Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 2, 2009

I started observing my own behavior as a community newbie (to their conference) and reflected upon my behavior, using it as a lesson of how to better manage the communities that I run. I used the #Cmtychat hashtag at the end of my few posts, and then discovered that the technology was even deeper then just tagging your tweet.

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JUNE 2, 2008

The exhibition I'm curating for The Tech Museum of Innovation is opening and we are hosting a summit on June 4 (in real life and in Second Life ) for museum professionals to discuss the process by which it was created. Did we breathe life into their aspirations? Later this week, a post-mortem on the summit.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 10, 2007

As both a lesson and as a metric, failure is potentially productive at every level of socialmarkets - from the repeated return of one homeless person to shelter, to the repeated attempts to attach a value like SROI to such a story. Opening Event for Nonprofit Commons in Second Life is on Tuesday, August 14 at 5:30 PST.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 20, 2007

Katya Andresen has an entertaining post about Bourbon and extracts some lessons in nonprofit marketing. 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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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! Lessons learned is that if you use a photo (1) attribute any BY photo; (2) use any BY-NC or all rights reserved photo only with permission. To add insult to injury, the link was working! I also asked this guy.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 6, 2007

(And, looking at the list, it's only US-based charities) He raises a great question that gets beyond the scoreboard, numbers only focus of his approach: "Don't you think that they might have lessons to teach all of us?" Second Life Ruby has an update on the demonstrations occurring in Second Life in support of Burma.

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 18, 2008

Now, on to the lessons thus far. 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. Which leads, finally, to the experience of designing exhibits in Second Life.

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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

DECEMBER 19, 2006

who I met in Second Life for advice) The link got fixed, but no apology! Lessons learned is that if you use a photo (1) attribute any BY photo; (2) use any BY-NC or all rights reserved photo only with permission. 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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MARCH 14, 2009

People internally think social media projects will bring with them an entire office of employees playing on Second Life and Facebook. AHS some people have worked in the organization their entire careers: not exactly open to change or new trends. Best tips on championing social media.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 10, 2006

Election Day Debriefs What we can learn about online politics from the 2006 Campaigns from e-politics offers some lessons and takeaways about social networking and other traditional technology tools deployed for political campaigns. Click To Play. Found via the NpTech Tag at blip.tv.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 19, 2008

They will be using Skype, Second Life, Facebook, and MySpace. Their project will have a way to facilitate online communication between people with disabilities and able-bodied peers using existing social networking utilities - ChiPs and MentorNet. Jenny is about to pilot a 12 Week Training Program. Need time and patience.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 10, 2008

framework, and David shared lessons learned from the huge range of projects the Holocaust Museum has initiated. On Monday, David Klevan (from the US Holocaust Memorial Museum) and I spoke at the MAAM Creating Exhibitions conference about Web 2.0 and museums. I provided the Web 2.0 This pretty much requires dedicated staff.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2010

I had a healthy second life as a slam poet, and I loved the world of artists and performance. Possibly Transferrable Generalized Lessons This is the most self-oriented post I think I've ever written. But internship after internship didn't live up to those expectations.

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OCTOBER 28, 2008

2012 may be the year that Second Life emerges as a major player in a national election. Don't be afraid to experiment -- even if your efforts don't pay off as you would like them to, they are full of valuable lessons to apply the next go-round! eLECTIONS is an interesting example of civics for young people, updated from 2004.

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MARCH 29, 2010

What : This is a chance for local organizers to share stories and lessons learned and network with those considering starting a group. The event took place on forums, webinars, Tweetchat, Second Life, flickr and YouTube. Local Community Organizers (#localco). Who : NetSquared and other Community Organizers. When : 10:30 a.m.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 16, 2007

One wonders where virtual words like Second Life fit on the interaction and communications axis. 9 Lessons for Would-be Bloggers. Second Life Relay for Life for 2007 volunteer blog is gearing up for this year's event, the third one in Second Life. The graphic. of Internet visits.

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