Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 5, 2006

I stopped by his location on enroute to the Museums and Second Life meeting dropped some lindens in his donation box. At the Museums in Second Life meeting, I heard about this event that will take place on Friday. The event will also feature a virtual replica of "Our Walls Bear Witness - Darfur: Who Will Survive Today????,

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 1, 2006

In fact, there's an NTEN Affinity Group for video blogging where you can get advice, ask questions, or share what you know. The Museum of the Moving Image is hosting the 2006 Machinima Festival this weekend in NYC. Moderator: Carl Goodman (Deputy Director and Director of Digital Media, Museum of the Moving Image).

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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. " It's a variation on that question that pioneering nonprofits will ask and answer too. So back to last night's events.

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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. At the Full Moon Museum in front of the ACS Donation Box. But can games like Second Life be a useful tool for social change? Is it worth for nonprofits to invest? So I joined.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 25, 2007

I spent Saturday in beautiful Monterey, ocean pounding outside the window of a conference room, where about 40 museum folks were pondering a question more elusive than the origin of the waves: can museums change the world? Their website includes a clear, concise "What Can I Do?" But I'm highly suspicious of most of these.

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 5, 2007

Most museums already have websites. I’m not an expert on museums who can comment on why museums have websites and what they use that platform for. It seems that the primary reasons museums have websites are to convey basic information about the museum and as a marketing mechanism for content.

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