Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 23, 2007

Larry described his ten months at Google as drinking from a firehose, and explained: This is the morally most challenging moment in my life, but I've never felt more alive! Everyone in the SE movement is waiting to hear more about his vision for Google.org, since anything seems possible for Google.

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JULY 26, 2007

This month's Net Tuesday will be a special "mixed reality" event in San Francisco and in Second Life to celebrate the opening of the Nonprofit Commons in Second Life , a community space for nonprofits. Tuesday, August 14, 2007 at 5:30 p.m. I am a total Second Life newbie. Download and install Second Life , it's free.

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APRIL 3, 2007

He was very open to questions about his life and future directions. Jeff Skoll Jeff was quite accessible this week. He spent over an hour giving a talk to the Skoll social entrepreneurs on Tuesday before the event.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 2, 2007

Alexandra Samuel from Social Signals starts off 2007 with several announcements related to Second Life - the addition of a virtual worlds manager and an Open house in Second Life later on today. There is also a post titled " Seven Reasons Why You Should Consider Second Life.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 6, 2008

Friday, February 8, 8:30AM PST, Plush Nonprofit Commons Amphitheater in Second Life. The year 2007 was a remarkable year for charitable and civil society activity in Second Life -- from the launch of the 32-office Plush Nonprofit Commons to the record US$100,000 raised by the SL Relay for Life. More information here.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 3, 2007

The 2007 NTC Conference is around the corner, well in April, but some discount pricing deadlines coming right up. I wonder if face-to-face volunteering or the preference is generational to some extent and how virtual volunteering complements or might potentially replace real life volunteering - probably not.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 9, 2007

San Francisco Meets the Metaverse: 32 Nonprofits and their supporters will host a grand opening celebration Tuesday, August 14, 2007 at 5:30 p.m. PT/SLT, in their new locations at the Nonprofit Commons in Second Life. Generously donated by the world???s Audio and video content will be streamed live between the two worlds.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 6, 2007

On Sunday, 13 May 2007, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and partners are teaming up to call for an end to child hunger. This year, for the first time, Walk the World will also take place in Second Life. This year, for the first time, Walk the World will also take place in Second Life. So, stay tuned.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

Change is neverending, yet as we progress in life, we realize that change is not bad if we allow ourselves to embrace it and adapt to it. He has been in the nonprofit sector since 2007. We do not know how long this process will last, so we must force ourselves to embrace the discomfort that is change. C havez is also a former U.S.

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DECEMBER 6, 2021

Benefactor Group is currently working with arts, culture, and educational institutions; human service organizations; the faith community; and others working to improve the quality of life. The firm she established has served more than 200 clients, ranging from big ten universities and global NGOs to start-up community organizations.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 4, 2006

The Alliance Library System and the Second Life Library/Info Island collaborative group of librarians are pleased to announce the grand opening and a host of activities planned for Second Life residents scheduled October 12-14, 2007. Just got word from Lori Bell about the grand opening for Information Island.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 15, 2012

These are the best numbers we’ve seen since the beginning of the Great Recession in late December 2007. Jude’s mission is to find cures for children with cancer and other life-threatening diseases through research and treatment. The National Retail Federation predicts that holiday sales this year will increase 4.1

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 5, 2023

They have seen remarkable results with people from all walks of life, but they’re also keenly aware of the obstacles that tend to come up. Get as many people as possible to pick up the book, thumb through and think, “This book is for me.” Question : How has the Kansas Leadership Center influenced your book?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 25, 2011

I’ve been thinking about the purpose of this blog in my life for the last few months. Since since September 2007 when I started to use analytics, there have been 151,000 ish unique page views, and 106,000ish unique visitors. But the time has come for me to stop. Mostly, it’s because I’ve run out of things to say.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 20, 2007

In cooperation with Amoration AMO Studios, NMC Campus is hosting a large scale art event February 11-13, 2007. Here's the email announcement from Alan Levine: The NMConnect Visual Symposium will be the largest collaborative art event ever created in Second Life! Download NMConnectCallforArtists.pdf.

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AUGUST 5, 2022

CVS is using purpose and a strong sense of its own corporate social responsibility as a “north star” to guide its business strategy — which it brings to life through a cross-functional approach. Yet, purpose is a journey. Employees don’t have to check their values at the door when they come to work. It’s a good example of social innovation.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MAY 15, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants: Better Late than Never May 15, 2007 This carnival is a day late, unfortunately. Getting construction work done on your house will make life difficult sometimes.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 9, 2007

Photo from Kate in Flickr Social Signal Open House in TechSoup Office last week I'm playing catch up here on a bunch of Second Life stuff happening over the past week that I didn't want to let slip through my fingers: Social Signal held an open house in Second Life to welcome their new virtual worlds manager, Catherine Winters , to Social Signal.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 10, 2007

OK, no, I’m still not convinced, but here’s an interesting take on Second Life from Frogloop. I’ve been reading Matt Asay’s blog on open source business models, and he has an interesting post which suggests that writing documentation is a good marketing strategy !

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 9, 2007

July 9, 2007 So I talk a lot about both open source software, and the preciousness of one’s own data. So, here is a real life example of someone with a measly 195 records in her contacts database. It sometimes tastes yucky. I rail against vendors who promote lock-in. I tout the benefits of open source software.

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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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JULY 15, 2021

About DonorSearch: At DonorSearch, we know that philanthropy markers connect what is in someone’s heart – their aspirations in life – to their capacity to give to a nonprofit organization. Likewise, we believe that donor prospecting tools should help you connect your cause to more incredible people who can give to the mission.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 20, 2012

My last visit to Cambodia was in 2007 and I remember how frustratingly slow the wifi felt compared to high speed access I enjoyed in the US. Translation: Taxi Driver - We are not in a hurry, please drive slow, we want to live a long life. I met Sopharath in 2007 and recorded this interview. p/N5Kf7LlZpl/.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 6, 2007

July 6, 2007 Deborah, is, as per usual, diplomatic in her discussion of the site " Sustainable Nonprofit ", which is a new(?) No matter the seeming outcome, know that you have made a difference in the life of at least one person. Throw a website at it! My theory – do what you can for others.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 27, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Odds and Sods July 27, 2007 (That’s Brit/Canadian for odds and ends, if you were wondering.) It’s not just consulting work, but other varied happenings in my life as well.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 26, 2013

I’m left with one final life lesson from him: love never dies. His spirit, intelligence, joy of life, sense of humor, and wisdom will always be with me and our family. My father had a deep-seated love of the ocean and was a life guard for 30 years for the Ventnor City Beach Patrol. OceanLoveEarl.

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MAY 3, 2021

Like an iron, it’s important to use a firm, strong, hand: I nclude clear expectations of policies and procedures in all areas of the volunteer life-cycle, from advertising and recruitment to exiting and beyond. The Iron Hug allows you to manage your volunteers and enforce policies while also balancing friendly and warm relationships.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 28, 2006

apps out there, and beginning to try and use them to create content and organize my life, I have come to the following conclusion: the apps are great, but integration still sucks. Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology My wish for Web 2.5

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MARCH 19, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology The scarcity mentality March 19, 2007 Kudos to Michele Martin who brings up a sticky issue: the scarcity mentality. This reminds me of a true story.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 25, 2007

The first was at the NCTI: National Center for Technology Innovation » 2007 NCTI Technology Innovators Conference, where I had a blast keynoting. At the NCTI conference, we also heard from someone from Second Life. I've seen two social simulator projects in the last couple of months, and they are both worth exploring.

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OCTOBER 17, 2012

Romney said that while he was Governor of Massachusetts from 2003-2007 he looked through binders full of women to find qualified women candidates to serve in his cabinet. Within seconds the hashtag #Bindersfullofwomen and meme was brought to Internet life.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 21, 2010

The 1 st tool was MySpace back in 2007. I was hired in July 2009 to come into the organization and breathe life into social networking, explore new opportunities and empower the volunteers. YouTube: youtube.com/StopPancreaticCancer. LinkedIn: linkedin.com/groups?gid=104492. gid=104492.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

In June 2007, I presented my first social media training to a small group of nonprofits in Lowell, MA. The media had made Myspace, and social networking in general, out to be dangerous, life-threatening even. At the time, nonprofits were primarily only using Myspace and YouTube.

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

The Make It Your Own program was a grant program in 2007 created by the Case Foundation to promote “citizen centered&# approaches to local community building. The assessment was conducted by Peter Levine, Peter Deitz and Cynthia Gibson. With nearly 5,000 applicants and more than 15,000 voters.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 9, 2012

Although we had been trading letters for two years , I met Sopharath face-to-face in 2007 and recorded this interview. I raised money through my blog and later on Twitter to help send her to college from 2006-2010 through the Sharing Foundation’s program. She graduated from college and is married.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 27, 2006

Such is life. Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Web 2.0 I had originally planned to talk about RSS/XML after tagging, but I decided instead to hold off on that as a start on the posts about the inner guts of Web 2.0.

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JANUARY 19, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Spirituality and Technology January 19, 2007 A number of people have written me, and said that they appreciate that there is a blog with a spiritual take on technology.

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