Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 29, 2007

" (At first, I thought the title might refer to Electric Sheep Company , a big player in virtual worlds, and that it would lead to some more reflections on the MacArthur Foundation's recent Philanthropy Event in Second Life. An excellent primer that also describes why people love and hate Facebook.

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Nptech Summary Tag YouTube 50

Museum 2.0

APRIL 10, 2008

If reviews include incorrect information, add your own comment giving helpful information about hours, prices, and new cool things people might like. This is also a good place to get an education in how people are using images from your institution--both legally and illegally. Search for your institution on Yelp and TripAdvisor.

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 14, 2007

I believe that we will soon see a class of web 2.0 It has become a great resource and many people are flocking to it on a daily basis. And I’ll keep my eye out for a good Second Life consultant. and social networking experts emerge and offer their services as these new tools gain prominence.

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 29, 2007

Dear Museum 2.0ers, As many of you know, I'm now working for The Tech Museum of Innovation on a new proje ct in which exhibit designers, fabricators, curators, and visitors from all over the world can hook up to develop exhibit concepts and virtual prototypes in Second Life. Documents, people, videos? I'd like to know.

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Second Life Life Museum Classes 20

Care2

NOVEMBER 16, 2006

I believe that we will soon see a class of web 2.0 It has become a great resource and many people are flocking to it on a daily basis. And I’ll keep my eye out for a good Second Life consultant. and social networking experts emerge and offer their services as these new tools gain prominence.

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Consultant Social Media Myspace Advocacy 31

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 6, 2009

For background, in the 3 previous NMC conferences I have been involved with since starting my job there in 2006- we’ve done mainly a “tag this conference” approach where we ask people to tag photos, web sites, blog posts e.g. 2006 , 2007 , 2008 where I cobbled together some summary pages using mainly my own Feed2JS code.

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 26, 2007

I couldn't pass up the opportunity to share this hilarious spoof of Second Life with you. Today, in keeping with the above, real-life games that motivate social collaboration. I've used this game with many poetry classes. But enough of that silliness. At that point, unfold, read, and allow hilarity to ensue. See example.

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Game Second Life Picture Classes 20

Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 19, 2008

It's very simple to calculate: you take the total operating expenses for your public-facing efforts and divide by the number of people who walk through the door. Or is it worth more because the museum content is reaching people in distant lands who would otherwise never have engaged with the institution?

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Virtual Museum North Carolina Evaluation 20

Museum 2.0

APRIL 25, 2008

It's easy for people in any industry to get siloed in our own knowledge prejudices, even though research has shown that innovation happens when we strike out and try something outside of our comfort or knowledge zone. Reading the stories, I flashed back to the writing exercises I used to give students in poetry classes.

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