How to Save the World with Gamification, Behavior & Data Viz

How to apply gamification, behavior psychology, and data vizualization to social and environmental change

Created by: Katie Patrick
Environmental Engineer and "Fitbit for the Planet" Designer

What Will I Learn?

• Use simple design tools to easily get people to improve their performance
• Develop powerful social change projects that leverage technology, data, behavior change tools that make measurable change
• Understand the theory and academic research behind why these techniques work
• Create ideas and projects that intensley motivate people
• Put the learnings of psychology to use to maximize the action people take
• Follow a process that unleashes your own epic creativity
• Avoid some of the biggest mistakes that make social change projects and startups fail

Requirements

• You'll need to identify a cause or issue in the world that you want to change

Target audience

• social change entrepreneurs
• civic innovators
• start ups
• designers
• engineers
• Chief innovation officers
• Software developers
• Teachers
• Not for profits