Yapp introduces Crowd Pics as a feature for sharing event photos inside the app.
Photo sharing makes the experience more social and gives attendees another way to participate during events.
Event organizers who want more visual engagement will benefit most from this feature.
In our latest product update, we have introduced a great new page to add to your apps. Crowd Pics lets everyone upload pictures from the phone into the app live.
Add Crowd Pics to your page by clicking “Add Page” from the Pages panel:
Decide who you want to upload from the phone — just you, or the entire crowd:
Share the app with your guests and see what shows up:
Let us know how you like the new page! Comment or email feedback@yapp.us.
Yapp features a creative Yapper Mondays story that spotlights unique specialties or niche app use cases.
The post shows the flexibility of custom apps across different communities and needs.
Readers looking for unusual or inspiring app examples will benefit most from this feature.
When you’ve got something great, show it off. We’ve got plenty of Yappers creating with those words in mind, including these three users. Each brings the niche consumers in their specialty market together with good looking and functional apps.
If you’ve got a Yapp or two you want to show off on our blog or website, let us know! http://bit.ly/yappback
This Oregon wine shop is celebrating May with a comprehensive collection of reds, whites and champagnes. The app features an inventory of the store’s wine, plus specialty wines from the west coast states of California, Oregon and Washington.
CoffeeCON, which took place this past weekend in Warrenville, IL, is the event for coffee lovers. With eight different types of coffee presentations, demonstrations and labs, plus the world’s biggest coffeehouse on site, there was no way anyone left this conference without a caffeine buzz.
Everything you never knew about moss you can find in this app from Moss and Stone Gardens. They offer specialty garden design, workshops and “moss education,” which makes for one fascinatingly green mobile app.
Yapp highlights creative app uses from its community in another Yapper Mondays feature.
The post reinforces how flexible app creation can support many different goals and audiences.
Readers looking for imaginative, real-world app inspiration will benefit most from this feature.
Each of the apps created at Yapp are one-of-a-kind, but these creative users have tailored our event-centric platform to make apps for hotlines, books, adventures and tips. Check them out and grab a little inspiration to make your own Yapp!
This Yapp user created an app filled with various News Feed pages to report on his hiking journey across Ireland, get supportive messages from friends following their journey, and keep users up to date on Twitter.
An Emotional Wellness team at an Arizona campus put together an app to help prevent suicide, filled with information about who to call, what to do, and how to know if a friend is contemplating suicide.
This app from Romance author Erin Nicholas features release dates of her upcoming books and links to free reads on her site. Plus, she’s holding a contest to boost app downloads — after 100, she’ll be giving away a signed copy of her next book to one lucky app-user.
Yapp features golf groups using a custom app to stay organized and connected.
The story shows how apps can support communication and coordination around shared hobbies and recurring events.
Clubs and recreational groups looking for simple app inspiration will benefit most from this example.
Itching for golf after this weekend’s Masters Tournament? Start planning your spring golf trip (and distract your buddies from making fun of your swing) with a personalized Yapp. We’ve got a quartet of user-created apps for golfing groups, tournaments and trips to inspire you.
The First Tee of Pasadena is on a mission to instill core values in their young participants through golf. Their new app is stocked with info on spring classes and summer camps, plus a breakdown of the nine values they teach.
In it’s 16th year, the Bernie Hughes Memorial Golf Tournament benefiting The Bernie House now has its own app. With a schedule of the days events, News Feed for updates and photos, plus a contact page for the golf committee leaders, there’s nothing but the green left to be desired.
Girls Golf of Coronado is introducing golf (and Yapp!) to girls of various skill levels. Their app has an active news feed and an always up-to-date schedule. After their kick-off event, a gallery page was added to show off the fun had at the tournament.
The Bullock Hope House‘s Golf Fore Hope tournament supports the American Cancer Foundation through sponsors and donations. Their app — complete with a days schedule and update feed — will be a great resource to check during golf cart travel time.
Yapp shares a seasonal Yapper Monday story with a spring-themed app use case.
The post shows how timely app ideas can support community engagement and event communication.
Readers looking for seasonal inspiration and creative mobile uses will benefit most from this feature.
As Spring settles in, the clutter cleaning begins. But what about once it’s done? Then you’re left with all of that open space that needs filling. Our Yapp users are ready to sell the goods you’re looking for. Check out these great apps to find all the accessories you need.
Want to see yourself in Yapper Monday lights? Send us your feedback on your Yapp: http://bit.ly/yappback.
This Country Club golf shop has news, tournaments, and social integrated into their Yapp. Sales and new arrivals are put up for followers so that no one misses another chance to grab clubs and cleats.
If you’re in Atlanta next this coming weekend soaking in the humid spring heat, this vintage marketplace created by the Indie Craft Experience is full of hidden gems. The simple app links to the official website, pulls in the curators social feed and shows off some of the bring, springy goods.
This ZoxVIP Brand Ambassador created her own app to help spread the brand name. In it, she pulls in the official @ZoxStraps Twitter feed and shows off what she has in stock, making for an easy way to sell and shop.
Yapp features college students using an app to stay informed and connected.
The story shows how centralized mobile communication can support campus groups and student communities.
Schools and student organizations will benefit most from this example.
In college, you’re either on the go, going out, or sleeping. Thankfully, these student activities groups found a way to keep their classmates in the loop as long as there’s a smartphone nearby. If you’re part of a student org, check them out and make your own over at http://yapp.us.
Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine, have been promoting this full-featured Yapp via Twitter and have grabbed a mass of users. They’ve got an updating schedule of events with a complementary poster gallery.
The Krannert School of Management at Purdue University’s council of students put together a schedule-driven app that also features a full listing of the council’s leadership and how to get in touch.
Colorado Mountain College in Steamboat Springs, Colorado, uses their app mainly for activities schedules and skiing condition updates. They also set up a submission announcement for students to send in their GoPro footage from the mountain.
Yapp shares a community-focused post highlighting social followers and supporters.
The post adds personality to the brand by celebrating audience interaction and engagement.
Readers interested in Yapp community culture will benefit most from this light feature.
We love it when our users share their outside-the-box Yapp creations with the world. So many tweet their links and tag us @Yapp, but it can be tough to express our excitement for and love of each and every one in less than 140 characters. Today we are featuring 3 users with awesome apps meant for the world to install and love.
If you’d like to be featured on this blog, in press mentions, or on our homepage, send us your feedback: http://bit.ly/yappback
A new and simple app from crftd.co.uk is set up to reach new users and bring them to this collaborative web site for artists. The app features pictures of designers and some of the work, as well as the site’s Twitter feed. If you’re an artist or a designer looking for a network, grab this Yapp and check out crftd.co.uk.
This app from Irma Kaye Sawyer is a one-stop app for all things cosmic weather. From it, you can see the cosmic weather for the week, check out the monthly planets and find all the links to Sawyers blog and web site.
The “Behind B.A.R.S.” app is currently set up in preparation for the upcoming autobiography of hip-hop artist Cassidy. You can pre-order the book through a link in the app and get 25% off the cover price. The app also has links to Cassidy’s music and a forum for users and Cassidy to interact.
Yapp spotlights Michael Fisher as a featured user in its Yapper of the Month series.
The post shows how real people use Yapp in practical and creative ways.
Readers looking for customer inspiration and community stories will benefit most from this feature.
YAPPER OF THE MONTH: Michael Fisher, Educator & Author
Michael is a Kannapolis, NC, native now working in Buffalo, NY. He first discovered Yapp last May at the edJEWcon educational conference in Jacksonville, Florida. As an educator teaching other educators how to integrate modern learning into the classroom, he was sparked to investigate. His first app ended up taking him about seven minutes to create, and he was hooked.
In his recent book, “Upgrade Your Curriculum,” Michael introduces app-making as a new skill that kids will need. “We’re trying to get teachers to see that the more students do their own work, the more they’re going to own the learning,” he said. For Michael and the education community, apps and technology are launching pads for learning at the highest level: creation.
Technology in the classroom gives students and teachers a way to get global feedback for edits and revisions, Michael said. It opens the world up for students to experience and gives them knowledge that they can and will hold on to. The learning, he said, comes from the research and connection that technology presents. A student can submit a link, justify why it gives the answer to the question, and then receive instant concrete feedback from an instructor that won’t go in one ear and out the other.
Michael’s other favorite apps include TMZ and IMDB for their easy design, Flipboard’s social magazine, and xTraNormal’s mini movie maker.
Yapp features the New Haven St. Patrick’s Day Parade as a community app story.
The post shows how apps can support communication and coordination for public celebrations and local events.
Parade organizers and community event teams will benefit most from this example.
171 years ago, on March 17, 1842, 90 people marched through the streets of New Haven, Connecticut, celebrating St. Patrick’s Day. Needless to say, they didn’t have much of a technological pull back then.
The parade is now one of the largest Irish events in New England, and with bigger crowds comes more technology. They’re on the web, Twitter, Facebook, and this year, Yapp.
Having your own St. Patty’s celebration? Go mobile for your viewing parties, green beer pub crawls, kid-friendly clover hunts — anything you want! http://yapp.us
