Whisper: analysis and design for a community event service

We present an analysis of what we call the community event space, looking at how social events are planned and organized. Based on a series of interviews, field studies, and a focus group, we introduce a framework outlining six phases of events: proposition, polling, participation, parting, perpetuation, and persuasion. We also present the design of Whisper, a web-based event service that addresses the planning and organizational challenges identified in this framework. This analysis and design serves as a blueprint for existing and future community event services. Keywords Event service, Planned Events, Social groups ACM Classification Keywords H.5.2 User-centered design

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2006
• Where: CHI
• Authors: Jennifer Ng, Jonathan Terleski, Jason I. Hong
• Keywords: CHI 2006, Future Community Event, Human Computer Interaction, Keywords Event Service, Web-based Event Service