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.

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JULY 26, 2007

This month's Net Tuesday will be a special "mixed reality" event in San Francisco and in Second Life to celebrate the opening of the Nonprofit Commons in Second Life , a community space for nonprofits. I am a total Second Life newbie. I found this Second Life Basic Help page today which might help.

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This free event will take place across three separate platforms: webinars, forums, and the virtual world of Second Life. Here's how you can you participate: There are a number of ways that you can engage in the free Digital Storytelling Event. Mark your calendars for TechSoup Global's Digital Storytelling Online Event !

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Second Life isnt just about wasting time, however, nor are its "residents" exclusively teens hunkered down in their parents basements with Hot Pockets and Red Bulls - there may be real marketing potential for both for-profit and nonprofit organizations. million total (500,000 active monthly) residents of Second Life. (IDI)

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OCTOBER 19, 2009

Please feel free to post a link to their blog in the comments section. Blog: Nonprofit Commons: Nonprofits in Second Life. This time around I limited the list to individuals bloggers, rather than blogs maintained by associations, publications, PR firms, etc. Please follow: 1. Katrin Verclas: @Katrinskaya from New York, NY.

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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. If you have a topic or question you’d like to explore in an upcoming chat, feel free to let me know anytime!

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MAY 27, 2011

WebEx and GoToMeeting , available through TechSoup, offer free iPad apps and easy availability on mobile devices. Streaming — Beyond Quicktime Broadcaster for video streaming, the TechSoup team also uses Audio Hijack and Nicecast to pull audio from ReadyTalk webinars onto the web and into Second Life for global participation.

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It also hosts the Nonprofit Commons in Second Life , supports micro-volunteering efforts , and curates resources like the Nonprofit Social Media 101 wiki. As you know, the world of social media and online community is ever (and quickly) evolving.

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Learn more about TechSoup's product donation program and how to get started with this free webinar. You can discuss this webinar on Twitter with the hashtag #techsoup or join us for a live-stream of the event in Second Life. Does your nonprofit or public library need better technology? Or sturdier hardware?

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If you’d like to just try web conferencing, there are some free web conferencing services. Some interesting ones are: Skype — the overwhelming favorite free audio and video calling service internationally. The free service is great for one-on-one meetings. The premium (paid) version allows group video meetings.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 25, 2006

Currently the Online Community Manager for TechSoup , she was part of the original launch team for the Techsoup, a one-stop resource for nonprofit technology needs including free information, resources, and support. She is also exploring how nonprofits can use Second Life, a multiplayer community on the Web. Frank Foley???

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 15, 2006

STAND UP Events are happening all over the world, including Second Life. Second Life residents who Stand Up will be counted towards the Guinness World Record Attempt. There is a Kiosk in various places in Second Llife, including TechSoup's office at Information Island. You also get a T-Shirt!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 24, 2007

is a free web application that lets you brainstorm online. The Second Life Community Convention is taking place this weekend in Chicago. Some more about Social Networking from the inside and outside of organizations and Free Ranger Rick. Peter Gulka had plenty to say about the lab. All the candidates.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 12, 2008

Pixelanthropy takes hold in Second Life! via the AFP Blog summarizes this news story from msnbc about nonprofits in Second Life inspired by Kiva in Second Life's Grand Opening Party at the Nonprofit Commons. re enjoying this blog, please consider subscribing for free. And if you???re

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 3, 2006

Second Life and Other Games Nedra Weinreich shares her experience attending the CDC's Second Life experience with an interview the U.S. And overheard at the TechSoup Second Life meeting this week. Ruby Sinreich mentions that a RootsCamp will take place in Seoncd Life. More information here.

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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

AUGUST 16, 2007

Installed based : # of actual users; number, quality and diversity of objects free or for sale; size of developer community; level of adoption by academic, corporate, government users. Example virtual worlds: Second Life; Active Worlds; Entropia; Olive. Example engines: Multiverse, Croquet, Delta3D

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Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 28, 2008

NancyWhite of Full Circle Associates suggested using a Google Group , a blog, or Moodle, a free, open source course management system. santhonys of AShowalter.com suggested using the haiku Learning Management System , which on first glance looks pretty easy to use and ranges in price from free-$30/month. Pretty cool, huh?

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NOVEMBER 18, 2011

In addition to NPLive and tweet chats, the Online Community Team reaches out to the TechSoup Global community through the Nonprofit Commons in Second Life , social media , and an externally-facing wiki. The most important ingredient, however, that enables this collaboration is regular communication through weekly conference calls.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 13, 2007

You can set up an account for free. A Second Life for the Archivist. (I have a theory, that I won't share, about why there are only 9 members in the group.) If you have a powerpoint presentation related to a NpTech topic that you want to share with others, Slide Share is a great place to do it. Bottom-Up Tagging.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 22, 2007

An article called Free Software, Handpicked for Nonprofits by Tactical Technology Collective and iCommons just published on Techsoup. Open Content, Online Privacy, and Virtual Worlds Where Most Needed points out that few US Universities jump on MIT's Free Courseware Bandwagon. It's called saidia.org It's Swahili and means help.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 6, 2007

Many blogs, like the Razoo blog , went red on Thursday as part of Free Burma: International Bloggers Day. So, do check out the Audio/Video Edition of the NGO-in-a-Box which includes a collection of Free and Open Source Software tools. Second Life Ruby has an update on the demonstrations occurring in Second Life in support of Burma.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 20, 2007

Can cell phones ensure a free vote? Trish Perkins offers up a list "cool free tech tools." Social Media and Nonprofits Anshe Chung Studios in China has been quietly building a Second Life space, managed by TechSoup, for non-profits. However, some nonprofits feel that Second Life is a waste of time and resources.

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OCTOBER 26, 2007

This past Wednesday (October 24), CBS aired an episode of CSI: NY in which a killer uses Second Life to attract and hunt down her victims. The episode was a cliff-hanger, and viewers were invited to log on to a special CSI:NY-themed island in Second Life to continue the hunt for the murderer.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 29, 2007

" (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. Maybe it should be added to this list of free or cheap email list management tools.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 28, 2007

There is also a groundswell of support all over the Internet, from bloggers ( one blog at a time ) Facebook , Flickr , Online Petitions , mobile phones , and Second Life. It's an open source free web meeting service. re enjoying this blog, please consider subscribing for free. It isn't dumb dumb. And if you???re

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 18, 2007

Fight Hunger shares the results and learnings from its Second Life fundraising event "Walk the World." " And now, you can bookmark Second Life locations (called slurls) into del.icio.us Katya Andresen points us to " Story Telling As Best Practice " online free training with Andy Goodman.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2007

Games for Change and Virtual Words Nick Booth points to Free Rice, an online edugaming for good. Help with world hunger by providing rice to hungry people for free. A screencapture from a recent weekly meeting for TechSoup's Nonprofit Commons project in Second Life. Want to get started in Second Life, check out.

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DECEMBER 11, 2007

The online platform has two parts: a website , where all projects originate, and a Second Life presence ("The Tech" in Second Life), where participants can communicate in real-time, share ideas, and build virtual prototypes. I know that Second Life can be a clunky, frustrating experience.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 2, 2009

Soon, I was being addressed by them and responded to, and I was really happy to have stumbled upon this spontaneous and free conference about online community. I joined in and started tweeting about my work with Nonprofits and Online Community and mimicked the behavior of the others. suzboop on Twitter.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 10, 2007

artsnetCMS - Center for Arts Management and Technology free CMS via Ma.gnolia NpTech Group with a hat tip to Idealware The On-Demand Nonprofit by Sonny Cloward on NTEN Blog as Laura Quinn notes on Idealware Blog , "A great rundown from Sonny Cloward about the practical applications (and limitations) of Google Apps for nonprofits.

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JANUARY 18, 2008

So in the past month, the people who have jumped in are mostly people who are already familiar with the platforms we're using (the Web and Second Life ), primarily those already in Second Life. Not that that means that we are attracting solely gamers or the bored wanderers of Second Life. It's social.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 19, 2006

ve always set my content free. free for the using. let free be really free, wildly and openly free. Free it forward. Not Free With a Confusing Asterisk, but Free, Period. I still believe in setting it free - I rather have the exposure with a working link. I also asked this guy.

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MAY 26, 2011

Check out TechSoup's Nonprofits in Second Life Delicious group page for an example of how multiple users can collaborate with social bookmarking. Free Flickr Pro Account Through TechSoup. Another good use of social bookmarking sites is to create group resource lists for collaborative bookmarking. You're It!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 2, 2007

You can find her Facebook, Twitter, blogs, wikis, Second Life and many other online communities. re enjoying this blog, please consider subscribing for free. She's also thinking about how to Change the World. In Kenzo is a network weaver. And, she accomplishes so much offline too! Cross posted at BlogHer. And if you???re

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 21, 2006

who I met in Second Life for advice) The link got fixed, but no apology! Now, I've been an ardent supporter of creative commons licensing and have changed my default licensing from to "BY" and use "BY-NC" when appropriate because, in the end, I want to set my content free! I also asked this guy.

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MARCH 1, 2007

She told me, "I probably don't have to mention this to you, but you are of course free to put this under a public domain, BY or BY-sa license." The Brazilian government distributed this drug to each of their 203,000 AIDS patients free of charge. " Of course, I couldn't imagine doing otherwise! What is your background?

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