CAMPUS
INTERLINKED CAMPUS
Most students know consent matters.
Knowing what to say in the moment is harder.
Interlinked helps students get clear about what they want, find the words to express it, and — if they choose — communicate more easily with another person.
PRIVATE FIRST • SHARING OPTIONAL • NO CONSENT SCORES • NO DIGITAL PROOF OF CONSENT
THE GAP
Knowing the principle is not the same as having the conversation.
Universities have spent years improving consent education. That work matters. But understanding consent in a classroom, orientation session or training module is different from finding the words in a real moment.
“I’m not sure.”
“Can we slow down?”
“I changed my mind.”
“I don’t want that tonight.”
“Are you still comfortable with this?”
Simple sentences. Not always simple to say. That gap between knowing and doing is where Interlinked begins.
EDUCATION
creates awareness.
PRACTICE
builds habits.
REPETITION
can help shape culture.
Interlinked does not try to redefine consent.
It asks a narrower question:
Can good interaction design make healthy communication easier to practice when people already know communication matters?
THE INTERLINKED MODEL
01
PRIVATE CLARITY
“What do I actually want?”
A short private check-in helps someone identify what feels right, what does not, and what they are still unsure about.
02
CLEAR EXPRESSION
“How do I say it?”
Interlinked helps turn clarity — or uncertainty — into natural language.
03
OPTIONAL SHARING
The user decides what happens next.
Say it.
Show it.
Copy it.
Share it.
Or stop there.
04
MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING
If both people want to, they can privately check where they stand and surface what is worth discussing.
Communication does not happen at one moment.
BEFORE
Clarify what you want.
Find the words.
Optionally check in together.
"I know what I want, but I don’t know how to bring it up."
DURING
Provide immediate language for slowing down, pausing, or checking in with the other person.
"I was comfortable with this earlier. I’m not anymore."
AFTER
Access relevant campus support and resources without pressure to report or diagnosis.
"I can access the campus wellbeing resources and support pathways."
Technology should make communication easier.
It should not pretend to make human behavior legally certain.
INTERLINKED IS NOT
× a consent contract
× proof of consent
× a compatibility score
× permission to continue
× a replacement for Title IX
× a replacement for survivor advocacy
× a replacement for counseling or medical care
It does not create legal proof of consent.
It does not turn completion into permission.
It does not score compatibility.
It does not encourage someone to negotiate after a clear boundary.
It does not replace Title IX, survivor advocacy, counseling, medical care or reporting systems.
Consent remains ongoing.
Someone can change their mind at any time.
Nothing completed inside Interlinked overrides that.
The university does not need to know
what students said
to know whether the program is useful.
Interlinked is being designed around a separation between intimate interaction content and institutional program measurement.
Universities should be able to evaluate the program without routinely receiving students’ intimate answers.
PRIVATE STUDENT EXPERIENCE
What someone wants
What they are unsure about
What words they choose
INSTITUTIONAL PROGRAM SIGNALS
- Adoption
Completion
Repeat use
Perceived usefulness
Implementation feasibility
THE CAMPUS PILOT
We are not asking universities to believe the theory. We are asking them to test it. Human behavior cannot be predicted from a slide deck. A pilot should answer the questions that actually matter.
01
WILL STUDENTS USE IT?
Is voluntary adoption strong enough to justify continuing? We need to know if students find the tool useful enough to use it regularly.
02
DOES IT HELP THEM COMMUNICATE?
Does it help students express something more clearly? We examine whether students report that the tool helped them communicate something more clearly.
03
DO THEY COME BACK?
Does the tool provide value beyond initial curiosity? Repeat use helps assess whether students continue to find the experience useful over time.
04
CAN WE MEASURE IT RESPONSIBLY?
Can a university evaluate the program while preserving the privacy of intimate student interactions? We prioritize institutional feasibility.
Institutional Scoping
Defining the specific campus context and integration priorities for the pilot.
Resource Integration
Aligning Interlinked with existing campus support pathways and terminology.
Privacy Governance
Establishing clear data-minimization protocols to protect student privacy.
If the evidence says the idea does not work, the pilot should tell us. If it works, we should understand why.
Aggregating signals on adoption, usability, and perceived usefulness.
THE INTERLINKED MODEL
Interlinked is intended to sit alongside existing consent education, prevention, wellbeing and support systems.
01
PRIVATE CLARITY
“What do I actually want?”
A short private check-in helps someone identify what feels right, what does not, and what they are still unsure about.
02
CLEAR EXPRESSION
“How do I say it?”
Interlinked helps turn clarity — or uncertainty — into natural language.
03
OPTIONAL SHARING
The user decides what happens next.
Say it.
Show it.
Copy it.
Share it.
Or stop there.
04
MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING
If both people want to, they can privately check where they stand and surface what is worth discussing.
Potential stakeholders
TITLE IX / CIVIL RIGHTS
STUDENT AFFAIRS
PREVENTION & EDUCATION
STUDENT WELLBEING
COUNSELING / ADVOCACY
PRIVACY & INFORMATION SECURITY
INSTITUTIONAL RESEARCH
Title IX / Civil Rights
Designed to complement existing prevention and education efforts while preserving student autonomy and minimizing unnecessary institutional access to intimate information.
A pilot can adapt
Campus resources
Referral pathways
Language and terminology
Student communications
Evaluation priorities
Privacy & Security
Addressing institutional data governance by separating private interaction data from aggregate program analytics.
Interlinked is led by Alban Gérôme. Designed for scale, security, and student privacy.
Culture is what becomes normal.
Asking becomes normal.
Checking in becomes normal.
Saying “I’m not sure” becomes normal.
Changing your mind becomes normal.
Hearing “no” without turning it into a negotiation becomes normal.
A culture of consent is not created by a slogan.
It develops when healthy behaviors become easier to practice — and eventually stop feeling unusual.
That is the idea Interlinked wants to test.
From consent education
to consent practice.
Interlinked is beginning conversations with U.S. colleges and universities interested in exploring an early campus pilot.
alban@interlinkedcampus.com