Marketing Manager Volunteer for Nature Counter by CrowdDoing

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Human Resource Business Partner Volunteer for Nature Counter by CrowdDoing

CrowdDoing studied biophilia in cities and found that there are more than one hundred diseases that can be prevented through access to nature.[1] Nature Counter is a CrowdDoing concept, soon to become a functional prototype that lets each person see if they are getting that level of time in nature per week or per month. Time in nature is approximated through the kind of nature that exists in cities-- geo-locations of people based on their cell phones when they are in parks. Nature Counter tracks each person’s time spent in parks when the application is on. This allows people to track it the way step counters track the number of steps they take. The aim is to have a universal public health goal of getting the city’s people to have enough time in parks to realize the biophilia collective health dividend. The concept is that spending time in nature is both an individual activity and a collective goal that friends should encourage each-other to achieve. Nature Counter is aimed at getting each person to track their time in nature and adjust their calendar over time to increase that time. Our estimations are that people’s time in nature would rise if they could track this and have target goals for their health due to time in nature accordingly. 120 Minutes per week in nature is also geo-locateable on phones. Have you gotten your 120 minutes a week at medium edose nature, or 90 minutes a day of high dose nature? That is determinable by if your smart phone shows you in the park for how many minutes. We aim to build an app that counts how many minutes in nature each week you have spent and reporting that back to the person. This is like step counts, but based on time in nature as walks through non-parks don’t count for the nature counter. Time in parks or on coasts count. Can we validate against known locations of parks? I see "park" is a place type on google;s api for example- (https://developers.google.com/places/supported_types).

Extensive research has shown that immersion in nature can have multiple positive benefits for individuals that can result in positive impact on organizations and institutions. These include greater focus, productivity, creativity and sense of wellbeing; stronger social ties and immunities; improved self esteem; and lower stress, anxiety, and blood pressure. But there is a gap between this research and the utilization of it by institutions. individuals, and cities. Because of this gap, many of the most important social science questions about the consequences of nature immersion interventions have not been sufficiently researched.

We propose synthesizing and simplifying the existing literature into actionable toolsets that will that will make it possible for these entities to gather data to further demonstrate what increasing time in nature can accomplish. To what extent can time in nature lead to benefits sought by individuals and institutions?

This initiative builds on the successes that "citizen science" has achieved in fields such as astronomy and conservation science. It allows individuals and institutions to experikment with and pilot nature-immersion interventions that are right-sized to their goals. They have the opportunity to test for themselves the degree to which increasing time in nature for their institution is a critically important strategy for productivity enhancement and employee wellbeing. Our aim is to co-create nature immersion research embedding the process of research localization into the piloting process so that each organization ends up with the toolkit of nature immersion capabilities they most need.

When organizations get evidence of increased performance, for example, they are likely to make permanent these nature-based interventions. For example, a hospital with two divisions could have surgeons in one division get "flex time" to be free to spend 50 minutes a day immersed in a local park. (A GPS-enabled application would confirm that they, in fact do spend that amount of time in the park.) After a specified period of time, their medical mistake rate and burn-out rate could be compared with that of the surgeons in the control group. Each organization can choose to utilize research metrics and methods that have the greatest bearings on their needs. Research methods such as Networked Improvement Communities, Context Variation by Design, and Positive Deviance are examples of methodologies that have demonstrated that proof-of-concept experiments can be emulated and customized across a network. Our goal is to help individuals as well as organizations and institutions, assisting individuals in acquiring the health literacy to decide how much time in nature they need to achieve their medical goals.

We anticipate that there are metrics that can be gathered based on GPS data on time in the park, survey data, and through apple watch integration bio-metric data, employer productivity data, medical record data for health insurance use cases and learning data for educational institutions. Research ought to explore how nature dose changes productivity and reduces corporate risk through preventing mistakes and unforced errors.

What would it be like to pilot "nature flex time" in a city? Diverse organizations would be encouraged to identify an aspirational goal for themselves. Can nature dose be brought into a continuum of social science research to be applied as a tool for violence prevention, improved high school graduation rates and other indicators of community wellbeing? We think it’s possible, and emergent evidence suggests that this possibility is real.

Volunteer role Description for Marketing Managers

Purpose:

Plan, direct, or coordinate marketing policies and programs, such as determining the demand for products and services offered by a firm and its competitors, and identify potential customers. Develop pricing strategies with the goal of maximizing the firm's profits or share of the market while ensuring the firm's customers are satisfied. Oversee product development or monitor trends that indicate the need for new products and services.

Education and Experience:

Bachelor's degree

Knowledge:

Sales and Marketing - Knowledge of principles and methods for showing, promoting, and selling products or services. This includes marketing strategy and tactics, product demonstration, sales techniques, and sales control systems.
English Language - Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
Administration and Management - Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.
Customer and Personal Service - Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
Communications and Media - Knowledge of media production, communication, and dissemination techniques and methods. This includes alternative ways to inform and entertain via written, oral, and visual media.
Computers and Electronics - Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.
Mathematics - Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications.
Design - Knowledge of design techniques, tools, and principles involved in production of precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models.
Economics and Accounting - Knowledge of economic and accounting principles and practices, the financial markets, banking, and the analysis and reporting of financial data.
Education and Training - Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects.
Administrative - Knowledge of administrative and office procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records, stenography and transcription, designing forms, and workplace terminology.

Skills:

Basic Skills

• *Active Learning Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
• *Active Listening Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
• *Critical Thinking Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.
• *Learning Strategies Selecting and using training/instructional methods and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new things.
• *Mathematics Using mathematics to solve problems.
• *Monitoring Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
• *Reading Comprehension Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents.
• Science Using scientific rules and methods to solve problems.
• *Speaking Talking to others to convey information effectively.
• *Writing Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.

Social Skills

• *Coordination Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.
• *Instructing Teaching others how to do something.
• *Negotiation Bringing others together and trying to reconcile differences.
• *Persuasion Persuading others to change their minds or behavior.
• *Service Orientation Actively looking for ways to help people.
• *Social Perceptiveness Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.

Complex Problem Solving Skills

• *Complex Problem Solving Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.

Technical Skills

• Equipment Maintenance Performing routine maintenance on equipment and determining when and what kind of maintenance is needed.
• Equipment Selection Determining the kind of tools and equipment needed to do a Volunteer role.
• Installation Installing equipment, machines, wiring, or programs to meet specifications.
• Operation and Control Controlling operations of equipment or systems.
• *Operations Analysis Analyzing needs and product requirements to create a design.
• Operations Monitoring Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly.
• Programming Writing computer programs for various purposes.
• Quality Control Analysis Conducting tests and inspections of products, services, or processes to evaluate quality or performance.
• Repairing Repairing machines or systems using the needed tools.
• Technology Design Generating or adapting equipment and technology to serve user needs.
• Troubleshooting Determining causes of operating errors and deciding what to do about it.

Systems Skills

• *Judgment and Decision Making Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
• *Systems Analysis Determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes.
• *Systems Evaluation Identifying measures or indicators of system performance and the actions needed to improve or correct performance, relative to the goals of the system.

Resource Management Skills

• *Management of Financial Resources Determining how money will be spent to get the work done, and accounting for these expenditures.
• *Management of Material Resources Obtaining and seeing to the appropriate use of equipment, facilities, and materials needed to do certain work.
• *Management of Personnel Resources Motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, identifying the best people for the Volunteer role.
• *Time Management Managing one's own time and the time of others.

Desktop Computer Skills

· SpreadsheetsUsing a computer application to enter, manipulate, and format text and numerical data; insert, delete, and manipulate cells, rows, and columns; and create and save worksheets, charts, and graphs.

· PresentationsUsing a computer application to create, manipulate, edit, and show virtual slide presentations.

· InternetNavigating the Internet to find information, including the ability to open and configure standard browsers; use searches, hypertext references, and transfer protocols; and send and retrieve electronic mail (e-mail).

· NavigationUsing scroll bars, a mouse, and dialog boxes to work within the computer's operating system. Being able to access and switch between applications and files of interest.

· Word ProcessingUsing a computer application to type text, insert pictures, format, edit, print, save, and retrieve word processing documents.

· GraphicsWorking with pictures in graphics programs or other applications, including creating simple graphics, manipulating the appearance, and inserting graphics into other programs.

· DatabasesUsing a computer application to manage large amounts of information, including creating and editing simple databases, inputting data, retrieving specific records, and creating reports to communicate the information.

Work Context:

Body Positioning

• Requires sitting

Communication

• Requires public speaking
• Requires telephone conversations
• Requires use of electronic mail
• Requires writing letters and memos
• Requires face-to-face discussions with individuals or teams
• Requires contact with others (face-to-face, by telephone, or otherwise)

Competition

• Requires competition or awareness of competitive pressures

Conflict

• Includes conflict situations

Impact of Decisions

• Requires making decisions that impact the results of co-workers, clients or the company
• Opportunity to make decisions without supervision
• Requires making decisions that affect other people, the financial resources, and/or the image and reputation of the organization

Level of Challenge

• Freedom to determine tasks, priorities, and goals
• Requires being exact or highly accurate

Pace and Scheduling

• Requires meeting strict deadlines

Personal Interaction

• Requires work with others in a group or team
• Requires work with external customers or the public
• Requires coordinating or leading others in accomplishing work activities

Responsibility for Others

• Includes responsibility for work outcomes and results

Work Setting

• Requires working indoors in environmentally controlled conditions

Tasks:

• Identify, develop, or evaluate marketing strategy, based on knowledge of establishment objectives, market characteristics, and cost and markup factors.
• Consult with product development personnel on product specifications, such as design, color, or packaging.
• Use sales forecasting or strategic planning to ensure the sale and profitability of products, lines, or services, analyzing business developments and monitoring market trends.
• Negotiate contracts with vendors or distributors to manage product distribution, establishing distribution networks or developing distribution strategies.
• Coordinate or participate in promotional activities or trade shows, working with developers, advertisers, or production managers, to market products or services.
• Initiate market research studies, or analyze their findings.
• Confer with legal Volunteer role to resolve problems, such as copyright infringement or royalty sharing with outside producers or distributors.
• Consult with buying personnel to gain advice regarding the types of products or services expected to be in demand.
• Formulate, direct, or coordinate marketing activities or policies to promote products or services, working with advertising or promotion managers.
• Evaluate the financial aspects of product development, such as budgets, expenditures, research and development appropriations, or return-on-investment and profit-loss projections.
• Consult with buying personnel to gain advice regarding environmentally sound or sustainable products.
• Conduct economic or commercial surveys to identify potential markets for products or services.
• Recommend modifications to products, packaging, production processes, or other characteristics to improve the environmental soundness or sustainability of products.
• Advise business or other groups on local, national, or international factors affecting the buying or selling of products or services.
• Select products or accessories to be displayed at trade or special production shows.
• Develop business cases for environmental marketing strategies.
• Integrate environmental information into product or company marketing strategies, policies, or activities.
• Develop pricing strategies, balancing firm objectives and customer satisfaction.
• Compile lists describing product or service offerings.
• Direct the hiring, training, or performance evaluations of marketing or sales Volunteer role and oversee their daily activities.

For questions and correspondence regarding codesigning a perfect volunteer role for yourself in the CrowdDoing systems change venture lab please email: "Journey.ikigai@crowddoing.world"