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Nonprofit Technology Rockstars: Jason Shim

Tech Soup

His topic is online marriage rituals in Second Life. I really enjoying reading science magazines like Nautilus , as well as the classics like Popular Science , and Popular Mechanics. I like reading old-fashioned paper magazines. He is a contributing author to the book, Halos and Avatars: Playing Video Games With God.

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Guest Post by Paul Lamb: The Religion & Technology Divide

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

A couple of weeks ago, Time magazine ran a story on churches using Twitter during their regular services. And picking up on the Second Life media blitz a couple of years ago, NBC did a story on religion in Second Life.(BTW, Fortunately there are some murmurings.

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Nonprofit Technology Rockstars: Jason Shim

Tech Soup

His topic is online marriage rituals in Second Life. I really enjoying reading science magazines like Nautilus , as well as the classics like Popular Science , and Popular Mechanics. I like reading old-fashioned paper magazines. He is a contributing author to the book, Halos and Avatars: Playing Video Games With God.

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The Birth of a Field: Digital Media and Learning

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

That's my avatar, I'm live blogging from Second Life. From my office in the Boston, I teleported myself into the Virtual World of Second Life and headed straight for the New Media Consortium virtual campus where I joined about 65 other avatars representing educators from all over the world (even Austrailia where it was 3:00 a.m.

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NpTech: Summer Vacations, Who Let the NpTech Dogs Out, and IPhone Fundraising!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

" And finally, are cat lovers only to be found in Second Life ? Fundraising Success Magazine covers The Great Debate: Direct Mail vs Online Acquisition. It didn't take too long before we dogs (a lab no less) has appeared on a nonprofit app called Managing News. I really need a vacation. What do you think?

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NpTech Tag Summary: Free Ranger Rick, Green Geekery, and Blog Day is Next Week!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Video, Wikis, Virtual Worlds, and Social Networking Wikiscan let's you see who is editing wikipedia as mentioned in a recent Wired Magazine article. The Second Life Community Convention is taking place this weekend in Chicago. Is your nonprofit planning to participate on Blog Day? All the candidates. There's a nonprofit track.

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Professional Associations that Don't Suck

Museum 2.0

We discussed a variety of ideas from book clubs to Second Life meet-ups to exhibition critiques. There are also the “perks”—the magazine, free admission to museums—which enhance learning. but I left wondering more about the bigger picture of professional associations and their use and value.