Tech Soup

DECEMBER 29, 2011

Graves manages communications via TechSoup's many social media channels. The difference between each of these channels means careful consideration is required regarding messaging and frequency of messaging. Panganiban spoke of his work in the Nonprofit Commons on Second Life.

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Tech Soup

JULY 9, 2010

This blog post was penned by Evonne Heyning , who works with TechSoup's Nonprofit Commons in Second Life and Community teams. With our 65-inch plasma screen TV, we camped outside the main ballroom and projected the #NCVS tweets along with Second Life and web interactive experiences for attendees.

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Neon CRM

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

But it can get a second life with a short version condensed to fit into a series of photos or a 60-second Instagram Reel. Storytelling for nonprofits can span across many channels—here are a few ideas for sharing stories on multiple platforms. Maybe the first version of the story is a long-form written narrative.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 25, 2010

Susan was asked about her role as the community director of TechSoup and the Nonprofit Commons in Second Life and she discussed how the networks are connected to each other.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 14, 2011

We invited a mix of nonprofit communications and technology speakers to offer their visual communication tips, insights on delivering with mastery, and listening through social media back-channels. He currently manages the online community of the Nonprofit Commons in Second Life.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 28, 2007

There is also a groundswell of support all over the Internet, from bloggers ( one blog at a time ) Facebook , Flickr , Online Petitions , mobile phones , and Second Life. Google announces " Broadcast Your Cause, " a nonprofit channel on YouTube. He also shares the key points of his presentation here.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 5, 2010

Through their use of "Second Life," TechSoup has been at the forefront of virtual meeting and collaboration environments for several years. Second Life is an online, virtual world where you can customize your online personality (i.e. avatar), interact with others, and even conduct business transactions.

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Tech Soup

JULY 26, 2011

Beyond managing social media channels, such as Facebook , Twitter , and LinkedIn , the community team also produces regular events on nptech topics including the monthly Online Community Meetup and the annual Digital Storytelling Challenge.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

TechSoup's YouTube channel has now grown to several playlists, which feature our members that we meet at the various conferences we attend. It also features stories of the real world impact of our Second Life members who participate in the Nonprofit Commons.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 7, 2006

You could also watch a video cast on the web as well as in Second Life. So, I attended via Second Life where Rebecca Nesson was the in-world moderator and she was also at the real life event. In Second Life, the chat was very rich and made us wonder how much the RL participants were missing.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 14, 2011

We invited a mix of nonprofit communications and technology speakers to offer their visual communication tips, insights on delivering with mastery, and listening through social media back-channels. He currently manages the online community of the Nonprofit Commons in Second Life.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 16, 2006

So, I stayed up late last night and logged onto the IRC channel and listened to the audio participants in the room. People were also meeting up in Second Life at the Creative Commons sim. In the world, you could see a streaming video of the party in real life. Dina Mehta was the irc steward.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 28, 2007

TechSoup holds regular meetings for nonprofits in Second Life and I have been attending regularly and sometimes facilitate like this I did this past week. 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.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 15, 2006

These posts have sparked some thoughtful reflections, from a folks on the Second Life Educator's List and I'm going to quote and summarize a few: The Second Life Doubter's Club. Why did these and others fail and why is Second Life really pointing the. avies' to stand around and chat. way to the future?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 30, 2007

Now the online channel has breathed new life into this surging wave and brought with it Facebook events, Myspace groups, Razoo causes, BBC News feeds updated real-time, Twitter posts about Wear A Red Shirt This Friday For Burma and countless IMs??? He points over to a post from Mean Lux in Cambodia and his flickr set. ll receive it.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 8, 2012

The TechSoup blog highlighted some nuggets of wisdom on using games to channel our collective power. The Nonprofit Commons in Second Life hosted a discussion on whether games can be used to create peace and Carlos Bergfeld asked whether games for social change need to be fun to be effective.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 18, 2011

Kristy Graves is a member of TechSoup's Online Community and Social Media team working across the organization to oversee social media conversations and support ongoing collaboration for the community team's online live events and various social media channels. where blog recaps and upcoming events can be found.

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Tech Soup

MAY 16, 2014

His topic is online marriage rituals in Second Life. He teamed up with Jason Samuels to set up all of the collaborative note-taking at the latest NTC conference. He is a contributing author to the book, Halos and Avatars: Playing Video Games With God. Silicon Valley North. He's someone to keep an eye out on.

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Tech Soup

MAY 26, 2011

Tagging, a feature found across many social media channels, is used to help surface content during searches. While each of these channels has their own mechanisms and conventions for using tags the primary function of those tags remains the same - organizing content.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 20, 2007

It is described as: The Social Innovation Podcasting Channel is an open and collaborative online platform for cross-sector and multidisciplinary learning for social change. He mentions the Leng Sopharath Campaign -- he was a contributor) He also talks about Nonprofits and Second Life.

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Tech Soup

MAY 16, 2014

His topic is online marriage rituals in Second Life. He teamed up with Jason Samuels to set up all of the collaborative note-taking at the latest NTC conference. He is a contributing author to the book, Halos and Avatars: Playing Video Games With God. Silicon Valley North. He's someone to keep an eye out on.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 10, 2006

Marc has this to say in another post about incorporating social networking tools: Find the time to explore an ever expanding menu of communications channels By simply believing that these channels have future (or present) value, we simply make some time to get to know these systems and how they work.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 6, 2006

As you'll note from that article, Nedra has also been exploring Second Life and we bumped into each other at the TechSoup space there where we completed our interview. We need to establish a presence for our organization in Second Life,??? ve been exploring Second Life and avatar marketing ???

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 6, 2007

To answer Deborah's question, I don't think Facebook is yet the default front end for nonprofits, but it has become an increasingly important fundraising channel give the impressive growth statistics (not just users but in the age 35 plus category). And, of course, Facebook is a taste of what is coming in November.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 14, 2009

People internally think social media projects will bring with them an entire office of employees playing on Second Life and Facebook. AHS some people have worked in the organization their entire careers: not exactly open to change or new trends. Best tips on championing social media.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 28, 2006

. - Youth Connection, Part II: Reaching New Audiences and Distribution Channels around the K-12 Education System Andreas Ua'Siaghail (Pax Warrior/23 YYzee), Barry Joseph (Global Kids) Barry gave an engaging presentation on two game programs where kids are designing games and Global Kids Island on Second Life.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 28, 2008

Community sites often maintain this back-channel discussion with users after launch, letting them know about scheduled outages and ways they are addressing community concerns (for example, the Second Life blog and community meetings). In the Web 2.0

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Care2

NOVEMBER 15, 2007

The groups that take advantage of the buzz around social networks and new phenomena such as Second Life are really benefitting from the splash made through a creative use of the technology and a multi-channel approach to marketing.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 8, 2007

The groups that take advantage of the buzz around social networks and new phenomena such as Second Life are really benefitting from the splash made through a creative use of the technology and a multi-channel approach to marketing.

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Care2

OCTOBER 14, 2009

The event took place on forums, webinars, Tweetchat, Second Life, flickr and YouTube. Editor's Note: Nonprofits can learn a lot about mutli-channel events from this session. Nonprofits should take advantage of these channels more to coincide with their events. How to Convert More Online Supporters into Donors?

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NTEN

OCTOBER 28, 2008

These posts were literally "mashed up" with Current TV's election debate feeds that aired on their cable channel and web video feed. 2012 may be the year that Second Life emerges as a major player in a national election. and aggregates them. eLECTIONS is an interesting example of civics for young people, updated from 2004.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 16, 2007

One wonders where virtual words like Second Life fit on the interaction and communications axis. Second Life Relay for Life for 2007 volunteer blog is gearing up for this year's event, the third one in Second Life. She also suggests strategies for encouraging your users to meet in the real world.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 2, 2007

Check out this splashcast channel with a nonprofit theme created by Netsquared Blogger, Britt Bravo. Lotusmedia posts about the RootsCampSL's Smashing Success -- Avatars Against War in Second Life. Some blog posts about the conference tagged with nptech can be found here , here , here , and here. Other blog coverage here.

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