Twestival Norrköping

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.

Norrköping Twestival, held September 13, at Kulturhuset, Trädgårdsgatan 37, 16 to 23, 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 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.

Water and sanitation project of choice for this specific fundraising event is to protect the water supply of Tbilisi, Georgia, organized by Rural Communities Development Agency, RCDA, in the field, with support partner Women in Europe for a Common Future in the Netherlands.