Twestival is a global fundraising event organized via Twitter, which takes place in more than 175 cities worldwide. On Thursday 25th March 2010 hundreds of people from all over the world had come together offline to rally around the important cause of Education by hosting local events to have fun and create awareness. The Twestival App is bringing all the news of the event fom all across the globe, so that you are updated of what’s happening where.
Key themes are:
Tweet: locally Twitter are collated via Tweets from local Twitter handles and using local hashtags (#twestival)
Meet: the offline event where people meet at the local or nearest Twestival.
Give: track the fund raising bs the target, breakdown of fundraising by ticket sales and donations. The Twestival has raised $309,183.87 wih over 6701 total attendees; where all the raised money is going for the welfare of Education.
Visit the site http://twestival.com if you wish to donate or join or merely just be updated. A novel way of meeting and raising funds across Twitter with like minded people.
Rating: 5/5.
