Comments on: Explanation before information http://www.madetostick.com/blog/2008/08/26/explanation-before-information/ Made to Stick Blog by Dan and Chip Heath Thu, 13 Nov 2008 05:22:57 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Steve Levine http://www.madetostick.com/blog/2008/08/26/explanation-before-information/comment-page-1/#comment-17104 Steve Levine Thu, 02 Oct 2008 20:11:27 +0000 http://www.madetostick.com/blog/2008/08/26/explanation-before-information/#comment-17104 As a former journalist, I would point out that reporters have to learn as they go along as well. Even specialized reporters. We're often a mile wide and an inch deep. Only in the past few days have we heard more and more about why the bailout is important to the average Joe. Much more useful than reporting that politicians are forecasting doom. Reporters need that understanding before THEY can get their messages across, especially when it's a brand new issue. As a former journalist, I would point out that reporters have to learn as they go along as well. Even specialized reporters. We’re often a mile wide and an inch deep. Only in the past few days have we heard more and more about why the bailout is important to the average Joe. Much more useful than reporting that politicians are forecasting doom. Reporters need that understanding before THEY can get their messages across, especially when it’s a brand new issue.

]]> By: Julia Thornton http://www.madetostick.com/blog/2008/08/26/explanation-before-information/comment-page-1/#comment-16377 Julia Thornton Thu, 25 Sep 2008 02:05:13 +0000 http://www.madetostick.com/blog/2008/08/26/explanation-before-information/#comment-16377 Read Karl Weick's 1996 "Sensemaking in Organizations" for an explanation (!) of why this works. Julia Read Karl Weick’s 1996 “Sensemaking in Organizations” for an explanation (!) of why this works.
Julia

]]> By: Michael Wagner http://www.madetostick.com/blog/2008/08/26/explanation-before-information/comment-page-1/#comment-15458 Michael Wagner Sat, 13 Sep 2008 02:29:59 +0000 http://www.madetostick.com/blog/2008/08/26/explanation-before-information/#comment-15458 Explanation before information matches my experience as well. In this case does explanation create some of the same dynamics that of telling an opening story when giving a speech/presentation? The story provides a way for the listener to move from comprehending the meaning of the speaker to assigning personal significance to the material and its meaning. Just thinking out loud. Thanks for the post and your insights. Keep creating...a story worth repeating, Mike Explanation before information matches my experience as well.

In this case does explanation create some of the same dynamics that of telling an opening story when giving a speech/presentation?

The story provides a way for the listener to move from comprehending the meaning of the speaker to assigning personal significance to the material and its meaning.

Just thinking out loud.

Thanks for the post and your insights.

Keep creating…a story worth repeating,
Mike

]]> By: Mary Sullivan http://www.madetostick.com/blog/2008/08/26/explanation-before-information/comment-page-1/#comment-14456 Mary Sullivan Fri, 29 Aug 2008 04:57:52 +0000 http://www.madetostick.com/blog/2008/08/26/explanation-before-information/#comment-14456 I like the metaphor of the framing for a house to explain how people acquire and retain information. You have to pour the foundation and then frame up the outlines and the roof with 2x4s. You can't do the plumbing and wiring until you have the frame done. When those are done, you can hang the sheetrock and do the finishing. What Rosen describes is very much like that, I think. I like the metaphor of the framing for a house to explain how people acquire and retain information. You have to pour the foundation and then frame up the outlines and the roof with 2×4s. You can’t do the plumbing and wiring until you have the frame done. When those are done, you can hang the sheetrock and do the finishing. What Rosen describes is very much like that, I think.

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