Charlotte Twestival 2010

Coming Soon!
Charlotte ,NC

Cause: TBD

CLTwestival Event Canceled

Posted on: 9 September 2009 at 1426 - Comment

We regret to announce that due to a number of factors, we have to cancle CLTwestival Local’s event for this Saturday.

While this is very disappointing for all involved, we recommend you get involved in a Twestival Project! See what Mashable had to say, and let’s see what we can do here in Charlotte!

Thanks for everyone’s understanding.

Twestival Tickets on Sale!

Posted on: 8 September 2009 at 1221 - Comment

On September 12, CLTwestival will raise funds for Bethlehem Center (@bethlehemcenter) at The Sunset Club on South Blvd.

Come & party with all your CLTweeps from 8-10 and enjoy food, music and tons of fun!

More details on the Door Prize Packages will be available soon! For now, think how cool a Spa Day, a Night Out on the Town, and Social Media Rockstar packages (and possibly more) will be.

The tickets:

General Tweeps: $25 gets you in the door, delicious food from several local Twitter Resturants, and one ticket for the awesome door prize packages.

Rockstar: $50 gets you all the awesomeness as the General Tweeps, plus TWO more tickets for the door prize packages.

Very Important Tweep: $100 gets you all the Rockstar benefits, but THREE more tickets for the amazing door prices, and some extra treats. (More exact Details to come soon!)

Help us pick a charity!

Posted on: 19 August 2009 at 1526 - Comment

Twestival Local is about supporting OUR community! We want to take the collective power, passion and love of the Charlotte Twitter Community and give back. We need your help to do this.

You can nominate your favorite Charlotte Charity.

Tomorrow night at the first planning meeting we’ll take a look at the most popular, and then narrow it down after contacting those charities. We’ll announce which Charlotte charity will benefit from Twestival Local early next week.

Go now and nominate your favorite community charity!

CLTwestival Local

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CLTwitter & CLTwestival

In February, the Charlotte Twitter community came together in two weeks to raise money for Charity:Water. The event was a success here in Charlotte and around the world. We raised over $2k in Charlotte alone!

On (tentatively) September 12th we will come together once again to support a local charity. This is our chance, as a community, to raise funds for a charity in the Charlotte area in a meaningful (and fun!) way.

How can you help?

If you’re wondering how you can help out, there are plenty of ways you can support the effort:

  • Volunteer to plan - Come to the first planning meeting on Thursday, August 20th at Cafe Monty @ 7p (Contact @SummerPlum for details or just show up!)
  • Volunteer to help day of - We’ll need volunteers to help the day of & setup. (Contact name TBA)
  • Sponsor - Sponsorship information will be available soon. This is a great way to support the cause.
  • Buy Tickets & Attend - Come on out and help CLTwitter raise funds for CLTwestival

Which Charlotte charity are we supporting?

We don’t know yet! We’ll be accepting your nominations soon for charities to consider. Details will be available on the blog as soon as the voting site is up.

What can you do now?

There’s a number of ways you can get involved with what’s going on with @CLTwestival local:

  • Follow @CLTwestival on Twitter!
  • Contact @SummerPlum to find out more about how you can help
  • Follow the Twitter discussions and tag everything with #CLTwestival
  • Learn more at Twestival.com
  • Plan to come to the planning meeting on Thursday.
  • And we’ll keep you up-to-date here as things develop, so stay tuned to the blog!

Charlotte Twestival Recap

Posted on: 16 February 2009 at 2327 - Comment

In 2 weeks, we came together as a community to support a global cause. Without Twitter, the event would not have been as successful. Twitter is only as strong as the connections that are made through the application. This event showed that although Twitter is not mainstream, the Charlotte Twitter Community is diverse and strong. The Charlotte Twitter Community proved that we are capable of coming together very quickly and work toward a common goal.

The Successes of the event were that we planned a fun social event in which everything was donated from the DJs, the Banners, the prizes like the cruise, massages, scuba lessons, Tickets to Endsession, and event planning from Carolina NightLife. Creative Loafing and 106.5 partnered with us to help promote the event. We had special guest like Terri Bennett from Doyourpart.com, Nathan Richie as the MC, the Llttle Mermaid, and Professional Photographer Neil Cowley. WCNC ran a story the night of the event that was very positive for Twitter, Twestival, and Charity: Water. We were successful in raising awareness for Charity: Water and for Twitter in the local market. We only raised half of our goal because we had a lot of businesses who wanted to participate in the event and in this economic environment it was easier for them to give prizes in lieu of cash donations.

The Charlotte Social Media Community is building a strong foundation for future conferences, charity events, and other collaborative ventures. The events will continue to get larger and we are excited that Charlotte Twestival was one step into that future.

Thank you to everyone who came to the event, donated money, and volunteered time to make the Charlotte Twestival a success.

Rich Tucker

Link to the WCNC video -

For good photos from last night, see Neil Cowley’s extensive shots (gallery 1, gallery 2, gallery 3), Rich Tucker’s photos, and Hunter Wilson’s photos over at CarolinaNightlife.

http://www.vimeo.com/3208735

Thank you to our Volunteer DJs

Posted on: 11 February 2009 at 1419 - Comment

Stepping up for Charlotte Twestival are local DJs willing to come out and volunteer their time to provide one of the most important aspects of the party, the Music.

DJ Swurve will be the guest DJ spinning a little after 9PM. The DJs providing the entertainment earlier in the evening will be Jonathan and Chris from Party House DJs.

Party House DJs Bio:
Party House DJs has been providing the Charlotte and surrounding areas top entertainment for over 10 years. Party House DJs specialize in all types of events including: corporate parties, weddings, birthday parties, charity events etc…Check out why Party House DJs are considered by many to be the number one entertainment group in the Charlotte area. We are guaranteed to get the party started and make sure you and your guest have a memorable event. Go with the proven experience of Party House DJs. Give us a call at 704-718-5937 and ask for Jonathan.

Note that you heard about Party House DJs from the Charlotte Twestival and receive an additional discount on your next event.

Buy your tickets now for 02.12.09 at CANS!

Twitter and Charlotte Twestival is grabbing Attention

Posted on: 10 February 2009 at 1643 - Comment

It is guaranteed that no Twitter-lead event will get this much print, radio, and TV media attention for a long time. It is important to raise money for Charity: Water.  Those involved in the planning of Charlotte Twestival would not have signed on if they didn’t buy into Charity: Water’s cause and organization.

But almost as important as the charity is that there are going to be many eyes on this who do not fully understand Twitter. This is our opportunity to show that - thanks to the power of the connections we make online via Twitter - we can accomplish things in charity, business, and other aspects of life they were not possible before the application.

The Organization Team as put together an event that has enough prizes for a 2,000-person event. There will be DJs, Wii tournaments, media personalities, a professional photographer, and the opportunity to do some great networking.

The Charlotte Twestival Organizational Team has done its job putting together an impressive event. It is now up to you to make it to the event! Tell as many friends as possible, and bring people with you. We are ahead of most cities in the US in tickets sales and we are $3,500 away from our goal.

So on 2.12.09 we look forward to seeing you all at CANS at 7PM!

Charlotte Twestival: Professional Pictures

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@NeilCowley Professional Photography, will be at the Charlotte Twestival taking pictures of guests in front of a Logo Backdrop just as you see at red carpet events. At the Charlotte BarCamp, Neil’s Profile Avatars were a huge hit at the event and especially after when everyone went to Flickr downloaded several headshots for their profile pics. Neil is doing this for free as a benefit to all the Charlotte Twestival Guests for coming out and supporting Charity: Water and the Charlotte Twitter/Social Media community.

How is your online Image? Your Profile Picture say a thousand words…your professional pictures from The Charlotte Twestival will be great for image. We are very appreciative that Neil as joined us to help make this evening even more memorable!

VIP Tickets Almost Sold Out! 3 Remain

Posted on: 8 February 2009 at 2355 - Comment

We have sold 7 of the 10 VIP tickets…7 people bought the tickets without knowing what they would be getting as VIPs!

First of all the VIPs will get Inflatable Floaties to wear instead of wirstbands to designate that they are VIPs. That is just a little Water humor of course our VIPs will not being wearing floaties…On site we will have Chair Massages being provided by Breathe Bodywork for everyone for a small fee that 100% goes to Charity: Water. The VIPs will get their Massage complimentary, they will receive an awesome gift package with a From Blynk Organic valued at $20, they will have desingated VIP Waitresses, and still more to come.

There are only three VIP Tickets left…$100 goes 100% to Charity: Water….and you get Charlotte $100 closer to the goal of $5000 raised!

Business Donors - Charlotte Twestival

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Monday is the last day to donate $300+ and get your logo on the Banners being Provided by NR Creative. That have to be printed…to make it easy for you just click here to buy a $300 ticket and get your logo, get 1 minute for you or a rep to speak during the event, logo here on the homepage, and the Love from all of Charlotte Twitterville for being a socially conscious business.   We need a few business to donate $300 to hit our goal of $5000…