Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 10, 2009

One of the questions that came up during a discussion of concerns at the beginning of the day, was "We have 5,000 friends on Facebook, now what? The Save Darfur Coalition asks to organize events, vigils. Deepen relationship through custom apps that improve on org activites (event fundraising, petitions). Create something to attend!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 1, 2006

Machinima with Issues Engaging and provocative uses of machinima as art, advocacy, and evidence will be presented and discussed. AmaBe Cheeky stars in this one with Zeke Poutine, In Kenzo and the janjaweed of Camp Darfur. If I was going, I wouldn't miss this panel. Although I could participate via Second Life.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 20, 2007

Like in January when Mia Farrow spoke in Second Life about Darfur at a virtual event sponsored by the U.S. And this Friday the President of the MacArthur Foundation will discuss the role of philanthropy in the virtual world with the Founder and CEO of Linden Labs (the creators of Second Life).

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See3

OCTOBER 25, 2007

Here’s an example in the channel page: 24 Hours for Darfur Channel Here’s an example on the standard video page: 24 Hours for Darfur standard view If you are a 501(c)3 it’s a no-brainer to sign up. There’s a larger discussion implicit here – can video drive donations?

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See3

OCTOBER 25, 2007

Here’s an example in the channel page: 24 Hours for Darfur Channel Here’s an example on the standard video page: 24 Hours for Darfur standard view If you are a 501(c)3 it’s a no-brainer to sign up. There’s a larger discussion implicit here – can video drive donations?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 19, 2006

In-world speakers from nonprofits who spoke about their work included Evonne Heyning from Camp Darfur, Barry Joseph from Global Kids , Lori Bell from the Library Alliance , and Marc Sirkin from LLS. A Museum group is also forming to discuss and explore what museum's can do in SL. Based on the TechSoup Second Life Group stats).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 14, 2006

A few organizations in the nonprofit sector are exploring the power of the this type of gaming medium for social justice - take Camp Darfur for example. But can games like Second Life be a useful tool for social change? Is it worth for nonprofits to invest? In fact, I met a librarian from Spain last night while wandering around.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 15, 2007

There was a great discussion about social networking, particularly Facebook apps. A lot of the discussion echoed the points in our own Facebook Causes article. Use mini celebs - a columnist in a local newspaper or magazine may not be a global sensation, but he or she does have a large, captive audience.

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See3

MARCH 12, 2008

Hollywood celebrities have become central players on deeply political issues like development aid, refugees and government-sponsored violence in Darfur. “Last month, The New York Times Magazine invited five interested parties to lunch to discuss the new world of educational philanthropy.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 25, 2007

section about the genocide in Darfur, which includes information about direct action, as well as connection to a variety of social networks, blogs, and content about the situation. Rather than simply hoping the exhibits will motivate deep discussion about cultural issues, the museum provided both a venue and a facilitator for that discussion.

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NTEN

MAY 3, 2011

The argument for stories In 2003, John Sadowsky and Loick Roche, two professors at the Grenoble Graduate School of Business in France, reviewed the major academic literature on storytelling and wrote a paper called, "The power of stories: a discussion of why stories are powerful".

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 5, 2007

The Exploratorium did the solar eclipse, and the US Holocaust Memorial Museum is doing all kinds of programs around Darfur. It seems like the real world museums that are starting to work in Second Life are pursuing the social interaction element of the platform through events.

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See3

OCTOBER 22, 2007

However, neither Carie nor Tim discussed social bookmarking or social news strategies in any depth, and Digg, Stumble Upon, and del.icio.us Tim says MySpace is not good for fundraising, although we have seen some examples of orgs running successful fundraising campaigns, such as Dollars for Darfur. On YouTube : everyone loves video.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 13, 2009

Rebecca Moore then discussed at length the new generation of online (and easy to use) mapping tools – “neo geography” – and how it helps to communicate to and mobilize others through data visualization. More examples can be found on the Google Earth Outreach page of nonprofit case studies.).

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