Awareness to Action

Initial focus on ‘Planning the Great Escape”

Group discussions identified a need for “Awareness Prior” to planning.

Awareness Brainstorming

• Individuals often do not identify with being a victim

• Often deny that there is a problem

• Avoid stigmatism of being a DV victim

• Goal is for education and awareness on broad base

• Encourage self assessment of relationship

• 100% success would be a viral gam; every one would

“Rate my relationship”

• Broad distribution on social media such as Facebook

App Concept: Gamification of Relationship Assessment

• Create a gaming concept that masks the assessment

activity

• Avoid initial title/labeling of “DV” … it’s a game all my

friends use

• Target game concept based on demographicso - Age, Culture, role: Victim/Offended/bystander- friends &

family

• It needs to be fun with a purpose

App Concept: Gamification for Teens

• What type of monster is my boy friend

• 10 Questions each with a different aspect of

the relationship

• Each question with an indicator or power &

control / abuse

• End of Game provides educational assessment

of relationship

Game Concept for Teens

Game Concept for 20 to 35: Is he a momma’s boy• Game Scenario of a “Night Out on the

Town”

• Each question based on a specific signs of

power & control / abuse

• End of Game provides educational

assessment of relationship

• Reference Notes for Questions Content

Extension of service beyond game

• Provides links / connectivity to additional services

• Goal is direction on getting information and services

• Examples include:o National DV hotline

o Local Resources based on geo awareness

• Create a social awareness of “Relationship Health”o Bring discussion of relationship into the forefront of social

conscience

Additional Games Version

• Male Victims

• Teen Dating

• Older Version

• Single Women

• LGBTQIA

• Immigrant

• Military / Law Enforce

• Offendero Are you Charlie Sheen? Based on 6 degrees from Kevin Bacon

Address Isolation of DV victim

• Problem statement:o After victim is engage with an advocate provide a

means for communication

• Brainstormingo Protected communication.. No trace for Offender to

gain insight

• App Concepto Flashlight app with a Trojan Horse version of Snap

Chat (Leave no trace communication)

o Whatsapp wifi phone call (not logged in phone log)