Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 12, 2008

Pixelanthropy takes hold in Second Life! via the AFP Blog summarizes this news story from msnbc about nonprofits in Second Life inspired by Kiva in Second Life's Grand Opening Party at the Nonprofit Commons. Giving Anonymously facilitates person to person philanthropy. I noticed Soup.io And if you???

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 29, 2007

NetSquared. Netsquared Featured projects receive grant awards ! " (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. NpTech Talk.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 18, 2007

While the meebo nptech chat room is chatting live during the PDF, a few tweets overheard on twitter anticipate the upcoming NetSquared Conference. NetSquared Community. for the NetSquared Conference (N2Y2) beginning on May 29th. Like last year, conference participants are introducing themselves on their NetSquared Blog.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 25, 2006

She is also exploring how nonprofits can use Second Life, a multiplayer community on the Web. TechSoup has set up a virtual office in Second Life and earlier this month hosted a mixed-reality event showcasing a new nonprofit directory. t able to conceive of Second Life as anything more than a game.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 20, 2009

So, when Lynne Johnson from Fast Company asked me to blog a list, I thought I'd create a nonprofit technology category and acknowledge the work of these awesome women: Nonprofit Technology Marnie Webb is the Co-CEO of TechSoup Global and creator of Netsquared and was voted most valuable person in the nonprofit technology field in 2008.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2007

Net2 Houston, August Photo by Eschipul Nonprofits in Second Life Gala Opening Photo by RubyJi By looking at the photos tagged with NpTech, nonprofit techies were either on vacation or attending events. Rik Riel writes about the first professional orchestra to perform in Second Life. What could that lead to?

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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. There's a roundup of coverage on his Netsquared blog , including pointers to live blog posts like this one. More from Britt Bravo on Netsquared blog.

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NOVEMBER 27, 2012

Michael Mo, a Hong Kong social activist, spoke about creating games for social good. With a group of friends, he created the game " ProperLORDty ," which reflects the real conditions of the Hong Kong property market. In a conventional game, like Monopoly for example, players earn money for themselves.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 3, 2006

Photo from Politalk_Tim Flickr Stream via the Voter s project Cross-posted at Netsquared Election Day, Organizing, Campaigns, Nonprofits and Web 2.0 The NPTech Blog Chatter Confessions of a non-profit IT director blog rasied ruckus with his proposal for creating a closed forum and new NTEN Affinity Group : nptechhelp.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 10, 2007

An interview with Allen Gunn of Social Source Commons by Britt Bravo over at Netsquared. Opening Event for Nonprofit Commons in Second Life is on Tuesday, August 14 at 5:30 PST. Ruby has compiled a Progressive/Nonprofit Guide to Second Life. Need some comic relief? Maybe just some prayers? NpTech Software.

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DECEMBER 18, 2006

The you that writes blogs, creates podcasts, shares open source applications, creates entries on Wikipedia, posts videos on YouTube, meets friends on MySpace and chats with avatars on Second Life. Isn't the goal of the social web to create an us, a sense of connection, a community? nptech time you net2

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 2, 2007

So, I slapped a piece of paper in the old IBM selectric and created a networking form. So, I started down this list that Lucy Bernholz has created, Online Social Networks and Second Life Philthanthropy. We wanted a well-known celebrity as a draw. Asking questions about who people knew and for contact information.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 22, 2007

Tools Creating Passionate Users Blog asks " Are our tools making us dumber ?" Lucy Bernholz summarizes what NY Times Columnist, David Pogue has shared about his experience in Second Life and suggests his comments are revealing regarding the development of an independent sector in the virtual world.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 15, 2007

Conversation Tracking in the NpTech Space There quite a blog buzz about the need for a Netsquared European Remix going on. MacArthur Foundation announces a Virtual Philanthropy event in Second Life next week. Through TechSoup's Netsquared project, blogger Beth Kanter, was commissioned to write a weekly summary.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2007

A screencapture from a recent weekly meeting for TechSoup's Nonprofit Commons project in Second Life. Want to get started in Second Life, check out. It's created a line of hardware (ultra low-power computers) and open source software turnkey solutions and installation and support services. And if you???

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 26, 2007

Peter Campbell, who created the site, has moved the site it's new domain [link] - so stay tuned for more updates. Michelle Martin writes about her experience as a non-technical programmer creating mashups with some new user-friendly tools. See this one-page parody of Second Life. Cross posted at Netsquared

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 21, 2007

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.??? What should Netsquared's Facebook strategy be? He notes with a trace of sarcasm, "???With What do you think?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 20, 2007

" And finally, are cat lovers only to be found in Second Life ? What is mobile content and to create it - found out here. Through TechSoup's Netsquared project, blogger Beth Kanter, was commissioned to write a weekly summary. Michael Stein has a post titled " The Truth About Cats and Dogs and Lawn Chemicals."

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 6, 2007

Second Life Ruby has an update on the demonstrations occurring in Second Life in support of Burma. If you can't to Naples and you're want to attend the Plone Conference, it is streaming into Second Life this week. I'm using to collect resources and information I gather from Facebook for an upcoming workshop.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 24, 2007

News from Nigeria via the Netsquared blog. The Second Life Community Convention is taking place this weekend in Chicago. Through TechSoup's Netsquared project, blogger Beth Kanter, was commissioned to write a weekly summary. Vicky Davis, CoolCatTeacher Blog, writes about how it might be used in a classroom. Global NpTech.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 29, 2010

NetSquared Open Space (NOS): APIs and Open Data. Who : Facilitating: Amy Sample Ward | NetSquared; Billy Bicket | NetSquared. The NetSquared team will be working the room to activate and facilitate conversations so everyone can enjoy the ride. Who : NetSquared and other Community Organizers. When : 9:00 a.m.

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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

Marshall Kirkpatrick, longtime Netsquared blogger, is now working with Splashcast also at DEMO 07 this week. 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.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 30, 2007

The annual international conference of parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC) is taking place in Bali and in Second Life from December 3-8th. Through TechSoup's Netsquared project, blogger Beth Kanter, was commissioned to write a weekly summary. And if you???

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