Face 2 Face

Innovative Design

I’d like to continue with my idea for Face 2 Face here. Face 2 Face would be a service that encourages people with similar interests to meet in person. After the Coronavirus pandemic, I feel like there is a real market for an app like this. Essentially, Face 2 Face would screen individuals for what their hobbies and interests are and also what their experience is within those hobbies. Then the app would recommend you other individuals that share your interests and would either recommend that the two of you learn together, or if one individual is more experienced than the other, it might recommend them as a mentor. Additionally, the app would also search for events in your area that relate to your hobbies and interests. There would even be badges and awards for members that are more active in person and are actively attending events and meet ups.

Upgraded Criteria – Social Reasoning

Face 2 Face would allow people to make more authentic connections and encourage their learning through other members of the platform. Currently there are many ways for people to meet and make important and authentic connections, but most apps don’t actually encourage this and many “users” as they are referred to as, never take advantage or seek out these face to face connections. With F2F, members would be supported and motivated to seek out in person events and connections, allowing for deeper and more meaningful learning. Not only would Face 2 Face allow people to learn new things, but it would also allow for people to make new friends and make meaningful connections which there have been a lack of in the last couple years.

Supportive Context

With a service like Face 2 Face, I hope it would alter the learning/teaching landscape. First of all, I would hope that it allows people to make connections with talented and knowledgeable mentors, because I believe that mentors are very beneficial to learning. Additionally, I hope that it would pull people away from online courses. Although I believe that online courses are very beneficial and convenient for many people, I think that many people can agree that online courses can be difficult to follow and don’t always encourage thorough, meaningful learning. Hopefully through something like Face 2 Face people could make meaningful connections that would allow them to learn easier and more efficiently.

Weigh Costs

Face 2 Face would be free to use and open to anyone. By connecting people with in person events that are hosted by people on and off the app, F2F would be beneficial to people on the app, but also others who are hoping to attract more people to their events and learning opportunities.