Ian Ryerson v2.3

Twestivalsf was a great success. We raised just under $10,000 for Chartitywater.org. It was great to see the Twitter community come out and support such a great cause; around 400 of them. With out them and our sponsors this would not have been possible. Our organizing team was amazing during the event. Handing out T-shirts, running the silent auction, manning the front door, and making sure everything went off with out a glitch.

We had the founders of Twitter and Digg make an appearance, which got everyone excited and helped add to the great vibe that was already in the air for the evening. Guests started lining up right at 6 and got the night off to a great start. The evening went strong through the entire event.

Thanks to Paradise Lounge we were able to accommodate all the extra guests that showed up.

There is this worldwide event being held on February 12th. The best way to describe it would be a massive tweetup. Tickets are being sold, companies are donating gifts, and all the proceeds are going to Charity Water. Just under 200 cities are participating worldwide.

I decided to help with this event when I first heard there would be a Twestival in San Francisco. Spreading the word through online calenders, facebook, twitter, and our own website. The time put into this event has been huge, both for me and the great team I am working with. We are a small team of less then 10 individuals, but I think together we are going to make this into a great event with around 300 attendees.

I have learned some valuable online marketing tactics while helping with this event, and believe that twitter can be used as a great resource for companies to spread there name with the online community. Since this realization I have decided to try and get involved into other great projects that harness the power of online socialization to spread the word about topics of national concern.