{"id":5186,"date":"2016-08-26T08:03:23","date_gmt":"2016-08-26T13:03:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.encoretechresources.com\/insights\/?p=5186"},"modified":"2016-08-26T08:03:23","modified_gmt":"2016-08-26T13:03:23","slug":"storyboards-for-technicians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.encoretechresources.com\/insights\/2016\/08\/26\/storyboards-for-technicians\/","title":{"rendered":"Storyboards for Technicians"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Pictures can &#8220;tell a thousand words,&#8221; or at least a snapshot&#8217;s worth. Why not consider including them as part of a written technical procedure or manual? Greg Larson on the <a href=\"http:\/\/techwhirl.com\/storyboard-outline-visual-technical-communications\/\">TechWhirl blog<\/a> provides inspiration for doing just that.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.encoretechresources.com\/insights\/wp-content\/uploads\/storyboarder.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.encoretechresources.com\/insights\/wp-content\/uploads\/storyboarder.png\" alt=\"storyboarder\" width=\"150\" height=\"154\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5192\" \/><\/a>Greg suggests both pictures and sounds. But to keep the result from becoming a confusing garble, he advises planning it carefully in advance \u2013 how else but with storyboards? &#8220;Storyboards,&#8221; he writes, help you organize before you begin to develop your presentation, video tutorial, animation, simulation or web-based training, by putting it into a format that allows others to see the sequence of your presentation before you begin production. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It helps organize the pile (or the idea that could become a pile) of videos, photos, audio clips, and documents according to a logical sequence that can be aligned with text or audio.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>You might not be planning <em>that<\/em> ambitious an audio-visual presentation, but laying out pages in advance, what newspaper and magazine editors have always done, will insure a more coherent, informative result. Technical writing, illustrated or not, always has to lead to a safe, effective endpoint. We&#8217;d say &#8220;conclusion,&#8221; but this, after all, involves procedures, not novels. And procedures can bring primal results. <\/p>\n<p>For technicians, being resourceful never includes being casual. A display of photos in a procedure or manual has to be appropriate to the end result \u2013 carefully chosen, thought through and illustrative of the process involved. No comics allowed!<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Storyboards,&#8221; Larson explains, &#8220;help you organize before you begin to develop your presentation, video tutorial, animation, simulation or web-based training, by putting it into a format that allows others to see the sequence of your presentation before you begin production. It helps organize the pile (or the idea that could become a pile) of videos, photos, audio clips, and documents according to a logical sequence that can be aligned with text or audio.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>So pile it on, friends, but carefully. \u2013 <em>Doug Bedell<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pictures can &#8220;tell a thousand words,&#8221; or at least a snapshot&#8217;s worth. Why not consider including them as part of a written technical procedure or manual? Greg Larson on the TechWhirl blog provides inspiration for doing just that. Greg suggests both pictures and sounds. 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