Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

JULY 28, 2006

I've been listening with one ear to the buzz about Second Life and non-profits for a while now, and paying it very little attention. The interest in using Second Life for online community building in the non-profit space has been high lately, and not just on the geeky fringe.

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 6, 2007

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) Whos on Second Life?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 19, 2009

Blog: Nonprofit Commons: Nonprofits in Second Life. Blog: Nonprofit Marketing Guide. Blog: Marketing for Nonprofits. Blog: Katya’s Nonprofit Marketing Blog. Blog: ext337. Rosetta Thurman: @rosettathurman from Washington, DC. Blog: Rosetta Thurman. Susan Tenby: @suzboop from San Francisco, CA. Blog: FrogLoop.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 9, 2007

In January, I interviewed Sibley about the potential use of virtual worlds and Second Life by museums, but in the four months since then, the virtual world platform--and the hype around it--has exploded. It seems that Second Life is both the closest and farthest thing from many museum professionals' minds.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 6, 2006

She works with nonprofits and government agencies to bring about health and social change using social marketing. She is the founder and president of Weinreich Communications , and wrote a book called " Hands-On Social Marketing: A Step-by-Step Guide." What is your (simple) definition of social marketing?

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 14, 2011

Our featured speakers include: Kivi Leroux Miller, speaker, writer, and the president of the Nonprofit Marketing Guide. Rik Panganiban, who leads the Nonprofit Commons online community in Second Life and presents frequently on topics related to global collaboration, education, and nonprofit leadership. Productions.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 14, 2011

Our featured speakers include: Kivi Leroux Miller, speaker, writer, and the president of the Nonprofit Marketing Guide. Rik Panganiban, who leads the Nonprofit Commons online community in Second Life and presents frequently on topics related to global collaboration, education, and nonprofit leadership. Productions.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

Rik Panganiban, community manager of TechSoup’s Nonprofits in Second Life online community, rounded out the lineup of speakers by offering tips gleaned from his experience giving presentations in mixed reality environments – advice that can also be used in the offline world. Presentations for Webinars.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 1, 2006

I've been attending the weekly Friday TechSoup meetings in Second Life and you run into the most fascinating people. He coordinates web development, donor traffic and analytics, and technical marketing for the team. I didn't know Sombit until I met him - as they say - "in-world" in Second Life.

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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. And, I got an instant response.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 27, 2012

With a group of friends, he created the game " ProperLORDty ," which reflects the real conditions of the Hong Kong property market. By incorporating real legal and societal elements into the game, ProperLORDty's creators have ensured that the real life situation is getting more attention.

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Tech Soup

MAY 16, 2014

He is an instructor in digital media marketing at George Brown College in Toronto. His topic is online marriage rituals in Second Life. He teamed up with Jason Samuels to set up all of the collaborative note-taking at the latest NTC conference. ” Where Jason Gets His NPTech Information.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 15, 2006

These posts have sparked some thoughtful reflections, from a folks on the Second Life Educator's List and I'm going to quote and summarize a few: The Second Life Doubter's Club. Here's the response to the Shirky numbers argument: I think that Clay Shirky is looking at SL through the eyes of a mass market MMO like WOW.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 3, 2006

Finally, this comes from a library techie, but I'm sure that nonprofit techies might agree with the advice, " How To Keep Techies Happy " Marketing, Knowledge Management, and Evaluation Somehow there is a connection between these areas and David Wilcox puts his finger on it with his posts ( here , here , and here ).

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 21, 2009

If you're not in the Bay Area, you still join us by viewing the event in Second Life. Tags: Marketing Multimedia & Graphics Social Networking Software Using the Web and Internet Web 2.0 Pacific at the TechSoup headquarters (525 Brannan Street, Third Floor) in San Francisco for the mixed reality awards screening party.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 12, 2008

If you can't wait, read Alexandra Samuel's " Best Practices for Social Networking Nonprofits ," a guest post on Katya Andresen's Nonprofit Marketing Blog. Pixelanthropy takes hold in Second Life! It is important to think about the benefits, objectives, and audience before jumping on the social networking bandwagon.

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Gyrus

MAY 31, 2016

Let us look at some of the top technology trends taking place in the training and Development Industry: Mobile Learning : According to e- Marketer, the number of smartphone users in the United States is estimated to reach 207.2 Companies are exploring online virtual platforms such as second life, Minecraft, Unity, etc.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 20, 2009

Susan Tenby is the community manager at TechSoup responsible for their Second Life efforts. Nonprofit Marketing and Fundraising Katya Andresen is Vice President at Network For Good and her blog is the best of the best on nonprofit marketing and fundraising. is social marketing guru. Holly Ross. Rachel Weidinger.

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Tech Soup

MAY 16, 2014

He is an instructor in digital media marketing at George Brown College in Toronto. His topic is online marriage rituals in Second Life. He teamed up with Jason Samuels to set up all of the collaborative note-taking at the latest NTC conference. ” Where Jason Gets His NPTech Information.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 10, 2007

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 ! OK, no, I’m still not convinced, but here’s an interesting take on Second Life from Frogloop.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 9, 2007

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) Click here to download the guide.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 29, 2007

Slide Share Show, " Putting the U in YouTube " although geared for higher education institutions provides some really good practical marketing tips for social networking sites that should be useful for nonprofits too. NetSquared. The Seattle's Net Tuesday Group has just launched a social networking site on ning.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 21, 2006

and other technologies such as Second Life follows a well established pattern identified by Gartner analysts called " hype cycles " The description is below and this visual showing the hype cycle for consumer technologies. The technology becomes increasingly stable and evolves in second and third generations.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 30, 2007

The post gives us a screen capture from Google Trends , but it doesn't mention what has been happening in Second Life - for example virtual red t-shirts , and human chain protests ). The conclusion: This data goes to show just how much online marketing share matters and how well this medium works for global messages and movements.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 20, 2007

Marketing, Fundraising, and Philanthropy So far, there will be at least four bloggers live blogging at the Council on Foundations conference. Katya Andresen has an entertaining post about Bourbon and extracts some lessons in nonprofit marketing. 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

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

The wizard behind the Frozen Pea Fund (and many others since) is Connie Reece, who specializes in developing marketing and communications programs that use Web 2.0 Recently we set up an office in Second Life, on the Nonprofit Commons Plush island, and we just purchased our own island in Second Life.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 6, 2007

It's for both developers and marketers. 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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Museum 2.0

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. In March, we selected the best of the virtual exhibits for translation into the real world.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 3, 2008

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) Click here to download the guide.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 29, 2006

Katya Andresen at the Nonprofit Marketing Blog gave me a guest spot to write about the campaign and solicit advice from colleagues here. Britt Bravo on her personal blog. smArts & Culture FiSpace Micropersuasion E-politics. Ricardo Carreon. Solution Grove. I also want to thank Ken Goldstein for sharing with his network on YouTube.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 20, 2006

Katya Andresen at the Nonprofit Marketing Blog gave me a guest spot to write about the campaign and solicit advice from colleagues here. Britt Bravo on her personal blog. smArts & Culture FiSpace Micropersuasion E-politics. Ricardo Carreon. Solution Grove. I also want to thank Ken Goldstein for sharing with his network on YouTube.

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 14, 2007

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60)

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 26, 2007

Social Web and PR/Marketing An excellent post from Chris Andreson on Long Tail PR: How To Do Publicity Without A Press Release (or the Press) Nancy Schwartz of the Getting Attention Blog is hosting next week's Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants. See this one-page parody of Second Life. " Web 2.0, Need a chuckle?

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Care2

AUGUST 27, 2007

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60)

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 5, 2007

Today, an interview with Sibley Verbeck (Hathor's his virtual name), founder/CEO of the Electric Sheep Company , which does experience design for real-world companies in virtual worlds including Second Life. Why would they want a Second Life presence? It’s a little disjointed, but the key points are: 1.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 28, 2007

There is also a groundswell of support all over the Internet, from bloggers ( one blog at a time ) Facebook , Flickr , Online Petitions , mobile phones , and Second Life. Nancy Schwartz has excellent advice in her 7 Facebook Essentials Nonprofit Marketers Need To Know Radio, podcasting and fundraising?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 31, 2007

Some notes from Christopher Penn's session strategy: He presented a marketing funnel and goals in different profiles. There were definitely a lot more women at Podcamp 2 and here's a quick roundup: Jane Quigley is a sharp and smart marketer and savvy about all things social media. I met her through Jane.

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