Twestivalsf The Power Of Twitter

Feb
13

Twestivalsf The Power Of Twitter

Filed under: Web 2.0; Tagged as: Charity, communication, Community, event, real life, social media, twestival, twitter
They’re Changing the World Through the Power of Social Media and Twitter!

The concept of Twestivals was born on September 2008, when a group of Twitters from London UK decided to organize an event where the local Twitter community could get together, and socialize offline. The event was organized using Twitter as a communication tool, and financial support of the local Twittersphere.

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It turns out to be an exiting experience to meet the faces behind the avatars, tiny pictures, or not picture at all. They get some entertainment, a few drinks, and the most important a food drive and fundraising effort for a local homeless charity.

Since Sep. 08, the globalization of Twitter made possible similar events to be organized and other local Twitter communities got together and took action for a variety of great causes.

Twestivals was born and they had a spectacular impact to bring awareness to global crisis.

This is one more proof that Twitter can be a powerful communications tool.

It can
- Connect, mobilize and inform people around the world instantly,
- It has the ability to create targeted communities from those people who find and follow each other,
- It is extending your virtual community into the real world, and doing it can help a lot of good causes.
Starting Thursday, February 12^th, fans of Twitter.com are coming together for Twestivalsf – in San Francisco branch of an event happening simultaneously across the world, so far 175 cities are coming together to benefit charity: water.

The mandatory $20 donation (i.e. the cost of a ticket) goes to Charity: Water, which lends a hand to some of the 1.1 billion people in the world who don’t have access to clean drinking water. Organizers for the event are all volunteers, find out more on the twestivalsf link.

Be Part of a Revolutionary Event.

Until next time all the best
Michaela

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6 Comments

6 Responses to “Twestivalsf The Power Of Twitter”

Amri Shodiq@Kalung Biofir February 13th, 2009 at 10:27 pm

Nice, Twestival cames from Twitters’s Festival.So I will have Ubuntustival for my Ubuntu community. Or it is better written Ubustival?

Well, I’m registered as Twister’s user but I still have’nt get what to do with this account. Maybe next time I’ll try some features. Thanks for this information.
Michaela Blog
Twitter: cernescu
February 14th, 2009 at 9:05 am

Hi!
In your case will be TwestivalUB to keep the same convention like in San Francisco: TwestivalSF

Thanks for reading

you said you are registered at Twister? I think it is Twitter, you can create a comunity of followers and without to spam you can advertise yuor business.
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Aparna February 15th, 2009 at 1:16 am

Thanks for this really nice post, I have already registered at Twitter
Joey Logano February 24th, 2009 at 3:39 pm

It’s amazing how far twitter and the entire social media has come, I have seen it from Day one.
Affiliates - Earn $20,000+ a Month March 3rd, 2009 at 5:06 am

Social bookmarking stuff has came very far. Even for few my sites I totally forget SE traffic and target only on Social bookmark traffic.
One Way Links March 5th, 2009 at 4:08 am

I have registered with Twitter. Hope I will be benefited.