The Hatt Project is developing a mobile app to help homeless shelters receive hat donations from users. The app will allow users to easily donate hats, play hat-related games, and provide donations to shelters in need. It targets Seattle area residents who want to donate hats and help those without adequate warmth. The app aims to address the problem that many lack a convenient way to donate and that warmth is needed. It will feature donation pages linking to nearby shelters, instructions for making hats to donate, and may expand locations and games over time based on feedback.
3. Elevator Pitch
We are the Hatt Project and we are developing
a mobile app to help homeless shelters give
people hats who donate them through the Hatt
Project.
4. The Basics
- For hat lovers
- Provides an easy way to donate to homeless
shelters
- Also includes fun hat games/activities
- Helps provide donations to shelters
- To help people in need
5. Target Audience
People who live in the greater Seattle area and
want to donate hats to people in need and
maybe play a few fun games!
6. Many people want to help others but might not
have an easy way to do this. Also, many people
in Washington aren’t warm enough at night or
during the day, and a hatt could greatly
increase their warmth and comfort.
The Problem
7. Key Insights
➢Our app makes it easy to donate hatts to
people in need at homeless shelters.
➢The number one thing we learned from user
interviews is that people want to help other
people, but they might just not have an easy
way to do it currently.
8. User Profiles
Name: Sarah Benmalek
Age: 12
Place of Living: Bellevue
Occupation: Student at
OWS Family Members:
Mom, Dad, Brother, Brother
1. Goes directly to shelters/fundraisers
2. Lack of convenient information
3. Doesn’t have time
4. All information is spread out
“I’m always on my phone.”
Interview Questions:
1. How do you solve this problem
today?
2. What stops you from from
achieving your needs currently?
3. What specific issues do you face?
4. How unhappy are you with current
solutions? Why?
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9. User Profiles (cont.)
Name: Em Robinson
Age: 12
Place of Living: Sammamish
Occupation: Student at OWS
Family Members: Mom, Dad, Cat
1. Maybe you could add more areas
for people who want to do this but
live outside of the greater Seattle
area.
2. It’s not much of a problem; maybe
later just add more zip codes.
3. Yes, very well thought out.
Interview Questions
1. What problems do you see?
2. What solutions do you
suggest?
3. Are you happy with this
solution?
10. Donations
This is the donation page. Here, you can select
your zip code and find the homeless shelters
closest to you. Each shelter will have a link to
their website (when applicable) and a number
to call.
11. Make a Hatt!
On the Make a Hatt page, you can follow steps
to make your own hatt. There will be multiple
kinds of hats to make. You can then donate the
hat you made yourself to a person in need!
12. Feasibility
This is a relatively simple app that should be
easy to program. We have all learned through
tutorials how to do everything we need.
13. In the Future...
We will add more zip codes and homeless
shelters so more people can contribute! We will
also probably add more games. Also, if we
receive comments/reviews, we will try to make
changes based on those.