Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 9, 2007

Remember the homeless avatar in Second Life that got a lot of attention a few weeks back? I also tracked down the avatar in Second Life and did an interview with the people from NGO involved in this campaign. We will start to train someone in Mensajeros de la Paz who's gonna be responsible for the avatar if the action works.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 7, 2006

At Harvard Law School in real life via the Berkman Center, there was an fascinating discussion tonight called " Legal education in a networked world." It was also interesting that when they video projected the Second Life environment on the screen, all of us avatars got very tame. " It was moderated by Charles Nesson.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 28, 2009

There are many things you need to consider: Should your on-line presence adhere to the same laws as your physical space? Should you have a dress and behavior code for staff and others who become "friends", including their avatars? The mission and vision of your organization may be at odds with your social network choice.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 9, 2007

Over fifty avatars attended. Father and daughter have been co-teaching a Harvard Law School course in Second Life this past semester, called CyberOne: Law in the Court of Public Opnion. We will try the case twice in our courtroom, once under the Second Life Terms of Service Agreement and once at common law.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 15, 2006

Gary Hayes points to one of his older posts about this issue with a visual. Six worlds, avatars, lots of chat and even then screens receiving video for. web geeks and cardboard cutout avatars. There is an egalitarian equalizing effect when your avatar IMs with another ??? t worry, they will eventually get it.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 9, 2010

I still hadn’t been able to talk to my husband, but my mother-in-law had gotten word to him that we were headed East on I-10, and he was able to track my progress via our online, real-time credit card statement. Or, more recently, how the native population in Avatar are connected to one another through a planetary-wide nervous system.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

That ethos continued until the last three years or so with issues in Burma, Iran, and China. site we had to be compliant with Chinese law. In general terms, I spend a lot of my time with issues where access to our services are restricted and we work to fix it. Technology is amoral – it doesn’t care.

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