Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 23, 2007

I wanted to highlight a couple of observations that Lucy Bernholz makes in her analysis of yesterday's discussion about philanthropy in Second Life by the MacArthur Foundation. I predict the same fate for Second Life and other 3D-Virtual Words. Photo UgoTrade Blog. " The conversation started - lets hope (and help) it continues.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 11, 2006

Last week I wrote about a virtual homeless teenager in Second Life who raising awareness of the plight of homeless teens in Spain. and the ps3 tag. I'll also forward his post to some of the gamers I know by using 06-g4c tag and forwarding it to the games for change list.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 29, 2009

It is apropos that the EMPSFM workshop was focused on how the museum can deepen relationships with teen audiences. We were looking for ways not just to provide more services to small groups of teens but to develop platforms where teens could support and serve each other. Do these teens need EMPSFM to survive?

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 30, 2009

Speaking for Spot: Be the Advocate Your Dog Needs to Live a Happy, Healthy, Longer Life 9. The One Year Devotionals For Teens 29. Tags: accessibility volunteer donor gift books Bookshare. The Online Copywriter's Handbook : Everything You Need to Know to Write Electronic Copy That Sells 5. Where Love Rules 6. Twin of Ice 25.

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NTEN

AUGUST 25, 2009

Imagine a typical Internet surfer and your first thought might be of a teen or young adult, not a grandparent or retiree. Generations X and Y -- born between 1965 and the mid ‘90s -- grew up absorbing these tools early in life, while boomers and older generations have had to adapt and orient to a changing world of 24/7 communication.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 18, 2016

This shot is from a program for teens that the met sponsors, #metteens. His photo and commentary and use the hash tags facilitates visibility and connection to this audience target. One of the best personal brands that I’ve seen on Instagram from a nonprofit leader is Thomas P Campbell the CEO of the Metropolitan Museum.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 22, 2009

Source: Pew and American Life Internet Project, Adults and Social Networking Use. The share of adult internet users who have a profile on an online social network site has more than quadrupled in the past four years -- from 8% in 2005 to 35% now, according to the Pew Internet & American Life Project's December 2008 tracking survey.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 15, 2010

People from all walks of life come and hang out in the space, having conversations about whatever the topic for the evening or afternoon happens to be. This space definitely looked like a third place this past Wednesday night when we hosted an overnight teen event designed to help teens see how they can make a difference in the world.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 22, 2007

MacArthur Foundation hosted its first discussion in Second Life to explore the role that philanthropy might play in virtual worlds. We're trying a year of conversation about how to enter the culture in Second Life and the role of philanthropy. " Linden: Second Life is a world being built by the people in it. The John D.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 10, 2006

Found via the NpTech Tag at blip.tv. It will be interesting to see if this advice holds true for the voters of the future based on Dannah Boyd's post " What i mean when i say "email is dead" in reference to teens. Meanwhile, library geeks are talking about tagging. Click To Play. Newly Discovered NpTech Blogs.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 26, 2008

There's a new Pew Research report on teens and gaming showing that 97% of American teens play some kind of video games (console, online, mobile, etc). Like last year's World Without Oil , Superstruct will invite players to imagine life in a dramatically different but highly plausible near-future. Tags: Quick Hits.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2006

That's my avatar, I'm live blogging from Second Life. Photo from public photos tagged with macarthur in NMC flickr stream. Several avatars were also in "real life" in New York City. "We are in a moment of time where 57% of teens produce and share media. local time). Media isn't just happening to kids.

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 14, 2009

I worked on one project in which the client institution thought they wanted unfettered teen expression. When they saw the results of that expression, they struggled with the content and eventually integrated it into their project in a way that diminished the teens’ involvement and hard work. Tags: Museums Engaging in 2.0

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 22, 2010

Every display, from the ladies’ church hats to a prize-winning quilt to former Miss Teen Texas photos to artwork brought back from Africa, seemed to be filled with the stories and the lives of the people who had created, contributed, or were featured in them. Tags: exhibition inclusion. It was for the people who had built it.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 18, 2008

If you want the quick and dirty look at the conference, check out the ephemera tagged #mw2008 (twitter posts, flickr images, a blog entires). Institutions like the Library of Congress and the Powerhouse Museum are getting thousands of quality tags and comments on previously hidden away images. Tags: Museums Engaging in 2.0

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 28, 2008

It makes us uncomfortable with opening museum content up to comment, tagging, and alterations by visitors. Fortunately, we're not in a life-or-death business, so we should feel even more assured that honesty, not marketing spin, might be the best policy for gaining trust. Many of the teens write, "learn with us. In the Web 2.0

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 7, 2008

the Exploratorium did something really big for the August 1 eclipse and they are all over Second Life (source: Technorati ). The majority of blog traffic mentioning the Exploratorium in the last month has focused on their coverage of the eclipse and a variety of Second Life initiatives. Otherwise, it’s likely to fall on deaf ears.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 18, 2008

If museums get involved in these online-offline partnerships, we can bring new audiences through our doors, familiarize them with museum-going in a comfortable way, and reap the benefits of their online musings about their real-life experiences. Tags: web2.0 meetup for Elite Yelp! Other person: Oh yeah. several years. Me: Me neither.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

your connection to soccer, teens, nonprofits, Classy, etc.). Pro tip: tag your top donors in the post as a shoutout. Your generous gift provides role models, health education, life skills, and linkages to health services to young people in Africa at a critical point in their lives. Make it more personal to you (i.e.

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Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Give Every Teen the Chance to Chase Their Dream. The best story has a photo or video of a program participant talking about how the organization positively impacted their life. In fact, start with a them or key message for your year-end fundraising campaign. Every Kitten Deserves a Chance. But sometimes that story is out of reach.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 30, 2007

Chris Lawrence writes about one group of teens who addressed the Society directly as a "you" embodying white privilege. and transformed it into legitimate visitor talk-backs in a series of campaigns to provoke personal and political action to protect ocean life. Think of the great debates and dinner parties in your life.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 20, 2017

If you tag @TechSoup on Twitter, we'll retweet the first two tweets. Now that we've covered the nasty stuff that can make your life miserable if it ends up on your computer, let's go over some password security tips to help prevent malware from getting there in the first place. Remember, we're all in this together.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 4, 2007

So he, for example, does live heart surgery that is broadcast to kids in his theater, and he has a reporter in the hospital broadcasting, and the kids sit in a theater and can ask questions of the reporter via two-way mic in this life-or-death situation. Tags: interview Book Discussion: Civilizing the Museum inclusion.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 11, 2007

When I talk with museum people about virtual worlds, the conversation usually centers on Second Life. But Second Life isn't the biggest, and it isn't the fastest growing. Club Penguin is subscription-based and purely on the web; Webkinz requires the purchase of a plush toy (with an active virtual life). It's just the most open.

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 19, 2008

Consider, for example, the North Carolina Museum of Life and Science's new Flickr Plant Project. Then, they encourage others in the Flickr community to post their own images of the same plant and tag them "flickrplantproject." Tags: evaluation marketing. We are willing to spend Y to reach 1,000 people.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 22, 2008

The science of capital punishment from DNA to execution Religion Teen suicide, teen cutting – I wanted to include these in my museum’s “Hall of Human Life” teen area. Tags: exhibition design professional development. and displayed in the museum. Management was horrified. What's in your comfort zone?

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Bloomerang

APRIL 2, 2021

Julia: If you’re not using Canva, what are you doing with your life? If you have a tween or a teen, I’m sure you’re familiar with TikTok. The majority of TikTokers, they’re so young, they’re so spontaneous, they’re so generous with reactions, with shares, with tagging. Steven: see if it works.

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