Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 9, 2007

Photo from Kate in Flickr Social Signal Open House in TechSoup Office last week I'm playing catch up here on a bunch of Second Life stuff happening over the past week that I didn't want to let slip through my fingers: Social Signal held an open house in Second Life to welcome their new virtual worlds manager, Catherine Winters , to Social Signal.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 23, 2006

It's Friday, it's summer, it's raining - okay that's my set of excuses for spending a little bit of time in Second Life today. But first, skim through the discussion forum on TechSoup , especially if you're new to Second Life. Second Life crashed - and we were all frozen and booted off.

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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.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 28, 2007

Make A Wish Donation Box in Second Life On the Web, you can become a messenger for your cause by adding a charity badge or fundraising widget to your blog or web site. In Second Life, you can build a 3-D display and donation box where avatars can contribute Linden dollars. I contribute to this charity in real life too.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

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The Plain Language Movement started in the 1970s based on the idea to make it easier for the public to read, understand, and use government communications. There will be multiple realities in the metaverse, such as Second Life (founded in 2003), and there is currently a global race to build the metaverse.

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JANUARY 2, 2007

When Sibley decided to start a Second Life -focused business last year, I thought he was nuts. I now believe in Second Life, not as a game environment, but as a new platform for social interactions with people, objects, and ideas. There have been lots of posts all over the place about Second Life and museums.

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OCTOBER 2, 2012

In fact, Mayo Clinic's mission to "inspire hope and contribute to health and well-being by providing the best care to every patient through integrated clinical practice, education and research" is echoed by providing facilities and services in Second Life. When did Mayo Clinic's involvement in Second Life start?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

For example, Facebook produces 30 billion pieces of content a day. This may be why curated content may get a second life or what the scoop.it Rubel suggests that there are ways to increase shelf life or avoid a rapid decay. It is also a good idea to avoid automatic cross posting of content from social network to another.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 14, 2011

Whether offering a workshop, giving a keynote speech in your community, or persuading funders in a new campaign, nonprofit leaders require strong presentation skills — from designing amazing slides and visuals to listening to your audience as you share your ideas. Our next episode of Nonprofits Live on August 26 at 10:00 a.m.

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In this model, your organization will have no idea where the hardware actually providing your services is located -- and, better yet, you won't care. Look for mobile providers to combine these ideas to enable a virtual meeting environment with video, audio, whiteboard, and presentations from multiple attendees.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 14, 2011

Whether offering a workshop, giving a keynote speech in your community, or persuading funders in a new campaign, nonprofit leaders require strong presentation skills — from designing amazing slides and visuals to listening to your audience as you share your ideas. Our next episode of Nonprofits Live on August 26 at 10:00 a.m.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 2, 2007

I was attempting to summarize a three-way dialogue about Second Life from three brilliant thinkers with differing views about the value of SL. I've been meaning to come back and give these a closer read to see what new ideas emerged and how it different from the thinking/writing back in December. Henry Jenkins [link].

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But it can get a second life with a short version condensed to fit into a series of photos or a 60-second Instagram Reel. Storytelling for nonprofits can span across many channels—here are a few ideas for sharing stories on multiple platforms. Maybe the first version of the story is a long-form written narrative.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 27, 2012

The events are designed to be a forum for ideas, discussion, and action to execute technology-based projects or campaigns. The Nonprofit Commons in Second Life hosted a discussion on whether games can be used to create peace and Carlos Bergfeld asked whether games for social change need to be fun to be effective.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 25, 2006

She is also exploring how nonprofits can use Second Life, a multiplayer community on the Web. TechSoup has set up a virtual office in Second Life and earlier this month hosted a mixed-reality event showcasing a new nonprofit directory. t able to conceive of Second Life as anything more than a game.

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OCTOBER 8, 2012

Simply join NetSquared, post your idea in the project gallery, and see what sort of feedback you get. For some ideas and inspiration, read TechSoup for Libraries' account of the Games for Change Festival to learn how libraries are using gaming to engage their communities. Additional Resources.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 28, 2007

TechSoup holds regular meetings for nonprofits in Second Life and I have been attending regularly and sometimes facilitate like this I did this past week. So, I've been reflecting about effective facilitation of virtual meetings in Second Life Right now the primary method of group interaction is via unmoderated chat interface.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 24, 2015

In 2010, Mr. Masson came up with a brilliant idea: to establish an innovative project that catered to the needs of dyslexic children. Ordyslexie is not just a electronic school bag or tablet PC, but a socially innovative project that can change the lives of dyslexic children while giving a second life to tablet PCs.

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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. I’ve been reading Matt Asay’s blog on open source business models, and he has an interesting post which suggests that writing documentation is a good marketing strategy !

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Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 28, 2008

Within minutes of posting the question, I received five ideas: 1. wakot of everyday sustainable suggested I contact Karen Henke of Nimble Press for ideas. amoration of AMO: The Root of Love also suggested Moodle, and Sloodle which integrates Moodle and the virtual world of Second Life. She also said that she uses wikis.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 6, 2008

On June 4, we opened The Tech Virtual Test Zone , a new 2000 sq ft gallery at The Tech Museum of Innovation featuring exhibits on the theme of art, film, and music that were originally developed in Second Life by a community of creative amateurs. Ultimately, what The Tech Virtual community contributed was great ideas for exhibits.

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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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JANUARY 18, 2008

For me, it means spending a lot more time facilitating idea generation and communicating with others than being an independent creative agent. It's easy to say that everyone has a great idea for an exhibit inside them. The challenge is to find the way to pull those ideas out. Now, on to the lessons thus far.

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Another one I like is the EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies Calculator , which translates CO2 usage (in tons) to equivalencies like barrels of oil used or percentage of a home's electricity use for one year to give you an idea of just how much those cross-country flights cost your organization and the Earth.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 22, 2009

The first C, Content, refers to the idea that social media tools allow everyone to become a creator, by making the publishing and distribution of multimedia content both free and easy, even for amateurs. The Second C: Collaboration. Conversations create buzz, which is how ideas tip, become viral. The First C: Content.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

She is a co-founding member and serves on the advisory board of the Social Media Club and founder of Every Dot Connects , a consortium of marketing and media practitioners who are passionate about using new technologies to build bridges between people and ideas and causes. What didn???t

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 6, 2007

Alexandra Samuel has a great idea for using twitter - provide updates on how you've changed the world! Second Life Ruby has an update on the demonstrations occurring in Second Life in support of Burma. If you can't to Naples and you're want to attend the Plone Conference, it is streaming into Second Life this week.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 7, 2007

His interests center on the public life of the imagination. He is currently at work on a book about that vast, unowned store of ideas, inventions, and art that we have inherited from the past. Webcast viewers can join the discussion through IRC text chat or in the virtual world Second Life. This even will be webcast live.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 10, 2006

Myspace, along with Second Life and things like MissionFish are good examples of "experimentation." I have no idea. It's my job to be innovative, and to bring new ideas to the organization - and then figure out how it fits and how to execute. a person) actually participates in a community. but curious.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 22, 2007

There's an interesting idea for "emergency NGO in a box" in the notes about Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance Tools and an interview with Gregg Swanson of HumiNet by Britt Bravo from the Summit. A Better World In Second Life Blog is tracking political activism taking place in virtual worlds.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 27, 2006

" Came to the idea that if people play together, they tend not to think of people as different nationalities. Three out of four of these were on Second Life. We created an Island in Second Life to forward this agenda. "Americans aren't that bad as you play with them." We identified four finalists.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 8, 2007

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. " So the idea of having aggregated Eureka moments or simply being able to read a colleague's Eureka moment anytime you want.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 2, 2007

So, I started down this list that Lucy Bernholz has created, Online Social Networks and Second Life Philthanthropy. It brings also to the whole idea of islands and silos and walls. Trying to see a pattern or theme. There more and more being written about Personal Fundraising and why it works.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2007

This one of the ideas that David Weinberger touches on in Everything Is Misc. 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. And if Web 2.0 pushes your buttons, why not push a few Web2.0 generators.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 26, 2007

Check out the SDCTC Community Portal (is the idea of a "portal" web 2.0 See this one-page parody of Second Life. Peter Campbell, who created the site, has moved the site it's new domain [link] - so stay tuned for more updates. It's always nice to discover redesigned nonprofit web sites with a web2.0 functionality.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 21, 2008

It's been awhile since I've shared the progress of The Tech Virtual , the web and Second Life-based virtual exhibit workshop that The Tech Museum of Innovation opened in December of 2007. In January, I wrote about the challenges and opportunities of using Second Life as a design space. But that's just a start.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 23, 2007

Building on Each Others Ideas Heather over at the Aspiration Blog hosted this week 's Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants which includes a good roundup of advice. and asking for ideas. Ruby Sinreich gives a report about Hillary Clinton's Second Life Campaign Headquarters. See below).

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