TWESTIVAL IN GENERAL: TWITTER+FESTIVAL = TWESTIVAL
Twestival is a global
charity event that takes place in 200+ cities during 10-13
september 2009. All cities choose their own charity
organisation for donations.
A Twestival or
Twitter-Festival is a global series of events organized by
volunteers around the world under short timescales, which
bring people offline for a great cause. Twestival is run
100% by volunteers and independently from any not-for-profit;
although the organizing teams do work closely to outline an
achievable and measurable fundraising target. Twestival also
sets out to identify key skills of volunteers and match these
with the needs of the cause; particularly communications
strategy, tech integration and social media training.
Twestival Local takes place in cities around the world : 10-13
September 2009.
See http://twestival.com for
general info.
NORRKÖPING TWESTIVAL - THE EVENT
Norrköping Twestival,
held September 13, at Kulturhuset, Trädgårdsgatan
37, 16.00 to 23.00, consists of two parts, held in
a laid-back café setting.
First, a Conversation
Café, with three presenters and conversation starters:
Thomas Bjelkeman (co-founder of Akvo), Anna Lindberg
(journalist at Östgöta Correspondenten -
"Corren" - and former regional TV talkshow host at
SVT Eftersnack) and Thomas Selig (running Penseo, an ICT
company supporting NGOs and Charities with web solutions and
social media strategies), supporting a conversation touching
charities, media, journalism, world improvement and how the
web can stimulate social and societal change as some core
themes, intertwined.
Last, a DJ Café with
Alex "A2R" Wigforss and Jimmy "Dunn"
Landby, residents and driving forces of club concept FLO
organized by NEMCOM, Norrköping Electronic Music
Community, that will see its première event soon - this is
a teaser and exclusive preview of what is up and coming! The date
and venue for the big première will be announced the day
before the event at http://nemcom.nu.
More on the two parts of the event, the Conversation and
DJ Café, is published on the local blog http://norrkoping.twestival.com.
AKVO FOUNDATION - THE FUNDRAISING RECIPENT
The charity foundation we
cooperate with and support is Akvo, http://akvo.org,
supporting open source innovation for water and sanitation
in needy areas. They collect projects on a website where
matchmaking is simplified in between
field/supportive/funding partners.
Among the water and
sanitation projects under the belt of Akvo, we have chosen a
project aiming to protect the water supplies of Tbilisi,
Georgia, providing people with toilets and "grey water"
cleaning systems, together with education and awareness building.
The field implementation is organized by Rural Communities
Development Agency, RCDA, with supporting partner Women in
Europe for a Common Future, WECF, in the Netherlands.
More information on the project we focus can be found on
our local Twestival blog - http://norrkoping.twestival.com.
