This is Melbourne calling!

This is Melbourne calling!

We did it.

We took part in the global #Tweetups and brought conversations to life with people from all around the world.

From the 26th of July until the 4th of August 40 fully immersive #Tweetups spaces, powered by Shared_Studios, demonstrated the power of conversation through live, experiential video interactions.

From Melbourne to Nairobi, Berlin to Brooklyn, Doha to Detroit, Lagos to London, these #Tweetups illustrated the power of global conversation to connect humanity. This was Twitter’s first consumer experiential activation on a global scale and we were one of the 40 communities around the world that took part in the project.

Twelve hours of conversation every day.

Ten days.

Connection after connection, we had the priviledge to directly observe human to human, face to face interactions, some with unexpected outcomes: shared a song, their favourite music, a meal, a story, others played music, had breakfast together or did yoga together.

People who would not otherwise have the chance to meet, came together, connected and to learned something new about one another.

It was a Melbourne first and it required a lot of effort and support.

The Shared Studios team was all around the world going beyond and above to make this happen. How did they manage to be available at all times for all of us, we will never understand. But they were.

The local team was open to all the last minute challenges, showing passion, creativity and great tolerance to the cold weather.

Fed Square jumped on board and said ‘let’s do this’. Melbourne’s top location is indeed ‘anything but Square’.

The team demonstrated what social entrepreneurship is about and we are thankful for their support in this journey.

And Melburnians proved how eager they are to explore, to connect, to share one the world’s most liveable cities with the rest of the world.

Thanks to everyone on the other side of the gold box for opening up and talking to us.