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The One-Look Virus and Immersive Environments for Teaching and Learning

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I don't think she is saying SL is a fad that will go away as other people without her depth of knowledge have articulated. Her post places an emphasis in looking at SL as simply virtuality (read this too) not social networking - as did Clay Shirky. If Danah is so deeply rooted in social spaces, like MySpace and others, it???s

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NpTechTag Summary: Connected Conversations, Live Blogging, and Other Great Finds

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

" Jayne Cravens from Coyote Communications offers advice and commentary for nonprofit organizations about online social networking. Last week I summarized Allison Fine's articulate rant about the Gates Foundation. The topic is " How do Nonprofit Communicators Compete for Audience Attention? " Web 2.0,

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How Networked Nonprofits Use Facebook

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Last year, Alan invited me to keynote the New Media Consortium ’s virtual conference to talk about the future of social and nonprofits. It was my most memorable virtual presentation as my avatar was June Jetson and I made a flying entrance into the auditorium to the tune of the Jetson’s theme song.

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