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input. Development films and videos, which often are linear, wordy
creations that bore audiences to death with their pre-cooked format and
messages, can be turned into entertaining vehicles for education when
more than one mind is applied to their creation through the use of VIPP
cards and boards. Cards of different colours can be used to indicate changes
of pace, music sequences, etc.
Many people complain about the state of development journalism and
the depreciation of writing skills. Stories are poorly constructed with no
introduction, body of arguments, and final conclusion. Often authors begin
on one topic and end on another, meandering here and there in between.
Through visualization with others, student writers can learn to order their
ideas in a logical and forceful manner.
The VIPP rule of one idea per card is especially useful in planning writing
assignments because of the ease with which ideas can be moved from one
sequence to another, rewritten or discarded altogether.
It is often said that writing should not be left to a committee. On the
other hand, in creative processes, two or more brains are usually better
than one.
Training workshops
VIPP is a training methodology in which the traditional teacher-pupil
relationship is turned into an interactive process. Such training sessions
or workshops attempt to reach both the intellectual and emotional side
of participants. New knowledge is not only transmitted, it is elaborated
jointly by a group of participants under the guidance of a team of
facilitators. This new knowledge results from synthesizing the
experiences and knowledge of all participants. Instead of giving the
trainees the answers to many questions, they work together in groups,
THE USES OF VIPP