Here are some notes from the Community Listening Session on Friday, June 3. Thanks to Cynthia Mackey for collecting the notes!
Here’s the list…
Oakland is:
- Cross-generational
- Diverse in culture, population, gender, language
- Hub of creativity
- Innovators in social and community
- Leader in green, sustainability and recycling
Who to Serve
- Elderly
- Youth
- Reentry population
- Disabled
- Disadvantaged communities
- Foster children
Barriers
- Fear (dispel fear of technology)
- Use more of the prevalent communications in Oakland (includes communication channels)
- Access to training/education
- Expense
- Perception of new value to the individual
- Proprietary data
Ideas for apps
Apps to help people do things
- Auto-complete questions/make suggestions (similar to when Google provides suggestions as you type in Search)
- (Google-like) app about what is happening in the area
- Form app (answer questions that auto-populate a form vs. filling out fields)
Apps to help people find things
- Community Yelp (focused on resources, services, etc. to benefit community)
- Oakland wiki-tour (individuals comment/audio files on places and activities in Oakland associated with a location)
Apps that provide information/resources
- Apps that visualize data so all languages/cultures can understand (e.g., census data, transit data)
- Casual carpool app showing pickup/dropoff locations for casual carpooling
- 2-way education
- Pen pal app to connect a knowledgeable person with a newbie
- Public works app
- Data collection apps (e.g., Invasive species, etc.)
- Integrate Oakland “historians” (those who know a lot about Oakland) to the newer population of Oakland
Apps geared toward youth
- A way to connect entrepreneur mentors with youth/others interested in becoming entrepreneur
- App directed toward girls to get them interested in science/tech and is inclusive of different races/cultures
- “How to” info for younger generation or those who never gained basic life skills (e.g., how to balance checking account, how to open bank account, how to look find a good doctor, etc. )
- Youth video distribution
- Casual/ “pick up” puzzle games to help youth embrace science/technology
- A list identifying the classes you need to complete to be college-ready once you graduate from high school
Apps geared toward disadvantaged community
- Teach the questions that need to be asked - meet them where they are (this app would be designed to ask questions and, based on responses, provide the right resources/info
- Ability to connect to a person live that can help
- Info-tainment – learn info in a fun (visual?) way
- Integrate Oakland “historians” (those who know a lot about Oakland) to the newer population of Oakland
