Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 9, 2007

PT/SLT, in their new locations at the Nonprofit Commons in Second Life. s first virtual millionaire, Anshe Chung, this nonprofits-only space, managed by TechSoup, creates and houses a community of nonprofits in the online virtual world of Second Life. Generously donated by the world???s

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 25, 2006

Susan Tenby and Paul Lamb from Man on a Mission Consulting are hosting an online conversation about Second Life and Nonprofits over at [link] You're invited!

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Tech Soup

APRIL 21, 2009

This was originally posted on the Nonprofit Commons: Nonprofits in Second Life Blog. Join in the official launch of the EcoCommons in Second Life! Pacific , on the new EcoCommons island in Second Life. Tags: Green Office GreenTech Online Activism Using the Web and Internet Web 2.0

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 6, 2006

Rebecca Nesson will be offering a historic new course at Harvard and online. as an Extension/Distance education through virtual world Second Life. live interactive sessions with remote students in Second Life. live interactive sessions with remote students in Second Life. The course. The course.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 20, 2006

(Click through to the larger version to read the poster) I've been going to meetings on information island at the TechSoup area in Second Life where a small group of avatars interested in nonprofits and Second Life have been busy working on some exciting plans lead by Susan Tenby of TechSoup. Next meeting is 10:30 a.m.

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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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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 29, 2011

The Online Community MeetUp ended 2011 by shifting the focus to the meetup organizers – the TechSoup Online Community and Social Media Team. Tenby, the team’s leader and Online Community Director, got her start with the TechSoup online community on its forums , now managed by DeLong.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 14, 2006

Blogger Wagner James Au who reports on Second Life is seated next to Susan.) The TechSoup Virtual Office at Second Life take by Jeska Linden. The online environment is capable of supporting hundreds or thousands of playters simultaneously over the Internet. At least once a month, I jump down rabbit holes.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 16, 2006

via an email from the yi-tan google group forwarded by John Smith The popular 3D online. world Second Life keeps popping up. Second Life's VP of. What can we learn about the future of life from. Second Life? there's more: we'll be in Second Life, too. RMT ) and more. Robin Harper.

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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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 9, 2007

Shirley Williams ponders the Communities of Practice Online Collaboration Exercise "The best way for doubters to control a questionable new technology is to embrace it, lest it remain wholly in the hands of enthusiasts who think there is nothing questionable about it." ll catch you online there sometime.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 19, 2006

The live video feed was being streamed from the Netsquared gathering in San Francisco happening at the same time as the virtual gatherng in Second Life. Jeska Linden , Community Manager for Linden Labs, has the mike in her hand, while her avatar is behind the podium in Second Life. that didn't last long or ruin the event.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 9, 2007

Photo from Kate in Flickr Social Signal Open House in TechSoup Office last week I'm playing catch up here on a bunch of Second Life stuff happening over the past week that I didn't want to let slip through my fingers: Social Signal held an open house in Second Life to welcome their new virtual worlds manager, Catherine Winters , to Social Signal.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 13, 2006

Photo by Jeska Linden in flickr Jeska Linden (Jeska Dzwigalski) is the Community Manager for Linden Lab , the creators of the virtual world Second Life , where she has worked since the summer of 2004. on July 18th and subsequently had a chance to interview her at her fabulous virtual office in Second Life.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Email messaging resulted in 19% of all online revenue in 2020 (up from 14% in 2019). Crowdfunding is when a nonprofit creates an online fundraising campaign to fund a specific project or program. Feature your landing page on the right bar of your blog. Resource: How to Write a Nonprofit Impact Report. M+R Benchmarks Report.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 24, 2009

Mark your calendars for TechSoup Global's Digital Storytelling Online Event ! This free event will take place across three separate platforms: webinars, forums, and the virtual world of Second Life. The Digital Storytelling Online Event discussions will occur in the TechSoup forums with expert hosts from the webinars.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 18, 2011

The October edition of Nonprofits Live examined the topic of online collaboration. Online collaborating requires an extra dose of the same skills we use when we collaborate in person and a number of tools to bridge the physical distance between collaborators. Citrix Online products including GoToMeeting and GoToWebinar.

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AFP Blog

APRIL 15, 2008

From the Chronicle of PhilanthropyJon Stewart's Education About Charities and Second Life - Philanthropy.com: "Nonprofit fans of Second Life, an Internet game, are seeking to educate Jon Stewart about their online activism after the comedian made fun of one of them.Susan Tenby, senior manager of TechSoup, a nonprofit technology group, appeared before (..)

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AFP Blog

MARCH 2, 2010

After Frustrations in Second Life, Colleges Look to New Virtual Worlds - Technology - The Chronicle of Higher Education: "Some colleges that have built virtual classrooms in Second Life—the online environment where people walk around as avatars in a cartoonlike world—have started looking for an exit strategy.".

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AFP Blog

JUNE 9, 2009

Susan Tenby: Nonprofits Blaze Virtual Trails in Second Life Mixed Reality Lounge: "The event I'm describing was not a costume parade or a psychedelic dance party.

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Tech Soup

MAY 25, 2009

Tags: Accessible Technology Online Activism Social Networking Using the Web and Internet Web 2.0

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 2, 2012

In fact, Mayo Clinic's mission to "inspire hope and contribute to health and well-being by providing the best care to every patient through integrated clinical practice, education and research" is echoed by providing facilities and services in Second Life. When did Mayo Clinic's involvement in Second Life start?

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Tech Soup

JULY 9, 2010

This blog post was penned by Evonne Heyning , who works with TechSoup's Nonprofit Commons in Second Life and Community teams. With our 65-inch plasma screen TV, we camped outside the main ballroom and projected the #NCVS tweets along with Second Life and web interactive experiences for attendees.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 28, 2007

TechSoup holds regular meetings for nonprofits in Second Life and I have been attending regularly and sometimes facilitate like this I did this past week. So, I've been reflecting about effective facilitation of virtual meetings in Second Life Right now the primary method of group interaction is via unmoderated chat interface.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 14, 2011

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. Nat Robinson, vice president of SlideRocket , who provides insight into cloud collaboration for virtual teams sharing their work online.

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Tech Soup

MAY 14, 2013

Previously, Lisa served as the founding CEO of the 1:1 Fund, a project incubated by CFED to build a broad online and high net-worth donor base for children’s savings accounts. Participate virtually at the Aloft Nonprofit Commons Drive-In Theater in Second Life. Follow the action on Twitter with the hashtag #TSDIGS.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

I go to the TechSoup Online Community Meetup every month that I can. I arrived at the always-lovely TechSoup offices to discover a red carpet, tuxedo T-shirts, a cornucopia of food and drinks, and (oddest of all) a video screen displaying a giant drive-in style billboard located in the digital world Second Life. read more.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 25, 2007

The second project is from Australia. is an online role playing game, called Reachout Central. At the NCTI conference, we also heard from someone from Second Life. Larry Goldberg of NCAM/WGBH brought up that they were starting to work on access with Linden Labs, the maker of Second Life.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 30, 2007

Mean Lux points to an excellent post that summarizes the all the online support in addition to the Facebook activity. 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 ). ll receive it.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

Leroux Miller kicked off the discussion by offering advice focused on online presentations. NPLive’s second guest speaker was Nat Robinson, vice president for business development at SlideRocket , an online software tool for creating and measuring presentations. Presentations for Webinars. Make Presentations Social.

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Tech Soup

JULY 26, 2011

Our online community and social media team helps to do that by sharing what we learn as we develop our own projects, making education a central goal of our activities. It also hosts the Nonprofit Commons in Second Life , supports micro-volunteering efforts , and curates resources like the Nonprofit Social Media 101 wiki.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 28, 2010

TechSoup Global has an upcoming Digital Story Telling contest, getting orgs to put together 60 second vid’s about what they do/who they are. Second Life and IRL at TechSoup HQ in SF. The League of Women Voters of SF has found that making 1-3 minute (no longer than 5 min) videos gets much better pick-up online.

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Tech Soup

MAY 27, 2011

Elliot will be talking with participants about technology planning for nonprofits, and Evonne and Susan will be talking about interactive online events and social media tools. Twitter — The @TechSoup online team tweets using CoTweet and many mobile applications to share quick updates or live-tweet events.

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NTEN

MARCH 19, 2012

On Wednesday, March 28 in San Francisco – and live-streamed online – TechSoup Global will screen and award the top photo and video entries. WHERE: San Francisco – TechSoup Headquarters; Online – Live-stream on Facebook and in Second Life. There was an overwhelming amount of talent and stories shared through the contest!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 2, 2009

Submitted by Susan Tenby, publisher of Online Communities for Social Change Today I had several discovery moments of serendipitous learning via Twitter. I joined in and started tweeting about my work with Nonprofits and Online Community and mimicked the behavior of the others. I guess that will be another post entirely.)

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NTEN

OCTOBER 5, 2010

Through their use of "Second Life," TechSoup has been at the forefront of virtual meeting and collaboration environments for several years. Second Life is an online, virtual world where you can customize your online personality (i.e.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 2, 2008

TechSoup's Susan Tenby , Senor Manager--Online Community Development , gave a prepared testimony before the the House Committee on Energy and Commerce' s Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet on April 1st about the potential of Second Life. for nonprofits.

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