Robert Weiner

SEPTEMBER 21, 2009

From September 30 to October 21, TechSoup will host a free Digital Storytelling online event including expert roundtable discussions, nonprofit case studies, online discussions, live chat, and a community challenge with a final screening awards ceremony in the virtual world of Second Life. Follow the action on Twitter #tsdigs.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 9, 2007

The particular issue that concerns Hiroshi right now is the Second Life problem, 3D avatar immersive environments. To some disability groups, Second Life is wonderful. Of course, Second Life is completely inaccessible to blind people right now.

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Neon CRM

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

This can make supporters believe you’re trying to influence their actions (or wallets) by breaking them down emotionally. But it can get a second life with a short version condensed to fit into a series of photos or a 60-second Instagram Reel. Humor, inspiration, and feel-good stories spark feelings in people, too!

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 24, 2009

This free event will take place across three separate platforms: webinars, forums, and the virtual world of Second Life. Follow the action on Twitter #tsdigs. Attend the Challenge Screening and Awards party at TechSoup Headquarters in San Francisco or from Second Life. 10/1: Digital Storytelling Challenge kickoff.

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Tech Soup

JULY 14, 2011

David and Randy (I've presented with them several times, hugged them, had beers with them, I've even hung out in our Nonprofit Commons in Second Life virtual island with them, so yes, we are on a first name basis) reminded me that innovation doesn't just happen.

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Tech Soup

MAY 14, 2013

Participate virtually at the Aloft Nonprofit Commons Drive-In Theater in Second Life. Watch a step-by-step guide for how to participate in Second Life.). Follow the action on Twitter with the hashtag #TSDIGS. Here are other ways you can take part.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 27, 2012

The events are designed to be a forum for ideas, discussion, and action to execute technology-based projects or campaigns. The Nonprofit Commons in Second Life hosted a discussion on whether games can be used to create peace and Carlos Bergfeld asked whether games for social change need to be fun to be effective.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 23, 2007

I wanted to highlight a couple of observations that Lucy Bernholz makes in her analysis of yesterday's discussion about philanthropy in Second Life by the MacArthur Foundation. I predict the same fate for Second Life and other 3D-Virtual Words. Photo UgoTrade Blog. And, I got an instant response.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 7, 2012

Do you understand what the organization’s call to action is and how you can get involved in making a difference? An effective digital story doesn’t necessarily require the best production – the call to action and how inspired you are to take up that call should matter more.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 15, 2006

STAND UP Events are happening all over the world, including Second Life. Second Life residents who Stand Up will be counted towards the Guinness World Record Attempt. There is a Kiosk in various places in Second Llife, including TechSoup's office at Information Island. More information here.

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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

SEPTEMBER 19, 2007

Both projects are engaging examples of virtual advocacy, with one creating a virtual representation of the detention center in the virtual world Second Life and the other, a flash-based web site that has a video game quality to it. The mixed-reality discussion took place in real life at Seton Hall and in the virtual world, Second Life.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2006

Last Sunday, I drove like a bat out of hell from my Sharing Foundation board meeting in New Hampshire to my computer so I could log in to the RootsCampSL session on "U sing Machinima for Social Change and Political Action." is this what JP is talking about?). Machinima (muh-sheen-eh-mah). A great FAQ is here.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 22, 2009

The second C, Collaboration, refers to the idea that social media facilitates the aggregation of small individual actions into meaningful collective results. Collaboration can happen at three levels: conversation, co-creation and collective action. Conversations create buzz, which is how ideas tip, become viral.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 30, 2008

Bates has a primer for nonprofits interested in Second Life. Just remember that actions in SL can affect your life in the really real world. After you look at the sobering visualization of incidents in the Congo (DRC), you may need another dose of puppies. Wired stakeholders. NTEN Member Beth J.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 24, 2007

The Horizon Project Wikispace is where teams of students and teachers from around the globe working on action learning experiments using these emerging technologies. What struck me was the code of ethics for Virtual Worlds: Virtual Worlds Act in second life like you would in your first life.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 30, 2007

The post gives us a screen capture from Google Trends , but it doesn't mention what has been happening in Second Life - for example virtual red t-shirts , and human chain protests ). What he doesn't realize is that in other countries a call to action "to call you senator" isn't all that easy.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 9, 2007

Sure, you wanted to be ahead of the game, but you got tied up rockin out on Monkey Island in Second Life. Now, you need a surefire strategy to get you those key last minute donations. If this is you, then "A Procrastinators Guide to Year-End Fundraising" is a must-read on how to make up for the lost time.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 27, 2006

Three out of four of these were on Second Life. We created an Island in Second Life to forward this agenda. More than the addictive nature of game, the action it can take. A way to test strategies for nonviolent strategies and action for change. We identified four finalists. Darfur Is Dying was the result.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 6, 2006

As you'll note from that article, Nedra has also been exploring Second Life and we bumped into each other at the TechSoup space there where we completed our interview. We need to establish a presence for our organization in Second Life,??? ve been exploring Second Life and avatar marketing ???

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 20, 2009

Susan Tenby is the community manager at TechSoup responsible for their Second Life efforts. is a thought leader over at Social Actions. Holly Ross. is the executive director of NTEN and expert in everything nonprofit tech. Megan Keane blogs at TechSoup community site. Rachel Weidinger. Georgia Popplewell. Christine Eggers.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 22, 2007

Lucy Bernholz summarizes what NY Times Columnist, David Pogue has shared about his experience in Second Life and suggests his comments are revealing regarding the development of an independent sector in the virtual world. A Better World In Second Life Blog is tracking political activism taking place in virtual worlds.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 20, 2007

The site was developed by Democracy in Action. Social Media and Nonprofits Anshe Chung Studios in China has been quietly building a Second Life space, managed by TechSoup, for non-profits. However, some nonprofits feel that Second Life is a waste of time and resources. And here's a Web2.0

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 10, 2006

Myspace, along with Second Life and things like MissionFish are good examples of "experimentation." Translating strategy into action is where the action's at. It's here - he says: Experimentation is the highly technical term that I use when when I'm spending time doing things that have no predictable outcomes.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 26, 2007

Democracy in Action has invited everyone into the NpTech Oscar Pool Katya Andresen from Network for Good gives us the lastest celebrity news (what no gossip?) Unplugged Research an action research project which will explore the question: How do telecentres make 'web 2.0' See this one-page parody of Second Life.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 21, 2007

With video conferencing, broadband, and Second Life, well, we can all safely stay ensconced in our own virtual-reality-sensory-deprivation-tanks and just digitally dance the salsa at the next NTEN gathering.??? DonorsChoose.org is doing a hybrid blog action and fundraising challenge during the month of October.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2007

This week was Blog Action Day for the Environment. A screencapture from a recent weekly meeting for TechSoup's Nonprofit Commons project in Second Life. Want to get started in Second Life, check out. Here's a Firefox Extension called " Post Wisdom " that acts as a blogging coach.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 28, 2007

There is also a groundswell of support all over the Internet, from bloggers ( one blog at a time ) Facebook , Flickr , Online Petitions , mobile phones , and Second Life. Peter Dietz gives us a video walk through of his site, Social Actions which focuses on micro-philanthropy. The topic is how to do have fun and do good!

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Care2

FEBRUARY 3, 2008

Sure, you wanted to be ahead of the game, but you got tied up rockin out on Monkey Island in Second Life. Now, you need a surefire strategy to get you those key last minute donations. If this is you, then "A Procrastinators Guide to Year-End Fundraising" is a must-read on how to make up for the lost time.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 8, 2007

Paul Webster from the National Association for Voluntary and Community Action a partner with the ICT Hub pinged me about his blog. A good resource mentioned was the Guardian's recent list of 100 most useful websites Steve Bridger's posts: Blogs Bertie, Blogs and Breast Cancer Care Second Life The Yak Shack GoogleMaps

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 23, 2007

Ruby Sinreich gives a report about Hillary Clinton's Second Life Campaign Headquarters. Democracy in Action Blog tells us how to use tagging and widgets to share jobs in their community. A wiki filled with information and presentations about Second Life in Higher Education.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 30, 2007

The Democracy in Action Blog has a wonderful post about the most common typos that people make. where you vote for one of the finalists in the NTEN Video Content or watch a machinima about Nonprofits in Second Life. The Bamboo Project points to two excellent examples of technology stewardship from the World Grows Wide blog.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 24, 2007

" New Realisties in Online Advocacy " tagged and Jason from Democracy in Action. The Second Life Community Convention is taking place this weekend in Chicago. I know there is a similar cooperative in the Bay Area called Tech Underground. Are there others? All the candidates. There's a nonprofit track.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 19, 2008

CRAM = Connect, Reward, Action, Memorable - mentions Technorati as a tool to find your potential audience who have interest in your cause or programs. Why it works: conversation, authentic, story, translates into action -- how do I let go and let my supporters take hole of my messaging. No one clicks on the button.

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Care2

JUNE 11, 2008

60) Search « New Research Findings: Advocacy Groups More Trusted | Main | Social Actions: How to Pitch Yourself in Two Minutes » Wednesday Jun 11 2008 Three Keys to Successful Online Campaigns Wednesday, June 11, 2008 at 11:52AM | by Hatef Yamini Campaigning online.

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 10, 2007

Did anyone click through to donate or take action after a call to action at the end of the video? Funds received or tangible actions taken during or immediately following a campaign are other outcome measures. Outcome measures would include stats from your website hosting provider on click-through behavior by users.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 10, 2008

Better yet, some of that sniffing can be appended by friendly actions that require little more than a keyboard and an interest in talking with others about your museum. You don't need a lot of time (or any technical expertise) to jump into the world of Web 2.0 and sniff around. This pretty much requires dedicated staff.

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