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Nonprofits Blaze Virtual Trails in Second Life Mixed Reality Lounge

Tech Soup

The reason was because many participants in the room were participating from both Second Life and the room in San Jose, and they are doing so, in avatar form. Avatars are virtual alter egos, that are our embodiment (not always human, as I noted) in a virtual world.

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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. In March, we selected the best of the virtual exhibits for translation into the real world.

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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. The Tech Virtual is a project that allows people to conceptualize and prototype exhibits online. A contractor, Involve Inc.,

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

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MacArthur Foundation hosted its first discussion in Second Life to explore the role that philanthropy might play in virtual worlds. Something to make the virtual world better and empowering the community in a unique way. We hope that together to make the virtual and physical worlds better. tech into their giving practices.

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Second Life As Alice In Wonderland

Tech Soup

One way that nonprofits and libraries can reduce their travel carbon footprint are to try out some new tools for virtual meetings. And one of these tools is Second Life , the most prominent online 3D virtual world where users can meet and socialize using voice and text chat for free. Tags: GreenTech. read more.

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[Book Interview] Nonprofit Example of Social Media Excellence: Pancreatic Cancer Action Network

Nonprofit Tech for Good

3) Creating a webpage on our website specifically for the social media community and offer Twitter backgrounds, avatars, copy and paste status updates/tweets and downloads for people to use and share. (4) I do social media reporting at the large events with the objective of creating a virtual experience for those who cannot attend.

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Second Life, A Second Opinion

Tech Soup

One way that nonprofits and libraries can reduce their carbon footprints from travel is to try out (and adopt) new tools for virtual meetings. One free service is Second Life, the most prominent online 3D virtual world where users can meet and socialize using voice and text chat. It's was not as easy as my old Nintendo controller.