Recognition and shoutouts in Sonar
24/7 Wellbeing Coaching for Youth
Be one of the people shaping what Sonar builds next
Changemakers is a small, invitation-only group of Sonar members who get a first look at what we’re building and a real say in what happens next.
You’ll test new ideas before they launch, get early access to features and prototypes, and tell us what works, what doesn’t, and what we should change.
Your feedback won’t disappear into a survey. It goes directly to the team building Sonar.
whatyou’llget to do
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Be one of the first people to try a new Sonar feature
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Test prototypes and ideas that haven’t launched yet
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Help choose between designs, names, and concepts
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Share ideas for what Sonar should build next
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Most feedback activities take just 5–10 minutes
how it works?
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Each Changemakers group includes about 8–15 middle and high school students and runs for six months.
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You get the new feature before it launches, use it the way you actually would, and say what did not work.
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What you say goes straight to the people building Sonar — not into a survey that nobody reads.
Theperks
First access to new Sonar features and prototypes
A $200 stipend when you successfully complete the six-month program
Exclusive Changemakers swag
A direct line to the Sonar team building the product
Who gets invited?
Changemakers isn’t open enrollment. We invite middle and high school students who use Sonar and seem excited to help make it better.
You don’t need to know anything about product or design. We’re looking for people who have opinions and aren’t afraid to share them.
The whole point is that Sonar should be shaped by the people who actually use it.
Want in? Apply to join the next Changemakers group.
Josh, 15 yo
Natalie, 14 yo
Your privacy matters
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Changemakers is a product feedback program, not a coaching or therapeutic program.
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Nothing you said to a Wellbeing Coach is read, quoted or brought into a Changemakers session.
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What you say in a session is attached to the product, not to your name, when it reaches the team.
What you’ll
actually change
Apply to be a Changemaker
(01)ChangemakersSomeone9:41SpacesGeneralSchoolWellbeingFriendsAdviceParentsVentingAnonymous · 2h
Does anyone else go quiet when things get bad? I don’t know how to start.
No replies yet
Yeah. I just say “tired” and hope someone asks twice.
Sonar coachStarting is the hard bit. You already did it here.
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Anonymous · 5h
Anyone else’s parents ask “how was school” and then not listen
Write a postPostjust ventingneed adviceanyone else?Say anything. It’s anonymous.Post
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(02)ChangemakersWhat9:41Create your account
Hey. Before the form —
here’s what Sonar is.What this isNot a bot and not a test. A real coach you text, free, whenever — school stuff, friends, home, the lot. “my group chat went weird and idk why”Phone number
this is
(03)ChangemakersNo9:41Refer a friend
Invite a friend and you both get rewarded.
Send this to someone
If a mate’s having a rough one, this is the thing to send.
SMSMessagesWAWhatsApp@EmailURLCopy linkEmail was dropped: it isn’t how they talk to friends.
email
(04)ChangemakersReal9:41sonar.appSponsoredStock photo
New school? New you. Start the year with support.
Third period. Everything’s fine. It isn’t, and that’s a normal Tuesday.
On the websiteAn evidence-based digital wellbeing intervention for adolescent populations.
On the websiteSomeone to talk to, any time. Free for you, paid for by your school.
school
(05)ChangemakersFewer9:41SonarTime for your daily check-in.
SonarYou haven’t checked in today.
SonarHow are you feeling right now?
Check-ins
Remind me to check in
Off — Sonar waits for youHow often
Only when I open it
nudges
(06)ChangemakersOnNational Academies · November 2025
Youth co-creationNothing about us
without usSeliSonar ChangemakerDrewSonarHow a teen review board changed a product five times over.
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