Foursquare for Nonprofits

Foursquare for Nonprofits C.J. Lucke, Public Remix January 05, 2011 Use Twitter Hashtag #npweb Special Thanks To Our SponsorsWednesday, January 5, 2011

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Foursquare for Nonprofits C.J. Lucke, Public Remix Use Twitter Hashtag #npweb Special Thanks To Our SponsorsWednesday, January 5, 2011

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Foursquare for NonProﬁts C.J. Lucke, Public RemixWednesday, January 5, 2011

Agenda What is Foursquare? Why Use it? How Can it be Used? Fundraising Membership Public Awareness Event Promotion Volunteer Management Step-by-Step Guide Other Location Based ServicesWednesday, January 5, 2011

Introductions C.J. Lucke Worked with local government and nonproﬁts for 20 years Teach social media and govt. admin. for local universities CEO for Public RemixWednesday, January 5, 2011

What is Foursquare? Location Based Service People Share Where They Are Leave tips and shout-outs 5 Million Foursquare Users 290 Million Mobile Phone UsersWednesday, January 5, 2011

Cute Animated Video http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=DFXzyJ8mUh4Wednesday, January 5, 2011

Smart PhoneWednesday, January 5, 2011

Check-Ins Smart phone check in Text message check in Alerting friends to your location Person who checks in most is MayorWednesday, January 5, 2011

Check-Ins Leaving Tips and Shout Outs Sharing with Twitter and Facebook (25% currently do)Wednesday, January 5, 2011

To-Do’s http://nonprofitorgs.wordpress.com/ 2010/01/17/five-simple-and-fun-ways-to- promote-nonprofits-on-foursquare/Wednesday, January 5, 2011

Points 5 points for ﬁrst check in 5 points for adding a new venue 1 point for every check in, increases by 1 for every check in. 2nd stop is worth 2 pointsWednesday, January 5, 2011

Badges Badges are rewarded for things like amount of check ins, frequency, and to speciﬁc type of venues. Starbucks, Comic-con, Swarm, On a Boat, Birthday, 4 Square Day Create your own (10K)Wednesday, January 5, 2011

Specials = Event info! Tiered Rewards 1st Check in Discounts Multiple Checkin Discounts Mayors Time Conditional Specials **You can use it to promote eventsWednesday, January 5, 2011

Why Use It? Inexpensive “Be Everywhere” Users inﬂuence their friends People use it to discover new places “Collectors” will compete for badges and Mayorship Experience and interactionWednesday, January 5, 2011

How Can It be Used by Nonprofits? Fundraising Membership Public Awareness Event PromotionWednesday, January 5, 2011

Fundraising Layer on top of your existing eﬀorts Donor pays per check-in Partnership with restaurant(s), sports teams Have an event check-in that links to a donation web page Get more people! Add a contest such as a random lottery drawing of everyone who checks-in or a prize for the person with the best "shout-out" when they check-in; advertise a swarm badgeWednesday, January 5, 2011

Successful Case Study - Big Love Little Hearts • Big Love Little Hearts works to provide life-saving surgery to children with congenital heart defects in developing countries. • Used Foursquare for an advocacy, awareness and fundraising campaign called #100X100 that raised $25,000 in 24 hours and prompted more than 800 supporters to call their Congressmen • A donor contributed $1 for every time someone checked-in (or tweeted) with the hashtag #100X100 on a speciﬁc day • http://philanthropy.com/blogs/social-philanthropy/guest-post-a-social-media-experiment-raises-big-money-for-small-charity/24431Wednesday, January 5, 2011

Membership Specials to bring in a friend - get prize/ discount Loyalty program Click on the proﬁle of each of your members and see where they shop, dine and spend their free time. These are the places you want to look at to hold events or partner with! Use your check-in data to create eventsWednesday, January 5, 2011

Successful Case Study - Cincinnati Taft Art Museum“In Cincinnati, the Taft Museum of Art usesFoursquare as a membership loyalty program,oﬀering increasing rewards as guests return again Textand again. The ﬁfth check-in gets a free dessert, the10th earns a free membership and the 15th gets afree poster or museum guidebook. It’s a great, easyway for the Taft to increase repeat visits.”

Public Awareness Leave tips at related venues ( see case study) Cross promote on Twitter, Facebook Recognize your “Mayor” Add your own venue to all GPS sites Create scavenger hunts with infoWednesday, January 5, 2011

Successful Case Study - Johnny Appleseed Model “Jeep has left tips at some of the country’s top outdoor spots, including oﬀ-roading locations, national parks, trails, mountains, lakes, and other nature / outdoorsy locations that appeal to anyone with an interest in outdoor adventures.” A health related nonproﬁt could do the same thing at hospitals, drug stores, gyms etc. http://aboutfoursquare.com/jeep/Wednesday, January 5, 2011

Event Promotion Oﬀer badge: I’m on a Boat, Swarm, Holidays Create special check-ins for events and oﬀer prizes Use the Foursquare Widget on your online promotions to get people to download phone app [http://www.placewidget.com/]Wednesday, January 5, 2011

Successful Case Studies - Pepsi and Best Buy “Join Best Buy employees and customers at the AIDS Walk this Sunday!” (Special message on Best Buy check-in) http://www.rositacortez.com/social- media-101/using-foursquare-to-advance- your-nonproﬁts-mission/Wednesday, January 5, 2011

Volunteer Management Volunteers check-in at certain locations during events Can track their hours as a “tip” Non-profit creates it’s own profile so volunteers can “friend” and then follow your check-ins. Click on the profile of each of your volunteers and see where they shop, dine and spend their free time. These are the places you want to look at to hold events or partner with! http://philanthropy.com/blogs/social-philanthropy/guest-post-how-nonprofit-groups-can-benefit-from-foursquare/ 22264Wednesday, January 5, 2011

Guide Go to Foursquare.com and Sign up Search for your organization - verify listing or add Apply to manage the venue (claim here) Look at who has checked in (who’s your crowd) Set up specials Monitor analyticsWednesday, January 5, 2011

GuideWednesday, January 5, 2011

Guidelines Privacy Concerns Set up to exclude employees from check-ins Edit your listing to make it correct and eliminate duplicates Specials need time to be approvedWednesday, January 5, 2011

Other Location Based Services Google Places Facebook Places Yelp GowallaWednesday, January 5, 2011

Add Your LocationWednesday, January 5, 2011

Questions? How will you use Foursquare for your nonproﬁt?Wednesday, January 5, 2011

Thank you! CJ Lucke: Twitter: PublicRemix Web: Publicremix.comWednesday, January 5, 2011

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