Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

It also features stories of the real world impact of our Second Life members who participate in the Nonprofit Commons. Here is an excellent video featuring the National Service Inclusion Project 's Chad Gobert discussing the impact of their partnership with TechSoup.

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Tech Soup

MAY 27, 2011

On June 7th TechSoup representatives Elliot Harmon, Susan Tenby, and Evonne Heyning will present in a unique Interactive Strategy event at the National Conference on Volunteering and Service in New Orleans, LA ( NCVS ). This post was written by Evonne Heyning , part of TechSoup's Community team.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 4, 2006

Another Second Life lecture that I missed, but there is a transcript and a video ! Dr. John Bransford, education psychology researcher and editor of the book, How People Learn , gave his first presentation in the popular virtual world of Second Life. another transcript here ).

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Tech Soup

MARCH 7, 2012

Our panel of digital storytelling expert judges include some of the folks behind the Story of Stuff and Sundance film winners and also hail from CauseVox, Netroots Nation, and more. If you can’t join the awards ceremony in person, you can always join via live web streaming or in Second Life.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 16, 2006

" Britt Bravo's points us to a road trip taken by staff members of the National Resources Defense Council that took driving one hybrid and one ethanol-powered sedan. A podcast interview with TechSoup's Susan Tenby and Salvador Luna about TechSoup's Mixed Reality Event last month on Second Life.

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Tech Soup

MAY 16, 2014

Of course he does great work leading the organization's national digital strategy, and they have plenty of work to do. His topic is online marriage rituals in Second Life. First, Jason Shim is not a famous guy. He doesn’t run an organization; He's the digital media manager at Pathways to Education in Toronto.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 30, 2008

Bates has a primer for nonprofits interested in Second Life. Just remember that actions in SL can affect your life in the really real world. PE Obama's promise to hire the nation's first CTO. NTEN Member Beth J. But does it seem like World of Warcraft would be a better place to find a partner?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 6, 2007

Fight Hunger is doing a lot of experimentation with social media - from their viral video contest to their fundraising event in Second Life. Should nonprofits that are not national or international campaigns just ignore social media all together? How can this learning be scaled to smaller nonprofits?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 20, 2007

VTVigils VT Vigils VTvigils.org is a project of a diverse group of national campaigns and organizations not affiliated with Virginia Tech. Social Media and Nonprofits Anshe Chung Studios in China has been quietly building a Second Life space, managed by TechSoup, for non-profits. The site was developed by Democracy in Action.

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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. is the social media strategist for the National Wildlife Federation. Holly Ross. is the executive director of NTEN and expert in everything nonprofit tech. Megan Keane blogs at TechSoup community site. Rachel Weidinger. Wendy Harman.

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Tech Soup

MAY 16, 2014

Of course he does great work leading the organization's national digital strategy, and they have plenty of work to do. His topic is online marriage rituals in Second Life. First, Jason Shim is not a famous guy. He doesn’t run an organization; He's the digital media manager at Pathways to Education in Toronto.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 2, 2007

One thing led to another, he ended up being the star of our benefit in Filene's basement, which was aired on National Public Radio and raised $50K! So, I started down this list that Lucy Bernholz has created, Online Social Networks and Second Life Philthanthropy. Trying to see a pattern or theme.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 27, 2006

" Came to the idea that if people play together, they tend not to think of people as different nationalities. Three out of four of these were on Second Life. We created an Island in Second Life to forward this agenda. "Americans aren't that bad as you play with them." We identified four finalists.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 8, 2007

Paul Webster from the National Association for Voluntary and Community Action a partner with the ICT Hub pinged me about his blog. A good resource mentioned was the Guardian's recent list of 100 most useful websites Steve Bridger's posts: Blogs Bertie, Blogs and Breast Cancer Care Second Life The Yak Shack GoogleMaps

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 24, 2007

Ranger Rick, the persona of the National Wildlife Federation , has been banished from Facebook! The Second Life Community Convention is taking place this weekend in Chicago. They need your help to bring back Ranger Rick's profile that was recently taken down by Facebook Staff. All the candidates. There's a nonprofit track.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 5, 2009

The 3D space where this virtual symposium will take place is a private version of the Second Life platform that Linden Labs and NMC have created, called the Hakone Project. and is a national conversation to generate, develop, and share ideas to dramatically increase the impact of nonprofits and foundations over the next 10 years.

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 2, 2006

I had dinner last week with some excellent folks from the board of NAME , the National Association for Museum Exhibition, a standing professional committee under AAM (American Association of Museums). We discussed a variety of ideas from book clubs to Second Life meet-ups to exhibition critiques. attract and retain members.

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 7, 2010

I had a healthy second life as a slam poet, and I loved the world of artists and performance. But internship after internship didn't live up to those expectations. I met lovely people in engineering, but I found the work to be too detail-oriented and microscopic in scope to satisfy me.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 28, 2008

Voter registration is headed for new highs across the nation -- with a firestorm of newly registered voters under the age of thirty. 2012 may be the year that Second Life emerges as a major player in a national election. Election 2008 is remarkable for so many reasons. For the first time in U.S. in the September primary.

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 19, 2008

Others conduct distance learning programs across the nation. When I worked on The Tech Virtual project , I was often discomfited by the fact that I would spend entire days interacting with 10-30 people in Second Life, when I could interact with many more if I worked on the museum floor.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 30, 2007

According to a recent national poll , when price and quality are equal, 77 percent will choose a brand that supports a cause. The annual international conference of parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC) is taking place in Bali and in Second Life from December 3-8th.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 4, 2007

Photo from article by Adam Reuters, Reuters Second Life Bureau and used with permission. Then I happen to notice another article on Adam's blog - about an announcement that US Congress will make its Second Life site available to the public Friday, January 5, 2007. I'm going to stop by after the TechSoup meeting tommorrow.

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