{"id":3432,"date":"2018-04-18T15:56:33","date_gmt":"2018-04-18T19:56:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.tlsrv.net\/activating-community-participation-360-experience\/"},"modified":"2023-11-24T16:50:45","modified_gmt":"2023-11-24T16:50:45","slug":"activating-community-participation-360-experience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thinglink.com\/blog\/activating-community-participation-360-experience\/","title":{"rendered":"Activating Community Participation with ThingLink 360\u00b0 Experiences"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Looking for a unique and engaging way to activate participation in your initiative, cause, challenge, or project?\u00a0 Let&#8217;s take a look at how two organizations use ThingLink\u00a0360\u00b0 experiences to build awareness and inspire viewers to participate in their initiatives.\u00a0 Also, a unique ThingLink project idea for your organization.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"tl-cta-block\"><h3>Book a free consultation<\/h3><p>If you\u2019d like to learn more about how your company can save resources and effectively support employees with impactful training, schedule a free call with one of our transformation consultants.<\/p><button class=\"tl-button tl-button--white tl-button--small tl-cta-block__button\" data-link=\"https:\/\/calendly.com\/andrew-6\/thinglinkdemo\">Book a free consultation<\/button><\/section>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">1) <a href=\"https:\/\/yoursay.melbournewater.com.au\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Melbourne Water<\/a>:\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">In their project landing page, Melbourne Water asks their audience\u00a0to help turn a new piece of land into a community place for everyone to enjoy.\u00a0 Using an interactive\u00a0360\u00b0 image, the team gives a preview of the site and ideas and inspiration for project ideas.\u00a0 After exploring the scene, viewers can fill out an application to start\u00a0bringing their community projects to life.<\/span> <em>(Please note we have significantly updated the ThingLink experience since this blog was originally published. Explore the new ThingLink suite<a href=\"http:\/\/thinglink.com\"> here<\/a>.)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thinglink.com\/mediacard\/1024535192070520833\" width=\"800\" height=\"500\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong style=\"background-color: transparent;\"><span style=\"background-color: transparent;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">2) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wateraid.org\/uk\/tombohuaun-untapped\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WaterAid<\/a>:\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">WaterAid introduces their supporters to\u00a0Tombohuaun, a village located\u00a0deep in the jungle of Sierra Leone.\u00a0 Within this article readers will find a unique and engaging\u00a0360\u00b0\u00a0experience, allowing them to see the village and get to know the people who live there.\u00a0 A second image\u00a0details the village waterhole so that WaterAid can explain the challenges faced while living with dirty water.<\/span> <em>(Please note we have significantly updated the ThingLink experience since this blog was originally published. Explore the new ThingLink suite<a href=\"http:\/\/thinglink.com\"> here<\/a>.)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">The Digital Content and Experience Lead at WaterAid,&nbsp;Alicia Robinson, explains that ThingLink&#8217;s 360\u00b0 editor is valuable because it &#8220;delivers an immersive online experience for our supporters, so that they can meet the residents of Tombohuaun, Sierra Leone, and explore what life is like there.&#8221;&nbsp; This level of immersion drives supporters to participate in donating to the cause.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thinglink.com\/mediacard\/984841994041819139\" width=\"800\" height=\"500\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><strong style=\"background-color: transparent;\"><span style=\"background-color: transparent;\">ThingLink Project Idea: <\/span><\/strong><span style=\"background-color: transparent;\">Use a<\/span><strong style=\"background-color: transparent;\"><span style=\"background-color: transparent;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"background-color: transparent;\">360\u00b0 image to drive awareness to your initiative&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 15px; background-color: transparent;\"><span style=\"font-size: 15px;\"><span style=\"background-color: transparent;\">Capture a 360\u00b0 image that is relevant to your initiative.&nbsp; For example, maybe you want to drive awareness to an environmental issue like forrest pollution.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 15px;\">Label the scene with different reasons why people should participate in your initiative.&nbsp; This can include simple text and image labels, links to relevant web articles, and video content.&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 15px; background-color: transparent;\"><span style=\"font-size: 15px;\"><span style=\"background-color: transparent;\">Embed the interactive 360\u00b0 experience to your initiative&#8217;s landing page or website.&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Now ThingLink allows anyone to create immersive 360 photospheres using a smartphone<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Pano to 360 by&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thinglink.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ThingLink<\/a>&nbsp;makes interactive virtual tour creation quick and easy! With this new tool, panoramic images taken with any mobile phone can be easily converted to 360-degree panoramas, otherwise known as photospheres.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thinglink.com\/pano-to-360\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Pano to 360<\/a>, you don\u2019t require multiple shots or images to be stitched together. AI does the work for you, creating high quality 360 images that you can use to create stunning and immersive virtual tours to share anywhere.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Need help to create your own content?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Go to our&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@ThingLink_EDU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">YouTube channel<\/a>&nbsp;for easy-to-follow tutorials and webinar recordings!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Follow us or join our groups and communities on social media<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/thinglink\" target=\"_blank\">ThingLink LinkedIn Page<\/a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/groups\/9054683\/\" target=\"_blank\">LinkedIn Community<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ThingLink\" target=\"_blank\">X \/ Twitter ThingLink Page<\/a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ThingLink_EDU\" target=\"_blank\">X \/ Twitter ThingLink Edu Page<\/a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/i\/communities\/1670006007819280385\" target=\"_blank\">X \/ Twitter Creative Learning Design Community<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/ThingLinkEducation\" target=\"_blank\">ThingLink Education Facebook Group<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>For FAQs and advice from our experts, go to our helpful&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/support.thinglink.com\/hc\/en-us\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Support pages<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"> <\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Looking for a unique and engaging way to activate participation in your initiative, cause, challenge, or project?\u00a0 Let&#8217;s take a look at how two organizations&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":9075,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[477,491,566],"tags":[156,238,289,270],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thinglink.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3432"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thinglink.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thinglink.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thinglink.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thinglink.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3432"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.thinglink.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3432\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9076,"href":"https:\/\/www.thinglink.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3432\/revisions\/9076"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thinglink.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9075"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thinglink.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3432"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thinglink.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3432"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thinglink.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3432"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}