<HEAD> <TITLE>"SW- summary"</Title> </HEAD> <BODY> <A NAME="pgtop"></A> <A HREF="indexc.htm"><Img Src="flconts.gif" alt=""></A> <A HREF="index21.htm"><Img Src="fllarrow.gif" alt=""></A> <A HREF="index23.htm"><Img Src="flrarrow.gif" alt=""></A> <A HREF="#pgbot"><Img Src="flnote.gif" alt=""></A> <BR> <IMG BORDER=0 SRC="index22.gif" alt=""> <HR> <A NAME="pgbot"></A> <UL><LI>What can we learn from this children's program in the context of business story construction? <LI>As an experiment, I tried to take a business story (about a consulting project) and create a story with Storybook Weaver. Aside from the obvious problems that no corporate backgrounds were included in the scene library and that assembling something that looked like a conference room or office from the available objects was difficult, there were still other problems. Many business situations do not lend themselves easily to pictures, because the topics discussed are more subtle. For example, how would you illustrate a story about convincing a client to try a new research methodology? Is there a simple picture for something like that? <LI>I felt that pictoral tools for story building are useful when the topics are grounded in real-world objects and when the concepts are simple, but that much of the knowledge contained in business-related stories is too complex to be dealt with in this way. It is possible that a sort of adult Storybook Weaver for Business, with adequate and well-positioned pictures, might be useful as a brainstorming tool -- but not for all situations. <LI>What I think we can learn from looking at Storybook Weaver is that an adult story construction kit might include some of the same <I>functiona</I>l features: a large set of source materials; several options for sensory modality; a limited world with some rules; help with common problems (like spelling the names of objects); and a forum for expression.</UL> <HR> <A HREF="#pgtop"><Img Src="flpage.gif" alt=""></A> <FONT SIZE="-2">Published by Lotus® Freelance Graphics® </BODY>