twestival kuala lumpur 101. come join us!

About 3 weeks ago, David asked if I’d be interested to help organise Twestival Kuala Lumpur along with Ling and Niki. In a moment of madness, I said, “Sure I’d love to!” So here I am, almost 3 weeks later, blogging about Twestival KL. This is a slightly long post, so please bear with me.

What is Twitter?
Twitter is a social media tool where you update your status in 140 characters or less. Facebook has since made its status updates look like Twitter’s (it wasn’t before) with no character limit. However Twitter is still very popular and its reach ever expanding, well-known for being pimped by celebrities who use Twitter to connect with their fans. People on Twitter update their Twitter followers on their everyday ongoings, they share information and news about brands, companies, events, they have conversations about everything under the sun. It has proved to be one of the social media tools that has longer staying power.

What is Twestival KL?
Twitter + Festival = Twestival! In short, it’s an event where social media users gather and raise money for charity. Some people say Twitter is useless, people on Twitter eat full nothing to do and only tell everyone what they had for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Well, now we tell everyone what we had for breakfast, lunch and dinner AND raise money for charity!

The 1st Twestival Global was held earlier this year, the theme was ‘water’. Over USD200k was raised by participating cities around the world and the money has since been used to build wells that will benefit 17,000 people in Uganda, Ethiopia and India. Since then there has been a host of Twestival Locals, where the chosen charities are closer to home. In September, Twestival Locals will be held in a bunch of cities, among them Hong Kong, Singapore and Kuala Lumpur.

Twestival KL’s charity home
… is Destiny Starting Point, a home in Klang for delinquent juveniles to give them a second chance in life. Last week a bunch of us visited the home and it was covered by The Star R.AGE yesterday. Click here to read the article. Click here to watch the video on YouTube.

All monies collected from Twestival KL will go to Destiny Starting Point. Initially we wanted to buy them a computer and a year’s broadband access with the money (you know, give them a fishing rod instead of just the fish) but DiGi Broadband stepped in and said they would sponsor TWO desktop PCs to the home. So the money will go to the home’s utility bills, everyday administration. My personal hope is that the boys would get new mattresses to sleep in but we’ll leave it to the home’s founder and admins to decide how to spend the money.

When and where is Twestival KL?
This Saturday, 12 September 2009, 7 pm onwards at Mist Club in Bangsar.

What’s happening at Twestival KL?
Err… me? 😛 It will be a gathering of people who use social media. Meet new people, make new friends. You know, just like any friends’ gatherings…

There will be light refreshment served, thanks to our kind sponsors. 1901 Hot Dogs is setting up a push-cart so you could get your food fresh and warm, New Zealand Natural is bringing a HUGE freezer to give you free ice-cream, The Cupcake Chic will feed you delicious cup cakes, Yeo’s Malaysia is giving us 150 cartons of Just Tea and there will be Tiger beer thanks to GAB. If it’s not enough for you, feel free to order a more substantial dinner from Mist Club on your own account 😛

Twilight Action Girl will be spinning at Twestival KL. Will Quah will be the MC for the evening. Elaine Daly will be there to auction off a few items, all proceeds go to Destiny Starting Point!

Lots of lucky draw items, thanks to Crocs Malaysia, Boost Juice Malaysia, Maya Hotel, Starbucks Malaysia, New Zealand Natural, PC.Com, The Little Trinket Co and Exabytes among others. Also in the lucky draw, exclusive Moleskine planners thanks to Czip Lee, air tickets to HCM thanks to Air Asia, a photo shoot worth RM500 courtesy of RawPixelStudios and an awesome C300 All-In-1 Desktop PC thanks to Lenovo. Bring along your lucky charm!

The first 150 attendees at Twestival KL will receive a goody bag containing movie tickets by Golden Screen Cinemas, Starbucks vouchers, Boost Juice Malaysia vouchers, New Zealand Natural vouchers, and merchandise from Crocs, DiGi Broadband, A1 and Little Tree.

DiGi Broadband will also set up Wi-Fi access points around Mist Club so you can Twitter or even blog during the event!

At the moment, we are auctioning off a couple of items for Twestival KL. DiGi Broadband has sponsored a HP Mini netbook worth RM 1,499 and we are starting the auction at RM 1,000. At this moment, David Lian is leading the bid at RM 1,100. Go outbid him! More information: click here.

More auction items from Nooka and Air Asia coming up!

How do I get a ticket to Twestival KL?
Pre-door tickets cost a minimum of RM30 per ticket, feel free to top up 😉 Door sale tickets cost RM40 per ticket. If you wish to purchase a ticket, please contact me here, or my e-mail or give me a shout out on my Twitter, @suanie. I’m taking Friday off to run errands, so most likely will be able to deliver your tickets. Let me know soon!

Other ways to get in touch: Twestival KL website, @TwestivalKL on Twitter, my phone number if you have it etc. If you know David Lian, Niki Cheong, Radiance Leong or Ling, they will be able to hook you up as well.

Come come, all and sundry! It’s for a good cause (remember the part about the fishing rod and not the fish? 😉 ) and there will be plenty of familiar faces around. If not, get to know new people! See you on Saturday!

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Comments

  1. Can’t waitttt! 😀

  2. sounds fun, the friendly and colorful banner will help 😀

  3. sounds like a big twitter gathering!

  4. is the MC going to twitter announcements? loool!

  5. sorry suan, can’t make it. Made appt to have dinner with my dad.

    i said i buy ticket and … but you say rather not mah 😛

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