+

Considering Users

Dr Will Kurlinkus

+What are your possible topics

+Formatting Reports Common Errors Empty Adjectives Avoid empty adjectives like ldquoveryrdquo ldquoreallyrdquo

ldquotrulyrdquo ldquoquiterdquo They are both vague (one persons very hot is not the same as anotherrsquos) as well as immature sounding in technical contexts ldquoThe steel was quite softrdquo The ldquoquiterdquo doesnrsquot add anything to the sentence beyond extra words

Meaningless Repetition ldquoThe samples were prepped for mounting in Bakelite by grinding one side of the sample and removing any debris that formed on the sample during heat treatmentrdquo

Numbers In technical writing numbers generally should appear in numeral form (1 2 3 4) rather than written out (one two three four) However if you feel the need to write out a number be uniform about it Donrsquot have one sentence that says ldquoSample three was water quenchedrdquo and then two sentences later have a sentence that reads ldquoSample 1 was air cooledrdquo

+Formatting Reports Images

Everyone journal and company usually has their own ldquohouse stylerdquo for formatting images Some good rules of thumb that I expect you to follow in this course are There are only two types of

images ldquoTablesrdquo and ldquoFiguresrdquo (charts and graphs are to be referred to as Figures) Both should be capitalized

Tables and figures should both be labeled in 10 point italicized Times New Roman font

Tables should be given a specific italicized and fully-capitalized title above the image

Both the table and its title are left or right justifiedmdashnot centered

Whenever possible use the ldquowraprdquo feature in word to have your text wrap around your figure

+Formatting Reports Images

Figures should be given a specific caption under the image A figurersquos caption should not be fully capitalized Only the first word of each sentence should be capitalized

Note again that the figure and its caption are flush left In regards to punctuating a figure punctuate full sentences but donrsquot punctuate incomplete ones Thus the first line of the figure above doesnrsquot have a period but the second line which begins a complete sentence does

Every image in your report should be introduced in the text When you refer to figures and tables in your text refer to the specific number and capitalize and italicize them In Figure 1 yoursquoll see 4340 water-quenched martensite

Bold and italicize the figure number in the caption

+Proposals Introduction

What is the goal of a proposal To persuade someone that work needs to be done and to propose something that something actually can be done by you or the organization you are representing

Audience A boss in the organization you work for or a client that your organization wants to get paid by Often a proposal serves as a means to show a potential client that you can do something for them

Introduction

1 Problem Persuade your reader that there is a problem that needs to be addressed Introduce your population

2 Solution+Objectives Preface how you are going to go about finding a solution And preface what criteria a good solution will fulfill A good solution needs to do x y z

Introduction

Disseminating time critical weather information to the public has long been an area of discussion among the meteorological community Of particular concern is the seeming lack of response to hazardous and severe weather once a warning or advisory is issued by the National Weather Service (NWS) Although much emphasis has recently been placed on improving warning lead time and the way these advisories are received I contend that the root of the problem is being overlooked Even if the general public receive severe weather alerts with ample time before the storm arrives many dont know what to do or simply do not understand the threat In order to combat this lack of public safety it is important to find ways to educate those outside the meteorological community particularly teenagers to young adults who are frequently the least weather aware Here I will analyze the three most popular sources for disseminating weather safety information bull 1113088 Television bull 1113088 Community Engagement bull 1113088 Social Media before proposing the most cost-efficient means of effectively conveying severe weather safety to younger audiences

INTRODUCTIONThe Society of Women Engineers ( SWE) is an organization at the University of Oklahoma that is dedicated to supporting female engineers It is common knowledge that there is a lack of women engineers in todayrsquos work force Female engineers are a minority and it is a challenge in trying to attract their interest into pursuing engineering An effective way that SWE tries to draw new female engineers is through outreach programs An event that SWE hosts each year is called GLAMS Girls Learning and Applying Math and Science or GLAMS is an event for middle school girls in Norman who come to the College of Engineering at OU and spend the day attending various sessions about different engineering disciplines as a way to excite them into choosing this field in the future The event includes informative and hands-on sessions led by female engineering students and a small presentation led by professional female engineers While the hands-on sessions are the most favored by the students there is still a lack of excitement in the girls Also the presentations given is where all the girls tend to lose focus and interest

The ObjectiveThis proposal includes an analysis of three different sources to help improve exciting young female minds through developing a more effective GLAMS event in order to attract young females to choose an engineering future Source 1 TED TalkSource 2 Bill Nye the Science GuySource 3 National Geographic Love that this is targeted towards a pre-existing project I love it so much that I might actually make choosing a pre-existing organization or effort a part of the project Would you mind if I use your report as a good example in other classes in the future

+User Persona

Personas helps us get into our usersrsquo heads They are used for assets gathering

Because our proposals are so user-centered the problem section of your introduction also needs to present to your reader just who you are trying to help The population of users your problem and solution will lie in

A user persona is a short profile of a potentialimaginary user It is very specific and created so that all the work that the proposal and design is trying to do is geared towards that specific type of user Generally there are multiple user populations for a design Irsquom asking you for just 1

Real personas are based on interviews and research

+User Persona A user persona usually contains 8 parts

1 Population title Who does this persona represent

2 Photo To make it real

3 Fictional name for your character

4 Demographics Age education and any other information that might matter to design

5 Goals and Tasks What will this design need to do if it is to solve the problem

6 SkillsInterests What is your user good at What do they love User these as assets for design

7 Scenario A potential scenario in which the user is described in the middle of the problem

8 Quote A quote from this potential user that illustrates the problem

+Converting Need Into Demand How to Choose a Problem

When things arenrsquot working well users hack Engineers designers and scientists need to learn from user hacks ldquothey sit on their seat belts write their

PINs on their hands hang their jackets on doorknobs and chain their bicycles to park benchesrdquo

Look for moments of wrong emotions anger frustration confusion Treat emotion as information that a design is not working

Look for sub-populations of users who arenrsquot being satisfied by current designs (unfortunately these populations are often minority populations underserved elsewhere)

+User-Friendly vs User-Centered

User-Friendly User is Dumb User-Centered User is Smart at Something

• Considering Users
• What are your possible topics
• Formatting Reports Common Errors
• Formatting Reports Images
• Formatting Reports Images (2)
• Proposals Introduction
• Slide 7
• Slide 8
• User Persona
• User Persona (2)
• Slide 11
• Converting Need Into Demand How to Choose a Problem
• User-Friendly vs User-Centered

+What are your possible topics

+Formatting Reports Common Errors Empty Adjectives Avoid empty adjectives like ldquoveryrdquo ldquoreallyrdquo

ldquotrulyrdquo ldquoquiterdquo They are both vague (one persons very hot is not the same as anotherrsquos) as well as immature sounding in technical contexts ldquoThe steel was quite softrdquo The ldquoquiterdquo doesnrsquot add anything to the sentence beyond extra words

Meaningless Repetition ldquoThe samples were prepped for mounting in Bakelite by grinding one side of the sample and removing any debris that formed on the sample during heat treatmentrdquo

Numbers In technical writing numbers generally should appear in numeral form (1 2 3 4) rather than written out (one two three four) However if you feel the need to write out a number be uniform about it Donrsquot have one sentence that says ldquoSample three was water quenchedrdquo and then two sentences later have a sentence that reads ldquoSample 1 was air cooledrdquo

+Formatting Reports Images

Everyone journal and company usually has their own ldquohouse stylerdquo for formatting images Some good rules of thumb that I expect you to follow in this course are There are only two types of

images ldquoTablesrdquo and ldquoFiguresrdquo (charts and graphs are to be referred to as Figures) Both should be capitalized

Tables and figures should both be labeled in 10 point italicized Times New Roman font

Tables should be given a specific italicized and fully-capitalized title above the image

Both the table and its title are left or right justifiedmdashnot centered

Whenever possible use the ldquowraprdquo feature in word to have your text wrap around your figure

+Formatting Reports Images

Figures should be given a specific caption under the image A figurersquos caption should not be fully capitalized Only the first word of each sentence should be capitalized

Note again that the figure and its caption are flush left In regards to punctuating a figure punctuate full sentences but donrsquot punctuate incomplete ones Thus the first line of the figure above doesnrsquot have a period but the second line which begins a complete sentence does

Every image in your report should be introduced in the text When you refer to figures and tables in your text refer to the specific number and capitalize and italicize them In Figure 1 yoursquoll see 4340 water-quenched martensite

Bold and italicize the figure number in the caption

+Proposals Introduction

What is the goal of a proposal To persuade someone that work needs to be done and to propose something that something actually can be done by you or the organization you are representing

Audience A boss in the organization you work for or a client that your organization wants to get paid by Often a proposal serves as a means to show a potential client that you can do something for them

Introduction

1 Problem Persuade your reader that there is a problem that needs to be addressed Introduce your population

2 Solution+Objectives Preface how you are going to go about finding a solution And preface what criteria a good solution will fulfill A good solution needs to do x y z

Introduction

Disseminating time critical weather information to the public has long been an area of discussion among the meteorological community Of particular concern is the seeming lack of response to hazardous and severe weather once a warning or advisory is issued by the National Weather Service (NWS) Although much emphasis has recently been placed on improving warning lead time and the way these advisories are received I contend that the root of the problem is being overlooked Even if the general public receive severe weather alerts with ample time before the storm arrives many dont know what to do or simply do not understand the threat In order to combat this lack of public safety it is important to find ways to educate those outside the meteorological community particularly teenagers to young adults who are frequently the least weather aware Here I will analyze the three most popular sources for disseminating weather safety information bull 1113088 Television bull 1113088 Community Engagement bull 1113088 Social Media before proposing the most cost-efficient means of effectively conveying severe weather safety to younger audiences

INTRODUCTIONThe Society of Women Engineers ( SWE) is an organization at the University of Oklahoma that is dedicated to supporting female engineers It is common knowledge that there is a lack of women engineers in todayrsquos work force Female engineers are a minority and it is a challenge in trying to attract their interest into pursuing engineering An effective way that SWE tries to draw new female engineers is through outreach programs An event that SWE hosts each year is called GLAMS Girls Learning and Applying Math and Science or GLAMS is an event for middle school girls in Norman who come to the College of Engineering at OU and spend the day attending various sessions about different engineering disciplines as a way to excite them into choosing this field in the future The event includes informative and hands-on sessions led by female engineering students and a small presentation led by professional female engineers While the hands-on sessions are the most favored by the students there is still a lack of excitement in the girls Also the presentations given is where all the girls tend to lose focus and interest

The ObjectiveThis proposal includes an analysis of three different sources to help improve exciting young female minds through developing a more effective GLAMS event in order to attract young females to choose an engineering future Source 1 TED TalkSource 2 Bill Nye the Science GuySource 3 National Geographic Love that this is targeted towards a pre-existing project I love it so much that I might actually make choosing a pre-existing organization or effort a part of the project Would you mind if I use your report as a good example in other classes in the future

+User Persona

Personas helps us get into our usersrsquo heads They are used for assets gathering

Because our proposals are so user-centered the problem section of your introduction also needs to present to your reader just who you are trying to help The population of users your problem and solution will lie in

A user persona is a short profile of a potentialimaginary user It is very specific and created so that all the work that the proposal and design is trying to do is geared towards that specific type of user Generally there are multiple user populations for a design Irsquom asking you for just 1

Real personas are based on interviews and research

+User Persona A user persona usually contains 8 parts

1 Population title Who does this persona represent

2 Photo To make it real

3 Fictional name for your character

4 Demographics Age education and any other information that might matter to design

5 Goals and Tasks What will this design need to do if it is to solve the problem

6 SkillsInterests What is your user good at What do they love User these as assets for design

7 Scenario A potential scenario in which the user is described in the middle of the problem

8 Quote A quote from this potential user that illustrates the problem

+Converting Need Into Demand How to Choose a Problem

When things arenrsquot working well users hack Engineers designers and scientists need to learn from user hacks ldquothey sit on their seat belts write their

PINs on their hands hang their jackets on doorknobs and chain their bicycles to park benchesrdquo

Look for moments of wrong emotions anger frustration confusion Treat emotion as information that a design is not working

Look for sub-populations of users who arenrsquot being satisfied by current designs (unfortunately these populations are often minority populations underserved elsewhere)

+User-Friendly vs User-Centered

User-Friendly User is Dumb User-Centered User is Smart at Something

• Considering Users
• What are your possible topics
• Formatting Reports Common Errors
• Formatting Reports Images
• Formatting Reports Images (2)
• Proposals Introduction
• Slide 7
• Slide 8
• User Persona
• User Persona (2)
• Slide 11
• Converting Need Into Demand How to Choose a Problem
• User-Friendly vs User-Centered

+Formatting Reports Common Errors Empty Adjectives Avoid empty adjectives like ldquoveryrdquo ldquoreallyrdquo

ldquotrulyrdquo ldquoquiterdquo They are both vague (one persons very hot is not the same as anotherrsquos) as well as immature sounding in technical contexts ldquoThe steel was quite softrdquo The ldquoquiterdquo doesnrsquot add anything to the sentence beyond extra words

Meaningless Repetition ldquoThe samples were prepped for mounting in Bakelite by grinding one side of the sample and removing any debris that formed on the sample during heat treatmentrdquo

Numbers In technical writing numbers generally should appear in numeral form (1 2 3 4) rather than written out (one two three four) However if you feel the need to write out a number be uniform about it Donrsquot have one sentence that says ldquoSample three was water quenchedrdquo and then two sentences later have a sentence that reads ldquoSample 1 was air cooledrdquo

+Formatting Reports Images

Everyone journal and company usually has their own ldquohouse stylerdquo for formatting images Some good rules of thumb that I expect you to follow in this course are There are only two types of

images ldquoTablesrdquo and ldquoFiguresrdquo (charts and graphs are to be referred to as Figures) Both should be capitalized

Tables and figures should both be labeled in 10 point italicized Times New Roman font

Tables should be given a specific italicized and fully-capitalized title above the image

Both the table and its title are left or right justifiedmdashnot centered

Whenever possible use the ldquowraprdquo feature in word to have your text wrap around your figure

+Formatting Reports Images

Figures should be given a specific caption under the image A figurersquos caption should not be fully capitalized Only the first word of each sentence should be capitalized

Note again that the figure and its caption are flush left In regards to punctuating a figure punctuate full sentences but donrsquot punctuate incomplete ones Thus the first line of the figure above doesnrsquot have a period but the second line which begins a complete sentence does

Every image in your report should be introduced in the text When you refer to figures and tables in your text refer to the specific number and capitalize and italicize them In Figure 1 yoursquoll see 4340 water-quenched martensite

Bold and italicize the figure number in the caption

+Proposals Introduction

What is the goal of a proposal To persuade someone that work needs to be done and to propose something that something actually can be done by you or the organization you are representing

Audience A boss in the organization you work for or a client that your organization wants to get paid by Often a proposal serves as a means to show a potential client that you can do something for them

Introduction

1 Problem Persuade your reader that there is a problem that needs to be addressed Introduce your population

2 Solution+Objectives Preface how you are going to go about finding a solution And preface what criteria a good solution will fulfill A good solution needs to do x y z

Introduction

Disseminating time critical weather information to the public has long been an area of discussion among the meteorological community Of particular concern is the seeming lack of response to hazardous and severe weather once a warning or advisory is issued by the National Weather Service (NWS) Although much emphasis has recently been placed on improving warning lead time and the way these advisories are received I contend that the root of the problem is being overlooked Even if the general public receive severe weather alerts with ample time before the storm arrives many dont know what to do or simply do not understand the threat In order to combat this lack of public safety it is important to find ways to educate those outside the meteorological community particularly teenagers to young adults who are frequently the least weather aware Here I will analyze the three most popular sources for disseminating weather safety information bull 1113088 Television bull 1113088 Community Engagement bull 1113088 Social Media before proposing the most cost-efficient means of effectively conveying severe weather safety to younger audiences

INTRODUCTIONThe Society of Women Engineers ( SWE) is an organization at the University of Oklahoma that is dedicated to supporting female engineers It is common knowledge that there is a lack of women engineers in todayrsquos work force Female engineers are a minority and it is a challenge in trying to attract their interest into pursuing engineering An effective way that SWE tries to draw new female engineers is through outreach programs An event that SWE hosts each year is called GLAMS Girls Learning and Applying Math and Science or GLAMS is an event for middle school girls in Norman who come to the College of Engineering at OU and spend the day attending various sessions about different engineering disciplines as a way to excite them into choosing this field in the future The event includes informative and hands-on sessions led by female engineering students and a small presentation led by professional female engineers While the hands-on sessions are the most favored by the students there is still a lack of excitement in the girls Also the presentations given is where all the girls tend to lose focus and interest

The ObjectiveThis proposal includes an analysis of three different sources to help improve exciting young female minds through developing a more effective GLAMS event in order to attract young females to choose an engineering future Source 1 TED TalkSource 2 Bill Nye the Science GuySource 3 National Geographic Love that this is targeted towards a pre-existing project I love it so much that I might actually make choosing a pre-existing organization or effort a part of the project Would you mind if I use your report as a good example in other classes in the future

+User Persona

Personas helps us get into our usersrsquo heads They are used for assets gathering

Because our proposals are so user-centered the problem section of your introduction also needs to present to your reader just who you are trying to help The population of users your problem and solution will lie in

A user persona is a short profile of a potentialimaginary user It is very specific and created so that all the work that the proposal and design is trying to do is geared towards that specific type of user Generally there are multiple user populations for a design Irsquom asking you for just 1

Real personas are based on interviews and research

+User Persona A user persona usually contains 8 parts

1 Population title Who does this persona represent

2 Photo To make it real

3 Fictional name for your character

4 Demographics Age education and any other information that might matter to design

5 Goals and Tasks What will this design need to do if it is to solve the problem

6 SkillsInterests What is your user good at What do they love User these as assets for design

7 Scenario A potential scenario in which the user is described in the middle of the problem

8 Quote A quote from this potential user that illustrates the problem

+Converting Need Into Demand How to Choose a Problem

When things arenrsquot working well users hack Engineers designers and scientists need to learn from user hacks ldquothey sit on their seat belts write their

PINs on their hands hang their jackets on doorknobs and chain their bicycles to park benchesrdquo

Look for moments of wrong emotions anger frustration confusion Treat emotion as information that a design is not working

Look for sub-populations of users who arenrsquot being satisfied by current designs (unfortunately these populations are often minority populations underserved elsewhere)

+User-Friendly vs User-Centered

User-Friendly User is Dumb User-Centered User is Smart at Something

• Considering Users
• What are your possible topics
• Formatting Reports Common Errors
• Formatting Reports Images
• Formatting Reports Images (2)
• Proposals Introduction
• Slide 7
• Slide 8
• User Persona
• User Persona (2)
• Slide 11
• Converting Need Into Demand How to Choose a Problem
• User-Friendly vs User-Centered

+Formatting Reports Images

Everyone journal and company usually has their own ldquohouse stylerdquo for formatting images Some good rules of thumb that I expect you to follow in this course are There are only two types of

images ldquoTablesrdquo and ldquoFiguresrdquo (charts and graphs are to be referred to as Figures) Both should be capitalized

Tables and figures should both be labeled in 10 point italicized Times New Roman font

Tables should be given a specific italicized and fully-capitalized title above the image

Both the table and its title are left or right justifiedmdashnot centered

Whenever possible use the ldquowraprdquo feature in word to have your text wrap around your figure

+Formatting Reports Images

Figures should be given a specific caption under the image A figurersquos caption should not be fully capitalized Only the first word of each sentence should be capitalized

Note again that the figure and its caption are flush left In regards to punctuating a figure punctuate full sentences but donrsquot punctuate incomplete ones Thus the first line of the figure above doesnrsquot have a period but the second line which begins a complete sentence does

Every image in your report should be introduced in the text When you refer to figures and tables in your text refer to the specific number and capitalize and italicize them In Figure 1 yoursquoll see 4340 water-quenched martensite

Bold and italicize the figure number in the caption

+Proposals Introduction

What is the goal of a proposal To persuade someone that work needs to be done and to propose something that something actually can be done by you or the organization you are representing

Audience A boss in the organization you work for or a client that your organization wants to get paid by Often a proposal serves as a means to show a potential client that you can do something for them

Introduction

1 Problem Persuade your reader that there is a problem that needs to be addressed Introduce your population

2 Solution+Objectives Preface how you are going to go about finding a solution And preface what criteria a good solution will fulfill A good solution needs to do x y z

Introduction

Disseminating time critical weather information to the public has long been an area of discussion among the meteorological community Of particular concern is the seeming lack of response to hazardous and severe weather once a warning or advisory is issued by the National Weather Service (NWS) Although much emphasis has recently been placed on improving warning lead time and the way these advisories are received I contend that the root of the problem is being overlooked Even if the general public receive severe weather alerts with ample time before the storm arrives many dont know what to do or simply do not understand the threat In order to combat this lack of public safety it is important to find ways to educate those outside the meteorological community particularly teenagers to young adults who are frequently the least weather aware Here I will analyze the three most popular sources for disseminating weather safety information bull 1113088 Television bull 1113088 Community Engagement bull 1113088 Social Media before proposing the most cost-efficient means of effectively conveying severe weather safety to younger audiences

INTRODUCTIONThe Society of Women Engineers ( SWE) is an organization at the University of Oklahoma that is dedicated to supporting female engineers It is common knowledge that there is a lack of women engineers in todayrsquos work force Female engineers are a minority and it is a challenge in trying to attract their interest into pursuing engineering An effective way that SWE tries to draw new female engineers is through outreach programs An event that SWE hosts each year is called GLAMS Girls Learning and Applying Math and Science or GLAMS is an event for middle school girls in Norman who come to the College of Engineering at OU and spend the day attending various sessions about different engineering disciplines as a way to excite them into choosing this field in the future The event includes informative and hands-on sessions led by female engineering students and a small presentation led by professional female engineers While the hands-on sessions are the most favored by the students there is still a lack of excitement in the girls Also the presentations given is where all the girls tend to lose focus and interest

The ObjectiveThis proposal includes an analysis of three different sources to help improve exciting young female minds through developing a more effective GLAMS event in order to attract young females to choose an engineering future Source 1 TED TalkSource 2 Bill Nye the Science GuySource 3 National Geographic Love that this is targeted towards a pre-existing project I love it so much that I might actually make choosing a pre-existing organization or effort a part of the project Would you mind if I use your report as a good example in other classes in the future

+User Persona

Personas helps us get into our usersrsquo heads They are used for assets gathering

Because our proposals are so user-centered the problem section of your introduction also needs to present to your reader just who you are trying to help The population of users your problem and solution will lie in

A user persona is a short profile of a potentialimaginary user It is very specific and created so that all the work that the proposal and design is trying to do is geared towards that specific type of user Generally there are multiple user populations for a design Irsquom asking you for just 1

Real personas are based on interviews and research

+User Persona A user persona usually contains 8 parts

1 Population title Who does this persona represent

2 Photo To make it real

3 Fictional name for your character

4 Demographics Age education and any other information that might matter to design

5 Goals and Tasks What will this design need to do if it is to solve the problem

6 SkillsInterests What is your user good at What do they love User these as assets for design

7 Scenario A potential scenario in which the user is described in the middle of the problem

8 Quote A quote from this potential user that illustrates the problem

+Converting Need Into Demand How to Choose a Problem

When things arenrsquot working well users hack Engineers designers and scientists need to learn from user hacks ldquothey sit on their seat belts write their

PINs on their hands hang their jackets on doorknobs and chain their bicycles to park benchesrdquo

Look for moments of wrong emotions anger frustration confusion Treat emotion as information that a design is not working

Look for sub-populations of users who arenrsquot being satisfied by current designs (unfortunately these populations are often minority populations underserved elsewhere)

+User-Friendly vs User-Centered

User-Friendly User is Dumb User-Centered User is Smart at Something

• Considering Users
• What are your possible topics
• Formatting Reports Common Errors
• Formatting Reports Images
• Formatting Reports Images (2)
• Proposals Introduction
• Slide 7
• Slide 8
• User Persona
• User Persona (2)
• Slide 11
• Converting Need Into Demand How to Choose a Problem
• User-Friendly vs User-Centered

+Formatting Reports Images

Figures should be given a specific caption under the image A figurersquos caption should not be fully capitalized Only the first word of each sentence should be capitalized

Note again that the figure and its caption are flush left In regards to punctuating a figure punctuate full sentences but donrsquot punctuate incomplete ones Thus the first line of the figure above doesnrsquot have a period but the second line which begins a complete sentence does

Every image in your report should be introduced in the text When you refer to figures and tables in your text refer to the specific number and capitalize and italicize them In Figure 1 yoursquoll see 4340 water-quenched martensite

Bold and italicize the figure number in the caption

+Proposals Introduction

What is the goal of a proposal To persuade someone that work needs to be done and to propose something that something actually can be done by you or the organization you are representing

Audience A boss in the organization you work for or a client that your organization wants to get paid by Often a proposal serves as a means to show a potential client that you can do something for them

Introduction

1 Problem Persuade your reader that there is a problem that needs to be addressed Introduce your population

2 Solution+Objectives Preface how you are going to go about finding a solution And preface what criteria a good solution will fulfill A good solution needs to do x y z

Introduction

Disseminating time critical weather information to the public has long been an area of discussion among the meteorological community Of particular concern is the seeming lack of response to hazardous and severe weather once a warning or advisory is issued by the National Weather Service (NWS) Although much emphasis has recently been placed on improving warning lead time and the way these advisories are received I contend that the root of the problem is being overlooked Even if the general public receive severe weather alerts with ample time before the storm arrives many dont know what to do or simply do not understand the threat In order to combat this lack of public safety it is important to find ways to educate those outside the meteorological community particularly teenagers to young adults who are frequently the least weather aware Here I will analyze the three most popular sources for disseminating weather safety information bull 1113088 Television bull 1113088 Community Engagement bull 1113088 Social Media before proposing the most cost-efficient means of effectively conveying severe weather safety to younger audiences

INTRODUCTIONThe Society of Women Engineers ( SWE) is an organization at the University of Oklahoma that is dedicated to supporting female engineers It is common knowledge that there is a lack of women engineers in todayrsquos work force Female engineers are a minority and it is a challenge in trying to attract their interest into pursuing engineering An effective way that SWE tries to draw new female engineers is through outreach programs An event that SWE hosts each year is called GLAMS Girls Learning and Applying Math and Science or GLAMS is an event for middle school girls in Norman who come to the College of Engineering at OU and spend the day attending various sessions about different engineering disciplines as a way to excite them into choosing this field in the future The event includes informative and hands-on sessions led by female engineering students and a small presentation led by professional female engineers While the hands-on sessions are the most favored by the students there is still a lack of excitement in the girls Also the presentations given is where all the girls tend to lose focus and interest

The ObjectiveThis proposal includes an analysis of three different sources to help improve exciting young female minds through developing a more effective GLAMS event in order to attract young females to choose an engineering future Source 1 TED TalkSource 2 Bill Nye the Science GuySource 3 National Geographic Love that this is targeted towards a pre-existing project I love it so much that I might actually make choosing a pre-existing organization or effort a part of the project Would you mind if I use your report as a good example in other classes in the future

+User Persona

Personas helps us get into our usersrsquo heads They are used for assets gathering

Because our proposals are so user-centered the problem section of your introduction also needs to present to your reader just who you are trying to help The population of users your problem and solution will lie in

A user persona is a short profile of a potentialimaginary user It is very specific and created so that all the work that the proposal and design is trying to do is geared towards that specific type of user Generally there are multiple user populations for a design Irsquom asking you for just 1

Real personas are based on interviews and research

+User Persona A user persona usually contains 8 parts

1 Population title Who does this persona represent

2 Photo To make it real

3 Fictional name for your character

4 Demographics Age education and any other information that might matter to design

5 Goals and Tasks What will this design need to do if it is to solve the problem

6 SkillsInterests What is your user good at What do they love User these as assets for design

7 Scenario A potential scenario in which the user is described in the middle of the problem

8 Quote A quote from this potential user that illustrates the problem

+Converting Need Into Demand How to Choose a Problem

When things arenrsquot working well users hack Engineers designers and scientists need to learn from user hacks ldquothey sit on their seat belts write their

PINs on their hands hang their jackets on doorknobs and chain their bicycles to park benchesrdquo

Look for moments of wrong emotions anger frustration confusion Treat emotion as information that a design is not working

Look for sub-populations of users who arenrsquot being satisfied by current designs (unfortunately these populations are often minority populations underserved elsewhere)

+User-Friendly vs User-Centered

User-Friendly User is Dumb User-Centered User is Smart at Something

• Considering Users
• What are your possible topics
• Formatting Reports Common Errors
• Formatting Reports Images
• Formatting Reports Images (2)
• Proposals Introduction
• Slide 7
• Slide 8
• User Persona
• User Persona (2)
• Slide 11
• Converting Need Into Demand How to Choose a Problem
• User-Friendly vs User-Centered

+Proposals Introduction

What is the goal of a proposal To persuade someone that work needs to be done and to propose something that something actually can be done by you or the organization you are representing

Audience A boss in the organization you work for or a client that your organization wants to get paid by Often a proposal serves as a means to show a potential client that you can do something for them

Introduction

1 Problem Persuade your reader that there is a problem that needs to be addressed Introduce your population

2 Solution+Objectives Preface how you are going to go about finding a solution And preface what criteria a good solution will fulfill A good solution needs to do x y z

Introduction

Disseminating time critical weather information to the public has long been an area of discussion among the meteorological community Of particular concern is the seeming lack of response to hazardous and severe weather once a warning or advisory is issued by the National Weather Service (NWS) Although much emphasis has recently been placed on improving warning lead time and the way these advisories are received I contend that the root of the problem is being overlooked Even if the general public receive severe weather alerts with ample time before the storm arrives many dont know what to do or simply do not understand the threat In order to combat this lack of public safety it is important to find ways to educate those outside the meteorological community particularly teenagers to young adults who are frequently the least weather aware Here I will analyze the three most popular sources for disseminating weather safety information bull 1113088 Television bull 1113088 Community Engagement bull 1113088 Social Media before proposing the most cost-efficient means of effectively conveying severe weather safety to younger audiences

INTRODUCTIONThe Society of Women Engineers ( SWE) is an organization at the University of Oklahoma that is dedicated to supporting female engineers It is common knowledge that there is a lack of women engineers in todayrsquos work force Female engineers are a minority and it is a challenge in trying to attract their interest into pursuing engineering An effective way that SWE tries to draw new female engineers is through outreach programs An event that SWE hosts each year is called GLAMS Girls Learning and Applying Math and Science or GLAMS is an event for middle school girls in Norman who come to the College of Engineering at OU and spend the day attending various sessions about different engineering disciplines as a way to excite them into choosing this field in the future The event includes informative and hands-on sessions led by female engineering students and a small presentation led by professional female engineers While the hands-on sessions are the most favored by the students there is still a lack of excitement in the girls Also the presentations given is where all the girls tend to lose focus and interest

The ObjectiveThis proposal includes an analysis of three different sources to help improve exciting young female minds through developing a more effective GLAMS event in order to attract young females to choose an engineering future Source 1 TED TalkSource 2 Bill Nye the Science GuySource 3 National Geographic Love that this is targeted towards a pre-existing project I love it so much that I might actually make choosing a pre-existing organization or effort a part of the project Would you mind if I use your report as a good example in other classes in the future

+User Persona

Personas helps us get into our usersrsquo heads They are used for assets gathering

Because our proposals are so user-centered the problem section of your introduction also needs to present to your reader just who you are trying to help The population of users your problem and solution will lie in

A user persona is a short profile of a potentialimaginary user It is very specific and created so that all the work that the proposal and design is trying to do is geared towards that specific type of user Generally there are multiple user populations for a design Irsquom asking you for just 1

Real personas are based on interviews and research

+User Persona A user persona usually contains 8 parts

1 Population title Who does this persona represent

2 Photo To make it real

3 Fictional name for your character

4 Demographics Age education and any other information that might matter to design

5 Goals and Tasks What will this design need to do if it is to solve the problem

6 SkillsInterests What is your user good at What do they love User these as assets for design

7 Scenario A potential scenario in which the user is described in the middle of the problem

8 Quote A quote from this potential user that illustrates the problem

+Converting Need Into Demand How to Choose a Problem

When things arenrsquot working well users hack Engineers designers and scientists need to learn from user hacks ldquothey sit on their seat belts write their

PINs on their hands hang their jackets on doorknobs and chain their bicycles to park benchesrdquo

Look for moments of wrong emotions anger frustration confusion Treat emotion as information that a design is not working

Look for sub-populations of users who arenrsquot being satisfied by current designs (unfortunately these populations are often minority populations underserved elsewhere)

+User-Friendly vs User-Centered

User-Friendly User is Dumb User-Centered User is Smart at Something

• Considering Users
• What are your possible topics
• Formatting Reports Common Errors
• Formatting Reports Images
• Formatting Reports Images (2)
• Proposals Introduction
• Slide 7
• Slide 8
• User Persona
• User Persona (2)
• Slide 11
• Converting Need Into Demand How to Choose a Problem
• User-Friendly vs User-Centered

Introduction

Disseminating time critical weather information to the public has long been an area of discussion among the meteorological community Of particular concern is the seeming lack of response to hazardous and severe weather once a warning or advisory is issued by the National Weather Service (NWS) Although much emphasis has recently been placed on improving warning lead time and the way these advisories are received I contend that the root of the problem is being overlooked Even if the general public receive severe weather alerts with ample time before the storm arrives many dont know what to do or simply do not understand the threat In order to combat this lack of public safety it is important to find ways to educate those outside the meteorological community particularly teenagers to young adults who are frequently the least weather aware Here I will analyze the three most popular sources for disseminating weather safety information bull 1113088 Television bull 1113088 Community Engagement bull 1113088 Social Media before proposing the most cost-efficient means of effectively conveying severe weather safety to younger audiences

INTRODUCTIONThe Society of Women Engineers ( SWE) is an organization at the University of Oklahoma that is dedicated to supporting female engineers It is common knowledge that there is a lack of women engineers in todayrsquos work force Female engineers are a minority and it is a challenge in trying to attract their interest into pursuing engineering An effective way that SWE tries to draw new female engineers is through outreach programs An event that SWE hosts each year is called GLAMS Girls Learning and Applying Math and Science or GLAMS is an event for middle school girls in Norman who come to the College of Engineering at OU and spend the day attending various sessions about different engineering disciplines as a way to excite them into choosing this field in the future The event includes informative and hands-on sessions led by female engineering students and a small presentation led by professional female engineers While the hands-on sessions are the most favored by the students there is still a lack of excitement in the girls Also the presentations given is where all the girls tend to lose focus and interest

The ObjectiveThis proposal includes an analysis of three different sources to help improve exciting young female minds through developing a more effective GLAMS event in order to attract young females to choose an engineering future Source 1 TED TalkSource 2 Bill Nye the Science GuySource 3 National Geographic Love that this is targeted towards a pre-existing project I love it so much that I might actually make choosing a pre-existing organization or effort a part of the project Would you mind if I use your report as a good example in other classes in the future

+User Persona

Personas helps us get into our usersrsquo heads They are used for assets gathering

Because our proposals are so user-centered the problem section of your introduction also needs to present to your reader just who you are trying to help The population of users your problem and solution will lie in

A user persona is a short profile of a potentialimaginary user It is very specific and created so that all the work that the proposal and design is trying to do is geared towards that specific type of user Generally there are multiple user populations for a design Irsquom asking you for just 1

Real personas are based on interviews and research

+User Persona A user persona usually contains 8 parts

1 Population title Who does this persona represent

2 Photo To make it real

3 Fictional name for your character

4 Demographics Age education and any other information that might matter to design

5 Goals and Tasks What will this design need to do if it is to solve the problem

6 SkillsInterests What is your user good at What do they love User these as assets for design

7 Scenario A potential scenario in which the user is described in the middle of the problem

8 Quote A quote from this potential user that illustrates the problem

+Converting Need Into Demand How to Choose a Problem

When things arenrsquot working well users hack Engineers designers and scientists need to learn from user hacks ldquothey sit on their seat belts write their

PINs on their hands hang their jackets on doorknobs and chain their bicycles to park benchesrdquo

Look for moments of wrong emotions anger frustration confusion Treat emotion as information that a design is not working

Look for sub-populations of users who arenrsquot being satisfied by current designs (unfortunately these populations are often minority populations underserved elsewhere)

+User-Friendly vs User-Centered

User-Friendly User is Dumb User-Centered User is Smart at Something

• Considering Users
• What are your possible topics
• Formatting Reports Common Errors
• Formatting Reports Images
• Formatting Reports Images (2)
• Proposals Introduction
• Slide 7
• Slide 8
• User Persona
• User Persona (2)
• Slide 11
• Converting Need Into Demand How to Choose a Problem
• User-Friendly vs User-Centered

INTRODUCTIONThe Society of Women Engineers ( SWE) is an organization at the University of Oklahoma that is dedicated to supporting female engineers It is common knowledge that there is a lack of women engineers in todayrsquos work force Female engineers are a minority and it is a challenge in trying to attract their interest into pursuing engineering An effective way that SWE tries to draw new female engineers is through outreach programs An event that SWE hosts each year is called GLAMS Girls Learning and Applying Math and Science or GLAMS is an event for middle school girls in Norman who come to the College of Engineering at OU and spend the day attending various sessions about different engineering disciplines as a way to excite them into choosing this field in the future The event includes informative and hands-on sessions led by female engineering students and a small presentation led by professional female engineers While the hands-on sessions are the most favored by the students there is still a lack of excitement in the girls Also the presentations given is where all the girls tend to lose focus and interest

The ObjectiveThis proposal includes an analysis of three different sources to help improve exciting young female minds through developing a more effective GLAMS event in order to attract young females to choose an engineering future Source 1 TED TalkSource 2 Bill Nye the Science GuySource 3 National Geographic Love that this is targeted towards a pre-existing project I love it so much that I might actually make choosing a pre-existing organization or effort a part of the project Would you mind if I use your report as a good example in other classes in the future

+User Persona

Personas helps us get into our usersrsquo heads They are used for assets gathering

Because our proposals are so user-centered the problem section of your introduction also needs to present to your reader just who you are trying to help The population of users your problem and solution will lie in

A user persona is a short profile of a potentialimaginary user It is very specific and created so that all the work that the proposal and design is trying to do is geared towards that specific type of user Generally there are multiple user populations for a design Irsquom asking you for just 1

Real personas are based on interviews and research

+User Persona A user persona usually contains 8 parts

1 Population title Who does this persona represent

2 Photo To make it real

3 Fictional name for your character

4 Demographics Age education and any other information that might matter to design

5 Goals and Tasks What will this design need to do if it is to solve the problem

6 SkillsInterests What is your user good at What do they love User these as assets for design

7 Scenario A potential scenario in which the user is described in the middle of the problem

8 Quote A quote from this potential user that illustrates the problem

+Converting Need Into Demand How to Choose a Problem

When things arenrsquot working well users hack Engineers designers and scientists need to learn from user hacks ldquothey sit on their seat belts write their

PINs on their hands hang their jackets on doorknobs and chain their bicycles to park benchesrdquo

Look for moments of wrong emotions anger frustration confusion Treat emotion as information that a design is not working

Look for sub-populations of users who arenrsquot being satisfied by current designs (unfortunately these populations are often minority populations underserved elsewhere)

+User-Friendly vs User-Centered

User-Friendly User is Dumb User-Centered User is Smart at Something

• Considering Users
• What are your possible topics
• Formatting Reports Common Errors
• Formatting Reports Images
• Formatting Reports Images (2)
• Proposals Introduction
• Slide 7
• Slide 8
• User Persona
• User Persona (2)
• Slide 11
• Converting Need Into Demand How to Choose a Problem
• User-Friendly vs User-Centered

+User Persona

Personas helps us get into our usersrsquo heads They are used for assets gathering

Because our proposals are so user-centered the problem section of your introduction also needs to present to your reader just who you are trying to help The population of users your problem and solution will lie in

A user persona is a short profile of a potentialimaginary user It is very specific and created so that all the work that the proposal and design is trying to do is geared towards that specific type of user Generally there are multiple user populations for a design Irsquom asking you for just 1

Real personas are based on interviews and research

+User Persona A user persona usually contains 8 parts

1 Population title Who does this persona represent

2 Photo To make it real

3 Fictional name for your character

4 Demographics Age education and any other information that might matter to design

5 Goals and Tasks What will this design need to do if it is to solve the problem

6 SkillsInterests What is your user good at What do they love User these as assets for design

7 Scenario A potential scenario in which the user is described in the middle of the problem

8 Quote A quote from this potential user that illustrates the problem

+Converting Need Into Demand How to Choose a Problem

When things arenrsquot working well users hack Engineers designers and scientists need to learn from user hacks ldquothey sit on their seat belts write their

PINs on their hands hang their jackets on doorknobs and chain their bicycles to park benchesrdquo

Look for moments of wrong emotions anger frustration confusion Treat emotion as information that a design is not working

Look for sub-populations of users who arenrsquot being satisfied by current designs (unfortunately these populations are often minority populations underserved elsewhere)

+User-Friendly vs User-Centered

User-Friendly User is Dumb User-Centered User is Smart at Something

• Considering Users
• What are your possible topics
• Formatting Reports Common Errors
• Formatting Reports Images
• Formatting Reports Images (2)
• Proposals Introduction
• Slide 7
• Slide 8
• User Persona
• User Persona (2)
• Slide 11
• Converting Need Into Demand How to Choose a Problem
• User-Friendly vs User-Centered

+User Persona A user persona usually contains 8 parts

1 Population title Who does this persona represent

2 Photo To make it real

3 Fictional name for your character

4 Demographics Age education and any other information that might matter to design

5 Goals and Tasks What will this design need to do if it is to solve the problem

6 SkillsInterests What is your user good at What do they love User these as assets for design

7 Scenario A potential scenario in which the user is described in the middle of the problem

8 Quote A quote from this potential user that illustrates the problem

+Converting Need Into Demand How to Choose a Problem

When things arenrsquot working well users hack Engineers designers and scientists need to learn from user hacks ldquothey sit on their seat belts write their

PINs on their hands hang their jackets on doorknobs and chain their bicycles to park benchesrdquo

Look for moments of wrong emotions anger frustration confusion Treat emotion as information that a design is not working

Look for sub-populations of users who arenrsquot being satisfied by current designs (unfortunately these populations are often minority populations underserved elsewhere)

+User-Friendly vs User-Centered

User-Friendly User is Dumb User-Centered User is Smart at Something

• Considering Users
• What are your possible topics
• Formatting Reports Common Errors
• Formatting Reports Images
• Formatting Reports Images (2)
• Proposals Introduction
• Slide 7
• Slide 8
• User Persona
• User Persona (2)
• Slide 11
• Converting Need Into Demand How to Choose a Problem
• User-Friendly vs User-Centered

+Converting Need Into Demand How to Choose a Problem

When things arenrsquot working well users hack Engineers designers and scientists need to learn from user hacks ldquothey sit on their seat belts write their

PINs on their hands hang their jackets on doorknobs and chain their bicycles to park benchesrdquo

Look for moments of wrong emotions anger frustration confusion Treat emotion as information that a design is not working

Look for sub-populations of users who arenrsquot being satisfied by current designs (unfortunately these populations are often minority populations underserved elsewhere)

+User-Friendly vs User-Centered

User-Friendly User is Dumb User-Centered User is Smart at Something

• Considering Users
• What are your possible topics
• Formatting Reports Common Errors
• Formatting Reports Images
• Formatting Reports Images (2)
• Proposals Introduction
• Slide 7
• Slide 8
• User Persona
• User Persona (2)
• Slide 11
• Converting Need Into Demand How to Choose a Problem
• User-Friendly vs User-Centered

+User-Friendly vs User-Centered

User-Friendly User is Dumb User-Centered User is Smart at Something

• Considering Users
• What are your possible topics
• Formatting Reports Common Errors
• Formatting Reports Images
• Formatting Reports Images (2)
• Proposals Introduction
• Slide 7
• Slide 8
• User Persona
• User Persona (2)
• Slide 11
• Converting Need Into Demand How to Choose a Problem
• User-Friendly vs User-Centered