# UK's first course on fundraising using Twitter announced

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2009/02/20/uk039s-first-course-fundraising-using-twitter-announced/
- Published: 2009-02-20T15:28:32+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

**UK Fundraising’s Howard Lake is to host the UK’s first training course for charities
on using Twitter to fundraise.**

Twitter and social media have been featured at several fundraising conferences recently
but fundraisers have not yet been able to take part in a practical hands-on session
showing them how to use this popular tool.

The first half-day course will be held in London on 16 March from 2.15 to 4.30 at
The Hub, King’s Cross. Delegate fees are £99 + VAT for charities and £199 + VAT 
for for-profit organisations such as fundraising agency/consultancy staff.

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Other dates and venues around the country are being planned.

“Although Twitter has been around for a couple of years, it is only in the last 
few months that it’s potential as a fundraising tool has become so clear”, said 
Howard Lake.

“It offers charities and their supporters an almost instant method of engaging with
each other, whether one-to-one or in public.”

“The public is using it for fundraising too, promoting their sponsored events, or
even creating a 180-city worldwide event like last week’s Twestival, all via this
tool”.

Lake admitted that it was too early to offer a definitive guide to Twitter as a 
fundraising tool, but there were already good examples for charities to learn from.

To reward organisations already using Twitter and Facebook Lake has offered 10% 
reductions on the course fees to those using these tools. The reduced fee codes 
were included in messages to the [UK Fundraising group on Facebook](http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2452186793)
and to all those who ‘follow’ (ie. receive messages from) [Howard Lake on Twitter](http://twitter.com/howardlake).

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