Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 21, 2006

I just received my copy of Henry Jenkin's Convergence Culture which has been on my list ever since I heard him speak at the launch of the MacArthur Foundation's Digital Learning and Media Initiative. So, I asked, "There has been a lot of criticism about Second Life lately, do you think we're wasting our time and money?

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2009

Mark your calendars for TechSoup Global's Digital Storytelling Online Event ! This free event will take place across three separate platforms: webinars, forums, and the virtual world of Second Life. The Digital Storytelling Online Event discussions will occur in the TechSoup forums with expert hosts from the webinars.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 14, 2006

Blogger Wagner James Au who reports on Second Life is seated next to Susan.) The TechSoup Virtual Office at Second Life take by Jeska Linden. This month I'm exploring the topic of digital games for social change. But can games like Second Life be a useful tool for social change?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 9, 2007

Remember the homeless avatar in Second Life that got a lot of attention a few weeks back? Rik Riel and Nedra Weinreich also wrote it up and I suspect it probably inspired a few Second Life Doubter's Club posts. The idea came up when we were talking about Second Life, and that you start the off without anything.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 13, 2006

Photo by Jeska Linden in flickr Jeska Linden (Jeska Dzwigalski) is the Community Manager for Linden Lab , the creators of the virtual world Second Life , where she has worked since the summer of 2004. on July 18th and subsequently had a chance to interview her at her fabulous virtual office in Second Life. It's amazing.

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NTEN

MARCH 19, 2012

In this year's Third Annual Digital Storytelling Challenge , powered by Lights. You’ll get to meet some of our local judges, see dozens of the best videos and photo stories, and connect with fellow digital storytellers. WHAT: Awards and Screening Party for the TechSoup Digital Storytelling Challenge. Pacific time. TAG: #TSDIGS.

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MARCH 15, 2012

In this year's Third Annual Digital Storytelling Challenge , powered by Lights. You’ll get to meet some of our local judges , see dozens of the best videos and photo stories, and connect with fellow digital storytellers. We were overwhelmed with the talent and stories you all shared with us! RSVP on Meetup or Facebook !

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OCTOBER 21, 2009

You may have heard about TechSoup's Digital Storytelling Online Event that's been going on all month. We received over 100 submissions from nonprofits and libraries around the country (and world) who've shared their digital stories in video , photo , and GoldMail formats for the Digital Storytelling Challenge!

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AFP Blog

JANUARY 11, 2008

‘Pixelanthropy’ takes hold on Second Life - Giving- msnbc.com: "Not so typical when you know that Jewell is an animated character, her friend’s nightclub exists only inside a computer, and the Nonprofit Commons is a complex of 32 virtual offices on a pleasant little digital island inside an ethereal place called Second Life.Founded in 2003, this fast-growing (..)

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MAY 14, 2013

RSVP now for TechSoup's fourth annual Digital Storytelling Screening and Awards Party on Tuesday, May 28 at 7 p.m. Pacific time at PARISOMA — and join us in celebration of the many powerful digital story submissions that came to us from all over the world! Watch a step-by-step guide for how to participate in Second Life.).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 18, 2006

I would love to hear Howard Gardner talk about digital learning. But wait a second, I could attempt to live blog remotely. because the session will take place in Second Life and will also be webcasted. "Digital Learning" Press Briefing and Panel Discussion. The John D. and Catherine T.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2011

I arrived at the always-lovely TechSoup offices to discover a red carpet, tuxedo T-shirts, a cornucopia of food and drinks, and (oddest of all) a video screen displaying a giant drive-in style billboard located in the digital world Second Life. Later, a Transformer rolled up in Second Life. read more.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2006

That's my avatar, I'm live blogging from Second Life. This morning I attended the MacArthur Foundation Digital Learning briefing that was taking place at the Natural History Museum in NYC. It was the ultimate digital media multi-tasking experience. It was the ultimate digital media multi-tasking experience.

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JUNE 16, 2010

Attendees can join a tour of the Nonprofit Commons in Second Life or learn how to use digital storytelling and Facebook for quick and easy updates to keep connected to supporters. Quick tips and tools will be provided on how to get started as well as support for more advanced users.

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AUGUST 14, 2011

Rik Panganiban, who leads the Nonprofit Commons online community in Second Life and presents frequently on topics related to global collaboration, education, and nonprofit leadership. He currently manages the online community of the Nonprofit Commons in Second Life.

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OCTOBER 28, 2010

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.

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MARCH 7, 2012

TechSoup asked for digital stories and you delivered more than 200 stories! Digital stories came in from all over the globe from all types of social benefit organizations throughout the month of February. The Audience Choice Award is your chance to pick the digital story you feel made the biggest impact.

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MAY 16, 2014

He doesn’t run an organization; He's the digital media manager at Pathways to Education in Toronto. Of course he does great work leading the organization's national digital strategy, and they have plenty of work to do. He is an instructor in digital media marketing at George Brown College in Toronto.

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JULY 26, 2011

Beyond managing social media channels, such as Facebook , Twitter , and LinkedIn , the community team also produces regular events on nptech topics including the monthly Online Community Meetup and the annual Digital Storytelling Challenge.

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AFP Blog

AUGUST 3, 2007

Global Kids' Digital Media Initiative: "The Non-profit and Philanthropy Thread at the 2007 Second Life Community ConventionDeveloped by Global Kids in partnership with the MacArthur FoundationSATURDAY, AUGUST 2510:00am-11:00amEDUCATION TRACKThe education track keynote will be given by Connie Yowell, the Director of Education in the MacArthur Foundation's (..)

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 7, 2006

You could also watch a video cast on the web as well as in Second Life. So, I attended via Second Life where Rebecca Nesson was the in-world moderator and she was also at the real life event. In Second Life, the chat was very rich and made us wonder how much the RL participants were missing.

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

Rik Panganiban, community manager of TechSoup’s Nonprofits in Second Life online community, rounded out the lineup of speakers by offering tips gleaned from his experience giving presentations in mixed reality environments – advice that can also be used in the offline world. Presentations for Webinars.

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MAY 31, 2016

Mobile learning will soon be the most conventional medium to reach the new workforce, which is more tech-savvy and digitally connected. Companies are exploring online virtual platforms such as second life, Minecraft, Unity, etc. It’s estimated that the mobile learning industry will grow to over $37 billion by 2020.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 26, 2007

Back in December after Clay Shirky's piece on Second Life, Stan who writes the PacificRim Exchange Blog took out his " I'm Sticking With DOS " buttons from the attic to make some points -- maybe something about keeping an eye on the future horizon. Now this should set the stage for an interesting debate!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 4, 2006

Another Second Life lecture that I missed, but there is a transcript and a video ! Dr. John Bransford, education psychology researcher and editor of the book, How People Learn , gave his first presentation in the popular virtual world of Second Life. another transcript here ).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 9, 2009

And picking up on the Second Life media blitz a couple of years ago, NBC did a story on religion in Second Life.(BTW, BTW, if you haven't seen this " Guided Tour of Spirituality in Second Life " its worth a looksee).

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MAY 16, 2014

He doesn’t run an organization; He's the digital media manager at Pathways to Education in Toronto. Of course he does great work leading the organization's national digital strategy, and they have plenty of work to do. He is an instructor in digital media marketing at George Brown College in Toronto.

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AUGUST 14, 2011

Rik Panganiban, who leads the Nonprofit Commons online community in Second Life and presents frequently on topics related to global collaboration, education, and nonprofit leadership. He currently manages the online community of the Nonprofit Commons in Second Life.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 1, 2006

Combining aspects of animation, game development, puppetry, graffiti, fan fiction, and improvisational theater into a moving image art form, machinima represents the latest frontier of digital popular culture. Although I could participate via Second Life. Click To Play "A machinima short music video we shot in Second Life.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 1, 2006

I recently attention a press briefing for the MacArthur Foundation in Second Life on digital learning and media. via Nancy White I found a pointer to Linda Stone's Wiki on Continuous Partial Attention. Most of what is in there is the material from the corporate or business perspective.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 10, 2007

OK, no, I’m still not convinced, but here’s an interesting take on Second Life from Frogloop. Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite. Also, they have a very interesting ROI calculator for social networks that is worth a look. {

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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.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 22, 2009

The second reason is a clear definition of what social media is, even within the social media community. Terms like social media, digital media, new media, citizen media, participatory media, peer-to-peer media, social web, participatory web, peer-to-peer web, read write web, social computing, social software, web 2.0, What About You?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 24, 2007

We believe that this sort of project is something that all teachers can eventually incorporate at the high school level and is an essential tool for developing effective digital citizenship. What struck me was the code of ethics for Virtual Worlds: Virtual Worlds Act in second life like you would in your first life.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 29, 2007

Gavin's Digital Diner has a thoughtful essay titled " Do Nonprofits Dream of Electronic Sheep? " (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.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2007

Michelle Martin rounds up some recent videos from Michael Wesch , the creator of The Machine is US/ing Us , including his newest "Information R/evolution," it is about how digital information is qualitatively different from information on paper and how this changes the ways we think about how to store, use, access it.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 27, 2006

Three out of four of these were on Second Life. We created an Island in Second Life to forward this agenda. How can we take it into the digital world. Digital Incubator Content - ten grants broadband innovators. We put out a call and got a number of responses from game programmers. Will debue in September.

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