CogniBrief; A Structured Presentation Tool for Rapid Knowledge Transfer

The poor representation and communication of ideas impedes progress and can result in direct threats to life and property. It is well known that tools impact the way in which work is performed. Popular presentation support tools lend themselves to poor conceptualization and superficial analysis. They offer a poor means of transmitting knowledge even when the underlying analysis is solid and the presentation well prepared because they encourage a focus on the presenter’s ideas at the expense of the audience’s knowledge needs. Our strategy for improving knowledge transfer builds on the cognitive fundamentals of how ideas are assimilated naturally and discourages over reliance on poorly structured and mind numbing detail as induced by the linear, didactic style of current presentation tools. With our proposed approach, which is based in well-researched principles underlying the development of expertise, authors will be able to populate their presentation with considerable detail but will be encouraged, through product functionality, to base that detail on a systematic and careful analysis and to structure it so that it is contextualized to become meaningful to others during the brief and in later interactive exploration of the briefing material.