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Storymakers 2014 Webinars & Events: Register Today to Participate!

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In keeping with our goal to help nonprofits, libraries, and social benefit organizations learn how to tell better, more compelling, and more meaningful stories to bring about change, we are planning a whole host of exciting FREE events. More Great Events to Come - Follow #Storymakers2014. We'll post more details as they become available.

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Cloud Computing Worldwide

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Check back throughout the month for blog posts, webinars, and dispatches from around the world on cloud computing for nonprofits, NGOs, and public libraries. Sign up for TechSoup's email newsletters and discover great resources, ideas, and donated technology for nonprofits and public libraries. Mark your calendar!

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TechSoup Taiwan Talks Gaming for Social Good at Net Tuesday Event

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In thinking about how to incorporate social issues into a game environment, it's important to remember that the game must also be interesting. Read TechSoup for Libraries' account of the Games for Change Festival to learn how libraries are using gaming to engage their communities.

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Nonprofits and Second Life and Other Games

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Susan Tenby from TechSoup demos the virtual TechSoup Office during the Netsquared Conference while Ruby Sinreich and Deborah Finn (Cyber-Yenta) blogged about it. The online environment is capable of supporting hundreds or thousands of playters simultaneously over the Internet. At least once a month, I jump down rabbit holes.

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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. The educators are asking and researching, "What does the extra effort of working in this immersive environment get you, concretely, in learning outcomes?"

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10 Steps to Extension Professional 2.0 Remix

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Unlike library subject cataloging, which follows a strict set of guidelines, tagging is completely unstructured and freeform, allowing users to create connections between data anyway they want. Nonprofit organizations, libraries, and educational institutions are experimenting with "user-generated" or community-powered campaigns.

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TechSoup's 'Novel' Ideas: What We're Reading Now

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The San Francisco Public Library also did an amazing One City One Book program around it, with events ranging from how-to sessions on protecting your privacy online to encryption basics." Elijah van der Giessen, TechSoup's Netsquared Community Organizer and Curator. The e-book was created with sponsorship from NetSquared.

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