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Second Life Education Programs in NY Times, Goes Open Source, and other tidbits

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Graduate students doing research or teaching in Second Life have formed a mobile colony that holds discussions with experts in subjects like online ethics or aesthetics What they didn't mention is the new Nonprofit Island that will be opening a few weeks. See Allan's comment and read Ethan's post. This should be good fodder for debate.

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VolCom Groups in UK and Web20 - Research notes for presentation

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

" I need to start organizing the various pile of UK examples that tagged and grab from various emails and listserv posts. He finds blogging valuable for the same reasons I do, although I love the way he phrased it: I'm really hooked on the idea of blogs all being linked together into one big mega-conversation. All by next week!

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NpTech Tag: Roundups from and about Facebook and More

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

If we're thinking of Facebook groups (or listservs for that matter) as online communities, what personalities do you see in the communities you are managing? 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. It's recently been updated.

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NpTech Tag: Change.org To Launch White-Label Social Network for Nonprofits, GeekToys that Give Geekbumps, and Blog Readability

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Dunbar: "isn't sold on the idea that social networks make his number outdated. leading to an impassioned request for best practices for minimizing damage when this security breaches occur on several listservs. The NOSI Choosing and Using Free and Open Source primer is on the ICT Hub Knowledgebase!

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I look for patterns

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I shared this on a listserv with some nonprofit technology geeks (aka circuit riders) and one of them told me that his father worked at the same school as Doug in Minnesota. Since my formal education is in music ( studied flute ), I'm going to riff on Vicky's ideas because they reasonate with me. Writing is thinking.

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