CoCreate for Good

On May 21, the teams identified brainstorming ideas they wanted to dig into further, and prototype. Using the following POVS as touchpoints: Resource-limited tech worker needs a way to effectively donate and see the outcome of their contribution because time and money are limited and they want to connect with the community. Overworked (by choice) tech worker wants to avoid burnout and needs a way to decompress creativity with a minimum amount of preparation or training because it is difficult to plan when you have an impacted schedule two separate teams built prototypes and tested their ideas, ultimately morphing concepts into one big idea: Our Idea: Art & Tech Lectures/Speed Dating/Creativity Challenge ·          Art & Tech Lectures will feature a series of summer lectures at tech campuses featuring artists connected with programming at the Art Center or other local institutions (could be a collaborati...

On May 14, we brainstormed! Team members worked with two separate POVs. Team 1: Overworked (by choice) tech worker wants to avoid burnout and needs a way to decompress creativity with a minimum amount of preparation or training because it is difficult to plan when you have an impacted schedule. Their word cloud: Team 2: Resource-limited tech worker needs a way to effectively donate and see the outcome of their contribution because time and money are limited and they want to connect with the community. Their word cloud:

On April 30, the Steering Committee and Advisor team worked to create our POV or Problem/Experience Statements. The team reviewed the more than 30 responses to our survey of tech workers, then worked to develop lists of users, needs, and insights. Next, the team developed a list of possible POVs and voted on them. The complete list: ·          Tech-saturated tech worker needs a way to escape tech to have analog, hands-on experiences. (7 votes) ·          Tech workers need a way to be creative because he/she wants to relax and do something different from his/her job role. (7 votes) ·          Resource-limited tech worker needs a way to effectively donate because time and money are limited. (7 votes) ·          Resource-limited tech worker needs a way to escape their hoarding mentality to see t...