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• meeting multiple people and having multiple conversations makes it near impossible ​to remember the context/meaning each connection
• there is no standardised culture or protocol of creating a promise of follow-on ​action
• there is no support system for follow-up of connections made
• there is no way of sharing real-time connection feed with your tribe/organisation
• existing networks (WhatsApp/Telegram/etc.) provides no way of attaching ​semantic information or notes to a connection

But in-person connections are immensely valuable - we’re wasting HUGE resources ​by not ensuring effective follow-on.

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make connection

scan QR code, select action, make connection

1. show/scan QR code
   
2. select action and topic & take selfie
3. record audio describing the action
   

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timeline

a real-time feed of connections made

• creates visibility for connections as they are ​made
• enables both tribes to become involved
  
• allows people not present at the event to ​follow connection flow
  
• discussion threads can be started around the ​connection
  

connection follow-up

support connections turning into action

• send automated reminders to follow-up a ​connection
• send survey to find out how many connections ​turned into action
• thematic follow-up
• conversations week
  
• webinars to support project starts
  

demonstrate event impact

• show how many connections are being created
• analyse type of connections being created
• survey to see how many connections are being ​followed-up
• daily reports of connections
  

gamification

create energy to connect

daily challenges:

• today make a connection to do X ​with someone
  
• in next 1 hour connect with ​someone from camp X
  
• quests - a series of connections
  

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playing with connection

we creatively use connection for additional functionality at The Gathering

Given we have this basic collaboration atom of connection, and the app ​supporting it, we want to use it creatively to express different activities...

connect with location

connection with a physical location

• physical location displays printed QR code
• scanning allows you to connect with the location
  

creative use makes possible different ​scenarios:

• ticket check at entrance gate
  
• connect to a camp
• announce instant-meet

welcome

connect as ticket check

• entrance displays QR code
• participants scans QR code with their phone and ​clicks “create connection”

this process lets us

• onboard participants onto the app right at the gate
• verifies they are able to log into the connect for ​action system i.e. that they have access i.e. that they ​have bought a ticket
  

key points:

• enables live analytics on number of ​people who have entered event
  
• being logged into the system ​connects with being ticket holder, ​reducing number of systems to ​maintain
• need to have working WiFi at gate
• need to be prepared for system-​down (print-out list of ticket ​holders?)

camp welcome

similar mechanics to gate check-in

• camp catalyst has a welcome QR code
• participants scans QR code with their phone and ​clicks “create connection”
  

key points:

• camp participants know who has ​arrived
  

pop-up meet-up

I’m here now, join me to talk about topic X

Given that probably social-layer will not be able to ​implement this feature, we enable it as follows:

• specific meet-up locations have a QR code
  
• anyone can scan location QR code and by ​creating a connection start a “pop-up meet-up”
• announcement published on discord channels for ​location and topic
  

key points:

• need clear signs at location.
  
• will people use it?
  
• who knows, but it will be a cheap ​test to see if we can build behaviour

connect to camp

connect with a camp

• camps have a QR code
  
• scan location QR code and connect-for-action ​with a camp
• could be used with commitments by camp ​members to do things for a camp?

Do we have camp-specific actions?

key points:

• need clear ​signs at location.
  
• w​ill people use it?
  
• who knows, but ​it will be a cheap test​ to see if we can build behaviour

morning/daily checkin

get a regular checkin from all participants

• a finger on the pulse of the gathering
  

key points:

• enables gathering a life stream of ​sentiment of the gathering
• can take and produce for social ​media

treasure hunt

only those who find the code join the secret society!

• hide qr codes with questions on the land and only by ​finding it and connecting with it can you become ​part of that discord channel
  

goodbye

a testimonial from people on leaving

• QR code at the gate to collect a thought from ​everyone as they are leaving
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key points:

• a great way for everyone to say ​goodbye to everyone
  
• enables gathering a stream of warm ​testimonials
• can produce for social media

clearly this is a feature not an app...

We hope that soon we will not need this as a stand-alone app because:

• we inspire event apps to include this as standard functionality

social layer, looking at you especially

• we predict the rise of collaboration networks as the next phase of evolution after ​social networks and these will be based on a richer functionality for creating ​promises and agreements

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minimal app, discord for identity, notification, reports, etc.

• discord is used for all notification posts and ​communications
• minimal web-app which just records information
• login via discord
• use smartphone built-in QR code scanner for reading ​connection QR code
• google firebase firestore for database
• google firebase storage for images & audio clips
  

see implementation spec:

• miro overview
  
• development spec

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11-15 September 2024 | Portugal

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