17. Community Foundation of Greater Buffalo
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Citizen journalism project that relies on you to report what’s
happening in your neighborhood.
Report specific environmental concerns through one of the
Grow 716 text campaigns, or tell us about other issues.
Follow your campaign to see what others are saying and
19. Catch of the Day campaign
• Missions: Environmental justice, public
health, educate at-risk populations
(sustenance fishers)
• Partner: Buffalo Niagara Riverkeeper
• Mobile channels: Interactive texting, web
(fish consumption guide), photo messaging,
social media
• Other channels: On-location reps, print
version of guide in five languages
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20. Campaign launched at Family Fishing Day
at Broderick Park (6/29/13), continued
through September.
Anglers were encouraged to text COD to
877-877, which directed them to online info
about local fish consumption advisories
and healthier ways to eat local fish.
Anglers shared pictures of their catches on
the GROW 716 webpage.
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24. • Campaign mission: Empower communities to
create safe walking and bicycling routes along
streets in 3 LA neighborhood
• Events: Bike rides, walks, community
workshops.
• Partners: LA DOT, LA County Public Health
Dept., TRUST South LA (grassroots community
group)
• Activities: Storytelling, spotting problems,
suggesting solutions
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29. Uses Mobile Commons to text on
behalf of grantees
• Broadcast alerts: Issues (immigration reform,
etc.), events, workshops, deadlines, opportunities.
• Grantees. Made it a priority for grantees to get text
alert signups. Get people to sign up on the spot at
live events.
• Unique links in texts allow tracking across social
media, text forwarding via MC analytics
• Web portal: People can resubscribe if phone
number changes.
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30. What works
• Topical and/or time-focused campaigns
• Interactive (location, photo sharing)
• Solid SMS support service (Mobile Commons,
RedOxygen)
• Alongside: events, signage, in-person help,
online and print materials
• Multiple language support (perhaps call-in line)
• Expand engagement past initial campaign: next
steps
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31. Which of these examples
seem relevant
to your challenges?
Other examples you’ve seen?
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35. Campaigns & Events
• Tie mobile signups/campaigns to live
kickoff events
• Mention mobile at other live events in your
community, encourage on the spot signup
• Photo/video storytelling booth at your
events
• “Timeboxing" works to increase mobile
engagement: texting signups, etc.
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38. Partners
• Media: Public radio/TV often have Mobile
Commons access.
• Community/grassroots groups — good
outreach in-person or via live events.
• State, local county government. Especially
if they offer 311-style call-in info lines.
• Colleges & universities. Typically already
have text alert services set up.
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39. Speak their language
• Good mobile is mostly like good social media
• Hire someone who is already interacting well
with that community via social media
• Short, clear, direct.
• Simple sentences, bulleted lists, active verbs
• Invite their input, content — amplify and
respond
• Follow your community’s lead.
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42. What makes killer mobile
engagement?
ASK YOUR COMMUNITY!
(well, sorta...)
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43. Local Mobile Market Research
bit.ly/mobilelocalsurvey
• Short, easy to do: 8 questions
• Not demographics!
• Devices, access behavior
• Actionable info: Which mobile channels to
use first?
• 25-50 every 6-12 months
• Yes, mobile changes that fast
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47. Mobile Commons
• $2000-$4000/month. Some foundations get
it and use on behalf of grantees.
• NPR, CPB, APM, PRI also use it - partner!
• Text messaging: broadcast alerts,
interactive, custom reminders, etc.
• Mobile analytics
• Surveys, reports, quizzes
• Text-to-give
• Customer relationship management (CRM)
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54. They are PHONES, after all
• Interactive voice response (IVR)
• 311-style call-in info lines
• Asterisk.org: free open-source software
• Twilio.com: Commercial platform with
large developer community. Voice as well
as text, video, e-mail services.
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57. Western NY’s immigrant population, many of whom are
culturally connected to subsistence fishing, has grown
significantly over the past decade on the west side of
Buffalo.
The program seeks to educate low-literacy and at-risk
populations — including immigrants, particularly women
and children — about healthier ways to consume locally
caught fish.
Materials created for the program have been translated
into five languages to make fish consumption
information accessible for those whose first language is
not English.
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58. Kristen Kaszubowski, CFGB enviro
comms coordinator
• Immigrant anglers may not use social
media or the web, but they do text.
• Posted signs in places where local anglers
go, telling them they can text to see if the
fish they catch is safe to eat.
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• Response:
Where you are
fishing? Are you
planning to eat
the fish you catch
today?
• Then links to fish
consumption
guide. Or get one
mailed to your
home.
61. • Asked anglers to submit a picture of fish.
Sport fisherman loved that -- increased
participation beyond immigrant sustenance
anglers
• Great social media content, increased
awareness (amplify)
• Told Riverkeeper where to deploy reps.
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62. LA Bicycles: Bryan Moller, Policy/Outreach
Coordinator
• Last weekend, we gathered a wide representation of community
members, and taught them how to use Vojo.
• Challenge: How would you want to change your street — sidewalks,
crossings, car speeds, etc. — to make it more bicycle friendly?
• Went on walk/ride, stopped frequently. Take a picture, upload to
Vojo, explain the problem, suggest solution. 236 postings by 24
community members.
• Upcoming: LA Bureau of street services engineer will come in,
review the stories, talk with community about what street treatments
could address. Public charette.
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63. • “Vojo is the starting point we use to get people
thinking about what the problems are on their
streets. Pictures highlights the need.”
“It’s really quick and not hard to use. We had teens
and older people using it.”
“Even if you don’t use it much, you get people to think
about what and where the problems are. That’s the
biggest gap — letting people know what they should
do and what they should know to solve community
problems, without a long winded conversation.”
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Editor's Notes
This is the stereotype about how cell phones affect society.
I beg to differ.
You may think this woman is just messing around with her cell phone, probably doing something stupid on FB, right?
Right. And the phone # is clickable on a mobile device. These are phones, after all.
Mobile phones: key to community info & engagement during Boulder floods
They had a downloadable version of this, too.
How many people here have mission to engage underserved/marginalized communities?
Empowerment: Tell Oakland bus story
Cell-mostly internet access
You’re engaged. Via cell phone. Sorta
When you get some answers to these questions, you understand which device types to target first, and which services (esp. social media) to include as part of your mobile strategy.
Design mobile-first now. Get ahead of the game. You know it’s going there anyway.
Don’t wait until your metrics start to show a ton of mobile traffic. That’s too late. You’re already missing out!
VERY LEAST: Have a mobile landing page for everything important that you do.
$200-$5000/month
Partner with public media, they probably have access