The Future of Writing - Microsoft Research
The Future of Writing - Microsoft Research The Future of Writing - Microsoft Research
Above: the Big Society Manifesto Let's start with our first case study. [Slide 1] Walt Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, 1937 Although Snow White is a classic fairy tale, it deals with adult and current issues for the Big Society, specifically, social inclusion for the homeless and disadvantaged. [Slide 2] Snow White is essentially a young person who has become homeless due to a dysfunctional family. She finds herself INTRODUCTION lost in the forest, tired, hungry and scared after she narrowly escapes from her stepmother, a vain and wicked Queen who has taken over Dash the arranges kingdom his after presentation the death notes of her father. and laptop on a small side table. He opens [Slide his 3] keynote presentation and readies himself to introduce his project. Homelessness Before he is proceeds an important with issue in our current society. At any one time, some fifty-six thousand his presentation, the leader of the people slip through the net, ultimately being let Microsoft down by team the introduces system. If several we are new to meet the Big guests Society's to the intention rest of the of audience. being big enough to include even the most disadvantaged, it is vital that we are innovative in ACT how ONE we address this issue. Snow White's reciprocal relationship with the Seven Dwarfs demonstrates an interesting approach. DASH: (Decisively) [Slide 4] We have decided to focus on reformatting text and how narrative content Going is back taken to from the one story, context in the and forest, Snow White represented discovers within a tiny a different cottage, format which she enters, and finding no one home and the house dusty and untidy, she — and the social implications of that… decides to give it a good clean, hoping the residents (Pauses) may let her stay in return. When the Seven Dwarfs arrive home, they are astonished to discover the house clean and tidy. After finding Snow White lying DB DM and DK KB NM SP and CW
This got us thinking about policy writing and we were looking at the Big Society document. (Pauses and takes a deep breath) We were wondering how many people actually go online and download this document? How could it hijack other narrative formats? What if certain values within the Big Society were written up as a script from Eastenders? (Image opposite above: Eastenders) (Image opposite below: Emmerdale) (Reads from presentation) ‘On 27 May 1997 Emmerdale attracted over 13 million viewers when Frank Tate died of a heart attack after his wife, Kim Tate, returned after faking her own death months before’. Let's start with our first case study. [Slide 1] Walt Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, 1937 Although Snow White is a classic fairy tale, it deals with adult and current issues for the Big Society, specifically, social inclusion for the homeless and disadvantaged. [Slide 2] Snow White is essentially a young person who has become homeless due to a dysfunctional family. She finds herself lost in the forest, tired, hungry and scared after she narrowly escapes from her stepmother, a vain and wicked Queen who has taken over the kingdom after the death of her father. [Slide 3] Homelessness is an important issue in our current society. At any one time, some fifty-six thousand people slip through the net, ultimately being let down by the system. If we are to meet the Big Society's intention of being big enough to include even the most disadvantaged, it is vital that we are innovative in how we address this issue. Snow White's reciprocal relationship with the Seven Dwarfs demonstrates an interesting approach. [Slide 4] Going back to the story, in the forest, Snow White discovers a tiny cottage, which she enters, and finding no one home and the house dusty and untidy, she decides to give it a good clean, hoping the residents may let her stay in return. When the Seven Dwarfs arrive home, they are astonished to discover the house clean and tidy. After finding Snow White lying DB DM and DK KB NM SP and CW
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Above: the Big Society Manifesto<br />
Let's start with our first case study.<br />
[Slide 1]<br />
Walt Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs,<br />
1937<br />
Although Snow White is a classic fairy tale, it deals<br />
with adult and current issues for the Big Society,<br />
specifically, social inclusion for the homeless and<br />
disadvantaged.<br />
[Slide 2]<br />
Snow White is essentially a young person who has<br />
become homeless due to a dysfunctional family. She<br />
finds herself INTRODUCTION lost in the forest, tired, hungry and<br />
scared after she narrowly escapes from her stepmother,<br />
a vain and wicked Queen who has taken over<br />
Dash<br />
the<br />
arranges<br />
kingdom<br />
his<br />
after<br />
presentation<br />
the death<br />
notes<br />
<strong>of</strong> her father.<br />
and laptop on a small side table. He<br />
opens [Slide his 3] keynote presentation<br />
and readies himself to introduce his<br />
project. Homelessness Before he is proceeds an important with issue in our current<br />
society. At any one time, some fifty-six thousand<br />
his presentation, the leader <strong>of</strong> the<br />
people slip through the net, ultimately being let<br />
Micros<strong>of</strong>t down by team the introduces system. If several we are new to meet the Big<br />
guests Society's to the intention rest <strong>of</strong> the <strong>of</strong> audience. being big enough to include<br />
even the most disadvantaged, it is vital that we are<br />
innovative in ACT how ONE we address this issue. Snow White's<br />
reciprocal relationship with the Seven Dwarfs<br />
demonstrates an interesting approach.<br />
DASH:<br />
(Decisively) [Slide 4] We have decided to focus<br />
on reformatting text and how narrative<br />
content Going is back taken to from the one story, context in the and forest, Snow White<br />
represented discovers within a tiny a different cottage, format which she enters, and finding<br />
no one home and the house dusty and untidy, she<br />
— and the social implications <strong>of</strong> that…<br />
decides to give it a good clean, hoping the residents<br />
(Pauses) may let her stay in return. When the Seven Dwarfs<br />
arrive home, they are astonished to discover the<br />
house clean and tidy. After finding Snow White lying<br />
DB DM and DK KB NM SP and CW
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