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11 Nonprofits That Excel at Social Media

Nonprofit Tech for Good

How I chose the nonprofits is that I have a basic set of criteria that I use as a litmus test when I audit nonprofits and their social media campaigns. A small selection of that criteria is as follows: Consistent use of a visually compelling square avatar across all social networks. Field Museum :: fieldmuseum.org. Hint, hint.

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Guest Post: A New Role for Science Museums--Playground for Scientists

Museum 2.0

One of the greatest gifts of my babymoon is the opportunity to share the Museum 2.0 First up is Beck Tench, a "simplifier, illustrator, story teller, and technologist" working at the Museum of Life & Science in Durham, NC. As a person who works for a science museum, I work in an environment that supports play.

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The Tech Virtual Museum Workshop launches today!

Museum 2.0

This is not an analytical post (primarily); it's an announcement and invitation to join the new project I've been working on with The Tech Museum of Innovation in San Jose, CA. But this is not just for The Tech; our grant mandates that this project be a service to the museum community at large. A contractor, Involve Inc.,

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Event Announcement: The Tech Virtual's First Exhibition opens June 4!

Museum 2.0

The exhibition I'm curating for The Tech Museum of Innovation is opening and we are hosting a summit on June 4 (in real life and in Second Life ) for museum professionals to discuss the process by which it was created. Museum folks often sit in rooms and talk about how we can serve our communities.

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NPTechTag Roundup: Election Debriefs and Wikis in Your Kitchen!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

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. " These are examples of vlog or blog raising - raising money from people via your blog.

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(Not a) Game Friday: Virtual Worlds 101

Museum 2.0

Virtual worlds are a communication medium in which people use avatars (animated characters) to interact and have shared experiences in a 3D environment. Most museums already have websites. I’m not an expert on museums who can comment on why museums have websites and what they use that platform for.

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Game Friday: Games that Make You a Better Person (Really!)

Museum 2.0

I have a friend with a GPS-enabled running watch that tracks his path, and then shows a little animation of an avatar representing him on his last run to "race" the same trail. How could museums be part of this? Be a leader and testing ground for people to explore these kinds of logging devices.

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