Organizer Tools
Online Meetings Made Easy For Twestival!
Organize your Twestival volunteers with GoToMeeting from Citrix Online. Easy online meetings – anytime, anywhere. Collaborate with an online presentation to join forces and make a difference in your local community with secure web conferencing software.
Any questions, please contact Malia Basche at malia.basche@citrix.com
Sell Tickets Online for Your Twestival Local
We are thrilled that Amiando is once again joining Twestival as a Twestival Local Partner. They have agreed to waive all fees, which means that 100% of the ticket sales from your events will go direct to your selected cause.
Any questions, please contact
support@amiando.com
Instructions and Twestival template: http://www.amiando.com/twestival-local-demo.html
Create Animoto Videos and share them on Twitter!
Do you like taking photos and video clips with your camera or iPhone? Want to share your photos and videos in the form of an awesome music video? If you’re coming to Twestival, we’ve found a great way for you to share your pics and vids with the new people you meet and your existing twitter followers.
Animoto, the hottest online video creation service, have agreed to give all Twestival organizers and attendees one (1) free full-length video credit ($3 value). Just upload your photo images and video clips, and choose a song from the animoto music catalog, and a few minutes later, receive a unique auto-created Animoto video that you can either stream or download. You can share this video with your new friends and twitter followers! Get started here
Just remember to use the twestival promo code (”TWESTIVAL”) between September 10th and 23rd. Also, Animoto will donate a portion of proceeds to the Twestival global cause from any purchase by Twestival attendees during until September 23rd.
For more info and make your video, go to http://www.animoto.com/go/twestival
We’re making a book
We’ve teamed up with Blurb, the company which enables anyone to design, publish, share and sell bookshop-quality books, to make Twestival’s very first Global Event Book! The book will tell the stories of events taking place around the world on September 10 through September 13, 2009.
Get your book! http://www.blurb.com/twestival
Live Blog in Real-Time
ScribbleLive is please to offer Twestival participants the ability to live blog their charity event in real-time. With a few simple steps we will create a “live” page with your Twestival Local header that will update automatically (no refresh required) with all the tweets from a hash tag or from any specific Twitter accounts you decide to follow.
Get Started! http://twestival.scribblelive.com/Themes/Site/twestival/Create.aspx
Twestival Local Video Mashup Submissions!
From London, to Houston, to Toronto, to Rio de Janeiro, Twestival is filled with some of the most heartfelt stories and great ideas. We want to share all of those stories with the world, so Causecast is putting together the first ever Twestival Local Mashup Video.
Check out the instructions: http://www.causecast.org/news_items/8864-first-ever-twestival-local-video-mashup
The easiest way to promote your cause on Twitter
With Twibbon your community members can add an image to their avatars with one click. Find your custom Twibbon on our Twestival Local page and invite your supporters to wear theirs with pride. Link: http://www.twibbon.com/twestival
Email support@twibbon.com if you want to have your city added or are having issues
Create MOO Business Cards with your Twitter URL
If you’re coming to Twestival, we’ve found a great way for you to share your Twitter details with the new people you meet. (And it doesn’t involve scraps of paper, lipstick - or beer mats!)
MOO, the online printers, have agreed to give us 5,000 packs of Sponsored Business Cards. Just upload up to 50 of your own images, and add your contact details (and Twitter name!) to the back. Remember to bring them with you and share them with your new friends.
Make your Business Cards soon though - there’s just 5,000, and you’ll need to get them delivered before Sept 10th!”
Genius Rocket
Genius Rocket connects experienced creative talent with companies seeking new marketing, creative, and advertising content. The GeniusRocket community features nearly 12,000 videographers, graphic designers, copywriters and other creative artists from more than 180 countries. GeniusRocket’s growing list of regional and international clients includes Heinz, Pepsi, Ashoka, South by Southwest and many other companies and non-profits across the globe.
Free project management and file sharing for your Twestival!
Organise your Twestival Local with free access to Huddle.net! Huddle.net is a network of secure online workspaces where you can share files, collaborate on ideas , manage projects and organise virtual meetings.
To get your city set up on Huddle please contact amanda [at] twestival [dot] com
Huddle is also pleased to offer free charity Huddle subscriptions for all this year’s causes. Please visit http://www.huddle.net/about/charities for more information.
Basic Tutorials to Help City Organizers with their Blog
Enabling Plugins This is simple tutorial that will show you how to enable the most common Twestival plug-ins.
Updating Your City’s Blog Updating your city’s profile will update your twestival’s “information box” and your map information
How to add sponsors to your side-bar Quick tutorial on adding sponsors to your side-bar
How to add an Amiando TICKETS button to your Twestival Local blog Once you have signed up for your AMIANDO ticketing account, use this tutorial to add a TICKETS button to your Twestival Local Blog
How to add your Google Analytics code to your Twestival Local Blog If you would like to track the stats of your blog using Google Analytics follow this guide.
How to modify your TWEET THIS text This guide will show you how to modify the text that is tweeted from your Twestival Local Blog.
Community Feedback For Your Twestival
Twestival organizers qualify for a special upgraded account with UserVoice! If you are trying to get community feedback on which not-for-profit your Twestival Local should nominate, this is a great way.
Any questions, please contact
support@uservoice.com.
Instructions and Twestival template: click here
If you have any questions would like to request an additional tutorial, please contact:
support@twestival.com
