Choose Wisely businesses serve humanely produced eggs, chicken or pork (or all three) at a Gold, Silver or Bronze level, depending on whether they use them in all or some of their products.As the participating businesses are restaurants and cafes, I thought it was a perfect way we could experiment with location-based services. If you're in Australia, you can search for "rspca choose wisely" in Foursquare and find the nearest businesses near you that participate. I've put in a request with Foursquare to see if we can have a special badge for venue check-ins, but I haven't heard back yet. So - community feedback time - what do you think?
Foursquare in practise for nonprofits
In the interest of practising what I preach, I'd like to share with you a project I've implemented at work involving Foursquare.
RSPCA Australia has a scheme called Choose Wisely:
