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A blog post gives a brief account of an Austin, TX blood drive that was organized in three days using mainly Twitter (also blogs and Facebook).
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Your Twitter stream may vary." href="http://twitter.com">Twitter</A>, and how can something that sounds <A title="Sheila explains on ProBlogger why Twitter isn't a waste of time." href="http://www.problogger.net/archives/2007/10/23/why-twitter-isnt-a-waste-of-time/">so goofy</A> possibly do anything useful?”</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://everydotconnects.com/2008/07/03/think-twitter-is-silly-look-what-it-just-did/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/everydotconnects.com/img/5854F58F-FEC9-4AED-9275-58FB62FF3082" alt="Austin Blood Drive Tweetup sticker (Scarborough photo)" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://everydotconnects.com/2008/07/03/think-twitter-is-silly-look-what-it-just-did/"><P>Today, many people in Austin, Texas saw firsthand what Twitter can do with a few dedicated people and a great idea.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://everydotconnects.com/2008/07/03/think-twitter-is-silly-look-what-it-just-did/"><P>It was the inaugural Austin Blood Drive Tweetup, perfectly timed for July 3rd, just before an Independence Day weekend when accidents tend to happen, the need for blood is high and supplies run low.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://everydotconnects.com/2008/07/03/think-twitter-is-silly-look-what-it-just-did/"><P>The push started on June 29th, a Sunday – a mere <EM>three days</EM> for people to find out about it, to perhaps get some time off from work during a four-day workweek, to decide to participate and for many, to face possible <A title="Donor Cesar Torres blogged about it, but he came, donated and survived!" href="http://ceezer.org/blog/austin-evolution/overcoming-fears-via-twitter">needle fears</A>.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://everydotconnects.com/2008/07/03/think-twitter-is-silly-look-what-it-just-did/"><P><A href="http://twitter.com/michellegreer/statuses/849529382">100 people signed up online</A> for a donation timeslot to come in and give blood; the Blood Center averages around 40 a day.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://everydotconnects.com/2008/07/03/think-twitter-is-silly-look-what-it-just-did/"><P>The professionals who run the Blood Center said they’d <A href="http://twitter.com/michellegreer/statuses/849538288">never seen so many first-time donors</A>.</P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;"> </td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/6E00A1AB-6301-4557-8231-AD2564DB2F0A/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>
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