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Virtual Platforms for Good: Empowering Individuals

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I wanted to highlight a couple of observations that Lucy Bernholz makes in her analysis of yesterday's discussion about philanthropy in Second Life by the MacArthur Foundation. I predict the same fate for Second Life and other 3D-Virtual Words. Photo UgoTrade Blog. And, I got an instant response.

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The Horizon Project

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

There are approximately 50-60 students in five different countries working together to peer into the future of learning based upon the Horizon Project Report 2007 Edition by the New Media Consortium and Educause (pdf). How well will people remember to use them? Who had input? I like the pointer to David Warlock's Tag Generator.

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NpTech Tag: Socially Responsible Idol, Nptech Meebo Chat at PDF Conference, and Personal Fundraising

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

He has set up campaigns on seven different personal fundraising platforms: ChipIn - FirstGiving - GiveMeaning - SixDegrees - Fundable - Change.org - JustGive.org Britt Bravo points us to " Socially Responsible Idol " a write up about the NetSquared Innovation Award nomination and voting process by Jessica Guynn on SFGate.

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How I Got Here

Museum 2.0

People--especially young folks looking to break into the museum business--often ask me how I got here. I met lovely people in engineering, but I found the work to be too detail-oriented and microscopic in scope to satisfy me. I had a healthy second life as a slam poet, and I loved the world of artists and performance.

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NpTech Tag Summary: Chimp Personality, Convio Open API, and More

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Michelle Martin rounds up some recent videos from Michael Wesch , the creator of The Machine is US/ing Us , including his newest "Information R/evolution," it is about how digital information is qualitatively different from information on paper and how this changes the ways we think about how to store, use, access it. And if Web 2.0

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Observations from The Tech Virtual Museum Workshop, Month 1

Museum 2.0

I've been working for The Tech on this project since November of 2007, and it has been an intense and exciting three months. Which leads to the question of people: who is getting involved? Not that that means that we are attracting solely gamers or the bored wanderers of Second Life. The barriers to entry are high.

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Day 1: Connecting Up Conference: Brisbane, Australia

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

welcomed everyone "The people on the end of your web site will be informed than the CEO. All of us engage our supporters in different ways. Go to the places on the social web where you can find people who are passionate about your cause. is about effective use and connect with other people. What is the first step?