The following is a full guide to all the information that you need to know about The Connected Lens, if you ever have any questions, feel free to reach out to us through either the social media or contact form linked at the bottom of this page, or even through emailing us at theconnectedlens@gmail.com Good luck and hopefully you enjoy our service!
The Connected Lens is a program that was founded with closing the language and cultural barrier of immigrants as they transition to the United States. Our online service allows individuals to connect to another individual of a similar culture and ethnicity, allowing them to bond together, making new friends and building connections that eases up the transition.
The Connected Lens is a service intended to provide quality service and support to a variety of immigrants who are living in the United States that have trouble adjusting to the culture and thus have a hard time navigating everyday life. One of the most important and helpful tools in this situation is somebody to talk to, but often, they have very few connections in the community, and the language and cultural barrier often makes it hard for them to establish relevant connections. Many people are feeling this all over the United States, and thus we established The Connected Lens. The Connected Lens is a service that allows individuals of immigrant backgrounds to find “buddies” who can either be in their area or can be virtual that share a similar background to them, often having similar language or cultural identities, and thus are able to collaborate to make the transition as easy as possible.
Our process involves a few critical and important steps that allows us to find a match when possible for the user based on the information that is given to us. The information includes age, location, culture, etc. as well as contact information to initiate the interaction once the user is matched with a “buddy”. After the user submits the form, our system will automatically notify the user through an email if there is a match that is going to be suitable for them, in which they have the option to accept or reject the connection based on their preferences. If they accept, we will set up a form of communication between them using a variety of communication platforms (Skype, Google Meets, Zoom, etc.) If they decline however, we will continue to search and will continue to notify them whenever we have a match. When they find a buddy that is suitable, we will set up a form of communication according to their preferences and will exchange contact information. From then on, the user is able to stay with their “buddy” for as long as they would like, and would be able to share information with each other if they choose. If they ever want to stop being a buddy with an individual, they may request that through the buddy dropout form, linked here: https://rb8lgb4waeb.typeform.com/to/COVS2ngB
Note: A user reserves the full right to drop out of any pairing, and we will always respect their decision, and based on their preferences, match them with a new buddy if they would like. However, if they want to reinstate the partnership in the future, both parties would need to agree.
Please note that the process for finding a buddy could take some time, as it is the job of us to make sure that there is a “buddy” that fits the profile and preferences of both users to stimulate the most effective communication. We cannot guarantee that a buddy can be found in a certain timeframe, but please be patient as we are constantly checking and trying to find any match that would be possible and notifying users when we find a potential suitor as soon as it gets found through email communication.
Our website has a variety of pages that are important for the full scope of our service. Each individual page has the following contents:
Home Page: The home page tab shows a full list of different tabs to navigate to as well as a variety of services and a link to various important information about our service, including the guide (which you are reading here) and the business plan. It will also feature any testimonials that may be present in the future.
Resources: The resources is going to show a complete list of all the resources that are associated with the services as well as a link to them, giving users easy navigation of various important information and resources in regards to our services. We will constantly be adding new resources periodically.
Features: The features tab will display and show all the features of our service as well as an overview of the different information that may be necessary. We will constantly be adding new features, and thus will always be adding new content to the page.
About: The about tab is going to show the story of our service as well as all of our offerings and information on them as well as information in regards to our business in general and links to both the guide (you're reading it here) and also the business plan.
Use: The use tab is going to show the link to the buddy matching form as well as an explanation of how our process works. If there are any updates to our service, know that the newest version of our service will be on this tab.
If you see any problems or would like to report an issue, make sure to use the contact form linked at the bottom of this document.
There might be a variety of different issues that could cause problems for our service, but some of the prominent ones includes: troubles with the form, website disconnection, and
For more information in regards to the future plans of the business, make sure to check out the business plan at the following link in which we give a complete overview of our future plan and endeavors with our service.
Business Plan can be found here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vSORR1Qz1AQFCjAQTkqxecII2MFbmX2hZgOlGF6RQcd8rZYplxWSsoAgPoMfU8X6P9-3fjeL40d0HUw/pub
If you would like to reach us, make sure to use the following links to reach out to us directly:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theconnectedlens/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/theconnectedle2
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-connected-lens
Contact Form: https://forms.gle/4BrheqsnkgYPppn86
You can also email us at theconnectedlens@gmail.com
Our Linktree and Github contain all the resources and links that surround and are associated with our service. Make sure to visit the Github and Linktree through the following links down below:
Linktree: https://linktr.ee/theconnectedlens