We are proud to announce the exclusive ShadowRoom as our 2010 venue sponsor for DC Twestival. With Mobile Ordering and the Nteract Touchscreen Table Order System what better place to combine entertainment and tech-saavy Tweeters?! Join hundreds others this March 25^th from 6:00 – 9:00PM as we tap our fingers to tweet, our toes to the beat, and meet and greet our fellow comrades - all in aid of Concern, a humanitarian organization dedicated to reducing suffering and ending extreme poverty including much needed education for children.

Tickets will go on sale this week, stay tuned!

We are excited to have local DC startup, Shiny Heart Ventures (http://shinyheart.com) in the house for DC Twestival tonight as they are about to launch their first product call Thankfulfor.  Thankfulfor (http://thankfulfor.com) is a microblogging site focused on gratitude. In just 140 characters, users can share what they are thankful for, saving each item to their personal “journal” of thanks. Users can also be social by choosing to send each Thankfulfor post to their social network on Twitter, spreading the good thanks far and wide. Since Twestival is also about spreading the good, theThankfulfor crew will be spreading the thanks at DC Twestival and may even stop you to ask you… What are you thankfulfor?  So have something ready to say.

All this week Tim O’Reily and crew (including DCTwestival own VIP Mark Drapeau aka Cheeky_Geeky) have been hosting a transformative event here in our nation’s capital entitled Gov 2.0 Summit and Expo.  With the not-so-small goal of reshaping government. Gov 2.0 states:

With the proliferation of issues and a scarcity of resources to address them all, leaders inside and outside government are turning to the principles of participation, collaboration, transparency, and efficiency to address the challenges facing our country and the world. This is the agenda of the Gov 2.0 Summit.

So it is our privilege for Gov 2.0 to have made the DCTwestival the post Gov 2.0 “Event Partner”.  So if you are in attendance at Gov 2.0 simply come over to Midtown Loft BRING YOUR BADGE, and you will get $10 off the price of admission at the door. YOU MUST HAVE YOUR BADGE!

DC Twestival and Miriam’s Kitchen would like to thank our generous sponsors for supporting this event and contributing to this worthwhile cause.

Additional sponsorship slots are still available for a limited time prior to the event. Remember, 100% of the sponsorship funds donated go directly to Miriam’s Kitchen.

Primary Sponsor:

Jean and Steve Case established the Case Foundation in 1997 to reflect their family’s commitment to finding lasting solutions for complex social challenges. We invest in people and ideas that can change the world.

Our purpose is to expand giving, promote everyday philanthropy, deepen civic engagement, and broaden the use of new technologies to make giving more informed, efficient, and effective. We seek to do this while emphasizing the value of collaboration across all sectors, individual and organizational leadership, and entrepreneurship.

Sponsors:

Merkle

Merkle is a leading database marketing agency.  Founded in 1971, Merkle has provided quantitative, information-based marketing strategies for over 38 years.  Merkle is a privately held corporation with over 900 employees and projected 2009 sales of over $240 million to approximately 200 clients.  Merkle’s services include Strategic Database Marketing Consulting, Database Development and Maintenance, Analytical Services, Data Products, Content Solutions, Agency Services, Production Services, Email Solutions and Response Processing Services.

The Merkle Agency Group is an industry-leading, full-service direct response fundraising agency, plus has business units that specialize in database development and maintenance, business intelligence, analytical services, data products, list processing, mail production, and response processing services.  We have been servicing the nonprofit sector for over 30 years.  Today, over 35% of our current revenues come from our nonprofit clients.

BlogPotomac

BlogPotomac is this year’s premiere social media marketing event for greater Washington DC. Attendees can expect a one-day event with nationally renowned speakers and advanced discussion of best social media marketing practices.

No event would be complete with a top-notch list of VIPs, and DC Twestival is no exception. Our ten VIPs stepped up and contributed enough to collectively feed over 650 people. The phrase “VIP” has never so aptly described a group of people as it does these fine folks (in no particular order):

• @cheeky_geeky
• @herbanlifestyle
• @ewengel
• @chrisabraham
• @LorettaHeartley
• @justyfrank
• @missinformation
• @benmerrion1
• @joyrenee
• @tomcblock

While we’ve sold out of our VIP tickets, you can still buy a ticket to DC Twestival and help Miriam’s Kitchen feed DC’s homeless. Register now and join us on September 10th to help support this great cause.