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Guest Post by Amanda Rose: Reflections on Cause Fatigue

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Note from Beth: Last week, I wrote a reflection on a CNET article called "Crowded Roads Ahead for Charity 2.0," musing about the solution. I don’t have a Livestrong band on my Twitter avatar because it is the cool thing to do. If you want to catch up in the stream, here's some links. Tags: fundraising2.0

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NPTech Summary: Happy Holidays!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Things are slowing down during the holidays , so here's a short version of the NpTech Tag Summary. See the flickr pool of pea avatar photos. Over at the NTEN blog, you can read reflections from nonprofits that are participating in America's Giving Challenge. Many individuals tag hundreds of resources each week.

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Live Blog Post from MacArthur Foundation: Virtual World Event on Philanthropy

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stream, reading a chat history, answering ims, and taking notes! 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 John D.

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The Birth of a Field: Digital Media and Learning

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

That's my avatar, I'm live blogging from Second Life. Photo from public photos tagged with macarthur in NMC flickr stream. Several avatars were also in "real life" in New York City. The event was streamed into Global Kids Teen Grid Here's what the kids has to say and photos. local time).

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NpTechTag Summary: Connected Conversations, Live Blogging, and Other Great Finds

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NpTech Tag Talk If you couldn't make to the NpTech Conference call this week, there are notes here. Many useful observations and questions raised about how to analyze the tagging data we've collected and how to move from a folksonomy to a taxonomy. I think the NpTech tag helps provides a needle and thread to sew these patches together.

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What are your most useful synchronous online facilitation practices?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Photo by/NC from Matthew Saunders' Flickr Stream. 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. But there is also a trust issue too -- particularly if you don't know all the avatars in real life.

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Self-Identification and Status Updates: Personal Entrypoints to Museum Experiences

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At the Brooklyn Museum, you are invited to pick a digital avatar (image) from their collection to represent you. They constitute a kind of mini-profile, frequently updated, which reflects the author's self-expression over time. Each of these questions reflects the unique structure, usage, and content of each service.

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