The most important thing is to avoid jargon and only use terms that have already been defined or are already known. Your vocabulary should be precise, but not at the cost of intelligibility.
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It's usually possible to turn a complex, long-winded explanation into a simpler & clearer one, without dumbing down the content in the slightest -- it's only a matter of spending much more time & effort finding the right words & images. Both actual illustrations & mental images.
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have you seen thie xkcd inspired https://splasho.com/upgoer5/ editor that allows only the 1000 most common words? Frustrating but so useful as a thinking tool
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And in the process you'll clarify your own thinking. It's almost always a good idea to try to distill complex, long-winded explanations into ones that are as concise as possible, even if it's just for your own benefit
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Actually we need to find the top down to our bottom up
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In my experience it also helps you understand the subject better and better, after all, complexity rises from accumulation of simplicity
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Something that I have started believing in recently - It is always better to visualise what needs to be explained, and then read it off of that visual and explain.. It's like first condensing what you want to explain in visuals, and then describe that visual
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Some people don't understand visually though. We need a diversity of media (visual, verbal, written, etc.) to describe complex (and simple) ideas.
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It is a stylistic exercise.
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True, and simultaneously true is to adapt the explanation to the particular audience—building a bridge from their existing mental models.
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Bingo. Communication is a journey of small steps that starts where the listener begins.
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