APPS WITH STORIES
why use storytelling to change health behaviours
ABOUT MYSELF
# online and mobile platforms for
mental health
#gamification design with
company Playful Pandas
# researcher about behaviour
change through game-like
strategies
# information visualisation and
Quantified Self
A LOT OF HEALTH APPS LOOK LIKE THIS:
“Knowledge is a necessary but not sufficient
condition for behaviour change.
-V. S. Freimuth
AIDS : a communication perspective
TRIGGERS AND OPPORTUNITIES
➤ BJ Fogg’s Behaviour Model
HEALTH APPS BC STRATEGIES : THE IDEAL
➤ Structured program
➤ Self-monitoring
➤ Personalized feedback
➤ Social support
➤ Ability to personalise
WHAT ABOUT STORYTELLING?
Narrative arc
Characters
Heroes
Immersion
identification
plot
climax
conflict
resolution
beginning middle end
emotions
fictional worlds
drama
suspension of disbelief
twistsLife lessons
memory
narrator
model reader
premise
journey
“We are as a species addicted to stories. Even
when the body goes to sleep, the mind stays up
all night, telling itself stories.
-Jonathan Gottschall
The Storytelling Animal
STORYTELLING PROVIDES FRAMING
➤ Talkspace : tele-therapy app
STORYTELLING MAKES IT MEMORABLE
➤ Carrot Fit : a dysfunctional relationship
STORYTELLING MAKES IT ENGAGING
➤ Zombies Run!
“Stories can help listeners make meaning of their
lives and listeners may be influenced if they actively
engage in a story, identify themselves with the
storyteller, and picture themselves taking part in
the action.
-Slater et al.
Understanding the processing of narrative persuasion
HOW DO YOU INTEGRATE STORIES IN YOUR APP
➤ You tell a story the traditional way (text, video)
➤ You make the data tell the story
➤ You let users tell the(ir) story
HOW DO YOU INTEGRATE STORIES IN YOUR APP
➤ You tell a story the traditional way (text, video)
➤ You make the data tell the story
➤ You let users tell the(ir) story
MINI-NARRATIVES
➤ Sleepio: the Prof
HOW DO YOU INTEGRATE STORIES IN YOUR APP
➤ You tell a story the traditional way (text, video)
➤ You make the data tell the story
➤ You let users tell the(ir) story
BUILDING BLOCKS OF DATA STORYTELLING I
BUILDING BLOCKS OF DATA STORYTELLING II
Categories Relation
ships
➤ Andy Kirk’s Taxonomy of charts : CHRTS
Space
Hierarchies
Time
BUILDING BLOCKS OF DATA STORYTELLING III
➤ Moves : the story of a run
BUILDING BLOCKS OF DATA STORYTELLING III
➤ Apple Watch
HOW DO YOU INTEGRATE STORIES IN YOUR APP
➤ You tell a story the traditional way (text, video)
➤ You make the data tell the story
➤ You let users tell the(ir) story
PERSONAL STORIES ARE PERSONAL
➤ Patientslikeme
LET THEM TELL STORIES
➤ Daniel Pink’s elements of intrinsic motivation
CONCLUSIONS
➤ there is much to learn! and experiment
➤ you want dry data to become an experience
➤ you want users to attach stories to your product
➤ you want your product to include the possibility for stories
➤ storytelling is part of our DNA
SOME RESOURCES Write me: v@playfulpandas.org

Behavior Change pres 3.8.16

  • 1.
    APPS WITH STORIES whyuse storytelling to change health behaviours
  • 2.
    ABOUT MYSELF # onlineand mobile platforms for mental health #gamification design with company Playful Pandas # researcher about behaviour change through game-like strategies # information visualisation and Quantified Self
  • 3.
    A LOT OFHEALTH APPS LOOK LIKE THIS:
  • 4.
    “Knowledge is anecessary but not sufficient condition for behaviour change. -V. S. Freimuth AIDS : a communication perspective
  • 5.
    TRIGGERS AND OPPORTUNITIES ➤BJ Fogg’s Behaviour Model
  • 6.
    HEALTH APPS BCSTRATEGIES : THE IDEAL ➤ Structured program ➤ Self-monitoring ➤ Personalized feedback ➤ Social support ➤ Ability to personalise
  • 7.
    WHAT ABOUT STORYTELLING? Narrativearc Characters Heroes Immersion identification plot climax conflict resolution beginning middle end emotions fictional worlds drama suspension of disbelief twistsLife lessons memory narrator model reader premise journey
  • 8.
    “We are asa species addicted to stories. Even when the body goes to sleep, the mind stays up all night, telling itself stories. -Jonathan Gottschall The Storytelling Animal
  • 9.
    STORYTELLING PROVIDES FRAMING ➤Talkspace : tele-therapy app
  • 10.
    STORYTELLING MAKES ITMEMORABLE ➤ Carrot Fit : a dysfunctional relationship
  • 11.
    STORYTELLING MAKES ITENGAGING ➤ Zombies Run!
  • 12.
    “Stories can helplisteners make meaning of their lives and listeners may be influenced if they actively engage in a story, identify themselves with the storyteller, and picture themselves taking part in the action. -Slater et al. Understanding the processing of narrative persuasion
  • 13.
    HOW DO YOUINTEGRATE STORIES IN YOUR APP ➤ You tell a story the traditional way (text, video) ➤ You make the data tell the story ➤ You let users tell the(ir) story
  • 14.
    HOW DO YOUINTEGRATE STORIES IN YOUR APP ➤ You tell a story the traditional way (text, video) ➤ You make the data tell the story ➤ You let users tell the(ir) story
  • 15.
  • 16.
    HOW DO YOUINTEGRATE STORIES IN YOUR APP ➤ You tell a story the traditional way (text, video) ➤ You make the data tell the story ➤ You let users tell the(ir) story
  • 17.
    BUILDING BLOCKS OFDATA STORYTELLING I
  • 18.
    BUILDING BLOCKS OFDATA STORYTELLING II Categories Relation ships ➤ Andy Kirk’s Taxonomy of charts : CHRTS Space Hierarchies Time
  • 19.
    BUILDING BLOCKS OFDATA STORYTELLING III ➤ Moves : the story of a run
  • 20.
    BUILDING BLOCKS OFDATA STORYTELLING III ➤ Apple Watch
  • 21.
    HOW DO YOUINTEGRATE STORIES IN YOUR APP ➤ You tell a story the traditional way (text, video) ➤ You make the data tell the story ➤ You let users tell the(ir) story
  • 22.
    PERSONAL STORIES AREPERSONAL ➤ Patientslikeme
  • 23.
    LET THEM TELLSTORIES ➤ Daniel Pink’s elements of intrinsic motivation
  • 24.
    CONCLUSIONS ➤ there ismuch to learn! and experiment ➤ you want dry data to become an experience ➤ you want users to attach stories to your product ➤ you want your product to include the possibility for stories ➤ storytelling is part of our DNA
  • 25.
    SOME RESOURCES Writeme: v@playfulpandas.org