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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ROI of social media can be an intangible- The NonProfit Times March 15, 2011: "here's Facebook, Second Life, Myspace, LinkedIn, YouTube, Twitter and now Jumo. When it comes to deploying assets, where to be in cyberspace is a tough decision.Catholic Relief Services (CRS) in Baltimore is going through the evaluation process.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 15, 2006

These posts have sparked some thoughtful reflections, from a folks on the Second Life Educator's List and I'm going to quote and summarize a few: The Second Life Doubter's Club. Why did these and others fail and why is Second Life really pointing the. avies' to stand around and chat. way to the future?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2006

I haven't a chance to finish processing my notes, but thanks to the collective intelligence of the Web, Aldon Hynes had already posted his notes and a machinima. I learned about the Second Life Camera Controls Tutorial and now playing with the camera in SL during meetings is my new form of 3D doodling. A great FAQ is here.

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Tech Soup

MAY 16, 2014

His topic is online marriage rituals in Second Life. One thing I can say is that Canada is a smaller nonprofit market and because so many charitable processes and administrative things are geared to American 501(c)3s, it is sometimes more difficult for us.” Silicon Valley North.

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JUNE 2, 2008

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. How do the community members feel about their involvement in the creative part of the exhibit process?

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JANUARY 18, 2008

First, let's talk process. So in the past month, the people who have jumped in are mostly people who are already familiar with the platforms we're using (the Web and Second Life ), primarily those already in Second Life. Not that that means that we are attracting solely gamers or the bored wanderers of Second Life.

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JUNE 6, 2008

On June 4, we opened The Tech Virtual Test Zone , a new 2000 sq ft gallery at The Tech Museum of Innovation featuring exhibits on the theme of art, film, and music that were originally developed in Second Life by a community of creative amateurs. We shrunk the exhibit design process (concept to floor) from 2 years to five months.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 24, 2007

Their work products, process, and learning will also be assessed using these rubrics. What struck me was the code of ethics for Virtual Worlds: Virtual Worlds Act in second life like you would in your first life. The geeks out there will appreciate the array of Web2.0

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 18, 2007

If you participated in the voting process to select the 21 Featured Projects going to the NetSquared Conference, and want to see what happens next, take a look at the Conference Agenda. Fight Hunger shares the results and learnings from its Second Life fundraising event "Walk the World."

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 6, 2006

As you'll note from that article, Nedra has also been exploring Second Life and we bumped into each other at the TechSoup space there where we completed our interview. I think to be successful, you also need to follow a systematic process for developing your social marketing strategy. I see that you???ve

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 11, 2007

The online platform has two parts: a website , where all projects originate, and a Second Life presence ("The Tech" in Second Life), where participants can communicate in real-time, share ideas, and build virtual prototypes. I know that Second Life can be a clunky, frustrating experience.

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Tech Soup

MAY 16, 2014

His topic is online marriage rituals in Second Life. One thing I can say is that Canada is a smaller nonprofit market and because so many charitable processes and administrative things are geared to American 501(c)3s, it is sometimes more difficult for us.” Silicon Valley North.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 20, 2007

Much commentary and critiques about the semi-public ballotting process. Social Media and Nonprofits Anshe Chung Studios in China has been quietly building a Second Life space, managed by TechSoup, for non-profits. However, some nonprofits feel that Second Life is a waste of time and resources. And here's a Web2.0

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 21, 2008

It's been awhile since I've shared the progress of The Tech Virtual , the web and Second Life-based virtual exhibit workshop that The Tech Museum of Innovation opened in December of 2007. In January, I wrote about the challenges and opportunities of using Second Life as a design space. with a few significant differences.

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JANUARY 5, 2007

Today, an interview with Sibley Verbeck (Hathor's his virtual name), founder/CEO of the Electric Sheep Company , which does experience design for real-world companies in virtual worlds including Second Life. Why would they want a Second Life presence? How do you measure success of a project like this in Second Life?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 23, 2007

Steve Anderson continues his series on donation process maps. Ruby Sinreich gives a report about Hillary Clinton's Second Life Campaign Headquarters. A wiki filled with information and presentations about Second Life in Higher Education. and asking for ideas.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 28, 2006

Katie Salen Parsons (She co-wrote the book Rules of Play ) We're facilitating a process of games versus making games. Take a peek into the hotbed of open prototyping, game jams, and mobile media experiements, then consider how schools might start to build social change into games studies curriculum. After specific restraints comes play.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 15, 2007

MacArthur Foundation announces a Virtual Philanthropy event in Second Life next week. She offers a three-step questioning process to help think through how to cut through the clutter. Conversation Tracking in the NpTech Space There quite a blog buzz about the need for a Netsquared European Remix going on. What do you think?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 1, 2007

By letting other nonprofits use your words, pictures, music, innovations, and processes, you are creating resources to help those most in need! Google, Flickr, Second Life and literally thousands of new companies depend on engaging users to make money, and the more people who engage with their content, the more money they make.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 27, 2006

Created an island in Second Life - to share the meaning of digital media in their lives. Meta level of what the design process is. Don't have enough kids talking themselves. Global kids has been working with MacArthur to understand youth s as related digital media. Written essays from kids. University of Wisc.

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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. My colleague, NMC's VP Alan Levine (aka Cogdog Blog ) invited to give one of the keynotes in their 3D virtual space. .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 19, 2008

It's a simplistic vetting process. Looking at Ebay process - can measure the transaction and get user reviews. They will be using Skype, Second Life, Facebook, and MySpace. Do you think you have responsibility that money is donated through your network is well spent? Yes, we screen organizations, but it isn't easy for us.

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JUNE 11, 2008

”, where [A] is any cool (or in the case of ‘Second Life’ seriously uncool) new online tool. Once you get an idea of what the group is about, start contributing and soon you will notice the magical process of gaining reputation online.

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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. It was like getting paid to process the day in a lovely setting. But internship after internship didn't live up to those expectations. I survived the first half of 2003 financially on art modeling and poetry gigs.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2007

And I’ll keep my eye out for a good Second Life consultant. Social networking should truly be a part of the education process, as I wrote recently on my blog, [link] November 29, 2006 | Jean Locicero Shankle Hey this was really interesting. This article represents his personal thoughts, not a Media Matters position.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2006

And I’ll keep my eye out for a good Second Life consultant. Social networking should truly be a part of the education process, as I wrote recently on my blog, [link] November 29, 2006 | Jean Locicero Shankle Hey this was really interesting. This article represents his personal thoughts, not a Media Matters position.

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 10, 2007

If they try to keep the whole process "mysterious" and assure you with an oh-it-will-be-fine-just-trust-us attitude, then steer clear. (d) Take time to probe on how a webcasting company intends to carry out your event. If they seem organized and if they can articulate a careful game plan to you in plain English, thats great.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 6, 2009

I am a bit anal about wanting to post and caption my photos every day, which is hard to do at a conference, and I know others are still editing and processing, so I expect the photo count to go up. Still later in the conference we saw numbers of about 30-60 viewers in Second Life and over 100 on the live Flash stream.

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MARCH 29, 2010

The event took place on forums, webinars, Tweetchat, Second Life, flickr and YouTube. The panel will take place across a mixed-reality framework, to illustrate the process and feeling of a cross-platform/mixed reality event.

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 9, 2007

So where visions of Flash games used to dance in my head, I’m now starting to fantasize about team-building, inclusion, and, of all things, Second Life. We’re using a combination of a wiki-style website and a Second Life presence to make it happen. This is happening very, very quickly. We’re going to make mistakes.

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Care2

OCTOBER 14, 2009

Voting runs through October 16 th and accounts for about 30% of NTC’s decision-making process. The event took place on forums, webinars, Tweetchat, Second Life, flickr and YouTube. Cross Platform Events That Rock Online events aren't only about having a conversation on your own website.

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 17, 2007

It involves me, even as an onlooker, in the process. I was reminded of this pleasure last night, when I came home to a group of Second Life builders working in our living room. They were working on a build collaboratively, with one person's computer hooked up to a digital projector, so Second Life was about 4x6 ft on our wall.

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 26, 2007

I couldn't pass up the opportunity to share this hilarious spoof of Second Life with you. Today, in keeping with the above, real-life games that motivate social collaboration. And it's great to have not just the fun process (which almost all games have) but also to have an output you can hang up or keep or etc.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 25, 2008

Being forced to design inside the bizarre physics of the Second Life design environment has taken us places we wouldn't have gone with traditional exhibit design tools. If any part of our process needs diversification, it's the beginning. We've seen that happen with The Tech Virtual Museum Workshop.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 6, 2012

They work "to ensure that urban youth have the knowledge, skills, experiences, and values they need to succeed in school, participate effectively in the democratic process, and achieve leadership in their communities and on the global stage."

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