Miss Nicole Jensen

I’m reaching out.

Along with Nicole Jensen, I’m organising Brisbane Twestival. Twestival is a global festival event taking place on 12 February that seeks to raise money for the 1 in 6 people worldwide who do not have access to clean, safe drinking water. 1 in 6! That’s 1.1 billion people without clean drinking water, something we take for granted.

To help them out, the Twitter community (http://twitter.com) are holding this event to raise both awareness and money to donate to Charity:Water (http://charitywater.org). This charity works very hard to get sustainable solutions to those communities without water but they can’t do it entirely on their own. Brisbane is just one of over 100 cities worldwide holding a Twestival!

But we can’t do this without your help, so here’s where you come in.

What we’re looking for right now are sponsors. We have a couple on board already who are providing a venue (to be announced shortly!) and contributing towards some of the costs of holding such a big event.

The event itself will not be a sombre event – it’s a festival! There’ll be local bands, work on display from local artists, stalls to buy stuff, a bar, and games and competitions. We’re conservatively anticipating a bare minimum of 100 attendees, though some estimates suggest the night will bear witness to as many as 300.

What we need are sponsors. Sponsors to provide prizes for the competitions and games, to donate to charity or to contribute in some other way they think would help us to make this a successful festival event.

In return, you’ll get exposure and generate an incredibly large amount of goodwill. We’ll be promoting you everywhere online from Facebook to Twitter to the official Brisbane Twestival site. You’ll be mentioned on all of our promotional material. You’ll be displayed on projectors and posters and mentioned repeatedly on the night. And, of course, you’ll be recognised for some time for giving back to the global community.

If you think you or your business can contribute, please contact myself or Nicole Jensen and we’ll help you to help us and the 1 in 6 people worldwide who need it.

Also, if you’d like to know a bit more, check out the links below.

Global Twestival website: http://twestival.com

Charity:water website: http://charitywater.org

Brisbane Twestival website: http://brisbane.twestival.com

Brisbane Twestival Facebook event: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=44952598701

Brisbane Twestival twitter account: http://twitter.com/bnetwestival

via Facebook | Greg Williams’s Notes.

I’m working with a team of Brisbane Twitter users to bring you our branch of Twestival, the international Twitter Festival raising funds for Charity:Water.

The event is set for February 12th, a day after Pecha Kucha, a day prior to Friday 13th and two days prior to Valentine’s Day. We are currently working on confirming the venue and also scoring some winner entertainment. If you’re an entertainer, artist or other individual-of-groove, let me know and we might just have a place for you on the night.

My main role on the committee is to seek sponsorship of the event, whether it be funds, services or products. If you are a proud Twitter user,  I would be so humble as to ask for donations to the cause. Please note that Twitter members organising the event are all volunteers; we’re not pocketing any of the cash as 100% of funds from Twestival will go to Charity:Water.

Stay tuned for more updates on the Brisbane Twestival 2009 site!