I need your vote. So does my friend Carel Pedre. We are finalists for different categories in the Shorty Awards – which are for the best Twitter Users in the world.
Believe it or not, I don’t feel great about shameless self-promotion. However, my concerns about shameless self-promotion are outweighed by my desire to help bring hope and solutions to people that need them both.
You don’t get money when you win the Shorty Award. They don’t even pay for your trip to the Awards Ceremony. However, I feel like the influence we will get from the platform provided is worth lobbying for. Carel & I are using Twitter in every way we know how to save & improve lives in Haiti.
In my non-profit category and in his innovation category, we are the only finalists focusing on Haiti and we will both use any attention or influence we receive to continue to bring HOPE!
Here are 5 quick points:
1. You must leave a REASON when you vote or it will not count.
2. If you have voted for us already, you don’t have to vote again, but can tell your friends/followers to vote.
3. Voting Ends @ 12pm EST today (FRIDAY)
4. Vote here for me in the NON PROFIT CATEGORY
5. Vote here for my friend Carel Pedre in the Innovation Category
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I would like to vote for you but more than that I would like some updates on how many tents we got together. A lot of people donated because they thought they would get updates on the progress. Do we know how many tents were dropped off at each drop off? how many tents did you buy with the cash people sent?
Thank you
Hello. We tweeted and took pictures pretty much every step of the way. Working hard on this and other causes as we type. We raised about $4500 in cash and used that to purchase 35 large, family sized (8 people), waterproof tents. Another 55 or so tents were mailed or dropped off, but we ultimately raised just about 100 tents in total.
We are regrouping now for the next phase of this project.
Your Friend,
Shaun