Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 5, 2006

Rik wrote a great post this called Global Poverty Death Counter: good cause, @!#(*@() implementation (Rik used another word in the headline, but I don't any trackback spam). Rik visited the homeless avatar: I decided to pop into SL to check it out. There's YouTube video here.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 5, 2009

The 2009 NMC Symposium for the Future , the fourteenth in the NMC’s Series of Virtual Symposia (October 27-29th), will explore actual and potential applications of technology that could impact issues of global importance over the next five years and beyond. I get the question, "What's next after Twitter?"

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MAY 10, 2007

He was participating via SecondLife as an on-screen avatar. Barry Joseph from Global Kids did a presentation about “Games 4 Change&# without even showing up. Recent Posts 5 Questions to Evaluate Your Nonprofit Video ROI Enter the 2010 Tagline Awards Today! You can read more about it on Barry’s blog.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 22, 2007

Jonathan Fanton, above next to my Second Life avatar, engaged in a discussion with Philip Rosedale (Linden) of Linden labs about the role of civil society in virtual worlds and answered questions from the more than 200 avatars that packed the space. The discussion started with Fanton and Linden asking questions of each other.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 19, 2006

Jeska Linden , Community Manager for Linden Labs, has the mike in her hand, while her avatar is behind the podium in Second Life. In-world speakers from nonprofits who spoke about their work included Evonne Heyning from Camp Darfur, Barry Joseph from Global Kids , Lori Bell from the Library Alliance , and Marc Sirkin from LLS.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2006

That's my avatar, I'm live blogging from Second Life. From my office in the Boston, I teleported myself into the Virtual World of Second Life and headed straight for the New Media Consortium virtual campus where I joined about 65 other avatars representing educators from all over the world (even Austrailia where it was 3:00 a.m.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 30, 2008

My friends responding with public questions about what else was needed or suggesting fundraising strategies. As an outside observer, the lessons that I took away from this effort were: Having people change their avatar to a pea photo gave a visual clue to the campaign and helped it spread. What questions are you asking?

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AccelEvents

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

Questex CEO Paul Miller agrees with this sentiment, and questions whether a “single location, three-day event” is really something that the publishing industry can, or should, count on in the future. . Users might have an avatar that can represent them as they move around the virtual space. . Augmented reality in digital spaces.

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AccelEvents

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

Questex CEO Paul Miller agrees with this sentiment, and questions whether a “single location, three-day event” is really something that the publishing industry can, or should, count on in the future. . Users might have an avatar that can represent them as they move around the virtual space. . Augmented reality in digital spaces.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 24, 2009

Andy Carvin who I known probably for ten years since his early work in educational technology when he lived in Boston and through the years have connected with him in various communities from Global Voices and beyond. I'm very grateful to Andy for teaching about how to podcast without electricity so I could share that with Cambodian bloggers.

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Non Profit Quarterly

AUGUST 3, 2022

16 As corrupt avatars for big tech, microwork sites hide the new satanic mills of firms that ‘do no evil’. 20 There are no managers, only algorithms; no fellow workers, only avatars of competitors; no obvious points of contact or information. A global ‘servant economy’ beckons, writes Jason E. becomes Playment’s property.’

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

Tonight, I attended a live panel discussion on the question of whether Technology is Really Good for Human Rights, or not. Annabelle Sreberny, Professor of Global Media and Communication, School of Oriental and African Studies (with special interest in Iran, bloggers & social media). Kevin Anderson, blogs editor of the Guardian.

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