after spending the day with some smart people in ed - i had a huge revelation.
acronym = assumes too much.
why do we use acronyms anyway.
to be catchy?
to remember stuff?
maybe to shorten our work load - easier than rattling off long words over and over - and we are busy people....
twitter only holds 140 characters....
all good reasons - but i'm thinking they all stink as well. i can say that - i'm guilty of worse. stay tuned.
in most ed conversations - we swim in discussions on how to get more people involved in change. but if we really cared about those people getting involved in change - we wouldn't put up roadblocks. we'd make things as user friendly as possible.
acronyms are not user friendly. maybe they are for the people using them ... but how does that help? they can talk more - about trying to get more peers involved?
if we really want change. if we really want peers to join in - let's communicate that. let's not separate our conversations into - those that get the acronym and those that don't.
if we need the acronym to remember stuff - great - just use a link to the real meaning when communicating with others.
if we think we need the acronym for tweeting under 140 - send 2 tweets.
the person you are trying to convince - shouldn't be the one that has to look up or ask for definitions