Hack the Beach 2017 Contest Sign-up
Sep 04, 2017
submission
#76
Submit your idea
Your idea/ technology/ company
| Name of your idea or project | CSM/Plasticity app, City Sane Summit, Compassion Games: Survival of The Kindest |
| Which challenge area does your idea respond to? | Building Community, A Responsive Government, Health, Place and Planet, Learning, Economic Opportunity |
| Describe your idea and how it can help Santa Monica | At the core of wellbeing there is gratitude & compassion. With the growing field of positive psychology, more and more researchers are exploring the concept of gratitude; expressing appreciation for what one has. Much research has focused on the benefits of gratitude. Findings indicate that grateful people do seem better off: they are happier, often have better moods, they are also more trusting and feel greater support from others. Gratitude interventions are activities designed to promote wellbeing–have proven to be effective. For example, in one study, some participants were asked to list things they were grateful for in life, while others listed hassles, or events during the past week that had affected them. The results showed that those in the gratitude group reported increased positive emotions, reduce symptoms of physical illness, and were more likely to help or support someone else. While gratitude is becoming a popular research topic, there is very little research focused specifically on gratitude in a city . We partnered with Plasticity to create the CSM app. They are the only engagement platform to help improve the health, happiness and well-being of its users. Plasticity is a first-in-category mental health and happiness platform. In a recent customer feedback survey, it was shown to improve overall happiness in over 80% of its customers. It goes beyond engagement to start building a thriving culture where members/users can flourish. To begin, it will ask about the user mood in the moment. A 100-point Happiness Scale pops up every three hours upon entering the platform. Users can answer that happiness question throughout the day. For example, did something amazing happen that you’d like to jot down and ensure you remember it for later? The instant happiness question allows you to do just that. It also includes Evidence-Based Daily Activities. Each day you will be asked a series of questions. From one question to several, no more than five minutes in length, with the goal of building habits of self-awareness. Plasticity leverages neuroplasticity (the flexible state of your brain) to develop new thought patterns using positive psychology. A journal stores users answer and in a personal dashboard so they can reflect on the happier moments in their lives – an excellent way to build up skills for overall happiness. And, if users need to clear away a negative feeling, the happiness question gives that flexibility too. Share why they’re feeling unhappy in that moment and make a note. Users can also reflect on a challenging time when needed. The path activities will take users back to those moments on occasion to help reframe the experience. This skill is taught to improve user resiliency. The CSM app helps build community. Having strong relationships is a key trait within every happiness model. It increases longevity, improves personal and professional performance and simply makes life more enjoyable. It will help foster relationship building in a variety of ways: Personal profiles build authentic friendships and increases empathy. Life can be stressful and the data of the Santa Monica Wellbeing Index show an area we need to improve– we all know that to be true. A social collaboration tool allows users to connect and share with others, group activities increases on and offline team engagement and creative thinking. The community will always be there. Intended to be a place of fun and psychological safety, a place to hang out with friends, or just get that boost in moments when you need it the most. The goal is intended to help solve issues like depression, anxiety, mental/physical illness and poverty by improving programs that support education, diversity, healthcare and economy. |
| What stage is your idea or project in? | Active company/ post-revenue |
| What needs to happen to launch your product? Please list all resources (hardware, software, licensing, legal/regulatory, funding, partnership or support from the City, data, etc.) required to launch your program. | 1) Funding to launch platform at the City Sane Summit, hire staff and produce Summit and Games. 2) Support from City Communications, Human Services and Data departments. 3) Engagement from SMTT. |
| How realistic is it for your idea to be implemented by early 2018? Please describe what resources (if any) you will need in order to ensure a working product by early next year. | We can launch by early 2018. March. |
You and your team
| Team Name | CSM |
| List team members and their roles | --- |
| Contact email | --- |
| Phone number | --- |
| Primary Contact Name | --- |
Initial application scoring
Scoring
| Viability (40%) | --- |
| Value (40%) | --- |
| Growth (20%) | --- |
| Notes | --- |
| Advance to semi-finalist status? | No - if no, HALT PROCESS |