Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 2, 2009

Today, one of the hundreds of time i was obsessing on TweetDeck , my lens of choice, to see who was saying what and who was talking or re-tweeting me, I noticed that someone whom I respect in my field, Online Community Manager, Angela Connor , was talking about stuff I found to be interesting and using a hashtag I didn’t recognize, #Cmtychat.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 3, 2006

Finally, this comes from a library techie, but I'm sure that nonprofit techies might agree with the advice, " How To Keep Techies Happy " Marketing, Knowledge Management, and Evaluation Somehow there is a connection between these areas and David Wilcox puts his finger on it with his posts ( here , here , and here ).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 25, 2006

Currently the Online Community Manager for TechSoup , she was part of the original launch team for the Techsoup, a one-stop resource for nonprofit technology needs including free information, resources, and support. "It was a very daunting prospect, but we managed to do it." This was mainly because I wasn???t

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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. The use of tags has become common practice to manage the flow of information available on the Internet. Individuals who are new to tagging might find themselves asking what tags are best to use for their content.

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Tech Soup

MAY 16, 2014

He doesn’t run an organization; He's the digital media manager at Pathways to Education in Toronto. His topic is online marriage rituals in Second Life. I also like Marlene Oliveira’s Nonprofit MAR Community content. First, Jason Shim is not a famous guy. Silicon Valley North.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 7, 2007

My first job in nonprofit and technology was as community manager for an online network of artists called ArtsWire in 1993 before the Web. Tuesday, February 13, 12:30 pm Berkman Center Conference Room 23 Everett Street, Second Floor, Cambridge, MA Guest: Lewis Hyde Topic: ???I I Own Creative Content, Therefore I Am, Not???

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 20, 2007

Open Content for Nonprofits Open Content discussion continues with some comments from Michael Stein (east coast) about Laura Quinn's post last friday. Laura Quinn in her introductory post on the Open Content for Nonprofits NTEN Affinity group points to an article. on the interplay of newspapers and internet content.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 29, 2007

" (At first, I thought the title might refer to Electric Sheep Company , a big player in virtual worlds, and that it would lead to some more reflections on the MacArthur Foundation's recent Philanthropy Event in Second Life. Maybe it should be added to this list of free or cheap email list management tools.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 22, 2009

Over the last year, I have had to explain how social media works to diplomats, defense officials, and academics and students focused on fields as diverse as international affairs, management and sociology. The First C: Content. I have found that first-timer find social media confusing because of two reasons.

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Tech Soup

MAY 16, 2014

He doesn’t run an organization; He's the digital media manager at Pathways to Education in Toronto. His topic is online marriage rituals in Second Life. I also like Marlene Oliveira’s Nonprofit MAR Community content. First, Jason Shim is not a famous guy. Silicon Valley North.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 6, 2008

On June 4, we opened The Tech Virtual Test Zone , a new 2000 sq ft gallery at The Tech Museum of Innovation featuring exhibits on the theme of art, film, and music that were originally developed in Second Life by a community of creative amateurs. In Second Life, I am not an expert--but many of our virtual exhibit designers are.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 22, 2007

There's an interesting idea for "emergency NGO in a box" in the notes about Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance Tools and an interview with Gregg Swanson of HumiNet by Britt Bravo from the Summit. A Better World In Second Life Blog is tracking political activism taking place in virtual worlds.

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 18, 2008

I'm functionally managing (and continually growing) an exhibition team of highly diverse volunteers. So in the past month, the people who have jumped in are mostly people who are already familiar with the platforms we're using (the Web and Second Life ), primarily those already in Second Life. It's social.

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 5, 2007

Today, an interview with Sibley Verbeck (Hathor's his virtual name), founder/CEO of the Electric Sheep Company , which does experience design for real-world companies in virtual worlds including Second Life. Virtual worlds provide an opportunity for social engagement with content, and 2. Most museums already have websites.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 6, 2007

Michelle Murrain adds that she won't sign up until the content is more compelling and the social graph is open. If we're thinking of Facebook groups (or listservs for that matter) as online communities, what personalities do you see in the communities you are managing?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 30, 2007

The Digital Diner has an excellent post on photo management tools and the limits of consumer projects in an enterprise setting. Or more specifically, the limitations of using tagging in managing large collections of photographs in institutions. The post goes on to describe a Digital Asset Management System. What did you learn?

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 10, 2008

is not in product development but in product management, maintenance, and growth. It may take you only a few minutes to create a blog, but doing so means (hopefully) a commitment to frequent content posts. The time estimates below are written with sustainability in mind--the week-by-week management of Web 2.0. and sniff around.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 21, 2008

It's been awhile since I've shared the progress of The Tech Virtual , the web and Second Life-based virtual exhibit workshop that The Tech Museum of Innovation opened in December of 2007. In January, I wrote about the challenges and opportunities of using Second Life as a design space. with a few significant differences.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2010

I had a healthy second life as a slam poet, and I loved the world of artists and performance. I've always had confidence that I can make the life that I want, and I credit them for empowering me with that perspective. We had only eight people doing everything related to content and programming at the museum.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 23, 2007

" Some commenters suggest that bells and whistles are mostly for early adopters who can build a lot of buzz and help a site reach critical mass, although clever functionality is not a replacement for good content. Ruby Sinreich gives a report about Hillary Clinton's Second Life Campaign Headquarters. The 5 Site Guide Web 2.0

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 20, 2007

It didn't take too long before we dogs (a lab no less) has appeared on a nonprofit app called Managing News. " And finally, are cat lovers only to be found in Second Life ? What is mobile content and to create it - found out here. I really need a vacation. Green Technology.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 19, 2008

" I did manage to get Internet access on my nokia N95 and couldn't resist Twittering his quip. Six Degrees of Separatio: Cult of celebrity, user-generated content, online giving, and social networking. They will be using Skype, Second Life, Facebook, and MySpace. He urged everyone to pay attention to this closely.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 12, 2007

" Stow Boyd goes on to observe that most "enlightened" corporate management supports personal development. It is only the most narrow-mind and short-sighted of management that actively ignores the primary motivations of human aspiration. Of Second Life? tool after Web 2.0 Of YouTube? Of Facebook?

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Care2

JUNE 11, 2008

No more, no less: Don’t listen to the man Fail, fail, then fail again Be you, not me If you’re into online campaigning, this is the right article for you, and your life will never be the same. ”, where [A] is any cool (or in the case of ‘Second Life’ seriously uncool) new online tool.

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 14, 2007

Today, an interview with Shelley Bernstein , the Manager of Information Systems at the Brooklyn Museum, and the engine behind that museum’s fabulous forays into Web 2.0. How hard is it for you and your team to manage the work flow of all of these projects? If you post interesting content, the word of mouth aspects will follow.

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 10, 2007

Tim managed his first political campaign at the age of 20; by 30, he had managed two Congressional victories. He has 20 years of management, public relations and media-development experience, including the production of TV and radio commercials and award-winning rich media websites. Why or why not? Yeah, I know, that can add up.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 7, 2008

For many museums, visitor research--how people use the museum, navigate exhibits, and understand content--may be an equally important arena in which to adopt groundswell listening techniques. the Exploratorium did something really big for the August 1 eclipse and they are all over Second Life (source: Technorati ).

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Care2

NOVEMBER 15, 2007

In the case of MySpace profiles, there is a very definite tipping point in terms of the amount of content that should be included in your profile. Same as with your main website, the best place for your box is above the "fold" - the point where users have to scroll down to view more content. How much is too much?

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Care2

NOVEMBER 8, 2007

In the case of MySpace profiles, there is a very definite tipping point in terms of the amount of content that should be included in your profile. Same as with your main website, the best place for your box is above the "fold" - the point where users have to scroll down to view more content. How much is too much?

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See3

OCTOBER 22, 2007

Called “Web 2.0 – New Outreach and Fundraising Techniques,” the topic of this workshop is something every nonprofit marketing manager and online communications professional wants to talk about. 84% of people comment, 82% message others, and 39% create content. On Second Life : Tim and Carie both say stay away.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 3, 2007

If they're lucky, they've got a few good visitor services managers running the show. It makes us more compassionate and capable managers of floor staff. On the floor, even as staff familiarity with the content and the layout grows ad nauseum, the visitor experience is largely uninformed.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 2, 2007

Lotusmedia posts about the RootsCampSL's Smashing Success -- Avatars Against War in Second Life. An interesting article title, " Wikis are Not Knowledge Management Tools " speaks to how wikis are not a better tool for KM, but about being able to work differently. It's called Moulin.

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