twestival local - Tweet.Meet.Give. - March 24, 2011

Things are hotting up in the twestival ticket race. At the time of writing there's only 7 tickets between Edinburgh and London, and Brighton is only 6 tickets behind them.

This is all just a bit of extra fun on top of the amazing fun already involved. But of course Twestival isn't about cities competing. Twestival is about making a real difference right across the world. Right now Twestival has already raised almost £50,000 worldwide - and that's before the event has taken place on 24th March.

The UK is third on the impact table at around £6,000, with only Brazil and Canada ahead. But seeing that just makes me feel competitive again - come on UK we can climb that ladder even if Brazil has three times the people. Our lead is in your hands - get a local Twestival ticket now - click on your closest city in the list on the right!

Here's a screenshot - click for the latest impact:

  Post by @spirals

Each year Twestival inspires some admirable artful thinking from music to craft to design. Not least amongst this swell of creativity is all the fantastic logos. This year is no different. If you want colour, symbolism and something that says 'fun' you need look no further than all the logos you talented tweeps have created.

It's hard to choose a best one, my personal hat tips go out to Cardiff logo for its surprised looking sheep, the Brighton logo for its surprisingly friendly looking skull and cross bones, and the Bristol logo for its banksy inspired graffiti feel.

Which do you like most? and why?

Post by @spirals

 We have asked @ ChrisPenberthy to tell us more about the preparations to Plymouth Twestival. Here is a quick update from him:

As Twestival's up and down the UK get ready for zero hour on March 24th, it's worth recalling just what Twestival is. And what better way to do that than with this amazing infographic from @DekelChui in Canada.

Those intelligent folk at Justgiving.com have come up with two handy one pagers to stoke the fires of your online fundraising efforts. They're crammed with practical and simple tips to help you make the most of your twestival fundraising.

Here's a few really quick ones to get you going:

• Change your instant messenger status to your justgiving page address.
• Let your twitter and facebook followers know the link.
• Search for others talking about your charity and approach them to see if they'll support your twestival.

And an extra secret tip from pesonal experience... get a couple of people to make a high first donation to set the standard for others to follow. People won't want to donate low amounts and be seen as a cheap skate, well most won't!

So what are you waiting for?

• Top 12 tips on fundraising online
• Social media guide to fundraising