The Networked Nonprofit

She provided the example of Amanda Rose, who founded Twestival, the largest global grassroots social-media fundraising initiative to date. Rose mobilized more than 200 TweetUps for social change, where people on Twitter actually get out from behind the computer and meet in a pub or restaurant and hold a fundraiser. In 2009, Twestival Global was held in 202 international cities to support Charity Water. More than 1,000 volunteers and more than 10,000 donors raised more than $250,000 for the cause, and to date, Twestival has raised more than $1.2 million for 137 nonprofits in 14 months.