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Every year, SXSW EDU selects its conference sessions using community voting — which means your vote can directly help decide what gets on stage. The selection process combines feedback from three groups:
- Community votes (like yours!) — 30%
- SXSW EDU Advisory Board — 40%
- SXSW EDU staff — 30%
That means your click is powerful: the more votes we receive, the more likely our session is chosen.
👉 Click here to vote for our session: Mental Health’s Goldilocks Problem: Scale vs. Engagement
(You’ll just need to create a free SXSW account — it takes less than a minute.)
Voting is open now through August 24, 2025. Your vote will help us bring a fresh approach to student mental health — blending human connection with innovative technology — to one of the largest education stages in the world.
About the Session
Our SXSW EDU session, Mental Health’s Goldilocks Problem: Scale vs. Engagement, tackles a critical challenge: scalable digital mental health tools often fail to engage students, while highly engaging human-centered programs are hard to scale.
We’ll explore “digital plus” models that pair technology with group-based programs — rejecting the false choice between scale and effectiveness to create connected, resilient student communities.
Why This Matters to TheraHive
At TheraHive, we’re driven by a simple but urgent question:
How can we get proven mental health protocols into the hands of more people in ways that actually lead to positive outcomes?
- The challenge: The knowledge is out there, but navigating it on your own is overwhelming — especially when you’re struggling.
- The other extreme: High-quality apps exist, but they require daily discipline without much accountability.
- Our belief: People stay engaged when they’re part of a community. Mental health benefits from a group approach.
That’s why our work — and this session — focuses on combining the scalability of digital tools with the accountability and belonging of group programs.
How You Can Help
Please take a moment to vote for our session before August 24. It only takes a minute, and your support could put this conversation in front of educators, mental health leaders, and innovators from around the world.
👉 Vote Now
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