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. Allison Fine , author of the book Momentum, writes about social activism in the nonprofit sector and the implications on the ground and at the big picture level. is the author of the popular Museum 2.0 Holly Ross. Rachel Weidinger.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 16, 2007

Functionality : graphics quality; APIs for simulation; interface tools; authoring tools; links to 2D web; chat/voice capabilities; support for multiple instances; ADA issues. Example virtual worlds: Second Life; Active Worlds; Entropia; Olive. Possible evaluation criteria for virtual worlds.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 18, 2006

But wait a second, I could attempt to live blog remotely. because the session will take place in Second Life and will also be webcasted. Second Life: NMC Campus Amphitheater (number 5 on the map) (see picture of me above) (NOTE: Please join "NMC Guests" group for access to Amphitheater). and Elisabeth A.

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Tech Soup

MAY 16, 2014

He is a contributing author to the book, Halos and Avatars: Playing Video Games With God. His topic is online marriage rituals in Second Life. He teamed up with Jason Samuels to set up all of the collaborative note-taking at the latest NTC conference. Silicon Valley North.

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Tech Soup

MAY 16, 2014

He is a contributing author to the book, Halos and Avatars: Playing Video Games With God. His topic is online marriage rituals in Second Life. He teamed up with Jason Samuels to set up all of the collaborative note-taking at the latest NTC conference. Silicon Valley North.

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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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Museum 2.0

JUNE 6, 2008

On June 4, we opened The Tech Virtual Test Zone , a new 2000 sq ft gallery at The Tech Museum of Innovation featuring exhibits on the theme of art, film, and music that were originally developed in Second Life by a community of creative amateurs. In Second Life, I am not an expert--but many of our virtual exhibit designers are.

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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. Stephen Friedman - MTV U We started with activism - pushing and questioning authority. We put out a call and got a number of responses from game programmers. We identified four finalists.

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 18, 2008

So in the past month, the people who have jumped in are mostly people who are already familiar with the platforms we're using (the Web and Second Life ), primarily those already in Second Life. Not that that means that we are attracting solely gamers or the bored wanderers of Second Life. It's social.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 23, 2007

The Give and Take Blog raises a question " Are anonymous blog authors as credible as those who write under their real names ? and points to a debate between two blog authors, one who uses their real name and the other who doesn't. Ruby Sinreich gives a report about Hillary Clinton's Second Life Campaign Headquarters.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 21, 2008

It's been awhile since I've shared the progress of The Tech Virtual , the web and Second Life-based virtual exhibit workshop that The Tech Museum of Innovation opened in December of 2007. In January, I wrote about the challenges and opportunities of using Second Life as a design space. But that's just a start.

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 14, 2007

That’s why we’re not in Second Life. #1, We look at the equation and say maybe Second Life isn’t the right fit for us. It’s a multi-author approach, and the authors are not edited. Maybe the Tech will have that with your new project in Second Life. We try to be really really careful here.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 10, 2006

Games for Social Change gaming and libraries was recently published and the author is the Shifted Librarian and My Avatar Wears Tight Jeans and 4 Other Things I learned from Internet Librarian 2006 is worth the read from Michael Stephens.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 27, 2006

Will have a public launch of the series in September - with online discussions with the authors. Created an island in Second Life - to share the meaning of digital media in their lives. Public conversation about what games mean and contribution to the general good. Gave a grant to global kids. Written essays from kids.

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JUNE 11, 2008

”, where [A] is any cool (or in the case of ‘Second Life’ seriously uncool) new online tool. Enjoy your new life, and don’t listen to the man! The author: Patrick Klerks is Online Campaigner at Oxfam Novib. To reach individuals online, you need to be one.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 28, 2008

When I read the New York Times online, each article's author's name is hotlinked and there is an easy and direct way to contact him/her. On the accuracy front, sites like Wikipedia have developed methods of community authoring and editing that make them more voluminous AND more accurate than traditional encyclopedic sources.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 19, 2008

They will be using Skype, Second Life, Facebook, and MySpace. Their project will have a way to facilitate online communication between people with disabilities and able-bodied peers using existing social networking utilities - ChiPs and MentorNet. Jenny is about to pilot a 12 Week Training Program. Need time and patience.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2007

Thursday, November 8, 2007 at 01:46PM | by Justin Perkins Post co-authored by James OMalley and Justin Perkins. The groups that take advantage of the buzz around social networks and new phenomena such as Second Life are really benefitting from the splash made through a creative use of the technology and a multi-channel approach to marketing.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 15, 2007

Thursday, November 8, 2007 at 01:46PM | by Justin Perkins Post co-authored by James OMalley and Justin Perkins. The groups that take advantage of the buzz around social networks and new phenomena such as Second Life are really benefitting from the splash made through a creative use of the technology and a multi-channel approach to marketing.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 24, 2006

Read David Weinberger's reply (Berkman Fellow and author of an article called " Why Tagging Matters ") to the article here. Second Life KnowProse blog publishes a press release about their new office in Second Life. And, for a quick summary of recent Second Life stats, see here.

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Museum 2.0

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." I was a good community manager, but the system we set up to perform that management and cultivate the community was ill-considered.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 25, 2008

As Janet Rae-Dupree, author of this NY Times article puts it: IT’S a pickle of a paradox: As our knowledge and expertise increase, our creativity and ability to innovate tend to taper off. Penguin commissioned authors to create stories in unique, often interactive forms. One is a garden of forking paths. One winds along a google map.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 2, 2007

Lotusmedia posts about the RootsCampSL's Smashing Success -- Avatars Against War in Second Life. Nonprofit Online News adds Gavin's Digital Dinner to its author network. Other blog coverage here. A reminder from Democracy in Action about accidental email spamming. A new blog platform for fair-minded bloggers.

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