Scott Case Talks Twitter on CNN
March 9th, 2010 | Posted by emilyLast night, Scott Case appeared on CNN’s Anderson Cooper 360 to talk about the Twitter Nets—89,724 mosquito nets helping families in Senegal protect themselves from the bite of a malarial mosquito.
In April 2009, Ashton Kutcher (@aplusk) challenged CNN (@cnnbrk) to a race to a million Twitter followers. By adding a charitable twist, Twitter made sure that the real winners were families in Africa. Now, with the help of Malaria No More’s partners the Peace Corps, World Vision and Tostan, the #TwitterNets are trending in Africa.
Watch Scott talk about the Twitter Race on CNN:
Check out our photo gallery of how Twitter is making a different in Twitter.
Read Scott Case’s article in the Huffington Post, “What a Difference a Tweet Makes”.
Tags: Twitter Nets
Tags: Twitter Nets
Categories:Africa, Celebrities, News, On-The-Ground, Partners
March 15th, 2010 at 5:59 pm
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