This wiki page is dedicated to the many ways that people first encounter Public Lab, from seeing a tweet, to picking up our Grassroots Mapping Forum, or following a link to our website.

In Person

• seeing equipment in use, or even simply noticing the balloon/kite flying and following the line to meet the person --> conversation --> printed information or sticker
• individual member of the community presenting Public Lab to you --> guided walk through publiclab.org
• through over-hearing someone mention Public Lab in another context --> searching the web for "public lab" --> publiclab.org is first result
• an event with many members present --> getting on the local mailing list in order to hear about upcoming events -->

Through physical items

• picking up tool pieces and asking what they are --> being shown the tool wiki page
• picking up a kit --> reading the packaging --> going to the software's website
• ordering a kit --> receiving shipping confirmation email that invites you to join the community --> going to website

Online

Via press coverage

• news article may link to a dataset, main website, or software --> you click through

Search

• searching for community science --> our website is a top result

Social media / campaigns

• tweet --> deep link to a research note --> sidebar links to Related WIki Pages --> click on tag --> view results by tag --> click on a prolific author's profile --> click Join in top menu bar
• facebook
• Kickstarter --> spectralworkbench.org --> publiclab.org/signup --> mailing lists

Email

• read a forwarded email from a friend --> follow link to google group at bottom of page --> read through messages --> Join Group

  • ISSUE: no link to website