A community calendar for locals and visitors
Future Rakiura wanted a practical way to help everyone stay connected with what’s going on around the place. This is a key aspect of our goal to be a community connector. An online community calendar seemed like a great option.
A multi purpose resource
We recognised that this resource could have value in multiple directions.
- Help connect locals with their community
- Help visitors connect to our community
- Help our locals connect with visitors
Concept
Various options were looked at including an expensive professional design and hosting option
Locals leading
We decided to take up the offer of voluntary help from a local to keep the project costs minimised whilst still reaching our goals
Funding support
Predator Free Rakiura supported us with our first year of funding to cover hosting and domain name rental costs.
Design
An online calendar was quickly developed using a keep it simple and start small philosophy
Getting ready
Training was provided for Future Rakiura members to run and administer the system.
Going live
We launched the community calendar at the 2023 Community Meeting night.
Maximising usability and effectiveness
We continue to invest in the success of this resource through promotion on Facebook, making it accessible through physical posters and embedding it into the main tourism website for the island.
Our next steps are to maximise tourist interaction rates by making the calendar available at key entry points to the island with both QR codes to access on personal devices as well as touch screen kiosks.
10,000 visitors and counting
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