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Verts

Verts were created as a re-image to pay homage to the blip advertisements idea that was created by the tv series Maxheadroom.

In the tv series Maxheadroom blip advertisements were short micro-comercials that packed about 5 minutes of advertising into a 10 second commercial. In a plot twist these blipverts were actually causing sensory/nuerological over loads in people and killing them.

The concept of verts was re-imaged by alma leavitt while working at a motel 6. Unlike blipverts that were packed full of information a reimaged vert ( or Vert) has very little information and is of short length.

The Verts were initially created to help solve a day to day issue with procedures at work. Most companies have set procedures that need to be followed and may have a procedure manual; However the procedure manuals can read like a legal encyclopedia and are rarely read nor of use to most employees. To bridge this gap very walk troughs may have been implemented o created. While these walk troughs may be very well illustrated and show exactly what to do, they can also either take to long to follow or may not be readily accessible to the employee. Also manuals and walk throughs ay have to survive the process to make them "Official".

In order to give the employee a tool that they can use when and how they need it the process of Verts was created. The best way to think of a Vert is to imagine a quick note that you would write to tell you how to do a task.

Verts do not have any hard and fast rules. They are never "offical" nor are they "academic". Verts are individualized for the particular user. In other words a vert for one person may be different for another person, although they would both help do the same thing.

Verts do have guidleines, like power point slides. The guideines are as follows:

A vert may not have more than ten lines. Each line may not have more than ten words.

An audio vert must last 30 seconds or less

A video vert must last 2 minutes or less.

Any step in a vert may be broken down into another vert.

The following is an example vert on how to send a letter: 1- write a letter 2- put the letter in an envelope 3- seal the envelope 4- write the correct addresses on the envelope where they go 5- put a stamp on the envelope 6- give the envelope to the mail carrier

As you can see verts are very simple but help get the job done.

Btw a collection of Verts is called a Bev ( in tribute to the author's mother - Beverly )