http://atlanta.twestival.com Gathing awesome people offline on March 25th to raise money for @concern. Mon, 15 Mar 2010 20:07:24 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I don't believe the Atlanta Twestival team ever formally thanked Mr. John Saddington for live streaming the very first ever Atlanta Twestival 2009.  He did an awesome job of MC'ing the evening for us -- very impromptu.  So, to John, Thank-you. To the rest of you, enjoy... [vimeo]http://vimeo.com/3602196[/vimeo] [vimeo]http://vimeo.com/3602209[/vimeo] http://atlanta.twestival.com/2010/03/11/lost-footage-atlanta-twestival-2009/ We want to talk a little bit about Concern Worldwide and the great work that they do. Based on the belief that education is a Human Right, Concern Worldwide works to help the 72 million children who never have to opportunity to go to school. By increasing access to quality ... http://atlanta.twestival.com/2010/03/06/global-twestival-2010-supports-concern-worldwide/ At our last event, on September 12th, 2009, ATLtwestival supported Not For Sale Campaign, and had a chance to learn more about the important issue of Human Slavery and Child Sex Trafficking. Even though, for our next event on March 25th, 2010, our attention will be focused on supporting Concern ... http://atlanta.twestival.com/2009/12/18/atltwestival-still-cares/ Charity:water's Project Manager, Becky Straw, reflects on her experience bringing water to a village in Northern Uganda, in an article entitled "Will the beautiful women of the world please stand up".  While traveling to Uganda to evaluate the well drilling for charity:water, Becky met Helen. Helen spent most of her day ... http://atlanta.twestival.com/2009/12/04/water-means-choices-free-time-options/ A big thank you to everyone who came out to the Atlanta Twestival on September 12th, 2009. We are able to raise $278.00 for Not for Sale and present them with a copy of Microsoft Office for them to continue their work with.  A huge thank you to @octanecoffee ... http://atlanta.twestival.com/2009/10/06/atlanta-twestival-local-2009-2/ [vimeo]http://vimeo.com/6513535[/vimeo] http://atlanta.twestival.com/2009/09/10/sam-explains-twestival-in-a-nutshell/ [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mJHkc5k5MM[/youtube] Did you know that there are more than 27 million slaves in the world today? ... that human trafficking is the second fastest growing criminal industry in our world today - grossing an estimated $32 billion each year? ... that each year the United States is a destination country for an estimated ... http://atlanta.twestival.com/2009/09/08/did-you-know/ Atlanta Twestival 2009 was a ton of fun, but we hope that Atlanta Twestival Local 2009 will be even awesomer!!! Twestival Local is much like the global event that occurred in February 2009, however, the local event allows cities to contribute to charities of their choice.  Learn more about Twestival Local ... http://atlanta.twestival.com/2009/08/31/atlanta-twestival-local-2009/ First of all a huge thanks to our sponsor JWT for providing the space.  We started off the evening at JavaVino with beverages and hors d'oeuvres , nametags and introductions. Sue, @mrsbear, brought @estherhavens amazing prints to sell for charity:water.  If you couldn't make it to the Atlanta Twestival, you ... http://atlanta.twestival.com/2009/02/15/atlanta-twestival-2009-a-success/ I know I am missing some pics, posts and people here; email atltwestival... at... gmail... so I can add you here if you were at the Atlanta Twestival '09. Pics on flickr Posts atltwestival pure awesome there were alot more people at the atltwestival Peoples @human3rror @allisonweiss @thehighwaygirl @wuhu411 @ddeseta @kingsoul @jros @gcrisp @samelawrence @sandypants @mags2122 @moore27 @shbbll @coreyanderson @paulshok @kristengreen @briandewitt @nolesfanKK @ashleycrutch @noahk17 @justmebo http://atlanta.twestival.com/2009/02/14/pics-posts-people/