Bonnaroo Selects KickApps for Online Community and Rich Media Management.New Website Gives Festival Fans and Attendees a Venue to Gather and Express Their Passion for Music and Arts NEW YORK New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of -- Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival An arts festival or art fair is a festival that focuses on the visual arts, but which may also focus on other arts. Arts festivals in the visual arts are exhibitions. has selected KickApps, the leading on demand social media platform, to power the online community and media management system for its recently re-launched website, Bonnaroo.com. The community allows people from around the World to meet fellow Bonnaroo fans and attendees, share stories about their experiences at the festival, upload videos, photos and audio files, and engage in discussions about upcoming and past performances. The site was designed and developed by Threshold Interactive in Marina Del Ray. Bonnaroo is a multi-stage, camping festival held on a 700-acre farm in Manchester, Tennessee Manchester is a city in Coffee County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 8,294 according to the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Coffee CountyGR6. from June 12 - 15, 2008. The annual festival features some of the best performers in rock and roll, along with dozens of artists in complementary styles such as jazz, Americana, hip-hop and electronica. Rolling Stone rolling stone Noun a restless or wandering person [R] magazine has named Bonnaroo one of the 50 moments that changed the history of rock and roll. Performers scheduled to appear in the 2008 festival include Kanye West, Pearl Jam, Metallica, B.B. King, Chris Rock, Death Cab for Cutie cut·ie also cut·ey n. pl. cut·ies also cut·eys Informal A cute person. , The Raconteurs, Willie Nelson, Jack Johnson Jack Johnson may refer to:
"The Bonnaroo festival experience is about bringing together a community of people that are passionate about music, art, and comedy," said Kerry Black of the Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival. "When we developed the website for this year's festival, we wanted to capture and extend the sense of community beyond the four days when we gather in June. KickApps has enabled us to create a destination where attendees and fans can share their excitement for Bonnaroo and our performers, and connect with thousands of others before, during, and after the festival." Bonnaroo.com gives each member a customizable personal page where they can share details about themselves with others in the community. Along with 'friending' each other, members can leave personal messages or comments as well as upload and view photos, videos, blogs and message board posts where experienced attendees share insider tips and insights with first timers. One of the most popular features on the site is the "Ride Finder" Forum, powered by KickApps' multimedia message boards, where attendees can find and offer rides to fellow attendees. To generate additional excitement leading up to the festival, Bonnaroo has held ticket giveaways and also a logo redesign contest among members of the online community. In addition to using KickApps to power its online community, Bonnaroo wanted to enable its staff to manage the site's editorial content, including photos, video, text and audio, and member created content, through a single system. To achieve this, members of Threshold Interactive's development team created a custom content management system that utilizes KickApps' media management system to handle all media throughout the site. With an easy-to-use interface and integrated backend, even non-technical members of the team can manage and update the site. "The Bonnaroo site has been elegantly and beautifully designed and is an excellent showcase of the flexibility and power of the KickApps Platform," said Alex Blum, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of KickApps. "The seamless integration An addition of a new application, routine or device that works smoothly with the existing system. It implies that the new feature or program can be installed and used without problems. Contrast with "transparent," which implies that there is no discernible change after installation. of KickApps throughout the site combined with the way Bonnaroo has promoted and led the community site has created a vibrant and active membership base. Bonnaroo demonstrates the power of social media and its ability to deliver online experiences that can support and enhance any brand." About KickApps KickApps provides on demand social media applications that enable web publishers and marketers to grow, engage and monetize online audiences. Its SaaS platform includes social networking, user-generated content, programmable video players, viral Widgets and other applications that are tightly integrated with robust media moderation, member management and reporting. The KickApps Platform seamlessly integrates with any website using HTML HTML in full HyperText Markup Language Markup language derived from SGML that is used to prepare hypertext documents. Relatively easy for nonprogrammers to master, HTML is the language used for documents on the World Wide Web. , CSS (1) See Cascading Style Sheets. (2) (Content Scrambling System) The copy protection system applied to DVDs, which uses a 40-bit key to encrypt the movie. , JavaScript, feeds, Widgets and APIs (REST and SOAP). Customers include: ABC Family, CW Television, Guinness World Records, Scripps Network Interactive, VIBE Magazine, HBO Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBO) A form of oxygen therapy in which the patient breathes oxygen in a pressurized chamber. Mentioned in: Ozone Therapy , Cinemax, Cox Television, the Phoenix Suns, the New York Knicks, the New York Rangers The New York Rangers are a professional ice hockey team based in New York, New York, U.S.A. They are members of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL). and thousands of other sites. For more information, please visit www.kickapps.com and www.kickdeveloper.com |
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