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Follow on Google News | 48 Hour Event Produces Innovative IdeasTwo New Service Prototypes Emerge from Local Kansas City Event
By: Speak Collaborative One KC team tackled the problem of financial acumen among children. They decided to focus on parents who are fiscally responsible and have the desire to facilitate a conversation about finances with their 6-10 year old children. "We see a lot of solutions that 'gamify' or abstract the use of money, our mission was to get these children involved in real world finances." said David Rondeau, one of the group’s team members. The group created a prototype application that allows children to utilize their parent’s device in the grocery store aisles for comparison shopping. The app, called “Eenie-Meenie” The other KC team prototyped a service related to personal growth, with a particular focus on the problem of procrastination. Team member Rachel Lin said of their project, “Using a co-creative process we developed the concept of a fun game to help a user break a negative behavior pattern (procrastination) For further information... Kansas City Service Jam Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/ Twitter: http://twitter.com/ Global Service Jam: http://planet.globalservicejam.org End
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