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What is the Secret to Extending the Life of your Content?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

For example, Facebook produces 30 billion pieces of content a day. This may be why curated content may get a second life or what the scoop.it Rubel suggests that there are ways to increase shelf life or avoid a rapid decay. That window of time is a small one because of the sheer volume of content available on the Web.

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TechSoup Global's FREE Digital Storytelling Online Event

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Mark your calendars for TechSoup Global's Digital Storytelling Online Event ! This free event will take place across three separate platforms: webinars, forums, and the virtual world of Second Life. Attend the Challenge Screening and Awards party at TechSoup Headquarters in San Francisco or from Second Life.

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Meet Budley Omegamu/Sombit Mishra

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I've been attending the weekly Friday TechSoup meetings in Second Life and you run into the most fascinating people. I didn't know Sombit until I met him - as they say - "in-world" in Second Life. He coordinates web development, donor traffic and analytics, and technical marketing for the team.

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TechSoup Meeting on June 30th

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Great meeting today at the TechSoup Office in Second Life! There's an Net Tuesday event coming up - Mark your calendars - July 18th. It will be a mixed reality event -- in-world and in "real life" at the Tech Soup Office in SF. TechSoup Meeting on June 30th Originally uploaded by cambodia4kidsorg.

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NpTech Tag Summary: Face-to-Face or Mediated Experience, Open Source Software Communities, and Blog Days

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

With video conferencing, broadband, and Second Life, well, we can all safely stay ensconced in our own virtual-reality-sensory-deprivation-tanks and just digitally dance the salsa at the next NTEN gathering.??? I love the excel spreadsheet topic calendar, although personally, as an individual I would probably not be that disciplined.

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The NMC Symposium for the Future: Prepping for Virtual Keynote about Nonprofits in 2020

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The 3D space where this virtual symposium will take place is a private version of the Second Life platform that Linden Labs and NMC have created, called the Hakone Project. My colleague, NMC's VP Alan Levine (aka Cogdog Blog ) invited to give one of the keynotes in their 3D virtual space. . It was funny at the time).

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Guest Post by Alan Levine: Social Media Recap from NMC 2009

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

By doing this, you also create your personal conference calendar, which was handy for the other big reason we went with Pathable- that have an iPhone version of the tools. We managed to get a medium quality Quicktime stream that we put into Second Life, and higher quality Flash video stream , that we made available on the web.