Posts by Gina Rembe
Everyday Wellbeing Design Challenge – Fresh Minds & Approach
image courtesy of Mark Bradford
After a two week mid-semester break, the students from Massey’s School of Design are back to work on their Everyday Wellbeing Design Challenge!
We were asked by the Massey Tutors to come in and do …
Read MoreSeed by Seed: Facilitation training at Massey Wellington
Finding good training around facilitation is hard to come by, that’s why when the Lifehack crew saw that Seed by Seed in collaboration with the good people at the Massey University Centre for Public Health Research we knew it would …
Read MoreFlourshing Fellowship: Hui Tuarua
Checking in to the mahi
Many different ideas came out of our second Hui, the fellows had been in a position where they can really start to delve deeper into the work, the understanding and the methods that they had …
Read MoreEveryday Wellbeing Design Challenge – Empathy
Last week we wrote about the exciting turbulence that was created at the turning point in the design challenge, where students were able to continue with the design brief they’d been shaping up for five weeks, or change and seek …
Read MoreEveryday Wellbeing Design Challenge: All Change?
Week 5 was secretly the point I was most excited about at the Everyday Wellbeing Design Challenge with Massey University. It was the time where the tutors were testing a hypothesis – ‘can we enhance our students’ collaborative practice by …
Read MoreLower Hutt: A Review
Last weekend, the Lifehack community put on an event in Lower Hutt to support three wonderful local wellbeing projects. Over 50 people together across all ages came to volunteer their skills in communications, web development, graphic design, strategic thinking, …
Read MoreEveryday Wellbeing Design Challenge – Refining The Brief
The pace is ramping up over at the Everyday Wellbeing paper we’re working on with Massey University’s School of Design!
We’re almost at the stage where the students’ research is being refined down in groups into a brief which …
Read MoreTop 10 Design Research Resources
Increasingly Lifehack is supporting and empowering people around New Zealand to start well and build their capacity when it comes to designing, developing and improving youth wellbeing projects.
Often we get asked for resources, best practice guides and tools …
Read MoreCrowdsourcing A Youth Wellbeing Map For Aotearoa
The Problem:
We’re often asked what kinds of projects are happening in the youth wellbeing space in Aotearoa New Zealand. Often we reel off a number of the projects we’ve worked with, ones we know about through our networks, and …
Read MoreUpdates to the Lifehack privacy policy
Lifehack takes privacy very seriously and will not disclose any your information unless otherwise stated. If you’d like to know more about our privacy policy and our open-source ethos, please see this document.…
Read MoreHow We Use Experiments To Drive Insight
We get a lot of questions about how we do what we do.
Moving at pace but keeping Lifehack focused on learning is a skill we’ve been honing for over 2 years, and the practice of running Experiments is at …
Read MoreAnnouncing The Lower Hutt Weekend Projects
We’re excited to announce that we’ll be working with three awesome local community initiatives at the upcoming Lower Hutt weekend. Whether you’re into cycling, local food production, reciprocity systems, or whānau activities, there’s something for everyone. These brave individuals and …
Read MoreWellbeing in Aotearoa : Te Whare Tapa Whā
Increasingly there is a recognition around the world that Wellbeing is a holistic concept.
Whilst there’s some excellent resources such as 5 Ways To Wellbeing and PERMA, here at Lifehack we feel like we need to acknowledge what Wellbeing means …
Read MoreDesigning For Everyday Wellbeing – Week 3 – Storytelling & Synthesis
Week 3 took flight with the themes “Inspirational Designing”, “Brainstorming & Storytelling” & “Concept Synthesis”.
The students got the opportunity to hear about photography in design, before returning to the development of their 8 page visual research package. Tutors helped …
Read MoreHow To Use A Business Model Canvas When Your User Isn’t Your Customer
Most of the time in the Youth Wellbeing space, the people using an intervention AREN’T the people who pay for the service.
Example: Young people going to a youth club often pay nothing to attend – the costs are covered …
Read MoreImproving Everyday Wellbeing – Week 2
Week 2 of the Everyday Wellbeing Design Challenge with Massey University rolled around, and it was a fascinating array of dialogue and visuals.
As Week 1 ended, the students were asked to spend their independent study hours working to make …
Read MoreThe Flourishing Fellowship Begins
We kicked off the Flourishing Fellowship on a beautiful Wednesday morning with the arrival of 22 participants from around Aotearoa New Zealand. And sheesh, are these people awesome.
With ages spanning generation X and generation Y, we had a diverse …
Read MoreSupporting Ventures To Flourish
Ahead of Lifehack Labs last year, we caught up for coffee with various people we hoped would join us as supporters, mentors and provocateurs – as well as individuals who would provide us with a critical view on the way …
Read MoreLifehack Weekend Announced for Lower Hutt : Call for Projects & Participants
We’re stoked to announce that we’ll be hosting a Lifehack Weekend in Lower Hutt! Join us for a weekend of collaboration, helping community projects and meeting like-minded people keen to improve youth wellbeing in Aotearoa.
Details:
Kick-off – Friday …
Read MoreWhat Is The Role Of Technology In Youth Wellbeing?
In the early days of Lifehack, we were often asked how many mobile apps we’d built. Apps that would ‘solve’ youth mental health issues… pieces of technology that would improve the wellbeing of all young people in this country …
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