July 13th, 2009
We’ve been getting a lot of questions about how people can organize a kiteup in their city, so here are a list of suggestions to get you started.
- Pick a venue
The venue may be the most important factor for hosting a successful kiteup. Restaurant/bars or coffee shops seem to work best for these types of meetups (tip: People + Brightkite + Beer = Fun times!). Be sure to choose a space that is open and friendly. Ideally, the venue will have one or more flatscreen TVs (or space for a projector if you have one) where you can hook up a computer and run the Brightkite Wall. Having a Wall at your kiteup makes a huge difference, people love interacting with it and you will see loads of activity from your attendees.
- Give us a shout
If you let us know ahead of time (preferably a couple weeks), we will help you out as best we can. The best way to reach us is to send us a direct message here or you can shoot me an email. We’ll hook you up with a public placemark for the event and a special “kiteup kit” so you have some goodies to give away to your guests. :)
- Set up an RSVP
Some sort of RSVP is good to have because it gives people one place where they can find the info they need for your event and it also gives you an idea who will be attending. We like to use Eventbrite, but there are some other cool ones out there, Zappn being one of them.
- Get the word out Start posting like crazy on Brightkite, Twitter, Facebook, and anywhere else. We can definitely help out in this area by posting to our blog, sending an update to our Facebook fans, and reaching out to our followers on Brightkite and Twitter.
- Use nametags
You may recognize people by their usernames and/or avatars but reaffirming it with a name tag is even better. Hint, its a good idea to include your @username from Brightkite to help bridge the online/real world gap.
- Have fun and post a lot of pictures!
Make everyone jealous of all the fun you’re having with your new Brightkite friends!
Hopefully this will help some of you get started on your kiteups. If you have any questions, please feel free to post them in the comments.
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Posted by Lesley Yarbrough at 1:27 PM in Community, Kiteups
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(jeff)isageek
- 380 weeks ago
the kiteup in KC was a blast. I am ready for another one. and thanks for including the pic of me and my wife msgigglebox and vivid13 :)
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Jimmy Doty
- 379 weeks ago
I'm hosting an Acoustic Open Mic at Frank's Front Row on Seabreeze, Daytona Beach every Monday night. 10 til 1 Jimmy
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guruofsales
- 367 weeks ago
KiteUp is a great idea, organizing one next week
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muratbiskin
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- 366 weeks ago
Maybe I will organize one
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@srndur
- 366 weeks ago
KC Kiteup Rides Again! Nov 3rd, 2009-Wesport Flea Market :D
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belpers
- 365 weeks ago
kc kite up? november 3? burgers brews n brightkite... i'm coming!
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vivid13
- 364 weeks ago
Kansas City Kiteup 2.0 at the Westport Flea Market 11/3 - see you all there!
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Jeremy Brooks
- 364 weeks ago
Kansas City Kiteup 2.0 at the Westport Flea Market 11/3 - see you all there!
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coxy
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- 352 weeks ago
I think the next Manchester Flickr Meet I'm going to organise a simultatious Kiteup. There aren't (m)any Brightkite users from Manchester, so hopefully some Flickr members will be inspired to be location aware.
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Brady Becker
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- 352 weeks ago
Great let us know if you need any schwag, stickers, etc...
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cboe.
- 351 weeks ago
Kiteup? really. c'mon now.
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makedah
- 336 weeks ago
lots of time to think on ones hands
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@jeffkolodny
- 333 weeks ago
Whoa, what's a kiteup? Oh yeah, I forgot, this is the might bright kite for the win!
Miami Florida Photographer
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[...] stimulating microblog. And if you’re ever looking to cleverly promote and document an event Bright kite has events called ‘Kiteups’: real-time photo blogging from as many cellphones as you can fit in the venue! Pretty neat, [...]
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angular cheilitis
- 326 weeks ago
I've never heard of a kiteup before, but that bottom picture is frightneing, do they have angular cheilitis?
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lola
- 321 weeks ago
Hi I am Lola,. we love it here. .
I am Lola productions, for Tommyhollywood and the boogie band. We are from Chicago ILL. and we would
like to get our band started here in Phoenix Az. How would we go about starting out in the desert. We play
stones, crows, bluses, and just ROCK @ ROLL.And we love to have fun. what kind of places are interested
in this kind of music. we played a few times at Libation in Scottsdale that was fun. But we would like more and new places. please email me if you can help. Lolabunny777 thank you.
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Smart Card
- 310 weeks ago
This is great! I can't wait to organize one in my city!
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Lisa
- 288 weeks ago
Great, I'm currently on reisen malta in Valletta and heard about that it is possible to organize Kiteups. I will talk to my friends, I'm sure we can organize something like this too.
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