Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance Company - Insurer Innovation Award 2024
Tweets For Balls
1. TWEETS FOR BALLS
TWEETING FOR GOOD
Multipack Presents: Responsive Web Design / Show & Tell
12th November 2011
2. I HAVE A PROBLEM…
• Twitter (Not So) Anonymous
• Tweeting for over 5 years (8 November 2006)
• Over 27,000 tweets
• Average 15 tweets per day
3. EUREKA!
• Tweets For Boobs (@tweetsforboobs)
• I’m a man
• No male equivalent
• Movember (movember.com)
• Personal goal
4. THE FOUNDATIONS
• Just Giving (justgiving.com)
• Giv2 - JG hack by Simon Painter (giv2.it)
• Txt donations (justtextgiving.com)
• “#giv2 @tweetsforballs £10”
5. WHO NEEDS TO PLAN?
• One week to design, develop and build
• November known as male cancer awareness month
• Missed the boat in 2010
• Determined to launch something
6. MAN UP!
• Time to crowd source
• Sam Hardacre (@nocturnalmonkey)
• Anthony Killeen (@MrQwest)
• Project Pier (projectpier.org)
• Dropbox (dropbox.com)
• Subversion (websvn.info)
7. KEEP THINGS SIMPLE
• Eliminate the fluff
• Focus on core objective
• Release Early, Release Often
• Make the most of available talent
8. DESIGNER’S TOOLKIT
• Balsamiq (balsamiq.com) & iMockups (imockups.com)
• Twitter Bootstrap (twitter.github.com/bootstrap)
• HTML5 Boilerplate
• Live Tweet Aggregator (conftweets.com)
• Designing In The Browser
9. WHERE’S YOUR BALLS?
• Tongue in cheek concept
• Risqué angle
• Introduce some character & personality
10. ELEVENTH HOUR
• Fundamental process flawed
• Just Giving Campaigns ≠ Giv2
• How do we track and promote progress?
11. THE SOLUTION
• Ask the people behind it (Twitter and email)
• Donation history stored on giv2.it
• Possible methods for accessing data
• Created XML (RSS) feed of donations
• Just Giving campaigns track "offline" donations
12. SKIN OF OUR TEETH
• Campaign and website launched on 1st November (just!)
• Promoted on Twitter and Facebook
• Spread the word offline
13. POST LAUNCH
• Raised £79 so far
• Competing with Movember
• Need to increase exposure
• Viral gimmicks or incentives
• Any ideas?
14. LESSONS LEARNED
• Thoroughly test process
• Plan ahead
• Allow more time
• Prepare and distribute press release
• Spread the word in advance
15. CHEERS
• tweetsforballs.org / @tweetsforballs
• "#giv2 @tweetsforballs £5"
• Every pound helps
• Send your thoughts to @Si
Notas do Editor
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Not one to abuse my facial hair so went for an alternative approach with what I'm good at (websites and Twitter)\n