national smart money hackathon 

Partner: 
  1. Mission Economic Development Agency (MEDA)


Representing San Francisco 
9/6/2014

Mattias | Brittany 




INTRODUCING



NEED: CLIENT ENGAGEMENT




65% ----> INTERNET ACCESS

95% -----> MOBILE PHONES


solution:



A web application to engage clients by:

  • Visual action plans
  • Texting message reminders from Coach



NEED: justification for 

FUNDING REQUESTS


SolutioN:



A dashboard of action plan and MEDAPulse results

  • Perfect to show to potential funders
  • Motivation for coaches and MEDA




DEMO


CURRENT ACTION PLAN



TECHNOLOGIES USED


 

FUTURE ROLLOUT PLAN

       Technology

  • Implement Twilio and message scheduler
  • Add a Spanish translation
  • Apply for Sendgrid, Twilio non-profit grants
  • Register a domain 
  • Add client side view of action plan
  • Testing suites
   Strategy 

        • User test with 2 coaches after V2
        • Eventually, trial with other non-profits
 

THANK YOU!

QUESTIONS?


A big thank you to my team members: 
Chris Yancey, Melanie Gin and Jamie McKenzie

Special thanks to San Francisco Office of Financial Empowerment 

Cities for Financial Empowerment Fund Hackathon: MEDAPulse

By Brittany Martin

Cities for Financial Empowerment Fund Hackathon: MEDAPulse

Presentation given at the Cities for Financial Empowerment Fund and Capital One national competition on 9/6/2014. Developer team members included Jamie McKenzie, Chris Yancey, Melanie Gin and Brittany Martin

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