We’ll also explore practical strategies to develop leadership skills, such as guiding teams to embrace Elixir, building emotional safety, promoting effective communication, and cultivating engineering best practices. Whether you're aiming to grow as a technical leader or elevate your team's productivity and culture, this talk will provide you with actionable insights to boost your profile and make a lasting impact in the BEAM ecosystem.
+Whether you’re an experienced developer or looking to advance your career, Visual Thinking will help you connect the dots between technical and complementary skills, driving growth within the Erlang ecosystem.
 
 **TALK OBJECTIVES:**
-1. Personal and Professional Growth: Equip Elixir professionals with the skills to evolve beyond just technical expertise by developing leadership, soft, and collaboration skills. This includes learning how to guide teams, promote tools, and improve team culture.
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-2. Career Advancement: Inspire developers to enhance their profile and career by demonstrating how mastering both technical and non-technical skills within the BEAM ecosystem can make them valuable leaders and innovators in their organizations.
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-3. Team Leadership and Adoption: Provide actionable strategies for leading teams in adopting Elixir, improving team dynamics, and fostering a learning culture that embraces continuous improvement and emotional safety.
+1. Visual Thinking as a Core Skill: Demonstrate that Visual Thinking is a skill any developer can develop to improve clarity, communication, and problem-solving.
+2. Fostering Leadership and Continuous Improvement: Show how Visual Thinking promotes leadership by enhancing communication, collaboration, and creating a culture of continuous learning and emotional safety.
+3. Elixir Career Growth: Illustrate how Visual Thinking aligns with Elixir career development, enhancing both technical and soft skills for strategic growth and leadership.
 
 **TARGET AUDIENCE:**
-1. Experienced Elixir Developers: Professionals who already work within elixir and are looking to grow beyond technical expertise, focusing on leadership, soft skills, and career development.
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-2. Developers Seeking Career Growth: Novice developers or mid-level engineers who want to enhance their profiles by mastering both technical and non-technical skills, with a focus on leadership, team-building, and adopting best practices in the Elixir ecosystem.
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-3. Community Advocates and Mentors: Individuals interested in promoting Elixir and the BEAM ecosystem within their organizations or communities, looking for guidance on how to encourage adoption and build thriving communities around it.
+1. Experienced Elixir Developers:
+Professionals seeking to grow beyond technical skills by developing leadership, soft skills, and fostering team collaboration.
+2. Developers Seeking Career Growth:
+Novice to mid-level developers aiming to enhance their technical and non-technical skills.
+3. Community Advocates and Mentors:
+Individuals looking to promote Elixir, drive adoption, and build thriving communities through effective communication and collaboration techniques.