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Making Facebook Groups Rock for Nonprofits – Guest Post by Miriam Brosseau

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Think: How can I encourage others to use the group in the same way, not just as a means for marketing/broadcasting information? Facebook groups mostly function asynchronously, but a synchronous activity now and again can really rally the troops. Bear in mind – events can be great, but tend to get lost in the new Facebook layout.

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Twestival: Are Fundraising Groundswells A Massive Opportunity or Distraction for Nonprofit Organizations?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Focus 24 hour event with broadcasts and all local partners participating to raise awareness (a sort of Blog Action Day on steroids). And the critical thing that a conductor does is synchronize the orchestra because the complexity of self-synchronization is hard at that scale. Micro donations using TipJoy.

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Metaverse Museum? Guest Post on Second Life and Museums by Sibley Verbeck

Museum 2.0

It seems that Second Life is both the closest and farthest thing from many museum professionals' minds. This suddenly makes museum-hosted events have the potential reach of a television broadcast while maintaining more of the intimacy and interactivity. Museum 2.0. Or one copy thereof? It’s not about the “build”.