GoodSeedTeam:

Michael ShickSarah Ilyas

Siege GetsingerTricia Lee

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Problem and Solution

Contextual Inquiry Volunteers Results

Tasks

Designs

Summary

Overview

People want to easily find volunteering opportunities that match their:

Interests

Time constraints

Motives

Problem

A smartphone application that is a one-stop-shop for volunteering opportunities

Search based on interests and time constraints

Capture and rate the events

Track volunteer hours

Connect to the community

Solution

Fatima Stay-at-home mom, an aspiring nurse Volunteers to gain nursing experience

Vasu Software engineer who loves the outdoors Volunteers to meet friends with similar

interests

Tom Exchange student from Uganda Volunteers to explore diversity

Volunteers

Rob Parent volunteer for the Boy Scouts Guide to community service opportunities

Rob Librarian at King County Public Library Helps people look for volunteering

opportunities

Volunteer Guides

Tasks

Finding opportunities matching their interests and location

Recording volunteer work

Motivations

Belief in the cause

Social involvement

Sense of community

Results

Now GoodSeed

Searching Many SourcesDifferent Interfaces

Centralized DatabasePrioritized by interest and location

Logging Volunteers’ memories

Easy record keeping without memory recall

Motivating Not easy to package event captures

Volunteer mode allows to capture memories

Task Analysis

The Design Process

Potential Design 1

Potential Design 2

Potential Design 3

Potential Design 4

Selected Design

Selected Design

Mindy searches and signs up with volunteering organizations

James records his service hours for his Lincoln High School requirement

Jamie shares volunteering with his friends

Scenarios of Use

People use different methods to search for volunteering opportunities

People volunteer for different reasons

We learnt a user centric perspective of design

Summary

Questions?

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