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Rustling up a Raffle

A festival put on by Twitter folk in aid of a good cause wouldn’t be a festival put on by Twitter folk in aid of a good cause without a good ol’ fashioned raffle.

So you’ll be pleased to hear that we’ve been DMing people until they blocked us trying to get some truly amazing prizes for the @LDNTwestival raffle. Fortunately, some people didn’t block us and agreed to hand over some lovely schwag.

Here’s a run down of just some of the prizes on offer:

Microsoft Xbox 360 plus Exclusive Limited Edition Valentine’s Day Controller (not available in stores). Thanks to @BrotherMagneto & Xbox

HP Turion Dual core laptop 2 Gig memory, 160 Gig Hard disc, 15.4″ Screen - donated by Sun Microsystems

We’ve made a special Matterbox for the London Twestival. The contents is worth at least £400……..but we won’t tell you what’s inside, because - just like our regular Matterboxes - we want you to enjoy the surprise! - donated by @matterbox “Matter is a new way for companies to talk to you by giving you real, physical things you might like to keep, use or give to your friends”.

Nokia 5800 touch screen phone on PAYG - donated by @conorfromorange

Limited edition Lego Death Star as featured on DiggNation - donated by @nickhalstead

Three course dinner for two at The Zetter (incl a bottle of wine) - donated by The Zetter

Champagne Meal for Two at Galvin at Windows - donated by @galvinatwindows

Limited Edition Customised iPod - donated by @shazam

Flip camera - donated by @firebox

Flip camera - donated by @currentuk

10 Poken, the virtual business card - donated by I Love Poken

Set of limited edition canvases - donated by @jonburgerman

Motorola MotoZine ZN5 - donated by @o2ukofficial

A tour of the ‘This Morning’ TV studios - donated by ITV and @benayers

Lost and Battlestar Galactica Boxsets, Simpsons psp game and Glad hands - donated by Sky1 and @bits500

2 Seagate 500 GB external HD (PC or Mac)

1 Seagate 6gb USB 2.0 pocket hard drive

1 Seagate 5gb USB 2.0 pocket hard drive - donated by @seagate

A year’s subscription to playotto.com plus same for five friends invited by the winner. - donated by playotto.com

13 of the latest and greatest Web 2.0 and Online marketing books, innluding: ‘Groundswell’, ‘Shiny Marketing Objects’, ‘Branding 101′, ‘The brand bubble’, ‘Beyond disruption’ and ‘How disruption brought order’ - donated by @Brandrepublic

Floatation tank - one float per month, for a year at Floatopia , in west London. - donated by Dharmafly @dharmafly and Floatopia

One year free SpinVox voice-to-text service for the raffle. - donated by @whatleydude

2 return flights to NYC - donated by BA and Metrowin

A Hydrogen powered car called the ‘H Racer’. This futuristic hydrogen car is an amazing way to demonstrate the use of cutting edge energy and automotive technologies. Its body design is using transparent effects to display the inner mechanics of the car. The car’s assemvly instructions make it easy and fun to build, and also provides interesting eductation on real-world challenges.’ - donated by @worldeka

50 MP3 tracks of your choice available from 7digital.com - donated by 7digital

Urban Retreat Ritual Kit of beauty products, value approximately £90 - donated by Beautique, the UK beauty arm of Urban Retreat (found in Harrods and Harvey Nichols elite stores)

£50 to spend on PhotoBox photo prints - donated by www.photobox.co.uk

dinner for 2 complimentary at Chowi 2 – 3 Denman Street London
- donated by www.chowki.com

And here’s how the raffle’s going to work on the night:

1. You’ll take your credit or debit card of choice and take it to the nearest cash machine

2. Punch in your PIN number and take out a wad of cash

3. Bring the wad of cash along to @LDNTwestival with the intention of buying a shed load of raffle tickets

4. Buy a shed load of raffle tickets

5. We’ll write your Twitter username on the back of every ticket you buy (you’ll see why in a minute)

6. Half way through the night, just after everyone’s had a bit to drink and can really get into it but just before everyone’s too drunk to read the numbers on their tickets, we’ll draw the tickets for each prize in the raffle

7. Every time a ticket is drawn, we’ll project the Twitter username onto the wall and shout it out loud so you’ll have the best chance of hearing that you’ve won

8. You’ll then have 5 minutes to collect your prize from us. Otherwise, it goes back into the raffle.

Tickets for the raffle will cost £2 a pop, or £10 for 6 tickets, with ALL proceeds going directly to charity:water projects.

Even if you don’t win on the night, there’s no reason to feel down - we’ll all be winners because every bit of money raised is going to a fantastic cause - charity:water.

We’re still looking for a few more prizes to really boost the raffle ticket sales on the evening, so if you have a worthy prize please leave a comment on this post or get in touch with @benrmatthews or @timhoang.