A twestival for Lichfield?

When Clare White re-tweeted @StokeTwestival the other day I immediately thought, “Ooh, let’s have a Lichfield Twestival!” Without thinking it through I asked Twitter and got some good responses despite realising I know not nearly enough about Twestival.

So what is a twestival? From the Twestival Global site;

A Twestival or Twitter-Festival is a global series of events organized by volunteers around the world under short timescales via Twitter, which bring people offline for a great cause.  Twestival is run 100% by volunteers and independently from any not-for-profit; although the organizing teams do work closely to outline an achievable and measurable fundraising target.  Twestival also sets out to identify key skills of volunteers and match these with the needs of the cause; particularly communications strategy, tech integration and social media training.

So here’s the deal… Stuart Harrison (@pezholio) and I (@philipjohn) will be at the newly re-opened George IV pub on Bore Street in Lichfield at 1pm to talk through what we need to do and ideas and who wants to volunteer for what! So if you fancy being part of Lichfield’s first twestival, come along!