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NpTech Tag Roundup: Election Day, NPTech Blog Chatter, and Tool Talk

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The NPTech Blog Chatter Confessions of a non-profit IT director blog rasied ruckus with his proposal for creating a closed forum and new NTEN Affinity Group : nptechhelp. Second Life and Other Games Nedra Weinreich shares her experience attending the CDC's Second Life experience with an interview the U.S.

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The One-Look Virus and Immersive Environments for Teaching and Learning

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

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. more preposterous than proposing an immersive MUVE communications revolution). I also have been around this. text, graphics and video?

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Community Exhibit Development: Lessons Learned from The Tech Virtual

Museum 2.0

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. In Second Life, I am not an expert--but many of our virtual exhibit designers are.

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NpTech Summary: VTvigils Online, Netsquared Announces 21 Featured Projects, and Happiness Hacking

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

So how do we propose to pay for it? 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. The media here IS the service. And here's a Web2.0

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Youth Connection Session at Games 4 Change Conference

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Subvert the rules explore the limits of system propose alternate responses Great skills for social change. Gaming is testing ideas, proposing solutions, and moving through the system. What you do inbetween the beats is up to you. That's where dancing takes place. Gaming is a literacy of transgression. Faster than I can type.

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NpTech Tag Summary: Scarcity Thinking, Social Network Fragmentation?, and Engagement Strategies

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

context: How are museums encouraging stickiness and user investment in their proposed and in some cases, already developed, post 2.0 The Pulling My Hair Out Blog , an anonymous nonprofit blogger, is preparing a proposal for the organization's ED about Web2.0 era websites. I expect it isn???t t always going to be a ???build

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Interview with Brooklyn Museum's Shelley Bernstein

Museum 2.0

We’d received a video PSA from Pratt students, and I proposed the contest. That’s why we’re not in Second Life. #1, We look at the equation and say maybe Second Life isn’t the right fit for us. Maybe the Tech will have that with your new project in Second Life. We try to be really really careful here.

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