Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 12, 2006

It's a busy time in Second Life , particularly for libraries, educational institutions, and nonprofit organizations. If you haven't yet checked out Seond Life and want to experience a "serious" activity, there are celebration events taking place throughout the week on Information Island. Got that?)

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Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

APRIL 11, 2008

Our conversation focused on Facebook, Second Life, and Skype. Security and Privacy are non-existent on Facebook" my informant told me. The same with Second Life. Organizations hold meetings on Second Life, I put on a sexy female avatar with my breasts hanging out, and I'm just accepted.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 9, 2007

In January, I interviewed Sibley about the potential use of virtual worlds and Second Life by museums, but in the four months since then, the virtual world platform--and the hype around it--has exploded. It seems that Second Life is both the closest and farthest thing from many museum professionals' minds.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 26, 2007

second life, ??? but not necessarily in Second Life, according to Gartner, Inc. Second Law: Behind every avatar is a real person Third Law: Be relevant and add value. Check out the Nonprofits and Second Life Wiki and Blog for information about the nonprofit side. Ah, but what about ROI?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 15, 2006

STAND UP Events are happening all over the world, including Second Life. Second Life residents who Stand Up will be counted towards the Guinness World Record Attempt. There is a Kiosk in various places in Second Llife, including TechSoup's office at Information Island. More information here.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 22, 2007

MacArthur Foundation hosted its first discussion in Second Life to explore the role that philanthropy might play in virtual worlds. We're trying a year of conversation about how to enter the culture in Second Life and the role of philanthropy. " Linden: Second Life is a world being built by the people in it.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 1, 2006

I've been attending the weekly Friday TechSoup meetings in Second Life and you run into the most fascinating people. Last week, I met an avatar named Budley Omegamu who turned out to be Sombit Mishra who is a Technology Associate at GlobalGiving. and who knows, someone may follow the link and contribute.).

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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

DECEMBER 15, 2006

These posts have sparked some thoughtful reflections, from a folks on the Second Life Educator's List and I'm going to quote and summarize a few: The Second Life Doubter's Club. Six worlds, avatars, lots of chat and even then screens receiving video for. web geeks and cardboard cutout avatars. whenever i???ve

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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. ” Where Jason Gets His NPTech Information. 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. ” Where Jason Gets His NPTech Information. 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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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 18, 2006

The you that writes blogs, creates podcasts, shares open source applications, creates entries on Wikipedia, posts videos on YouTube, meets friends on MySpace and chats with avatars on Second Life. But rather than the person of the year being the you in user, isn't it the us in users?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 6, 2006

Her articles are informative, well written, and provide good context. 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,???

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 11, 2007

The online platform has two parts: a website , where all projects originate, and a Second Life presence ("The Tech" in Second Life), where participants can communicate in real-time, share ideas, and build virtual prototypes. I know that Second Life can be a clunky, frustrating experience.

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 5, 2007

Today, an interview with Sibley Verbeck (Hathor's his virtual name), founder/CEO of the Electric Sheep Company , which does experience design for real-world companies in virtual worlds including Second Life. Why would they want a Second Life presence? It’s a little disjointed, but the key points are: 1.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 23, 2007

public information??? why does someone spend so much time in a game world customising their avatar???? Ruby Sinreich gives a report about Hillary Clinton's Second Life Campaign Headquarters. A wiki filled with information and presentations about Second Life in Higher Education.

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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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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 30, 2006

And so, informed by my experiences as a kindegardener, I humbly submit a couple good (and bad) points on sharing. Destroy TV is, among other things, an application that allows people who have the web but can't access Second Life (a 3D virtual world application), to operate a live camera in Second Life and chat with avatars in the world.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 3, 2007

When we can dart around the lines and pop in to our favorite haunts, it's hard to remember that most visitors are not as well-informed as we, and that their experiences are limited by what we do--or don't--give them as aids. I treasure the fact that I'm a Second Life newbie; I believe it makes me a more compassionate designer.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 7, 2009

The project was a chaotic experiment in several ways, and because things kept changing, the community had to keep relying on me as their sole source of information about how things would move forward. We started to form unhealthy relationships in which I was the cheerleader, coach, and point person to all community members.

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