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  • Site of the Week: Play Spent

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    Posted on February 14, 2011 at 12:32 pm

    Website: www.PlaySpent.org

    Lessons to be Learned:
    PlaySpent.org has created a clever site to deliver a cruel lesson: for most Americans who live from paycheck to paycheck, losing your job may mean quickly losing everything comfortable and familiar about your life. Living on a low wage forces tough decisions, none of them particularly good. What’s wonderful? You get it. You understand.  You empathize with individuals and families in those desperate straits.

    And that’s our point. Let’s say you want to create a recruiting site that shows the opportunities and positive choices you can make working for your organization. Here’s a great formula to wrap your minisite around. Create empathy and understanding. By the way, the link to social media on the site (Facebook, for example) lets you take your message outside the virtual walls of the website. Check it out.

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    Comments

    Comment from Disgustedman February 23, 2011 at 10:51 am

    This “Game” is so slanted trying to make you feel so sorry for people who made stupid choices in life. They slant the game so that you have to give up things or suffer. SOme of the sections are true (Almost) but some are so out of reality, that they lead one (Me) to think “If this was designed to teach, they failed in the presentation and thus, failed ot make an impression” I do feel sorry for those who ahve ahd tough knocks, but to sit and continue to say “Help me!” is showing how unwilling people are to climb out of their own pool of misery and really work to make a difference.

    Comment from McKinney August 31, 2011 at 10:31 am

    As of today, SPENT has had over 1 million plays. Help us spread the word all the way to Washington. Please help us by signing this petition encouraging Congress to play SPENT and learn about the realities of living on the edge of homelessness.

    http://www.petition2congress.com/5008/challenge-your-congresspeople-to-play-spent/?m=1988681

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