Powerline - Overview and Highlights
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Powerline is a mobile app and web platform designed to enhance communication and engagement between leaders and their communities through tools such as polls, petitions, discussions, and events. It offers tiered subscription models for groups and generates revenue through fundraising transaction fees. The platform aims to address the limitations of existing technologies by providing a specialized infrastructure for large group interactions and community organizing.
Powerline - Overview and Highlights
- 2. Executive Summary • What is it? Powerline is a mobile app and web platform that provides leaders and communities with the tools they need to interact effectively in any kind of community • How does it work? Leaders can send polls, petitions, discussions, fundraisers, crowdfunders, events, announcements, and more directly to their communities. Users can create petitions or posts in their groups for a “Twitter for your group”-like experience complete with social follows, boosting, hashtags, and discussions. Users are automatically linked to their town, state/province, and country communities, but can create or join any group they’d like. • What makes it special? Powerline serves large group (50+ people) scenarios in a way no other technology does using purposeful notifications, sorting, linking, boosting, and toolsets specifically designed for leader-community relationships. • How does it generate revenue? Groups are available at the free, silver, gold, and platinum subscription tiers. Fundraising transaction fees, including for town crowdfunding campaigns, are also charged on a volume and per-transaction basis.
- 3. What is Powerline? A mobile app and web platform that provides leaders and communities with the tools they need to interact and engage more effectively to literally change the world. CommunityLeaders Fosters Meaningful Dialogue, Feedback, and Action Creates Engaged, Informed Communities Results in Stronger Relationships and More Effective Leaders
- 4. The Problem(s) • Current platforms aren’t designed for large group interactions, leader-community relationships, or democracy – tons of organizations are using technology that was literally not designed for them. • Disparate systems with narrow focus and limited capability have limited appeal to leaders, citizens, organizations, and the media alike; many solely for politics or for ‘single use’ campaigns. Too many internal solutions with no users. • No easy or accessible way to lead, mobilize, organize, and engage in the millions of communities that we’re in or that we lead without needing lots of resources, time, or disparate solutions • A lack of purposeful infrastructure prevents us from breaking through the noise to act individually and collectively around our common issues locally and globally
- 5. Why do we need Powerline? Take a moment to learn more about the theory and thinking behind Powerline – democratic infrastructure as a service for any kind of community or organization! Founder Jesse Chen gives a TED Talk on “Redefining Democracy for People’s Power”
- 6. The Solution • Tools: Polls, Petitions, Discussions, Announcements, Fundraisers, Events, Community News, Social Sharing, Reporting provide a streamlined toolset for easy action • Purposeful Design: Push Notifications, Newsfeed Sort, and UI ensure leaders can break through the noise and people can stay engaged • Innovation: Micropetitions; auto-linking to elected leaders and town, state, and country communities; and 3rd-party APIs empower users • Appealing: A “Twitter for your town/large group” communications platform provides a valuable exchange for leaders and everyday people alike Powerline is an open, social, freemium SaaS mobile app and web platform that empowers leaders and communities with the simple tools needed to lead, influence, organize, and engage in collective action. Newsfeed Poll Petitions Web Presence Discussions The “Magic” • Leader Notifications & Sorting • Multiple Tools & Communities Analytics
- 7. The Landscape We need a purposely designed communications platform that simplifies engagement and empowers leaders and citizens of all kinds of communities to break through the noise and engage… Facet Perspective Market Solutions Facebook is for friends, LinkedIn is for professional networking, Twitter is for public discussions and PR, Snapchat for sexting, WhatsApp is for small groups, Yammer for enterprise, NationBuilder for campaigns etc. Clear Opportunity No technology guarantees ability to break through the noise with a multi- functional “power line” between a leader and a constituent useful to both sides and both government and non-government communities. No technology serves the needs of users who are part of many large groups (e.g. towns, non- profits, unions, etc.) Top “Competitor” is a Partnership Opportunity NationBuilder is awesome, but it treats the symptoms (not the root cause) and serves leaders’ needs, not people’s needs in general. We envision being a plugin available to NationBuilder users Mobile Advantage Some of the most popular mainstream platforms were designed web-first for non-group purposes; we’re designed mobile-first (strategic push notifications and UX)
- 8. The Business Model Powerline has three revenue sources: Tiered Packages, Payment Transactions, and A la Carte Features Payment Transactions 2.5% on volume + $0.20 per transaction + CC Fees A la Carte Features Pricing Discounted by Tier Customers -Leaders of Any Kind of Community such as non-profits, towns, clubs, etc. Value Proposition -Leaders guaranteed to break through the noise with purposeful community engagement features -Simplifies engagement & empowers action in one familiar experience Costs -Marketing, AWS Hosting, Maintenance & Enhancements Partnerships -Federated Organizations & Associations (ODK, GCM, NLC) -Organizations of leaders or of other groups Revenue Streams Get Started Free $0/month For Controls Silver $19/month For Growth Gold $39/month For Insights Platinum $125/month For Business Commercial Contact Us Audience: Unlimited Size: Unlimited Core Features: Push Polling Push Petitions Push Discussions Push Announcements Push Payments Push Events Basic Analytics Invites by E-mail A la carte: Petition Lists Targeted Fundraising Targeted Petition Invites E-mail Verification Register! Audience: Not Business Size: Under 1000 users All Free Features + Group Management: Extended Profiles Group Join Fee Membership Controls Micropetition Controls Group Segments Group Mgr Accounts Advanced Features: Custom Thank Yous Custom Group Invites Advanced Alerts Discounted A la Carte Increased Push Petitions Audience: Unlimited Size: Under 5000 users All Silver Features + Advanced Analytics Profile-based Reports Filters, Sort, & Pivots Google Maps Reports Word Clouds More Charts & Graphs 1 Advanced Integration: National Voter File Salesforce.com Discounted A la Carte Increased Push Petitions Audience: Not Business Size: Unlimited All Gold Features + Unlimited Advanced Integrations National Voter File Salesforce.com Discounted A la Carte Increased Push Petitions Audience: Business Only Size: Unlimited All Platinum Features + Enterprise Features LDAP Integration Behind Firewall Hosting Complete Data Porting Discounted A la Carte Increased Push Petitions Register! Register!Register! Register!
- 9. The Opportunity The opportunity is enormous. Communities and leaders are looking for a better, more effective solution for community engagement around the world… Powerline customers are primarily leaders of communities - any kind of community! 500,000 US Elected Leaders 1,300,000 US Civil Society Orgs 2,000,000 Non-US Civil Society Orgs 2,000,000 US Small Businesses 125,000 US K-12 Schools 2,800 US Media Companies 25,000 US Municipalities 700,000 US Student Groups 225,000 US Political Committees Plus many other countries and types of communities! • Annual Charitable Contributions: $316B • Online Productivity & Collaboration: $4.5B • Social Networking Sites: $9B • Online Survey Software: $3B Relevant Market Statistics
- 10. Moving Forward 1. Product Development Roadmap, hosted on our Trello • Sustainable Product – A portion of raised funds will help create a polished, usable product that customers can purchase which represents the minimal maturity required for market • Profitable Product – A portion of raised funds will help us provide additional features at the Gold and Platinum levels that help to raise additional revenue beyond the MVP • Value-filled Barrier to Entry – A portion of raised funds will help add additional value that will make it even harder for new entrants to compete with us 2. The Quantum Strategy • A four-part approach to maximizing our product development and profitability • Raising funding for development and growing our open source community are two important and simultaneous components 3. Strategic Partnerships and Promotions • Pursuing partnerships with approximately 15 identified organizations (currently strong, live connections) that could lead to over 18,000 customers We have a clear path to sustainability and profitability
- 11. More Information • Please contact jesse@powerli.ne for more information regarding this opportunity. • Our open source collaboration information is available at open.powerli.ne and www.github.com/PowerlineApp • Visit our www.crowdfunder.com/Powerline site to learn more about how to be involved. A Detailed Overview on Powerline for Developers on YouTube
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- 13. Appendix: What can you do with Powerline? Direct Engagement Tools – Break through the noise with streamlined polls, petitions, discussions, fundraisers, events, announcements, and posts (like Twitter for groups) for unprecedented crowdsourcing and an unparalleled engagement Community Insights – Understand your community with advanced reporting and analytics tools, member engagement points, and popular “boosted” posts and petitions that help combine Big Data with actionable insights Advocacy & Organizing Tools– Amplify impact with the power of your community members’ social networks with one-tap social sharing for petitions, fundraisers, events and a powerful link between your members and their specific elected leaders Member Management - Organize people with custom fields when they join your group or segment your membership with administrative “circles” for targeted communications; Streamline contact, engagement, and third-party integration data for ultimate organizing Civic Integration – Connect members to their town, state/province, and country groups as well as their specific elected leaders to enhance your group’s impact on the outside world by providing them with valuable voting and contact information
- 14. Appendix: Highlighted App Screenshots
- 15. Appendix: Additional Features • Available • Community Conversations – Support group conversations and sustained mass engagement with an innovative social microblogging feature that allows community members to follow, support, and discuss each other’s posts. If a post receives a tipping point of support, it is boosted to everyone in the group to agree, disagree, or discuss. • Advanced Integrations – Connecting your organization’s efforts with your member’s social networks like Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter • Planned • Group News – Share and discuss content from anywhere • Sub-Groups – Enable leaders and members to post to sub-groups • Join Controls – Control group membership approval based on user profile or e-mail domain • Points – Acknowledge and reward engagement with group-level points, levels, and status • Additional Integrations – Including NationBuilder, Salesforce, CiviCRM, Google Drive, DropBox, and more… • Roadmap – Our product development roadmap outlines additional features and enhancements that help to create value, empower communities, and simplify engagement
- 16. Appendix: Powerline Home Screen Centralized Tools: Users are linked to their elected leaders automatically Public Communities: Users are linked to their town, state/province, and country groups, too Leadership Posts: Polls, petitions, discussions, fundraisers, and events from group or elected leaders always show first and break through the noise with push notification alerts Boosted Posts: Users can create their own posts and, if enough others support it, it can be boosted out to everyone to agree, disagree, or discuss. Easy Posting: Create a post to take a stand, share some news, or start a movement, etc. Social: Follow and be followed to influence, connect, and engage Groups: Users can join multiple groups to be directly connected above the noise of Twitter or Facebook Simple Engagement: Tap a post to engage, discuss, and share with ease
- 17. Team • Leadership Team • Jesse Chen, Founder – Former Deloitte technology strategist, leader and activist • Austin Papp, CTO – Entrepreneur, Devops, PHP and Angular extraordinaire • Board of Advisors • Dr. Gerald Suarez – Clinton/Bush White House adviser, systems thinking • Kevin McCarter – Senior Deloitte partner, technology development • Justin Braz – National millennial activist, community organizer • Wesley Farrow – Coro Fellows Public Affairs Program Executive Director • Tyler Bel – Entrepreneur, Marketing strategist • Madeline Boyd, Dan Chen, Adam Lowy, Chris Pingel, and Joel Liebman • Developers • Jason Taetsch – 5 years of web design and development expertise • Nikita Anikeev – 5 years of project management and HTML5 experience • Mihail Benediktovich – 6 years of Jquery, PHP, PhoneGap, CSS, JavaScript • Open Source Contributors – Galvanize, Assembly, HeyPayless, A diverse non-partisan team delivers on our common social mission…
- 18. Appendix: Technologies • Backend • LEMP-stack, Symfony framework, AWS Infrastructure • Frontend Web • Angular • Frontend Mobile • PhoneGap/Cordova, Angular, Ionic framework • GitHub • www.github.com/PowerlineApp • Trello • www.trello.com/PowerlineApp • Slack • http://powerline.slack.com
Editor's Notes
- #4: 1. Bolded the power phrases 2. Widened arrows to illustrate connection better