Report from UK’s first nfptweetup
Howard Lake | 25 November 2008 | Blogs
Around 30 people from the charity sector or with an interest in it gathered above a Soho bar in London for the UK’s first tweetup for the charity sector.
A tweetup is a meeting of people to discuss Twitter, the micro-blogging tool, or perhaps also one that has been initiated by using Twitter.
Organised by charity new media expert Rachel Beer and sponsored by Justgiving, the four-hour event enabled a wide variety of people to meet, share ideas and inspiration, and find out more about how charities and voluntary organisations are using Twitter and could make even better use of it.
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In the spirit of sharing, some of the participants put together a joint Powerpoint so that they could share a tip, an idea, or an example of Twitter in action by charities.
Incidentally, this slideshow was named a slideshow of the day at Slideshare.
The event was organised by The Charity Place, a new online forum for charity sector staff or those who work with charities “to provide opportunities to connect, collaborate, learn and share”.
There are plenty of videos of the event, such as this one:
[Video at http://blip.tv/play/goFj3K0Ugopn is no longer available].
And here are some I took:
- Numbers double for second nfptweetup (26 February 2009)
- Third nfptweetup held in London (1 June 2009)
- Fourth nfptweetup shows growth in charity interest in Twitter (24 September 2009)
About Howard Lake
Howard Lake is consultant editor of UK Fundraising. He founded the site in 1994 and successfully sold it in 2022. As director of Giving X Ltd he is exploring growing giving on a massive scale.
He is the founder of Fundraising Camp and co-founder of GoodJobs.