Real-Time for #saveyouthsports

With user-generated content of #saveyouthsports displayed in real-time through the usage of social media such as Twitter, user engagement and accessibility can be increased and enhanced.

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Inspiration

The opportunity of applying the concept of a user-friendly interface to designing a platform for promoting the increasing of school sports was very unique. The topic of school-based sports and its benefits to our community also drove interest and resulted in the creation of a user-friendly, accessible interface that allowed a consumer to communicate and view real-time consumer-generated-content from other users.

What It Does

It can often be difficult to drive traffic or media attention toward a product, concept, or idea. Functional, simple design that encourages user engagement and allows users to focus on a specific part of the data can enhance a user's experience. The current, produced demo illustrates embedded tweets in a selective manner. This simulates the next level for the project, which is a real, real-time Twitter hashtag feed that streams and provides incentive for users to join in the conversation and be inclusive for #saveyouthsports. The main link redirects to Dick's Sporting Goods' site, prompting users to receive more information and be given the ability to donate money for youth sports.

Accomplishments That I'm Proud Of

Digging deeper into concept and not as much of hard code, really sets this project apart from past ones. Furthermore, designing a mockup from scratch, and setting the site up on Github pages to best illustrate its capabilites was an accomplishment as well.

What I Learned

Backend is difficult to implement, as a first time hackathon-er, deciding on a stack and plan of attack was also very complicated. Time is also an extreme constraint, and it was hard to quickly decide on a route to take for creating a project.

What's Next for This Project

Finding a reliable web framework and sticking with it. Looking to obtain a valid Twitter API key/dev key is also high on the list to automate embedding of recent tweets, if needed. Finding more integrations to work with the site can help as well.

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