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New Leisure Rules Through Experience

Instructor: Courtney Scharf
Travel
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Experience has been a defining aspect of modern entertainment and leisure, leading to big changes in spending priorities, especially among younger demographics.

In this module, Courtney highlights the many ways in which experience has remained a driving
factor in entertertainment, and how both high-intensity and low-intensity experiences have played a crucial role in keeeping
consumers entertained.
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Workshop Questions:
1. Is your customer most in search of an exciting or relaxing sense of escape? How could you meet that need in a what that is safe?
2. If you were to create an escape-focused experience or offering, what would make your experience different from what's already out there?
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AR Fitness
Augmented reality apps encourage exploration and fitness simultaneously
Trend - Apps that manipulate and gamify users' surroundings are increasingly focusing on adventure merged with fitness. These augmented reality workout apps give consumers the opportunity to explore surroundings in a way that's both playful and that prioritizes health.
Workshop Question - How is your brand offering experiences that keep consumers committed to their goals?
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Decentralized Social
Developers are launching decentralized content platforms
Trend - Independent developers are using shared protocols to create decentralized content aggregator platforms. Companies do not own or moderate these platforms, which offers better privacy than large alternatives. Many of these platforms communicate with one another to form the 'Fediverse.'
Workshop Question - How could your brand adapt to, decentralized social media platforms to better reach modern consumers?
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AI Journal
New services are using AI to offer advice on individual's daily lives
Trend - Brands in the artificial intelligence space are launching journaling apps backed by generative AI. These services can help journalers identify patterns in their lives while receiving advice from AI. The AI provides insight into emotional states that otherwise may not have been identified.
Workshop Question - How could your brand incorporate generative AI technology to offer more personalization in services or products for customers?
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Everyday Web3
Web3 is integrated into everyday routines
Trend - Though the introduction to Web3 has had a shaky start, it's adoption in everyday routines and business practices is showcasing the real impact of the decentralized web. Customer service, online shopping, and even health care are enhanced by Web3 services when they're seamlessly integrated.
Workshop Question - How could your brand make new tech more digestible for its customers?
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Custom Workflow
Personalized prioritization apps enable more inclusive and effective work styles
Trend - Apps and services that aid in summarizing, prioritizing, and organizing work tasks in personalized ways are more popular than ever in the post-pandemic workplace. Not only does this custom approach to workflow give more flexibility, but is more inclusive of different work styles and needs.
Workshop Question - How can your organization maximize output without dictating how and when work is completed?
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Authentic Sharing
Some demographics are turning to more authentic forms of social sharing
Trend - As large social media platforms prioritize filtered aesthetics and monetization, some consumers are turning to social platforms that focus on more authentic forms of P2P interaction. These platforms and forums help users share moments and opinions that are less curated and more honest.
Workshop Question - How could your brand prioritize authenticity in its products, services or campaigns?
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Musical Bottle
Augmented reality scans on beverage bottles and packaging offer musical experiences
Trend - Brands using AR elements on product packaging is a popular way to offer product information and even game-based interactions, and now beverage brands are using this technology to create musical experiences with their products.
Workshop Question - How could your brand seamlessly integrate interactive elements into its product experience?
5.4
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Focused Mood-Boosting
Apps that prioritize mental wellness offer more focused functions
Trend - Wellness and mindfulness apps that are designed to boost users' moods are becoming more focused rather than offering several functions and uses. Apps in this space include ones that recommend mood-boosting podcasts to quick daily journaling prompts.
Workshop Question - How could your brand better prioritize its customers' and/or employees' wellbeing?
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App-Based Guide
App-based travel and activity guides prevail as pandemic restrictions lift
Trend - As we enter a post-pandemic world and travel restrictions lift, app-based travel and activity guides are becoming the norm. These digital guide activations help travelers explore the world while limiting their contact with tour groups to remain mindful of the ongoing global health concerns.
Workshop Question - How is your company shifting its services to accommodate post-pandemic consumer habits?
3.8
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Branded Game
Brands launch game-based experiences in the metaverse
Trend - The virtual interactivity that's possible in the metaverse has made it the perfect space for brands to create experiences that are based in or aligned with games. These branded metaverse-based games familiarize consumers with brands' products while prioritizing experience.
Workshop Question - What type of interactive gaming experience could your brand develop to better engage with its customers?
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Connected Park
Companies are leveraging app technology to enhance the park-goers' experiences
Trend - As the digital world becomes more readily available to consumers, parks across North America are using apps to enhance guests' experience. The mobile-connected technology provides additional information to park-goers for a more interactive visit.
Workshop Question - How can your company merge interactive digital and physical experiences?
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