Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 23, 2006

I attended a meeting at the SLTechSoup Office, a discussion forum on Avatar Marketing hosted by Harvard Berkman Center , and visited a donation site for the Make A Wish Foundation. The TechSoup group is collaborating on a directory of nonprofits and we want to make sure your organization is included.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 9, 2007

Shirley Williams ponders the Communities of Practice Online Collaboration Exercise "The best way for doubters to control a questionable new technology is to embrace it, lest it remain wholly in the hands of enthusiasts who think there is nothing questionable about it." I met with the group last week.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 9, 2007

Over fifty avatars attended. If you look at the photo closely, you'll notice that Alex replicated her Mac sticker cover for her laptop. Social Signal has also published a white paper on why Second Life and Virtual Worlds are important.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 28, 2007

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. Sometimes it doesn't support the process of collaboration effectively for all the reasons we already know.

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