Nonprofit Tech for Good
FEBRUARY 18, 2022
The universal menu includes: Apps : View and launch apps from your library. Create your Oculus Avatar. Have fun with your avatar! That said, for someone like me ( Heather Mansfield ) who is very uncomfortable on camera in real life, it’s not uncomfortable being an avatar of myself in Oculus. That’s it for now!
Tech Soup
JULY 9, 2010
This blog post was penned by Evonne Heyning , who works with TechSoup's Nonprofit Commons in Second Life and Community teams. At NCVS we had an extra laptop available to allow newcomers to create their Second Life avatars and demonstrate how to work together as we welcomed a new volunteer youth social media tech Markese to the team.
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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
MARCH 26, 2007
You can see the back of my avatar in the green skirt, the male avatar is Josh Knauer , and my colleague, Susanne Nyrop from Denmark who we bumped into while wandering around Boracay Island. Lori Bell, from information island , gave us an overivew of her impressive work -- and growth of library activities and programming.
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. You can read the presenter's reflections on the event or what he calls "info-edu-tainment" here and a participate blogs about their experience here.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
OCTOBER 19, 2006
That's my avatar, I'm live blogging from Second Life. That's Danah Boyd in RL who was also live blogging the event. Several avatars were also in "real life" in New York City. He was also in NYC and live blogging the event as was Danah Boyd - the official MacArthur Foundation live blogger. local time).
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
NOVEMBER 10, 2006
Meanwhile, library geeks are talking about tagging. Games for Social Change gaming and libraries was recently published and the author is the Shifted Librarian and My Avatar Wears Tight Jeans and 4 Other Things I learned from Internet Librarian 2006 is worth the read from Michael Stephens. Newly Discovered NpTech Blogs.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
JULY 19, 2006
Jeska Linden , Community Manager for Linden Labs, has the mike in her hand, while her avatar is behind the podium in Second Life. In-world speakers from nonprofits who spoke about their work included Evonne Heyning from Camp Darfur, Barry Joseph from Global Kids , Lori Bell from the Library Alliance , and Marc Sirkin from LLS.
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