How to Organize a Kiteup
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.
1. 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.
2. 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. :)
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. 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.
5. 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.
Posted by Lesley Yarbrough at 1:27 PM in Community, Kiteups 15 comments
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 :)
I'm hosting an Acoustic Open Mic at Frank's Front Row on Seabreeze, Daytona Beach every Monday night. 10 til 1 Jimmy
KiteUp is a great idea, organizing one next week
Maybe I will organize one
KC Kiteup Rides Again! Nov 3rd, 2009-Wesport Flea Market :D
kc kite up? november 3? burgers brews n brightkite… i'm coming!
Kansas City Kiteup 2.0 at the Westport Flea Market 11/3 – see you all there!
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I think the next Manchester Flickr Meet I'm going to organise a simultaneous Kiteup. There aren't (m)any Brightkite users from Manchester
Great let us know if you need any schwag, stickers, etc…
Kiteup? really. c'mon now.
lots of time to think on ones hands
Whoa, what's a kiteup? Oh yeah, I forgot, this is the might bright kite for the win!
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I've never heard of a kiteup before, but that bottom picture is frightneing, do they have angular cheilitis?
angular cheilitis
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