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Machinima Festival and NTC Video Contest

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NTEN has just announced the first NTC video competition. And the good news is that if you've never created web videos before and don't have the big bucks to hire a professional, there is enough time to learn. In fact, there's an NTEN Affinity Group for video blogging where you can get advice, ask questions, or share what you know.

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Not On Our Watch: The Least Depressing Book About Darfur You'll Ever Read

Have Fun - Do Good

It isn't often that you can't wait to keep reading a book about genocide, but that is how it was while I was reading Not On Our Watch: The Mission to End Genocide in Darfur and Beyond by Don Cheadle and John Prendergast. Darfur activism book Don Cheadle John Prendergast Once again, our counterterrorism policy brings more terror.

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Second Life: Issue Awareness Raising Campaigns

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

There's YouTube video here. 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. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, DC.

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Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants: How Does Your Nonprofit Have Fun and Do Good?

Have Fun - Do Good

Extra points if you include an amusing photo, cartoon or video with your post. We choose a song (Bohemian Rhapsody was a recent favorite) and 'produce' a music video. George Irish of Shake the Pillars posts about Amnesty International's "Get in Bed with Darfur" -Putting the Fun Into Human Rights Campaigning.

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Reflections on Mixed Reality Events in Second Life

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The live video feed was being streamed from the Netsquared gathering in San Francisco happening at the same time as the virtual gatherng in Second Life. A Museum group is also forming to discuss and explore what museum's can do in SL. The photo above was taken at last night's TechSoup Mixed Reality Event.

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Best of Beth's Blog 2008: Finding The Top Ten Posts In Less Than Five MInutes!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Microblogging in a Museum Context. Harry's Fundraising Video. Be A Voice for Darfur: Great Example of A Multi-Channel Campaign. Your Organization's Social Networking Strategy Doesn't Have To Be Like Mastercard. Prioritizing Your Web Strategy Budget: What Slice of the Pie for Social Media? Social Media In An Economic Downturn.

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