June 13, 2010

A Social-Service Charity Showcases Twitter to Add Pizazz to a Gala

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Courtesy of Thompson Child & Family Focus

A “Twitter table” at Thompson Child & Family Focus’s annual luncheon raised $4,000 for the charity.

By Eric Frazier

Kathy Rowan wanted to do something special and different with the annual fund-raising luncheon for her client, Thompson Child & Family Focus. The charity in a suburb of Charlotte, N.C., which offers services to needy children, had just set up a Facebook page, its first foray into social networking. Ms. Rowan, a public-relations specialist who goes by “PRqueen” on Twitter, was trying to think of a catchy Twitter campaign when an idea hit her: Why not add a “Twitter