ZoeterVival A PRODUCT THAT MAKES YOU FEEL AT HOME

An international mix of students arriving to pursue their Master’s in Sports at Zoetermeer University

Melting Pot (90% International and 10% Dutch)

What are we looking at!!

DUTCH

A product to enable the new Master’s students settle down easily. By,

• Socializing

• Understanding different cultures and the place

• Getting their questions answered

• Having fun!!

Objective

How?PRESENT STATE

Feeling lonely

New to the place

Not understanding the culture

Feeling homesick

Many unanswered questions

FUTURE STATE

Meet people

Go around

Appreciating the Dutch culture and sharing your own

Finding home at Zoetermeer (Cuisines, grocery……)

Most of them answered

AnswerZotervival (a mobile app) the ultimate solution!!!

Everyone has a Smartphone

It’s SIMPLE

Always with you

Keeps you connected

Why an APP??

ZoterVival-How does it work?New Master students at the university are given a user ID to login

ZoterVival suggests group of friends to have fun

Rest is coming up!!!

Socializing – Today’s ActivityEach Student group is assigned an activity schedule

Activities include sports, city tours and multicultural dining

Activities are designed to accommodate all nationalities

Multicultural Activities Schedule Monday Tuesday Wedensday Thursday Friday Saturday9 - 10 Welcome at the campus At FC Zoetermeer

Cricket (India)At Sporthal De Oosterpoort Handball (Denmark)

At Sporthal De Oosterpoort Basketball (Greece)

At SilverDome - Ice Hockey (Findland)

At Snow World - climbing

10 - 11 Campus tour Cricket Handball Basketball Ice Hockey climbing11 - 12 Team building At FC Zoetermeer

Football (Spain, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands)

At Sporthal De Oosterpoort Table tennis (China)

At Sporthal De Oosterpoort Dodgeball (Korea)

Ice Hockey climbing

12 - 13 Introduction to the Netherlands

Football table tennis Dodgeball Ice Hockey climbing

13 - 14 Dutch Lunch Spanish Lunch Danish Lunch Korean Lunch Finnish Lunch German Lunch

14 - 15 City center tour Culture tour 1 (Water tower, De Hoop, The old Church)

Culture tour 2 (Concert Hall, Nelson Mandelabrug, Balijbos)

At Dutch Water dreams - surfing, rafting

Den Haag trip Delft trip

15 - 16 City center tour Culture tour 1 Culture tour 2 surfing, rafting

16-17 Bike shopping surfing, rafting

Dinner Welcome Dutch dinner Indian dinner Chinese dinner Greek dinner Italian dinner Dutch BBQ

Evening Bowling at Dekker Go Kart, laser game etc. at Attractie centrum zoetermeer

Pub crawl Board game night

Closing Party

Bored??-Plan your own activity‘Plan your activity’ allows you to arrange your own evenings

‘Event planner’ - Easier way to plan activities in a new place

Find out about events planned by fellow students

Feeling Lost ? Dutch way – Find out all about cycles

Get to know all the Bicycle and Randstadrail routes

All you need to know!‘Essentials’ – It gives the easiest way to find out all you need from grocery to bank to Indian Masalas

All places are marked in maps with detailed information and reviews

Too confused?Students can find FAQs with answers

Post their questions in the dedicated forum

Get to know what is happening in social media pages of the University

EmergenciesAll important emergency contacts at the same place

A provision to dial the number directly from the app saving some precious time

Team Zoetermeer speaks Master’s in sports since Zoetermeer because• Lot of famous sportsmen* from Zotermeer• The city offers excellent sports centers to take up sports as career

The ideas in the app is based on collective experience of the team from the initial days at Delft

* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoetermeer

Not homesick anymore

ZoeterVival is the perfect solution

• Bridging the gap between cultures through sport activities

• Familiarizing students with their new city and university

• Building a new and sustainable home

• Helping the students become part of a social network

• Encourage the sharing of experiences

UI tools used◦ https://www.fluidui.com/◦ http://proto.io/

Maps from - https://mapsengine.google.com/

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Appendix - References