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Creating Calming Technology and Behavior Change

awareness and participation on different technologies

Christin StauboStanford University 20116/6-2011

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Imagine this was the last day of your life…

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How would you see the world?

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Awareness is the first step to calm

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This has been mindset instantiated for the ‘Calming Behavior and Technologies’ project.

Experiments

Facebook• Chose one

emotion and capture the feeling in photo form

• Technology: Facebook

Blog/Email

• Receive an email prompt, take a photo using the prompt, and upload to a blog

• Technology: Mass email and blog

SMS/MMS

• Take 2 deep breaths in the morning before getting out of bed

• Technology: Personal, daily text message

Non-tech

• Take one walk a day and smileat someone

• Technology: None (instant via environment)

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Participants:

Before

Yoga /meditation practitioner with an

overactive mind

After

Uses photo sharing/capturing

applications as a new calming outlet by her own

volition

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Technological ability is more important for success than calming ability and motivation

Insight:

User feedback:

Facebook• “I don't want

to participate on FB”

• “I wish more people participated, so I could explore other peoples photos”

Blog• “ I only

looked at the photos, cool to see what other uploads, especially what stresses them out” Johan

Email• “Reminded

me of being more aware but I didn't do them”-Mark

SMS/MMS

• “I felt it was nice when someone asked me how I was feeling”

• “It also triggered me in case I forgot”- Tom

Non-tech

• “I become more aware of others”-Asha

• “I haven't stopped doing it”-James

Drivers of Participation

Low Motivation High

Social Awareness Self

Layered Feedback Direct

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Different types of participation is key for a positive experience in awareness

Principle:

Levels of participation

Level 1 • Receive trigger, do not participate

Level 2 • Receive trigger, observe , do not participate

Level 3 • Receive trigger, Participate , don’t report

Level 4 • Receive trigger, Participate , report few times

Level 5 • Receive trigger, Participate, report most times

Level 6 • Receive trigger, Participate , report everytime

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Questions?