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October Community Builder Chat – Connecting On and Offline Communities #commbuild

Amy Sample Ward

TechSoup Global has an upcoming Digital Story Telling contest, getting orgs to put together 60 second vid’s about what they do/who they are. Second Life and IRL at TechSoup HQ in SF. You can look at #sfaddis to see what they did recently from Addis Ababa in Ethiopia. Topic: Community Building, of course!

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NpTech Tag Summary: Scarcity Thinking, Social Network Fragmentation?, and Engagement Strategies

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

When I saw the title of this post, " I'm Engaged ," I thought he was talking about the report that The Network Centric Advocacy Blog mentions as a must-read for advocacy and communication staff called Activation Point. Social Network Fragmentation. Social network fragmentation? Social networking burnout?

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Microsoft OneNote Gives Dyslexic Kids a New Learning Experience

Tech Soup

Ordyslexie is not just a electronic school bag or tablet PC, but a socially innovative project that can change the lives of dyslexic children while giving a second life to tablet PCs. Video: Microsoft Ideas.

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Fight Hunger's Click To Feed A Child Campaign Facebook App

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

It seems like an excellent way to leverage a network you've built up in Facebook. Fight Hunger is doing a lot of experimentation with social media - from their viral video contest to their fundraising event in Second Life. I don't have to donate, but the simple act of clicking contributes.

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Community Exhibit Development: Lessons Learned from The Tech Virtual

Museum 2.0

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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Nedra Weinreich: Social Marketing Guru

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

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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NpTech Tag Summary: Free Ranger Rick, Green Geekery, and Blog Day is Next Week!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

They are hosting a contest to win $10,000K to celebrate their launch. Sixdegrees.org is running a contest with Hanes T-shirts to win $10,000K. The AFP blog points to a press release from Firstgiving about the launch of a social networking site. GINKs is a knowledge network promoting the use of ICTs in development in Ghana.

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