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Pranksters in the Museum

Museum 2.0

Two recent events have got me thinking about pranks and unauthorized activities in museums. Improv Everywhere staged an event at the Metropolitan Museum in which an actor posing as King Philip IV of Spain signed autographs in front of his portrait, as painted by Diego Velazquez in the 1620s.

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Can You Help Jeff Jackson Find His Godson in Chile?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

5) Networking with NGOs working on the ground in Chile (6) Relying information back and forth to people who are calling numbers in Chile and as far as way as Canada or Spain (7) Networking with social media bloggers , twitter users in Chile who have been helping him spread the message. (8)

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Nonprofits and Second Life and Other Games

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Techsoup, a project from CompuMentor, is the technology place for nonprofits on the Web) So it makes sense that they should open a virtual office on Second Life. In fact, I met a librarian from Spain last night while wandering around. At the Full Moon Museum in front of the ACS Donation Box. So I joined.