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Content as Conversation Janice (Ginny) Redish, Ph.D. Redish & Associates, Inc. Bethesda, Maryland 301 − 229 − 3039 [email_address]   www.redish.net Silver Spring, MD April 30, 2011
Tell your latest web story ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],To satisfy  their  goals Content Information To do a task ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Flickr cc photo by russelljsmith
Navigation and search are critical
Good, clear design is critical
Technology that works is critical
But they all support the content
Content = conversation
[object Object],How well does your web site converse? Theme = content as conversation Flickr cc photo by Bradleyolin Lost. No problem.  Use the computer!
A few guidelines for good conversations ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Flickr cc photo by Polandeze
Imagine the conversation as you design Which link should we click on? Flickr cc photo by Mr.Thomas
http://www.tricare.mil/
Old CDC page; CDC has revised this and most other health information, following the content as conversation model.
http://familydoctor.org   Don't hog the conversation. Take turns Headings are the site visitor's turns  in the conversation.
[object Object],Approved fumigation with methyl bromide at normal atmospheric pressure, in accordance with the following procedure, upon arrival at the port of entry, is hereby prescribed as a condition of importation for shipments of yams from foreign countries.
Did you say something like this? If you are importing yams, [someone] must fumigate them when they arrive at the port of entry.  To fumigate yams, [someone] must use this procedure: Clark and Haviland, Comprehension and the given-new contract, In R. Freedle (Ed.),  Discourse production and comprehension , 1975, Erlbaum, 1-40.  Set the context first new context  = given, known then
Answer your site visitors' questions Flickr photo  by pedrosimeos7 Oh! I think I like that bag, but I wonder…
 
Talk  to  your site visitors
 
 
Evaluate through your personas and their conversations ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Think "conversation." Write conversations. Facilitate conversations. Evaluate through conversations. ✔ ✗
Morgan Kaufmann / Elsevier, 2007 Ginny Redish [email_address] 301 229 3039 Thank you

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Notes de l'éditeur

  1. Clark, H., and Haviland S., 1975, Comprehension and the given-new contract. In R. Freedle (Ed.), Discourse production and comprehension , Erlbaum, 1-40.