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Without context, some of the best work may go completely unappreciated. This video will explain how your narrative will contribute to your portfolio experience.
New Terms:
- Personal Narrative -- a prose narrative relating personal experience usually told in first person; its content is nontraditional. "Personal" refers to a story from one's life or experiences.
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Context matters, and here's why.
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When you create context for
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your work, your users will be
more inclined to connect with it.
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And just as a reminder, context is the
circumstances that form the setting for
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an event, statement, or idea, and
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in terms of which it can be
fully understood and assessed.
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Context generates empathy.
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This occurs when you deliver to your
users not only the end result but
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what it took to get there.
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This journey is your personal narrative,
which is defined as prose,
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relating personal experience
usually told in the first person.
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It's important to note the length
of that narrative will vary
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according to your discipline and
the audience that you want to reach.
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For instance, a developer will
likely have a shorter narrative and
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a design researcher would
likely have a longer narrative,
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due to the nature of what that
discipline's users expect.
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But don't think for a second that
the choice of words isn't important.
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Be brief no matter the discipline
you wanna reach and
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be very intentional
with your word choices.
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Because according to
a recent Canadian study,
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the average attention span sits
somewhere between 8 and 12 seconds.
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A great example of brevity
is Kevin Yang's Dribble.
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He's very disciplined about giving
an explanation on what the work is and
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why he created it.
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Here, he points out that the entry was
a response to filling a skills gap
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with UI design and his love for food.
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Nothing overly complex, but
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we need to peak into his life
a little with this explanation.
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Your users,
before the page even really loads,
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are hoping for the very best from you.
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They crave a real story,
they wanna find that story and
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the insights gained from your process.
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This is the real benefit
of your portfolio, and
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that story's insights will
help generate empathy.
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I'm excited to chat with you in the next
video on how to address failures and
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successes.
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