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Teaching Online Safety: Building Curriculum

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Last week, TechSoup for Libraries held a webinar called Public Tech Instruction: Teaching the Public on Internet Safety. The presenters, Austin Stroud of the Monroe County Public Library and Crystal Schimpf of TechSoup for Libraries, shared resources for teaching online safety and security. Slide Decks and Activities.

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Top 21 Virtual Event Ideas for Your Next Online Event

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Live Games. Even if you don’t, a virtual team or individual game is an excellent way of connecting to others and getting excited. Games with incentives or prizes can allow your audience members to display their talents and vote for those who perform the game the best! Here are 21 virtual event ideas to get you started. .

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60+ Spring Fundraising Ideas for Every Nonprofit

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Local gardening experts can have the chance to demonstrate their green thumb and teach others in workshops that cover topics such as organic gardening, composting, or urban gardening. Work with a local pool facility or use a bunch of blow-up pools and splash slides to provide some family fun to the community.

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Peace Games & International Efforts

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

LIve blogging from the Serious Games Conference - usual disclaimers apply to typos, etc. We decided to ask Europeans who were playing the game whether or not they knew they were playing with Americans. This is a great place to do public diplomacy in the gaming world. The founder and creator of game consulted people in Darfur.

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E-Mediat Day 3: Digital Activism

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Mary Joyce used a remix of the Social Media Game that I created with David Wilcox back in 2007 and has subsequently been used by many other nonprofit technology trainers. It was particularly rewarding to see instructional techniques (the social media game ) that I had developed and been using since 2007 used by someone else.

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Steven Johnson Key Note at Serious Games Conference

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I'm live blogging from the Games for Change Conference in NYC. " In the book, he makes an argument for why playing digital games is good for their brains. Susan Seggerman, co-founder of Games for Change, introduced Stephen with a great story. The first panel on video games at Davos. This is a walk through for a game.

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PopTech Fellows Program: Reflections

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

PopTech Slides View more presentations from kanter. I taught a very brief workshop in strategic social media using the social media strategy game. The game has a strong communications lens. I learned a lot about how to begin to adapt the game process for people with a program orientation. Graphic Facilitation Rocks.

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