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The importance of Sandboxes and Play in online learning spaces!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

During the Full Circle training on online facilitation that I took this last month, we had a sandbox. It allowed us to play and get comfortable with the discussion software, faciliplay exercises, and other areas that participants wanted to explore like the audio as online conversation.

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Let The Change Blogging Meme Hit The Road.

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I will use a blog rich in video and audio to share my discoveries and analysis. Britt Bravo wrote a post several months back defining the term: people who are using their blog, podcast or vlog to raise awareness, build community, and/or facilitate readers/listeners/viewers' taking action to make the world a better place.

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The Art of the Backchannel at Conferences: Tips, Reflections, and Resources

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See Dave Winer's comments here, or as someone on the vlog list "Fighting for civilty using rudeness.". To make this model work, there was another IRC backchannel that streamed audio from the conference and someone did the equivalent of live tweeting. Warning she says the F-word on the clip.) One of the reflections.

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Technorati Tag Bookmarklet: The Screencast

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Technorati tags can help you attract more readers for your blog and also facilitate contributing to the collective community wisdom surrounding a particular tag. understanding screencasting software and creative process, like vlogging, is a time sink. I hope you get a good laugh. Here's the script.

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Is it time for a Social Reporter?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

My first online community builder/facilitator job was with Arts Wire, an online network for artists, that used a unix-based, text-based online discussion software. I facilitated online forums, provided technical support the 500 members, and training. Onlne Facilitator. online facilitator? Electronic Bulletin Board Sysop.

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Web Video for Social Benefit Sector: Some learnings.

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I was up too late editing a screencast to do a content analysis yesterday, instead I found a great thread on Nonprofits and Vlogging over at Social Edge facilitated by Patrick O'Heffernan. For example, perhaps not have the talking head the whole time, but keep the audio and incorporate still photographs and titles to tell the story.

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It's all about the learning and insomnia

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Her additional points about the use of Chat/IRC, Videocasts, VOIPcasts, Podcasts, and Visual Facilitation spurred some additional reflections (boy I feel a writely document coming on.) Another way to involve remote participate is to set up a remote tracks using speakers and facilitators who are the live event. It is a privilege.