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 6, 2007

Finding a cure for breast cancer takes more than virtual pink ribbons. Deborah Finn isn't crazy about Facebook, although she likes giving virtual gifts and especially using the applications of her clients, like Changing the Present. I'm using to collect resources and information I gather from Facebook for an upcoming workshop.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

Recently we set up an office in Second Life, on the Nonprofit Commons Plush island, and we just purchased our own island in Second Life. Our goal is to develop a virtual retreat where cancer patients can escape their physical pain. She came to one of our Every Dot Connects workshops where we were teaching Web 2.0

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 31, 2007

I was little nervous because I haven't presented on that topic and hope to develop it into a workshop session geared for nonprofits. I bumped into Millie Garfield who shared some reflections about her "virtual" blogging friends. It was also great to see John Wall a second time this month! Photo by Jonny Goldstein.

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APRIL 10, 2008

It must be working for them--they have over 2000 virtual "friends." open exhibit development projects like The Tech Virtual Museum Workshop. Think of the folks doing these activities as floor staff working in your virtual galleries. manage an online comment board on your website. This pretty much requires dedicated staff.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 19, 2007

Global Kids , a nonprofit that worked virtually with a group of youth in Teen Second Life last summer on their chosen issue of child sex trafficking, shares its best practices for nonprofits. who want to work in Second Life. Bonus link: Global Kids Guide To Presenting in Second Life

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 19, 2008

What would ngos look like if they were completely virtual? Told story about doing a workshop and someone said the product didn't work. They will be using Skype, Second Life, Facebook, and MySpace. What if we were to audio and video record interviews with politicians and put them on the web? Good or bad thing?

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 19, 2008

There are three key questions museum decision-makers should ask themselves in evaluating the value of virtual visitors: How much do we value outreach in our educational programming and content delivery? Changing lives is expensive whether you do it with at-risk teen staff members or at-risk teen virtual partners.

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OCTOBER 22, 2007

Called “Web 2.0 – New Outreach and Fundraising Techniques,” the topic of this workshop is something every nonprofit marketing manager and online communications professional wants to talk about. On Second Life : Tim and Carie both say stay away. Funny, another negative note on Second Life.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 25, 2008

We've seen that happen with The Tech Virtual Museum Workshop. Being forced to design inside the bizarre physics of the Second Life design environment has taken us places we wouldn't have gone with traditional exhibit design tools.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 2, 2007

A list of tools and resources for Democracy Building and Civic Engagement from the Berkman-Sunlight workshop. Lotusmedia posts about the RootsCampSL's Smashing Success -- Avatars Against War in Second Life. Vendor and Tool Talk: Personal Democracy Forum tells all on CRM Vendors according to the nonprofittechhelp blog.

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