Compare this kind of bulleted outline form:
- What are the Pros and Cons of Outline form?
- Pro: Good for input: Fast and familiar
- Pro: Handy for output, sometimes
- Con: Boring: The reader / audience's eyes glaze over
- Fix: Mix bullet point output with other more visually interesting and informative styles of presentation.
- E.g.: Images
- E.g. bCisive Online diagrams
- Con: Not great for showing relationships
with the corresponding bCisive Online map (click on the diagram to enlarge):
Far more compelling, eh?
In my next post I make the case for using outline form for quickly jotting down ideas, and diagrammatic form for structuring and especially presenting. And in the final post in this mini-series I show how outline input might work in practice.
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