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Photography and Machinima on Second Life

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Several months ago, I made my first Second Life Machinima, " I'm a Pianist In Second Life " after discovering Robbie Dingo 's instruments. (I I was little afraid that I might end up not only wasting time making music videos in Second Life, but actually composing a theme song.

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Celebrate Community Storytelling

Tech Soup

Before joining The San Francisco Foundation, Lisa served in senior management roles at the San Francisco Education Fund, the San Francisco Food Bank, and the San Francisco Community Music Center. Participate virtually at the Aloft Nonprofit Commons Drive-In Theater in Second Life. Can't make the event in person?

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onPhilanthropy: Second Life Fundraising: Philanthropy Dips its Toe Into Virtual Worlds

AFP Blog

onPhilanthropy: Second Life Fundraising: Philanthropy Dips its Toe Into Virtual Worlds : "Second Life Fundraising: Philanthropy Dips its Toe Into Virtual Worlds By: Tom Watson, 07/26/06 Soaring mountains, shimmering seas, futuristic buildings, strange vehicles flying in the air. And more and more, they give money away.

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Tidbits

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

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

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Machinima Festival and NTC Video Contest

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Although I could participate via Second Life. Click To Play "A machinima short music video we shot in Second Life. The Museum of the Moving Image is hosting the 2006 Machinima Festival this weekend in NYC. If I was going, I wouldn't miss this panel. Check this out.

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Level Up and Change the World: Gamification Apps

Tech Soup

The company currently has three mobile and web-based games available: Fantasy Kingdoms, Music Festivals, and Parallel Kingdom. The Nonprofit Commons in Second Life hosted a discussion on whether games can be used to create peace and Carlos Bergfeld asked whether games for social change need to be fun to be effective.

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Event Announcement: The Tech Virtual's First Exhibition opens June 4!

Museum 2.0

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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