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. and Lindy Dryer work with associations to help them integrate social media. Holly Ross. is the executive director of NTEN and expert in everything nonprofit tech. Megan Keane blogs at TechSoup community site. Rachel Weidinger.

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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. Here's ten steps towards Association 2.0 , a remix of Marnie Webb's Ten Ways to Use Web 2.0

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OCTOBER 26, 2007

This past Wednesday (October 24), CBS aired an episode of CSI: NY in which a killer uses Second Life to attract and hunt down her victims. The episode was a cliff-hanger, and viewers were invited to log on to a special CSI:NY-themed island in Second Life to continue the hunt for the murderer.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 10, 2007

and Associations thoughts from Acronym: Experience Web 2.0 Opening Event for Nonprofit Commons in Second Life is on Tuesday, August 14 at 5:30 PST. Ruby has compiled a Progressive/Nonprofit Guide to Second Life. This one via NTEN and Neighborhood Networks Conference and this one via the nonprofit blog exchange.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 2, 2007

So, I started down this list that Lucy Bernholz has created, Online Social Networks and Second Life Philthanthropy. There was a post over at Netsquared speaking to the data silos and walls that exist within nonprofits, sparked by the question, " Which division in your association owns the web ?"

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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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MARCH 14, 2009

People internally think social media projects will bring with them an entire office of employees playing on Second Life and Facebook. AHS some people have worked in the organization their entire careers: not exactly open to change or new trends. Best tips on championing social media.

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2007

At Treanor & Associates, his public affairs and political consulting firm, clients included RealNetworks, The Casey Family Programs and the American Bar Association. For instance, the American Lung Association of California has set the bar for consistently using online video as a key part of its communications.

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 7, 2010

I had a healthy second life as a slam poet, and I loved the world of artists and performance. Eventually, they had an opening for "Exhibits and Programs Associate"--a low-level jack of all trades position supporting the department. But internship after internship didn't live up to those expectations.

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MARCH 28, 2008

Whether on blogs or talk-back walls, people are more conscious about their comments when they know their name will be associated with their work. When we allow visitors to add their own bits to exhibit labels or react on the web, we often ask them to add their name. But this goes both ways.

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OCTOBER 7, 2009

It's a warning sign when community members make comments like , "it was only boundless encouragement from Avi (Nina's Second Life avatar) that prevented me from giving up more than once." Institutions are accustomed to associating individual staff members with specific projects and associated resources.

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DECEMBER 19, 2008

When I worked on The Tech Virtual project , I was often discomfited by the fact that I would spend entire days interacting with 10-30 people in Second Life, when I could interact with many more if I worked on the museum floor.

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APRIL 25, 2008

On Tuesday, I'll be chairing a session at the AAM (American Association of Museums) conference called Eye on Design: Inspiration from Outside the Museum , in which we will feature creative and intriguing design elements from worlds away from museums--guitar stores, baseball stadiums, and more.

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