Here are the slides from my Mesh workshop - Social Media for Non-profits. Colossal waste of time? Social Media for Non-Profits Workshop View more presentations from Wild Apricot ....( Great opportunity? The answer is YES. read more ) ...Tags:

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 On Monday, David Klevan (from the US Holocaust Memorial Museum) and I spoke at the MAAM Creating Exhibitions conference about Web 2.0 and museums.

The online platform has two parts: a website , where all projects originate, and a Second Life presence ("The Tech" in Second Life), where participants can communicate in real-time, share ideas, and build virtual prototypes. Towards that end, we encourage you to use virtual workshop for your own devices, whether to vet exhibit ideas, create, steal, and share exhibit concepts with others, or to learn more about Second Life. This is not an analytical post (primarily); it's an announcement and invitation to join the new project I've been working on with The Tech Museum of Innovation in San Jose, CA.

Time Chart - See Flickr Discussion on Version 1 Wanna Remix it? I'm getting ready to a workshop later this week, I did a simple pre-workshop assessment, asking folks about their level of experience/comfort and their burning questions . Here's a question I get all the time: Download it here I usually do this in a room with a quick poll, but I wanted to push myself to create the content based on their questions.

Take for example the Community Media Workshop's Ning Site which is used to complement their face-to-face training session. Community Media Workshop???s keeping workshop participants and trainers connected. During a social media workshop, trainers Demetrio Maguigad and Last week for WeAreMedia project, I put a call on Twitter for case studies, best practices, and links about nonprofits using social networking sites, including Ning. Ning, which lets you set up your own custom social social network, has attracted attention for its ability to create communities

It's been awhile since I've shared the progress of The Tech Virtual , the web and Second Life-based virtual exhibit workshop that The Tech Museum of Innovation opened in December of 2007. (You This time, I want to talk about the codevelopment process--how we are taking these virtual exhibits and transforming them into floor-ready interactive experiences. As a member of this field, You can read other posts about this project by clicking Tech Virtual in the "Past Posts By Topic" sidebar on the right.) The goals of The Tech Virtual are: to create an online space for museum

This past week was a busy one for leading workshops.   also lead a workshop on social media strategy for communications professionals who work with networks, nonprofits, and foundations. I've heard that phrase "learning in public" a few times this week and I'm also seeing how social media accelerates this - especially at conferences and other places where we have typically gone for our professional development and opportunities for adult learning.   Photo by Justin Benttinen I was in Washington, DC where I did a session on social media strategy for a convening

Social Media Strategy Game Workshop Final View more presentations from kanter . I was in Washington, DC on Tuesday and Wednesday for a two-day workshop is designed for Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights The workshop was hosted by the Packard Foundation and Monitor Institute.  Rights and Justice Leaders, who lead and manage networks or accomplish much much of their work through networks.  

Flickr Photo: Illustration of Participant's Learning Questions Earlier this month, we piloted the first two-day workshop on social media strategy and tools for NTEN 's WeAreMedia project. I was pleased with workshop, even though it was the first time and that is always difficult because instruction improves with feedback from learners. Co-instructors included Holly Ross, Nina Simon, Rachel Weidinger, Britt Bravo, Bravo, David Cohn, and John Kenyon. In addition, we had expert knowledge

colleague, Steve Heye ,and fellow chapter author for the NTEN book, Managing Your Mission To Meet Technology , created the above slidedeck for a career training workshop at the YMCA.    It's about using social networking tools to support your career. Slide 44:  Some good time management tips for using the social web purposefully. Using Social Networking to build your YMCA career View more presentations from steveheye . My My