Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 23, 2006

It's Friday, it's summer, it's raining - okay that's my set of excuses for spending a little bit of time in Second Life today. But first, skim through the discussion forum on TechSoup , especially if you're new to Second Life. Second Life crashed - and we were all frozen and booted off.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 2, 2012

It's no surprise that the use of virtual worlds in industries like health care delivery and education are on the rise. Brian Kaihoi (Svea Morane in Second Life), recently visited the Nonprofit Commons to report on Mayo Clinic's virtual world activities in the areas of patient care, research, education and administrative services.

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2007

Second Life isnt just about wasting time, however, nor are its "residents" exclusively teens hunkered down in their parents basements with Hot Pockets and Red Bulls - there may be real marketing potential for both for-profit and nonprofit organizations. million total (500,000 active monthly) residents of Second Life.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 28, 2010

Today’s Community Builder chat focused on examples and best practices for connecting on and offline community activities, events, and organizing. TechSoup Global has an upcoming Digital Story Telling contest, getting orgs to put together 60 second vid’s about what they do/who they are. Time: 4 pm EST (1 hour).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 12, 2006

It's a busy time in Second Life , particularly for libraries, educational institutions, and nonprofit organizations. If you haven't yet checked out Seond Life and want to experience a "serious" activity, there are celebration events taking place throughout the week on Information Island.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 10, 2008

In most cases, the audience wasn’t asking about money: they were asking about time. As one woman put it, “spending time on this means time staff isn’t spending on other work.” So in the interest of hers, yours, and everyone else’s time, here’s a rundown on what I see as the real time costs of a variety of Web 2.0

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Tech Soup

JUNE 24, 2015

The Ordyslexie program has now been active since 2010 and has affected the lives of more than 1,500 students. Homework time is less of a struggle for both parents and kids, and teachers do not have to constantly decipher the pupils' handwriting or prepare special material. " Improving the Education Experience.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 28, 2007

TechSoup holds regular meetings for nonprofits in Second Life and I have been attending regularly and sometimes facilitate like this I did this past week. So, I've been reflecting about effective facilitation of virtual meetings in Second Life Right now the primary method of group interaction is via unmoderated chat interface.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2007

See3 Blog writes about the advantages of the Convio Face App (integration with organization's Convio database) and the limitations (can only run one Facebook app at time). Tools and Strategy Google Earth for Green Activism. Here's a set of best practices for Green Activism with Google Earth. Convio or Causes?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 2, 2007

Alexandra Samuel of Social Signal has an excellent post about of how to use your Twitter and Facebook status messages to change the world, one tweet at a time. What a great way to educate kids about this issue. You can find her Facebook, Twitter, blogs, wikis, Second Life and many other online communities. And if you???re

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 22, 2007

Lucy Bernholz summarizes what NY Times Columnist, David Pogue has shared about his experience in Second Life and suggests his comments are revealing regarding the development of an independent sector in the virtual world. A Better World In Second Life Blog is tracking political activism taking place in virtual worlds.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 5, 2009

The 3D space where this virtual symposium will take place is a private version of the Second Life platform that Linden Labs and NMC have created, called the Hakone Project. This post describes several projects that represent the future of technology and education because they meld tools and needs. It was funny at the time).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 28, 2007

There is also a groundswell of support all over the Internet, from bloggers ( one blog at a time ) Facebook , Flickr , Online Petitions , mobile phones , and Second Life. OpenPlans is a platform for social activism to bring groups together to promote causes, make plans, and get things done.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 6, 2008

On June 4, we opened The Tech Virtual Test Zone , a new 2000 sq ft gallery at The Tech Museum of Innovation featuring exhibits on the theme of art, film, and music that were originally developed in Second Life by a community of creative amateurs. In Second Life, I am not an expert--but many of our virtual exhibit designers are.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 12, 2007

It has happened every time: telephones, email, IM, the Web. I think it is the same in nonprofits, although the mistrust is more about the concern around how to invest very limited resources (money, time, and skills) wisely. Of Second Life? Individuals, notably, adopt them for their own purposes. tool after Web 2.0

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 18, 2008

This week marks one month of live activity for the Tech Virtual Museum Workshop , a collaborative, online platform for exhibit development. For me, it means spending a lot more time facilitating idea generation and communicating with others than being an independent creative agent. A month ago, I invited you to join this project.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 23, 2007

When I saw the title of this post, " I'm Engaged ," I thought he was talking about the report that The Network Centric Advocacy Blog mentions as a must-read for advocacy and communication staff called Activation Point. why does someone spend so much time in a game world customising their avatar???? A Few NpTech Conversations.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 24, 2007

I rounded up some other resources here and the Shaping Youth Blog did a roundup post with huge pile of green geek, recyclying, and youth education links. NpTech Tools Sounds like Gavin of Gavin's Digital Diner had a great time sipping Burgundy wines in France, but even better wrote a detailed description of his damn DAM system.

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 7, 2010

This seems like an appropriate time to share the story. I had a healthy second life as a slam poet, and I loved the world of artists and performance. I applied to work for This American Life (rejected) and in the meantime fell in love with someone who lived in Washington D.C. Last week marked four years for the Museum 2.0

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 2, 2006

have a more active, engaged, useful role in people's work and b. We discussed a variety of ideas from book clubs to Second Life meet-ups to exhibition critiques. Yes, the museum admission perk for AAM is substantive, but what about the kind of mentoring, education, and experiences that take me outside of my comfort zone?

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 29, 2010

It’s that time again: time to meet up at the Nonprofit Technology Conference! This year’s event will have me quite busy so I’m hoping that by putting out some of my plans, we can find time to connect so I can learn more about your work! Social Media Veterans (#smvets). When : 10:30 a.m. When : All Day.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 3, 2007

How often should educators, designers, and execs push back from their desks, throw on a nametag, and walk the floor? Why should admin staff spend time on the floor? Time on the floor often feels repetitive. Instead, this post is an open question: how involved should admin staff be with the floor experience?

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