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Games for Change 2007: Funders Perspective Panel

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The key takeaway for me is the whole point about the need for new metrics to measure learning from games. Talked about the openness to games and the need for research. Working on a series of research studies on the benefits of games. New learning environment puts games at the center. Photo by Rikomatic. We need metrics!

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Beth Terry, Fake Plastic Fish: How I Have Fun, Do Good

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Beth has been living plastic-free since 2007 and blogs about her adventures at FakePlasticFish.com. It all depends on my attitude. The project could have been an exercise in guilt and public humiliation, but instead, it felt like a game. The eighth guest blogger in my have fun, do good series is Beth Terry. The answer?

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NpTech Tag Summary: Voting Deadline at Netsquared Extended, NTC Pipe, and More

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

ErikaBJune shines a spotlight on virtual world and digital games for change projects. is an attitude , not a download. NTC 2007 Pipe. Gregg Swanson from HumaniNet picks out a few projects that are based on collaboration/partnership and a track of record of doing projects like the one proposed. More pointers to NTC posts here.

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Museum 2.0 Rerun: Answers to the Ten Questions I Am Most Commonly Asked

Museum 2.0

Have you seen attitudes in our field about visitor participation shifting over time? blog has been going for almost five years now, and I''ve seen people''s concerns and questions evolve over that time in the following way: For the first couple of years--2006-2007--most of the questions were about the "why" of participation.

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Online Video: An Interview Revealing Best Practices and Trends - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

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If they seem organized and if they can articulate a careful game plan to you in plain English, thats great. If they try to keep the whole process "mysterious" and assure you with an oh-it-will-be-fine-just-trust-us attitude, then steer clear. (d) Take time to probe on how a webcasting company intends to carry out your event.

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Answers to the Ten Questions I am Most Often Asked

Museum 2.0

Have you seen attitudes in our field about visitor participation shifting over time? blog has been going for almost five years now, and I've seen people's concerns and questions evolve over that time in the following way: For the first couple of years--2006-2007--most of the questions were about the "why" of participation.

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Coin-Operated Content: Is Pay to Play Really Such a Bad Idea?

Museum 2.0

In 2007, Tim wrote an article called "In Praise of Coin-Operated Machines" in which he argues that coin-operated devices are a superior way to present exhibit-like content. lowers the number of users who just bang on the things, thus reducing maintenance costs and enabling more risky interactive design. I'm skeptical of these arguments.

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