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Ten Things Nonprofits May Not Know About MySpace [But I Wish They Did]

Nonprofit Tech for Good

As I spent the Thanksgiving weekend pondering gratitude, MySpace made the top of my list of things to be grateful for. If it were not for MySpace, my professional life no doubt would be much less fulfilling. And for that, I will be eternally grateful to MySpace and the “Nonprofit Organizations&# MySpace community.

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The Participatory Nonprofit?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Social networking requires commitment -- you can't set up a MySpace profile and then walk away. The book includes a "Connected Quiz, a set of reflective questions that can help an activist think about how well they or their organization is connecting with others -- something to think about before jumping into the tools.

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Jayne Cravens to Serve as Advisor to UN program in Afghanistan

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

She suggests that if organizations are targeting young people, particularly teens and 20 somethings that platforms like Myspace can be a good tool. to post public events hosted by your organization under "Events I'm Attending" on MySpace and similar areas on other platforms.

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Betting on Braincake: Interview with Jen Stancil

Museum 2.0

Braincake isn’t some fakey attempt to pander to teens. It reflects the GMSP’s—and Jen’s—commitment to creating a set of programs by and for its audience: teen girls. Jen and I sat down to talk about building for teens, working the web, and the role of innovation in museums. We didn’t want to build MySpace.

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The Birth of a Field: Digital Media and Learning

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Digital media is being shaped by the private sector (YouTube, MySpace, etc). "We are in a moment of time where 57% of teens produce and share media. META REFLECTION as it Relates to Nonprofits: -One of the points mentions that this is a new field - digital learning and media and that it was a cross disciplinary field.

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Backwards Interview: My Advice for Incorporation of Web 2.0 into Museums

Museum 2.0

If you had one youth educator, would you expect them to develop and run overnights AND scout programs AND teen programs AND toddler programs AND outreach AND… of course not. How will the endeavor reflect on the museum’s brand image? Do your MySpace friends come to museum programs? Start thinking about tagging and folksonomies.

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What's a Virtual Visitor Worth?

Museum 2.0

Changing lives is expensive whether you do it with at-risk teen staff members or at-risk teen virtual partners. Or are you primarily interested in reflecting and presenting local content and perspectives? Why would a museum want to invest in projects that connect a small number of people with the content?

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