Don't be a Wombat! Be social.
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The most precious thing in life is time. How do you spend yours?
Wombat Social values mindful time with those we care about and appreciates memories created through connection.How many stories have you heard of those on their death beds wishing they’d spent more time with loved ones? Whilst social media may remind us of memorable occasions, social media or online interaction cannot create the same memories that connecting face to face do. There is simply no substitute for spending time together.Wombat Socials’ mission is to provide a digital platform to help bring people together in the real world, encouraging human contact and being fully present with others.
Wombat Social is a unique mobile application accessible via smartphone, tablet or computer that provides an intelligent, proactive and automated calendar to help you manage your real-world social time. An ‘anti’-social-media platform which is designed to help you: simplify the process of getting together; facilitate connection, create more laughter and bonding with friends and loved ones; ‘Wombat Social’ will also serve as a platform to help foster good mental health with support functionality built throughout. Be there for friends who need support; as well as more easily reach out yourself in times of need.
Wombats are Marsupials only found in Australia. Whilst some wombat species are social, the common wombat is solitary and inhabits its own burrow. Wombat Social likens this to the fact that online interaction is isolating us in our own “burrows”, leading us to feel increasingly disconnected. Hence our motto, “Don’t be a wombat! Be social.”
Friends for nearly ten years, Matt and Justine have come together to collaborate and tackle this societal issue
Matthew Anglim
Justine Watt
Wombat Social is intuitive and easy to use.
Wombat Social saves you time by streamlining your social calendar.
We'll be offering a free version as well as a paid version containing extra features.
Wombat Social automatically prompts you to engage with friends and loved ones proactively rather than reactively. Think of it as a “social time” management app
When adding contacts into the Wombat Social platform it assigns “Circles” (or tiers) with differing levels for family and friends. The app’s algorithm will periodically prompt you to call or reach out to arrange a catch up, according to the frequency settings for those circles.
Wombat Social displays historical data, showing dates and times since your last catch up (or call), and may prompt you about your desire to connect more frequently.
Wombat Social provides birthdays and special occasions reminders Planning a holiday or special occasion?
Wombat Social can assist with the planning for social events with calendar coordination, to-do lists, notes, etc., from accommodation to who's bringing what to a social gathering. Wombat Social counts down and reminds you of good times to come!Wombat Social aims to support you and your friends and family’s mental health by being able to subtly reach out for help in times of distress, depression, worry etc. using our own range of cute wombat emoji’s.
Wombat Social further fosters good mental health with a "check in" feature to monitor and build healthy emotional self-care
Wombat Social can send out occasional motivational messages in the theme of connectedness and positivity. The development roadmap also includes a function that would enable you to populate personal details for contacts, such as children’s names, birthdays or other special occasions, or even periods of grief (for example the date of the loss of a loved one so you can send out messages of love).
You have vowed to get together with your oldest buddies at least once a year, but time just seems to slip away. Wombat Social will send you a reminder to get in touch and let you know how long it’s been since your last get-together.
Your mother gets worried if she hasn’t heard from you for over a month. Wombat Social can schedule that monthly call and send you a prompt with your mum’s phone number ready to dial.
Want to lockdown a date with a friend or group of friends? With just a few clicks Wombat Social can send possible dates to everyone in that group. All they have to do is click their available dates, Wombat Social will collate responses and send you the date(s) when most people are available.
Just need time out with a partner or loved one? Wombat Social assists you to block out this time for just yourselves with an option to automatically switch to airplane mode to prevent interruptions during important social/down time.
Feel like you could use some support? Click the “help” icon and either be provided with helpful external links or choose to share how you’re feeling with a close friend using our own range of Wombat emoji’s. These highly detailed emoji’s makes it a little less confronting to convey how you’re feeling with or without words.
It's pretty clear how this little guy is feeling?
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