It is a little “weird” that people can follow a candidate’s every move, Kennedy admits. But he said it makes him stay active. “If I say I am going to be out there representing people this holds me to account. I can’t hide with this tool.” Kennedy said he was recently contacted by someone who saw he had checked in down the road and wanted to know why the candidate did not stop by his group. A visit was quickly arranged.
While Kennedy is the only candidate using Foursquare, others are quickly signing up. Lisa Johnston is going to be running for the Democratic Senate nomination in Kansas. She has not yet officially announced her candidacy nor finished her official Web site. But Monday Johnston’s campaign contacted Foursquare. “I thought that would be a great platform for Lisa to connect with people and connect with younger voters,” said Kyle Johnston, who is acting as her campaign director.
Kennedy said he believes Foursquare has interesting implications in local communities as well. “Say I am a police chief,” he said. “People want to know where their local police officer was, they could follow him on Foursquare.” Last week, New York City Councilwoman Christine Quinn started checking in when she attended meetings at the Metro Transportation Authority and New York City Hall.
Foursquare is still a new tool, but finding its niche in public transparency and accountability. “All politics is local and this is an effective tool for that,” Kennedy said.
If you watch this for about 5 minutes, well, I don’t want to spoil it for you, but something AMAZING happens. Just keep watching…you don’t want to miss it.
President Barack Obama’s signature is seen on a health classroom wall at Southwest High School in Green Bay, Wisc., June 11, 2009. The staff at the school, where the President attended a town hall meeting on health care, left a note asking him to sign the wall for future students to see. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
Twestival Global 2010
caro:
Twestival™ (or Twitter Festival) uses social media for social good. All of the local events are organized 100% by volunteers and 100% of all ticket sales and donations go direct to projects. Last year on 12 February 2009, the first Twestival Global was held in 202 international cities to support @charitywater, who were doing incredible work to help the almost 1 billion or 1 in 6 people in the world that don’t have access to clean and safe drinking water. Over 1,000 volunteers and 10,000 donors fundraised $250k+, which resulted in more than 55 wells in Uganda, Ethiopia and India having a direct impact for over 17,000 people. I was unable to attend Twestival last year because it sold out before I could get a ticket!
This thursday I will be attending Twestival Global 2010 in NYC. People in hundreds of cities around the world will come together offline to support Concern Worldwide by hosting local events organized through social media.
As one of the largest Twestivals in the world, NYC Twestival will play host to thousands, raising funds for and awareness of Concern’s vitally important work around the world.You can participate as well by checking if there is a local Twestival happening in your area. For more information on Twestival NYC, please visit newyork.twestival.com or follow @NYCTwestival on Twitter. Tickets can be purchased directly by visiting http://bit.ly/twestivaltix.
It will be twesti-bulous! Ew, that sounds sort of like it could be oozing with pus.
come to rachel’s event tomorrow night. foursquare sponsoring.
i will give you a foursquare sticker (if you’re a boy) – and a temporary tattoo (if you’re a girl)
i just made those rules up. i don’t know why.
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