Copenhagen Twestival 2010

Pumpehuset Copenhagen

Who is attending?

madsras
tinestevn
renelundgaard
rune_ha
hammerFar
rankenberg
jacobpackert
risager
mettestuhr
hellety
jaknils
anderscolding
Huusom
mikkelmarius
chybertz
a_brixen
phpgeek
grapefrugten
novemberborn
appoulsen
Andrew_Arnold
laage
morgenthaler
boetter
chriscalvert
graulund
MsWeinreich
ashansen
nitoen
jannepajulahtime.com
LaraMulady
Twesterby
kerns
simonfrosig
thomaskofod
kmdk
hanneklintoe
chapmandk
theis
JesperEgelund
mikker
torbentronborg
xolsen
burtblancher
oliverbernhard
NinaSch
martinjacobsen
Faheemh
fagerlund
kimjensen
aleqz
soeren_k
bewildergeist
mashup
ernstpoulsen
dittebergstrom
anetq
boab
Lolula
meghan_krane
karinhoegh
mjlaye
JHedegaard
annejimi
4nd3rs
boegh
jenskeld
jonasjuhler
mtielbo
webalf
recph
katharinaberg
hkjwt
christiepingvin
emme
melampus
rosenorn
Anette_SZ & Vester_Kopi
Vester_Kopi & William_SZ
ullerup
jeppeengell
oydy
getsocial
sprogkursus
pippipsi
nippr
srotu
kriswager
annehodal
jenniecph
jonaswho
palnatoke
mortensteinbach
ingvardsen
LineP
sarashapiro
louisetorp
Pahlke
lars
KrahKrah
nfsaxberg
HelleToday
Elnif
astridhaug
graeser
GryBauer
LarsBernt
mmmmmariaaaaa
25051605
Alintal
tobiashm
ulle69
Mr_Kim_M
Rikketranberg
LaGnoo
cecilie_fb
AndersFredsoe
Maryahs
FasterChris
WILOBAS
Christianevejlo
olegam
chorDK
stentebjerg
kabell
mortenlangkjaer
rasmusseidler
socialsquare
jonasmaaloe
kasperg
parabol
maithode
starfarm
bootcampdk
iambeck
wa7son
JakobSimonsen
tveskov
tehneyat
thillemann
redsoda
Spellamina
newmediadays
abemad
nightgolfer
nikolaj
jacobms
bythreads
nadjapass
auchenberg
jonasion
lerkenfeld
hrfriborg
jeppekruse
thomasstack
mejlvang
hippebrun
libocannici
michaelnilsson
michammel
lsjorslev
worsaae
delaroy
sofus
kim_bach
stinesorensen
danielbaek
ChallengeCPH
rikkehoejris
LiseBorgstroem
jbouveng
globalized
forsikring
mpiatek
iskedk
VizeumCph
bering
nicolaik
bysted
khoyer
christianbuch
BeritLund
mariejeng
olekristensen
tommybunger
trogels
tsonderstrup
helloumar
mikkelnoewesth
mortendk
CaroCPH
jonasfriisberg
umbraco
ulavi72
rasmusluckow
petersvarre
vesterby
mette_hertzmann
askullerup
henrikdisco
Refunitedotorg
Refunite
domar
normanncph
egeriis
monachilada
anseq
unclegrey
ronnierocket
hilk5
behncken
signaldigital
jonaslovstad
Teik

Closing the accounts for Copenhagen Twestival

Posted on: 15 June 2010 at 19:00 - Comment

On March 25, 2010, we were able to have more than 250 people come together for a single cause: Supporting Concern Worldwide. All of these people have one thing in common: They are Danish Twitter users.

Getting Marie Fisker and Rune Kjeldsen to play on stage, and Thomas Madsen-Mygdal to interview Morten Lund about his entrepreneurial endeavors, created a unique experience for those involved. Tom Collins even played for us after being called early in the evening on a cancellation, and it just goes to show the efforts everybody are willing to put into this crazy project.

Lots and lots and lots of sponsors provided us with gifts for the lottery and money for the cause. All the money from the ticket sales, lottery tickets, sponsorships and donations have finally been tallied and we can give the final score:

94,000.- kroner.

It has taken a long time to end at this amount because of some problems here and there, but this is what we’ve sent off to Concern Worldwide on behalf of Copenhagen Twestival.

The videos are still (!) on their way, but hopefully we can show you what happened in glorious technicolor sometime in 2010.

Kristoffer and I started this project with the intent of meeting a couple of interesting people, and the fact that 250 people agreed with that on a cold March night is still beyond my wildest imagination.

We started out with the goal of reaching more than last time in every way. That meant more than 30,000 DKK in profits from more than 150 people. We met that target and exceeded it significantly.

However, what amazes me the most is the level of support we get from sponsors, participants, performers and partners. Especially those who helped plan and execute the whole thing: Morten, Benjamin, Jacob, Ronni and Laura. They deserve all the love they can get for agreeing to help with this.

We have a lot of things to improve for next time, but we’re doing our best and hope you have a great experience the next time as well.

If you have any questions or comments, do get in touch.

What a great night!

Posted on: 26 March 2010 at 15:26 - Comment

Thanks to everybody who came out and helped make the third Copenhagen Twestival the biggest and best ever!

Everyone I talked to yesterday smiled from ear to ear, and it was clear that our goal of making it a great place for Danish Twitter-users to meet likeminded people was a success.

We don’t do this for our own sake, but because we think that it’s a brilliant way for those who don’t meet each other that often, to put a real life face on the avatars on the screen. We’re just the facilitators - it’s the participants who are the real stars of such a great night.

Despite some issues with a queue outside and the following delays, I’m fairly certain we can call this Twestival a success as well. We’re still impressed that Morten Lund and Thomas Madsen-Mygdal would come and do a live interview on stage. Mygdal even got a haircut and put on a suit for the occasion!

Also, we want to thank Marie Fisker and Rune Kjeldsen for playing a few of the songs from their new album. It was an intense experience to listen to the music, and despite a few people too focused on the Twitter-stream behind the act, we’re thrilled they’d come and help us out. We hope you’ll come back again another time and rock it out!

We’d also like to congratulate all of the winners in the lottery. Making a list of every winner is quite impossible, but congrats to Ernst Poulsen on the PSP Go + game, Torben Tronborg and Mette Stuhr on tickets for Roskilde Festival (we’re counting on live-tweeting from concerts throughout the week!) and Morten Langkjær on the grand prize of a PlayStation3 + game. We hope you’ll enjoy the prizes!

With regards to the profit, we already hit $14,500 before the event started (only a few hours before actually), so we’ll be able to provide enough money to Concern for them to build a school. With a little bit of persuasion, we hope it can be named “Copenhagen Twestival School”, but I don’t count on it ever happening. They lost 4000 schools in the earthquake, so it’s only a drop in the ocean to give them one, but everything helps in the rebuilding of the country!

Early next week we’ll know the exact profits from the event at Pumpehuset, but we’re hoping for 20,000 kr. once everything has been settled. That would mean 100,000 kr. in total, but let’s see how it goes.

Lastly, I just want to thank everyone involved in this insane project. Thanks to all of our sponsors, those who helped us during the night, and all of you for being so fucking cool and help support a great cause.

We’ll be back in a few days with the final result. Don’t forget to follow along on Twitter for official news.

This is almost getting out of hand…

Posted on: 23 March 2010 at 14:20 - Comment

15,000 kr.

That’s the amount of money we sent to charity:water after the first Copenhagen Twestival.

30,000 kr.

That’s the amount of money we sent to Child Cancer Foundation after the second Copenhagen Twestival.

55,225 kr.

That’s the amount of money we’re currently able to send to Concern after the third Copenhagen Twestival. The number is very very high, and we’ve been fortunate enough to get sponsorships of 13,000 kr. in the last two days. Because of the $100,000 matching grant to Twestival from the Entrepreneurs Foundation in Austin, TX, these donations are doubled.

Obviously, the tickets we’re selling right now are also matched, so instead of just giving 75 kr., you’re actually giving 150 kr.

On a sidenote, we just wanted to point out that Denmark is way ahead in the race of the countries that hold Twestivals:

Twestival Scoreboard

We’re currently donating $1.95 dollars per 1,000 inhabitants in Denmark - close to five (that’s 5!) times as much as the second most generous country, Canada.

Other interesting data points include:

Our 216 attendees in Denmark are currently donating 50% of the amount United Kingdom’s 1,563 attendees are donating
Copenhagen has raised $10,063.97 so far (that’s $9.23 per 1000 inhabitants) - Toronto is in second place with $8,116.36 ($1.28 per 1000 inhabitants)
London is the city with the most attendees by far (426), but even the city where Twitter is founded and located can’t keep up with Copenhagen; we have 187 attendees so far, San Fransisco is at 185.

Yes, this is shameless bragging, but it goes to show that with a lot of hard work and eager sponsors, it’s possible to break any conventions on what can be done with Twitter. Once again we’re able to help a lot of those less fortunate than ourselves by just meeting up and listen to some talks while drinking a couple of beers to some fantastic music.

I’m so proud that you want to be a part of this, and Thursday evening will be fantastic. If you haven’t bought your ticket yet, now is the time: Buy you ticket for Copenhagen Twestival.

Announcing the (almost) complete program

Posted on: 22 March 2010 at 17:47 - Comment

A lot of things have fallen into place today, so we’re now ready to announce the (almost complete) program:

19:00 Doors open
19:30 - 19:35 Welcome
19:35 - 20:00 Morten Lund interviewed by Thomas Madsen-Mygdal
20:00 - 20:45 Schmooze and booze
20:45 - 21:10 Music TBA
21:10 - 22:00 Cake, Le Gammeltoft and schmoozing
22:00 - 22:45 Lottery
22:45 - 23:45 Le Gammeltoft

Morten Lund

We can’t wait to tell you who’ll come and play a bit of music for us, but until then you can look forward to Morten Lund being interviewed by Thomas Madsen-Mygdal.

We’ve been trying hard to get this working for the last few Twestivals as well, and now it’s fully confirmed. We think it’ll be a surprising and personal insight into what it’s like to invest everything, and come back stronger than ever.

Le Gammeltoft will also be there to spin a few records while you get your booze on. She’s agreed to do this for free, and we’re happy she’ll help us make this a night to remember.

This is an event that can not be missed, so get your tickets now before it’s too late.

New sponsors and an update on ticket sales

Posted on: at 12:34 - Comment

I have no idea why, but in the last few days leading up to the Twestival event, something interesting always happens; sponsors start wrapping up and donate big time while the program falls in place.

First things first, we’ve received 5000 DKK from both 23 and Umbraco which will cover the price of borrowing the venue, Pumpehuset. We’d love to get the venue for free, but Pumpehuset only use the money to cover their staff’s salary. So in some way, we don’t pay for the venue. It’s a generous contribution to a worthy cause from everybody, and we’re very happy to see this level of support.

Also, Socialsquare has donated 5000 DKK in cash. This amount will go directly towards Concern’s work and we can’t help but marvel at the level of engagement from companies like Socialsquare. It’s amazing that they want to help Concern establish especially Haiti again.

With the donation from Socialsquare in hand, we have now exceeded 25,000 DKK (~$4600) in ticket sales and sponsorships. Because Amiando are waiving all fees, this amount of money will go directly to Concern without any administrative costs.

Our goal is still a secret, but because we haven’t paid for neither beer (Wasabi has taken care of that) nor venue (23 and Umbraco have taken care of that), and speakers do it for free, every beer and every lottery ticket you buy on Thursday will help fund Concern’s work directly.

Let’s make this happen, people - and be sure to buy a ticket if you haven’t already. While you’re at it - buy one for your friends as well. They’ll thank you for it.

Third round of Copenhagen Twestival coming up

Posted on: 20 March 2010 at 18:38 - Comment

We’ve been quite silent on this channel this time around, but felt we ought to tell you all a bit more on the process of Copenhagen Twestival 2010.

It’s the third time we’re doing this event, and both Kristoffer and I are very happy to say that we are getting a lot of help now. Big round of applause for @wendelboe, @laurajul, @jacobpackert, @ronnilab and @mortensax for helping out.

We started doing this for fun and gags, but it’s turned out to be a bigger and bigger event every time; now I don’t know half the people buying tickets, and that’s a great sign. It means Twestival is getting bigger than just the regular event attendees of Copenhagen (and more money for our cause).

We started at Republikken, moved to the slightly bigger venue at FDF Rysensteen, and now we’ve moved to the large foyer of Pumpehuset. This means we’ll have room for 300 people with a real scene and a real bar.

The sponsorships also keep growing; first time around we could hardly find anybody who wanted to give 2500,- DKK. Now people are buying sponsorships without even wanting to have their logo on the website - they just like the event and the cause that much. It means a lot to us that companies, people and organizations around Copenhagen and Denmark in general are willing to support us with money, gifts for the lottery and help in every way they can.

The list is long already, but we want to take a moment to thank these sponsors on everything they’ve done for us so far:

Umbraco, Sony Ericsson, Pumpehuset, Sony, Wasabi, Adult Swim, Vodafone, Hummel, Vizeum, Jakob Nilsson, Halbye Kaag, RE:, Discowax, Overskrift.dk, Nykredit, Wemind, Signal Digital, KIMS, Wibroe, Duckert & Partners, Den Collinske Gaard, The Storm, Ølfrabrikken, Fitness World, Yespr, Berlingske Tidende and 23.

We still have room for lots and lots of sponsors, so if you have anything to bring for the lottery or want to support Concern with hard cash, don’t hesitate to get in touch and we’ll see where it brings us.

As far as the program goes, we’re still working hard on getting you the best talk and music we can find. We’ll hopefully announce something very soon, so look out on Twitter, cphtwestival.com and this blog.

And don’t forget to buy your tickets now - they running fast…

Thank you all for a fantastic Twestival!

Posted on: 13 September 2009 at 15:08 - Comment

We have finally finished calculating and resting after an absolutely amazing night on Thursday. Just like last time, we were completely blown away by how it all turned out, despite problems planning the night and what else had gone wrong in the week leading up to the event.

Pictures
You can find lots of pictures on Flickr already, but I’m sure more people have some left on their phones and cameras, so upload them and tag them “cphtwestival” like some people have already done. Go have a look - there are some really amazing shots of speakers, cake and people having a good time.

Sponsors
Once again, we’d like to thank all of the sponsors as well. Without you it wouldn’t have been such a successful night, and we’re very grateful for that.

So, thank you to: zyb for the cake, 23 for the venue, Verk for the beer; Polar Rose, Syntese Mediabuying, Hoist, Webcom, Umbraco, RE: and DONA for the cash donations; Lokus.dk, SF Film, Klub Empire, ManuVision, Wemind and Podshoppen for the gifts to the lottery.

Speakers
Also, we’d like to thank Mike Michalowicz for speaking and giving away three signed copies of his book. We really appreciate you’d come talk for us.

Seeing that we couldn’t get the real one, we managed to snap Fake Morten Lund aka. Nikolaj Nyholm. We had a great time listening to the development of Polar Rose, but we particularly loved the @ML Tweet Transformer (where credit also goes out to @mortenjust, @claus and @dalager). Thanks for stepping in at the last possible moment.

The biggest surprise of the evening, however, was the mini-concert by The Storm. In the days leading up Twestival, people that weren’t exactly fans said some not so nice things about the music, but we think in the end Pernille and Johan turned everybody into believers in The Storm.

Just listen for yourself if you’re still not convinced: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fR6Be0Ewffw

Key figures
Lastly, we have the key figures.

23 days was all it took to arrange this edition of Copenhagen Twestival

158 people bought tickets (and about 150 showed up)

13000 kr. was the original price for venue and soundsystem (and we ended up paying 1500 kr. for the location because of the sudden change - the heat wasn’t that bad now, was it?)

22010 kr. in total in sponsorships

11237 kr. was the total revenue in the bar

8069.5 kr. profit from the bar

30,079.5 kr. profit in total that will go directly to the Child Cancer Foundation.

Final remarks
All the is left to say is “thank you”. Thank you for coming, thank you for drinking beers and buying lottery tickets and thank you for supporting the cause. We’ll keep you updated in the coming months…

Info about the event tonight

Posted on: 10 September 2009 at 09:57 - Comment

(This is a copy of the email sent out to those who have bought a ticket on Amiando or said they’ll attend on Facebook.)

Hello people,

Copenhagen Twestival is less than 10 hours away now, and here’s a few things we’d like to inform you about.

Money
It is not possible to use your credit card in the bar tonight. There’s lots of banks nearby, but please bring enough cash to get both beer and lottery tickets - there’s a lot of prizes, and we’d love for you to win as much as possible.

WiFi
There will be WiFi at the event, but to ensure that everybody can get online just bring your cellphone - most of you have iPhones, so there’s no need to bring a laptop anyway.

Cameras
We want this event to be “sufficiently documented”, so bring along your Canons, Nikons, Flips and what else you have that can record the evening.

Other than these few points, there’s nothing else to say than we hope you have a great night and thank you for spending the evening with fellow members of the Twitterati while still helping those less fortunate than yourself.

See you tonight!

Cheers,
Kristoffer and Mark.

Ps. Bring a friend as well - we still have more tickets on sale and you can bring 40 kr. for the tickets and buy one at the location of the event.

Looking for ideas for the program

Posted on: 9 September 2009 at 09:19 - Comment

We have a bit of somewhat sad news that we are trying to give a positive ending here:

The last lead we had for a great additional speaker just broke down. We now have a slot of 30-45 minutes open, and this is where we need some help from you guys.

Who else would you like to see speak at Copenhagen Twestival? We are very open for suggestions and will follow (almost) any idea you give us to make sure that everybody have a great night, and go home with even more than just a buzz and a phone number for that sweet guy or gal you follow on Twitter, but never dared to talk to.

Send us a tweet, write a comment or ship off an email to mark @ marks . dk.

Revealing parts of the program

Posted on: 8 September 2009 at 12:54 - Comment

Today we are announcing the first parts of the program for Thursday night.

Via the fantastic Lori Webb we got an offer that was way too good to turn down: The keynote speaker for Iværk & Vækst 09, Mike Michalowicz will also be speaking at Copenhagen Twestival. He’s an interesting character with great entrepreneurial efforts on his resumé already. You can read much more about him on Wikipedia and watch clips of his appearances on YouTube. He has also donated a signed copy of his groundbreaking book “The Toilet Paper Entrepreneur” which will be a prize for you to win in the lottery.

Moreover, Lori Webb has also donated two tickets for the event “Good Ideas in Entrepreneurship” which will be held on Tuesday, September 15 at The Danish National Museum. We’re very glad she has agreed to help us with these things and if you don’t win the two tickets, you’ll still be able to get at ticket at the discounted price of 100,- kr. (regular price is 175,-) via this link: http://giscopenhagen.eventbrite.com/?discount=TWESTIVAL.

Lastly, we are very proud to announce that Danish band The Storm has agreed on playing a couple of acoustic songs from their new album. You should check out their new single on MySpace and follow the band as well as the lead singer Pernille Rosendahl on Twitter.

We’ll reveal much more as we get even closer to Thursday evening, but until then, don’t forget to buy your ticket at amiando.com/cphtwestival.