Anipal Twitter Parties

George the Duck at @FrugalDougal #Dudefest

Anipals like to party aka pawty. There’s no doubt about that. We’ve held online parties for fundraising for charities, to raise awareness about animal issues, to celebrate birthdays, to honor anipals and just to have fun building community. If you don’t know anything about them there’s a great article about the original Pawpawty here.

I love to pawty with my anipals and I love to help where I can. So I’ve gathered some information here for all pawty animals.

• Anipal Twitter Parties How To’s
  • How To Get Involved
  • How to Pawpawty which is also good basic instruction for any pawty.
  • How to Organize an Anipal Pawty
  • Volunteers
• Pawty Q & A
• Handy Pawty Info Links
  • The Original Anipal Twitter #Pawpawty
  • Anipal Events Calendar

#Pawpawty

#Pawpawty was the original Twitter anipal party by @FrugalDougal. It was held monthly to raise money for different animal charities around the world.

Pawty Q&A

1. Do I have to pay to pawty? NO! Bring yourself and have fun. That’s the heart of every pawty and event.
2. Why don’t I show up in tweetgrid or twitter hashtag (search) for the pawty?
   1. You have your tweets protected (locked).  Remove the protection / unlock for the pawty and you’ll be fine.
   2. Twitter has blocked you from search (& thus tweetgrid, etc.) for “spamming”. They perceive saying the same thing repeatedly as spam, even if it’s saying “hi how are you?” in chat to a bunch of  different people. Let me or @BunnyJeanCook know and we’ll try to get it fixed for you. Best thing to do in the meanwhile is make a second acct to use for #pawpawty – everyone can see you even if they’re not following you when you use the #pawpawty hashtag.
3. Why doesn’t my tweeting work any more?
   1. Twitter is constipated and random at the moment, OR
   2. You’re in twitter jail. I land there so often I have two backup accounts. This happens when you make and/or receive too many tweets (API calls) within an hour.  If that happens, you are shut down from tweeting for an hour or more.  Again, best thing to do is have a second acct to use for #pawpawty if this happens. I have an entire post about Twitter jail if you need more information.
4. Is donating to a pawty charity tax deductible?
   1. That depends on where you are and where the charity is, in most cases. Check with the charity itself to find out or the pawty host.
5. What time is the pawty in my timezone
   1. You can use the World Clock Coverter if you need to.
   2. Ask your pawty host.

Avatar Costumes

Theme Costumes for your Twitter avatar are fun but not required. Your own fur, fins or  feathers are always appropriate attire. Remember to save your original avatar first! Here are some places you can go to get bling for your avatar:

• Face in Hole
• Blingee.com
• BlingEasy.com
• Imikimi.com
• Pikipimp.com
• Picmonkey.com
• Ways to dress up your avatar can be found here, plus imikimi.com too.

Tips & Steps to Dress up your avatar

1. Make sure you have a copy of your original avatar (download it if you need to and give it original name)
2. Have your costume avatar picture ready. Twitter restrictions: Maximum size of 700k. File type JPG or PNG.
3. In Twitter, click “Settings”
4. Click “Picture”
5. Click “Browse” and find the costume avatar picture.
6. Click on file of costume avatar picture
7. Click “Save” then Twitter will upload and when it is done, it will say “That’s a nice picture” and you can now see it.

Volunteers On The Job

Parties have all sorts of volunteers. There are party organizers, DJs, Barktenders, Sekurity, Quizmaster, prize donors and partygoers.  Each one is important to make a party a success. If you’d like to volunteer for any of these positions let me know and I’ll point you in the right direction.

If you have a suggestion or question, just let me know.

Charity Guidelines: I am happy to support pawties for established 501(c)(3) or registered shelters’ rescues, sanctuaries and programs in the ways I can.  I recognize that there are other causes and individuals that are worthy, and I hope my information on how to organize twitter parties helps them.

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