The document discusses using text messaging to promote empathy, especially among youth. It summarizes research showing declines in empathy and increases in narcissism in recent years. One study is described that found sending daily text messages about the feelings of others increased empathy and self-esteem. The presentation concludes by describing plans for a larger follow-up study testing whether varying the number of daily empathy-focused texts impacts outcomes. The goal is to explore how mobile technologies can be used to improve social relationships.
Gaming for Good: Using Games to Create Change (Presented at SXSW 2015)HopeLab
Most everyone agrees that video games are highly entertaining. But can they spark positive health behavior change at a time of crisis? In this presentation, Fred Dillon, Director of Product Development at HopeLab, shows how Re-Mission 2 helps young cancer patients fight their disease. He also shares insights into the highly collaborative and iterative product development process at HopeLab. Learn more at www.hopelab.org.
Emotion Mapping - Tech for Youth Resilience (Presented at YTH Live 2014)HopeLab
Sometimes, life can just feel downright hard. Facing adversity can affect one’s mental health and lead to health-harming behaviors. In this presentation, the approach of using technology for emotion regulation and enhancing youth resilience is explored by HopeLab staff Fred Dillon, Director of Product Development, and Janxin Leu, Ph.D., Director of Product Innovation.
The presentation was given at YTH Live 2014, the premier conference for cutting-edge technology that is advancing the health and wellness of youth, young adults, and other underserved populations.
Gaming for Good: Using Games to Create Change (Presented at SXSW 2015)HopeLab
Most everyone agrees that video games are highly entertaining. But can they spark positive health behavior change at a time of crisis? In this presentation, Fred Dillon, Director of Product Development at HopeLab, shows how Re-Mission 2 helps young cancer patients fight their disease. He also shares insights into the highly collaborative and iterative product development process at HopeLab. Learn more at www.hopelab.org.
Emotion Mapping - Tech for Youth Resilience (Presented at YTH Live 2014)HopeLab
Sometimes, life can just feel downright hard. Facing adversity can affect one’s mental health and lead to health-harming behaviors. In this presentation, the approach of using technology for emotion regulation and enhancing youth resilience is explored by HopeLab staff Fred Dillon, Director of Product Development, and Janxin Leu, Ph.D., Director of Product Innovation.
The presentation was given at YTH Live 2014, the premier conference for cutting-edge technology that is advancing the health and wellness of youth, young adults, and other underserved populations.
Designing for Resilience and Compassionate ActionHopeLab
At the inaugural Compassion and Technology Conference hosted by The Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education at Stanford, Fred Dillon, Director of Product Development, and Janxin Leu, Ph.D., Director of Product Innovation, presented HopeLab's innovative approach to product development.
A collection of our most memorable “check-in” activities at HopeLab, used to kick off and close staff meetings and retreats. The exercises are simple tools we use to help create quality connections between our staff.
Resilience Through Tech: Designing to Help People (Presented at SXSW 2015)HopeLab
We've all seen or even built mobile apps that track personal wellness, from physical activity to happiness and stress. But can we design technology to promote resilience? In this presentation, Fred Dillon, Director of Product Development at HopeLab, shares research on the psychological and biological components of resilience, and presents case studies and design principles on how science can be applied to the development of mobile apps and social technologies to support health and well-being. Learn more at www.hopelab.org.
To be a teacher is more than give instructions, you have to understand students ways of learning, infer what it happens inside their minds, it is to understand their role as a student.
Brands need to stop building disconnected 'social media strategies', and build comprehensive brand strategies that are optimised for today's connected, social world. This presentation offers guidance and advice on the factors that should inform a Connected Strategy, together with
Designing with Empathy [Code & Creativity 2014]Aaron Gustafson
Every decision we make affects the way real people experience our products.
We've all heard the rallying cry for user-centered design, but even those of us who ascribe to that ideal often fall back on our own biases and instincts when it comes to making decisions about how people experience our content and our services.
Sadly, this often means we make decisions we think will be good for our “users” - that anonymous, faceless crowd - rather than actually trying to understand the perspectives, surroundings, capabilities, and disadvantages of the actual people who we are here to serve.
In this session, Aaron will explore why empathy is a good thing, how empathy empowers creativity, and how we, as a community, can inject more empathy into our work.
We Are Social's comprehensive new Digital in 2016 report presents internet, social media, and mobile usage statistics and trends from all over the world. It contains more than 500 infographics, including global data snapshots, regional overviews, and in-depth profiles of the digital landscapes in 30 of the world's key economies. For a more insightful analysis of the numbers contained in this report, please visit http://bit.ly/DSM2016ES.
A set of prompts to help us stay present and open as leaders, whether we’re facilitating a meeting or offering feedback to a colleague. We believe everyone can be a leader, regardless of where they sit on an org chart or their status in a community.
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A collection of our most memorable “check-in” activities at HopeLab, used to kick off and close staff meetings and retreats. The exercises are simple tools we use to help create quality connections between our staff.
This how to was shared at Wisdom 2.0 Business in May 2012, and practiced among 400+ business leaders to help get the conference attendees present and connected to themselves and the people around them.
The check-in exercise was led by Chris Murchison, VP of Staff Development, Learning and Innovation at HopeLab.
For more information on HopeLab, visit hopelab.org.
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Designing for Resilience and Compassionate ActionHopeLab
At the inaugural Compassion and Technology Conference hosted by The Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education at Stanford, Fred Dillon, Director of Product Development, and Janxin Leu, Ph.D., Director of Product Innovation, presented HopeLab's innovative approach to product development.
A collection of our most memorable “check-in” activities at HopeLab, used to kick off and close staff meetings and retreats. The exercises are simple tools we use to help create quality connections between our staff.
Resilience Through Tech: Designing to Help People (Presented at SXSW 2015)HopeLab
We've all seen or even built mobile apps that track personal wellness, from physical activity to happiness and stress. But can we design technology to promote resilience? In this presentation, Fred Dillon, Director of Product Development at HopeLab, shares research on the psychological and biological components of resilience, and presents case studies and design principles on how science can be applied to the development of mobile apps and social technologies to support health and well-being. Learn more at www.hopelab.org.
To be a teacher is more than give instructions, you have to understand students ways of learning, infer what it happens inside their minds, it is to understand their role as a student.
Brands need to stop building disconnected 'social media strategies', and build comprehensive brand strategies that are optimised for today's connected, social world. This presentation offers guidance and advice on the factors that should inform a Connected Strategy, together with
Designing with Empathy [Code & Creativity 2014]Aaron Gustafson
Every decision we make affects the way real people experience our products.
We've all heard the rallying cry for user-centered design, but even those of us who ascribe to that ideal often fall back on our own biases and instincts when it comes to making decisions about how people experience our content and our services.
Sadly, this often means we make decisions we think will be good for our “users” - that anonymous, faceless crowd - rather than actually trying to understand the perspectives, surroundings, capabilities, and disadvantages of the actual people who we are here to serve.
In this session, Aaron will explore why empathy is a good thing, how empathy empowers creativity, and how we, as a community, can inject more empathy into our work.
We Are Social's comprehensive new Digital in 2016 report presents internet, social media, and mobile usage statistics and trends from all over the world. It contains more than 500 infographics, including global data snapshots, regional overviews, and in-depth profiles of the digital landscapes in 30 of the world's key economies. For a more insightful analysis of the numbers contained in this report, please visit http://bit.ly/DSM2016ES.
A set of prompts to help us stay present and open as leaders, whether we’re facilitating a meeting or offering feedback to a colleague. We believe everyone can be a leader, regardless of where they sit on an org chart or their status in a community.
Check-in Deck, by Chris Marcell Murchison of HopeLabHopeLab
A collection of our most memorable “check-in” activities at HopeLab, used to kick off and close staff meetings and retreats. The exercises are simple tools we use to help create quality connections between our staff.
This how to was shared at Wisdom 2.0 Business in May 2012, and practiced among 400+ business leaders to help get the conference attendees present and connected to themselves and the people around them.
The check-in exercise was led by Chris Murchison, VP of Staff Development, Learning and Innovation at HopeLab.
For more information on HopeLab, visit hopelab.org.
CES 2010 Engaging Customers To Improve LivesHopeLab
Our Director of Communications & Marketing, Richard Tate, was slated to speak at CES 2010 during the Digital Health Summit. This is presentation on our rigorous testing with our tween customers.
CDSCO and Phamacovigilance {Regulatory body in India}NEHA GUPTA
The Central Drugs Standard Control Organization (CDSCO) is India's national regulatory body for pharmaceuticals and medical devices. Operating under the Directorate General of Health Services, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Government of India, the CDSCO is responsible for approving new drugs, conducting clinical trials, setting standards for drugs, controlling the quality of imported drugs, and coordinating the activities of State Drug Control Organizations by providing expert advice.
Pharmacovigilance, on the other hand, is the science and activities related to the detection, assessment, understanding, and prevention of adverse effects or any other drug-related problems. The primary aim of pharmacovigilance is to ensure the safety and efficacy of medicines, thereby protecting public health.
In India, pharmacovigilance activities are monitored by the Pharmacovigilance Programme of India (PvPI), which works closely with CDSCO to collect, analyze, and act upon data regarding adverse drug reactions (ADRs). Together, they play a critical role in ensuring that the benefits of drugs outweigh their risks, maintaining high standards of patient safety, and promoting the rational use of medicines.
Recomendações da OMS sobre cuidados maternos e neonatais para uma experiência pós-natal positiva.
Em consonância com os ODS – Objetivos do Desenvolvimento Sustentável e a Estratégia Global para a Saúde das Mulheres, Crianças e Adolescentes, e aplicando uma abordagem baseada nos direitos humanos, os esforços de cuidados pós-natais devem expandir-se para além da cobertura e da simples sobrevivência, de modo a incluir cuidados de qualidade.
Estas diretrizes visam melhorar a qualidade dos cuidados pós-natais essenciais e de rotina prestados às mulheres e aos recém-nascidos, com o objetivo final de melhorar a saúde e o bem-estar materno e neonatal.
Uma “experiência pós-natal positiva” é um resultado importante para todas as mulheres que dão à luz e para os seus recém-nascidos, estabelecendo as bases para a melhoria da saúde e do bem-estar a curto e longo prazo. Uma experiência pós-natal positiva é definida como aquela em que as mulheres, pessoas que gestam, os recém-nascidos, os casais, os pais, os cuidadores e as famílias recebem informação consistente, garantia e apoio de profissionais de saúde motivados; e onde um sistema de saúde flexível e com recursos reconheça as necessidades das mulheres e dos bebês e respeite o seu contexto cultural.
Estas diretrizes consolidadas apresentam algumas recomendações novas e já bem fundamentadas sobre cuidados pós-natais de rotina para mulheres e neonatos que recebem cuidados no pós-parto em unidades de saúde ou na comunidade, independentemente dos recursos disponíveis.
É fornecido um conjunto abrangente de recomendações para cuidados durante o período puerperal, com ênfase nos cuidados essenciais que todas as mulheres e recém-nascidos devem receber, e com a devida atenção à qualidade dos cuidados; isto é, a entrega e a experiência do cuidado recebido. Estas diretrizes atualizam e ampliam as recomendações da OMS de 2014 sobre cuidados pós-natais da mãe e do recém-nascido e complementam as atuais diretrizes da OMS sobre a gestão de complicações pós-natais.
O estabelecimento da amamentação e o manejo das principais intercorrências é contemplada.
Recomendamos muito.
Vamos discutir essas recomendações no nosso curso de pós-graduação em Aleitamento no Instituto Ciclos.
Esta publicação só está disponível em inglês até o momento.
Prof. Marcus Renato de Carvalho
www.agostodourado.com
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Beyond BFFs: Using Technology to Promote Empathy YTH 2015
1. Beyond BFFs:
Using Texting to Promote Empathy
Janxin Leu, Ph.D
Director of Product Innovation
HopeLab
#YTHLive @JLeuHope @HopeLab
2. Every second…
1,500+ Instagram photos uploaded
1,700 Tumblr posts posted
8,000 Tweets sent
50,000+ Facebook likes
95,000 YouTube videos are viewed
240,000+ text messages are sent
#YTHLive @JLeuHope @HopeLab
9. “It is a mistake to suppose that any technological innovation has a one-
sided effect. Every technology is both a burden and a blessing.”
#YTHLive @JLeuHope @HopeLab
11. How can we harness mobile tech to improve the ways that
we relate to each other?
Sara Konrath, Ph.D
Indiana University
#YTHLive @JLeuHope @HopeLab
12. What is empathy?
“Experiencing perspectives and feelings that
are more congruent with another’s situation
than with one’s own.”
Decety & Lamm (2006)
#YTHLive @JLeuHope @HopeLab
Q: By a showing of your hands…
How many of you have, in total, sent and received 130 text messages in the past 24 hours?
… We’ll come back to this statistic in a bit.
But consider this: Every second, there are:
Over 1500 Instagram photos are uploaded
1700 Tumblr posts
Over 8000 Tweets are sent
Over 50000 Facebook likes
Almost 95000 YouTube videos are viewed
Over 240000 text messages are sent
21 billion texts sent per day worldwide
4.5 billion Facebook likes per day
These numbers are mind-boggling, aren’t they?
And what’s interesting is that most of these activities are ways of connecting with others. And every single one of them can be done with a cellphone.
Cellphones have become such complex devices, with extraordinary capacities to connect with people and the world around us. We can search for information and news, post our opinions in blogs and forums, and interact with loved ones and strangers using email, text messages, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and messaging apps like WhatsApp. No wonder so many of us keep our cellphones within arms’ reach most of the time.
This is all great! But cellphones don’t always connect us.
How many have ever experienced the following: Someone screened or blocked a call from you? Someone got out their phone in the middle of a conversation?
You received a text message that hurt your feelings, whether it was accidental or intentional? Most of us have experienced each of these, and if we want to be honest, most of us are guilty of these.
Studies have found that just seeing a cell phone in the room makes people feel less connected to conversation partners, and less likely to help others who need it. Cellphones are also frequently used to bully people without having to look them in the eye. Ironically, cell phones seem to prime social disconnection while at the same time being a major global force for connecting people. These are just a few little examples of how cell phones can distance us from each other.
Our society has been experiencing a massive technological change, leading to many discussions and debates about the effects of new social technologies, including cell phones. These debates consistently reappear any time new technologies have been introduced in our history and can often polarize people to either praise or condemn these innovations. In 1992, which incidentally, was when the first text message was sent, Neil Postman wrote in his book Technopoly: “It is a mistake to suppose that any technological innovation has a one-sided effect. Every technology is both a burden and a blessing.”
We are HopeLab, a non-profit research and development organization that works to harness the power and appeal of technology to improve human health and well-being.
And for a while now, we’ve been tackling the question of how can we harness the potential of mobile technology to improve the ways that we relate to each other. Enter Sara Konrath, a professor at Indiana University who we’ve been working with to find an answer to this question.
In her lab, Sara studies empathy and altruism. What exactly is empathy?
Empathy – Experiencing perspectives and feelings that are more congruent with another’s situation than with one’s own
The “glue” of social interactions
More emotional: empathic concern
e.g. “I often have tender, concerned feelings for people less fortunate than me”
More cognitive: perspective taking
e.g. “I sometimes try to understand my friends better by imagining how things look from their perspective”
People scoring higher on empathy…
Are polite and courteous
Concerned with others’ needs and desires
Give more money, time, and care to others
Less narcissistic, and less aggressive
In romantic relationships, more invested
So why is empathy important?
Psychologically, empathy inspires people to help others and avoid harming them. It helps people see a common humanity in others who might seem very different from us at first. A world where we could not feel empathy and compassion for others would be a scary place.
So why is empathy important?
Psychologically, empathy inspires people to help others and avoid harming them. It helps people see a common humanity in others who might seem very different from us at first. A world where we could not feel empathy and compassion for others would be a scary place.
So why is empathy important?
Psychologically, empathy inspires people to help others and avoid harming them. It helps people see a common humanity in others who might seem very different from us at first. A world where we could not feel empathy and compassion for others would be a scary place.
But empathy has psychological and physiological benefits as well. Empathic people have a good quality of life: they are happier, have more meaning in life, and have fewer stress hormones during stressful events, like when giving a speech. People with healthy social connections have stronger immune systems, healthier hearts, and even live longer than those who are less socially connected. And so in sum, empathy has significant effects on this mind-body connection.
Lastly, empathic people are also more likeable: The #1 trait that both men and women look for in romantic partners is kindness. As Carl Rogers, the founder of person-centered therapy said, when someone truly listens to you and understands you, “it feels damn good.”
Lastly, empathic people are also more likeable: The #1 trait that both men and women look for in romantic partners is kindness. As Carl Rogers, the founder of person-centered therapy said, when someone truly listens to you and understands you, “it feels damn good.”
Lastly, empathic people are also more likeable: The #1 trait that both men and women look for in romantic partners is kindness. As Carl Rogers, the founder of person-centered therapy said, when someone truly listens to you and understands you, “it feels damn good.”
But the good news is that empathy is changeable.
It’s true that some people are born with a little more empathy than others (“natural born carers”).
But it’s also true that dozens of studies have found that there are ways to help people become more empathic.
It’s like a muscle–some of us are born with some natural athletic tendency, but all of us are born with muscles that can be strengthened with practice.
In the past year or so, we at HopeLab have been working closely with Sara to figure out how to use cell phones to help teens become more empathic.
Why teens?
Although anyone can become more empathic, adolescence is a critical time for the development of higher order cognitive skills such as perspective taking.
And there are a number of valid issues that come up specifically with teens and cellphones, ranging from cyberbullying to privacy/safety concerns to sexting.
Why text messaging?
There are so many different ways of communicating, we’ve just chosen texting because of it’s so widely used and so inexpensive to implement.
Teens are heavy cell phone users. Remember the statistic at that we started with? According to recent research, 75% of teens text and young Americans send and receive over 130 text messages per day, so you can see just how prevalent this form of communication is in their lives.
When we think of cellphones, however, we don’t often think about their potential use as habit formers, and when we do, we associate them with bad habits. Yet public health researchers have been using text messages to create healthy habits for a decade. For example, text messages can help people to quit smoking or monitor their blood sugar levels if they are diabetic. Text messaging has even broken into the mental health field in attempting to treat eating disorders and schizophrenia. Why not use cell phones to build better relationship skills?
We have recently launched an empathy-building text message program called Text2Connect. This 2-week program is designed to give people practice around feeling with others, imagining others’ perspectives, and doing kind little things to other people throughout the day.
We have recently launched an empathy-building text message program called Text2Connect. This 2-week program is designed to give people practice around feeling with others, imagining others’ perspectives, and doing kind little things to other people throughout the day.
Here are a couple of examples:
In your next conversation, pay attention to the other person’s body language to understand what they are feeling.
Take a second to think of a close friend. Now do something nice for them today!
But does this work?
In a pilot test on young adults, Sara tested the effect of empathy text messages compared to control messages that focused on building people’s self-esteem, for example.
When people returned to her lab after the 2-week program, she found that the empathy program seemed to be effective. For example, it reduced aggressive beliefs, especially in males.
But of course that’s not too surprising. After getting 6 messages a day reminding them to think of others, they probably figured out the purpose of the study.
What’s more surprising is what happened 6 months later. A member of Sara’s research team sent each participant a text message on a Friday night saying “Stop txting me u jerk!” The participants had no idea that the texter was really from Sara’s lab.
She coded participants'’ responses and found that people who had received the empathy training had nicer replies than those in the control group.
So what’s next?
We are now in the middle of testing this program in a larger group, and among teenagers. This time… We’re hoping to better understand how many messages are most effective and for which types of teens. After we run this study, if everything works out, we will be looking for ways to disseminate it more broadly.
We are now in the middle of testing this program in a larger group, and among teenagers. This time…
We’re hoping to better understand how many messages are most effective and for which types of teens. After we run this study, if everything works out, we will be looking for ways to disseminate it more broadly.
If you’re interested in learning more or spreading the word about the Text to Connect program, you can go to TextToConnect.org.
Thank you!
Empathy is important, yet it’s declining over time in the US in recent years. It hard to know why, but technology likely has some role in disconnecting us. At the same time it also has great potential in re-connecting us. I would love to talk more with others here who also sense that tension, and want to work together to build a more empathic society.
There’s no doubt that over the past decade social technologies have radically transformed our daily lives. But can we harness this revolution to help people build skills and cultivate experiences that help them overcome life’s challenges in healthy ways? This formula for resilience – purpose, connection and control – provides a framework for all of us as designers and technologists, road map to how we can help people thrive. I personally am excited to see what we are all able to create by consciously designing with these factors in mind.
If you’re interested in learning more or spreading the word about the Text to Connect program, you can go to TextToConnect.org.
Thank you!