My first one-on-one

Getting the constructive feedback from Tak on my proposal helps guiding me to the next steps and prepare for my presentation. Knowing that I'm behind from everyone else on research and ideation due to my absence, I quickly brainstormed and tried to come up with as many concepts as possible without judging.

SOME THINGS FROM MY SKETCHBOOK–SOME MAY CROSS CATEGORIES

Visual Communications

1. Awareness campaign materials: introducing the concept in education systems
2. Public awareness: true stories, interviews, and current issues
3. Poster, pamphlets, direct mails
   
4. Yellow pages: search engine for new comers (jobs, social networks)
5. Visual cues for new immigrants to easily recognize volunteers (ie. Lance Armstrong's "Live Strong bracelet idea) http://www.livestrong.org/site/c.khLXK1PxHmF/b.4510391/apps/ka/ct/contactus.asp?c=khLXK1PxHmF&b=4510391&en=7pKHKOPmE3JELNNoE7KFKYOAIfKTLZOyEeJRL6OME
   
6. Case studies on true stories and interviews on current new immigrants
   
7. Flash cards on learning Canadian culture and deal with real problems (ie. IDEO method cards)

Interactive Activities (online)

1. Online yellow (or "multi-colour") pages: search engine for new comers (jobs, social networks, meetups)
2. Online forums in different languages
3. Online forums in easy English (to encourage new comers to learn)
   
4. Games
5. Guerilla campaign: games in malls and public places that encourage interactions between the new comers and the Canadian locals
6. Q & A online forum in easy English: talk about solving realistic problems such as filling out medical forms, car insurance, deal with car accidents, legal help, language schooling, school credential recognitions, job search, etc...

Interactive Activities (in person)

1. Buddy program (peers)
2. Exchange program. volunteers exchange cultures/language with new immigrants
   
3. Telephone booth: get people to call a retail store in a foreign country using the second language to order a shirt and describe it. (for Canadian locals to understand what new immigrants are going through in a real situation)
4. Movie booth: playing foreign movies without subtitles (same idea and goals as the above)
   
5. Easily accessible in person Q&A
6. Free cultural classes for new comers to adapt in British Columbia(highly-recommended in Holland when you become an immigrant)