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September After Party Wrap-up

Amsterdam Twestival team would like to thank all the speakers, sponsors, artists/acts and charities who helped us deliver the offline event at Maarssen and the fundraising party last week. Our work continues as we tally up the total amount raised, which we hope to announce at the end of the month.

As you know, one of our goals was to not only raise funds but educate the charities on the use of social media for social good. The positive feedback received from participants clearly indicates that we achieved our goal! Anyone who signed up for the event but were unable to make it, can check out the recorded speeches and discussions online.

When Twestival launched in Amsterdam earlier this year, being our first event, we played it relatively safe and delivered a more formal fundraising event. The community came right back at us, demanding a party next time and not another networking event. So this time around, every effort went into organising a fundraising party by the community for the community.

We were fortunate to secure the Odeon nightclub in the heart of Amsterdam, the perfect place to host a party with local and international acts and artists, all passionate about supporting Twestival Amsterdam to raise funds for our 6 charities. Our vision was a one-off party, diverse in its content and audience offering something different to party-goers in Amsterdam.

But as we closed the doors on the second Twestival Amsterdam, we couldn’t ignore the fact that ticket purchases and attendance numbers were disappointingly low. Of course, this means we are unlikely to exceed our fundraising total from February and left us pondering the question: does social media really draw crowds, create buzz, engage people compared to traditional media forms? Answers on the back of a postcard with a licked stamp, please.

Anyhow, in the words of Inner City “WE don’t really need a crowd to have a party. Just a funky beat and YOU to get it started, Ohh Ohh We’ll dance the night away…” If you made it to the Odeon last Thursday, we hope YOU had Big Fun and a sincere thank YOU for your support.

Afternoon session - seats available for offline event

Free for charities and NGOs, the offline event in Maarsen is currently under-way. Although you’ve missed this morning’s session, there is still time to catch three more leading speakers including 

Erwin BlomErwin Blom who will close the event today.  Erwin Blom is experienced in print, radio, digital television, mobile, internet en crossmedia strategies. In 2008, he started The Crowds - a Social Media Hub in partnership with Wessel de Valk and Idse de Pree, focused on social media.

After lunch, we have Renato Valdés Olmos, the founder of my name is e which started as a graduation project in 2007 and grew into a service to connect users and their online lives to the real world followed by Timan Rebel from mobypicture the online platform to share photos, text, audio and videos with friends across the social sites: facebook, twitter, flickr, vimeo, and more.

Click for details on venue Seats2Meet Maarsen

Free educational event for non-profit organisations

voor Nederlandse versie klik hier

Amsterdam Twestival brings you not only one event on 10th September but two events! Sponsored by Seats2meet and Mindz, we’ve organised a unique offline event between 10:00-15:00 in Maarssen, where four of the leaders in the Dutch social media and mobile landscape will give there time, at no cost to share their knowledge. But there is a catch! We’ve restricted this day-time event to individuals, volunteers and employees from Stichtings and NGOs, as long as you work with or have an association with a non-profit organisation, you’re through the door.

This educational event forms part of our roadmap, which we set-down at the beginning of this fundraising project. Our aim is not too just handover money to the 6 charities but to educate them and as many Stichtings, NGOs and aid organisations on the benefits of social networking. Many of the charities we spoke with, were familiar with or interested in using Twitter or Facebook in their fundraising campaigns but lacked in-depth knowledge on how social media could help them to connect and create conversations with donors and supporters.

The speakers will present in Dutch and entrance to Stichtings and NGOs is free of charge. With only 100 seats available, please register online in advance.  You will then receive an e-ticket which you must print and present upon arrival. In addition, not only do you get free entry to this event but also, our fundraising party later that evening hosted at the Odeon Night Club, Amsterdam between 19:00-02:00.

See below for full details of the Offline Educational Event for Stichtings and NGOs

Date: Thursday, September 10th

Time: 10:00-15:00

Location: Seats2Meet Maarssen, Planetenbaan 100, 3606 AK Maarssen - directions click here

Language: Dutch

Registration: online


Lunch and refreshments will be provided.

Speakers:
The Power of Twitter by Paulus Veltman (speaker | innovator / @paulusveltman)

Twitterveiling by Jessica de Kok (Kaat Mossel Coaching / @kaatmossel)

Use of mobile by the new generation by Renato Valdés Olmos (My Name is E / @renn)

New business models in social media by Erwin Blom (The Crowds / @erwblo)

Lastly, we would like to thank Amanda Rose (@amanda), Founder of Twestival Global who has bent over backwards to allow Amsterdam Twestival an amazing amount of freedom to create this event, which is unique to the Netherlands in association with Twestival Global.

Tweet . Meet . Give

More than just the money

During the past three weeks we have been exploring Dutch Charity organizations and how they use social media tools to connect with their communities. We have also searched for local Dutch charities using twitter. The charities that we have spoken to are aware of the new tools but are unsure how to use them

The great news is that Twestival Amstedam have decided to help them understand the tools of social media so that they can move forward themselves and benefit from using Twitter, Hyves, Facebook etc. It would be unfare of us to just plunge organisations into a conversation that they may not understand.

This way - we are not only funding our charity with money - but educating many charities and possibly enabling them to raise their profiles and also connect with the many donors they have using the power of the community - so you could say we’re funding them in a sustainable manner.

we hope you walk with us on this exciting path towards a plot with more twists. More news to follow in our next update

Thanks to Melle, Paul and Nienke for letting us use this great location in the center of Amsterdam.

Meer dan geld alleen

De afgelopen weken hebben we onderzoek gedaan naar diverse goede doelen organisaties en hoe zij social media toepassen om in contact te komen met hun doelgroepen. We zijn ook op zoek gegaan of daar organisatie bij zitten die twitter toepassen. De organisaties die wij gesproken hebben zijn op de hoogte van de diverse social media toepassingen maar weten niet zo goed hoe deze in te zetten.

Het goede nieuws is dat Twestival Amsterdam ze daarbij wil gaan helpen. Helpen om bewustwording kweken in hoe zij deze tools in kunnen inzetten zodat zij daarna stappen kunnen maken in het gebruik van twitter, Hyves, Facebook etc. Het zou oneerlijk zijn om die organisatie zomaar in dat systeem te trekken, zoals bij andere twestivals gebeurt door de polls, zonder dat zij enig besef hebben hoe zij ermee om moeten gaan.

Op deze manier – we  sponsoren de goede doelen niet alleen met geld – maar helpen ze om te leren omgaan met de nieuwe tools waarmee we hopen hun de mogelijkheid te bieden online naamsbekendheid op te bouwen. En zo ook de diverse donors te bereiken door de kracht van de communities. Dus je zou kunnen zeggen dat we ze op een duurzame wijze steunen.

We hopen dat jullie met net zoveel plezier dit onbekende meelopen naar het plot waar beslist nog meer verassingen wachten.  We houden je via de website volledig op de hoogte van al onze vorderingen.

We bedanken Melle, Paul and Nienke dat zij hun fantastische locatie, midden in hartje Amsterdam, ter beschikking stellen.