Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 9, 2010

Mixed Reality events – conference going on in Second Life with a live streamed video into Second Life, it expands the audience exponentially. Google Alerts – remember that they aren’t always accurate or enough to find everything. Conversations take place in both places separately and together.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 8, 2021

The Plain Language Movement started in the 1970s based on the idea to make it easier for the public to read, understand, and use government communications. There will be multiple realities in the metaverse, such as Second Life (founded in 2003), and there is currently a global race to build the metaverse.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2007

The particular issue that concerns Hiroshi right now is the Second Life problem, 3D avatar immersive environments. To some disability groups, Second Life is wonderful. Of course, Second Life is completely inaccessible to blind people right now. This can be incredibly liberating.

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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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AFP Blog

SEPTEMBER 14, 2007

The NonProfit Times - The Leading Business Publication For Nonprofit Management: "Nonprofits Getting A Lease In Second Life By Marla E. Nobles America's Second Harvest (A2H) added another location to its coalition of more than 200 food banks and food-rescue organizations.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 19, 2009

This time around I limited the list to individuals bloggers, rather than blogs maintained by associations, publications, PR firms, etc. Blog: Nonprofit Commons: Nonprofits in Second Life. Of course, there are many others I am not aware of that should be on this list as well. Blog: ext337. Blog: Rosetta Thurman.

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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. He currently manages the online community of the Nonprofit Commons in Second Life. Nat Robinson.

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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. We’re leading up to it providing webinars and chats, but will be hosting an awards mixed reality event in February.

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JUNE 1, 2010

Does your nonprofit or public library need better technology? TechSoup's donation programs are open to eligible nonprofits and public libraries. You can discuss this webinar on Twitter with the hashtag #techsoup or join us for a live-stream of the event in Second Life. Or sturdier hardware?

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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. He currently manages the online community of the Nonprofit Commons in Second Life. Nat Robinson.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 22, 2007

MacArthur Foundation hosted its first discussion in Second Life to explore the role that philanthropy might play in virtual worlds. We're trying a year of conversation about how to enter the culture in Second Life and the role of philanthropy. " Linden: Second Life is a world being built by the people in it.

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Tech Soup

MAY 27, 2011

has potential for global meetings, public educational events with participation, and remote engagement via webcam. Streaming — Beyond Quicktime Broadcaster for video streaming, the TechSoup team also uses Audio Hijack and Nicecast to pull audio from ReadyTalk webinars onto the web and into Second Life for global participation.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

Rik Panganiban, community manager of TechSoup’s Nonprofits in Second Life online community, rounded out the lineup of speakers by offering tips gleaned from his experience giving presentations in mixed reality environments – advice that can also be used in the offline world. Presentations for Webinars.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 26, 2007

second life, ??? but not necessarily in Second Life, according to Gartner, Inc. Meaningful corporate use of public virtual worlds/platforms will lag. Check out the Nonprofits and Second Life Wiki and Blog for information about the nonprofit side. enterprises) will have a ??? Ah, but what about ROI?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 19, 2007

government to close the real prison and the other to encourage public discourse. Both projects are engaging examples of virtual advocacy, with one creating a virtual representation of the detention center in the virtual world Second Life and the other, a flash-based web site that has a video game quality to it.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 23, 2007

I wanted to highlight a couple of observations that Lucy Bernholz makes in her analysis of yesterday's discussion about philanthropy in Second Life by the MacArthur Foundation. I predict the same fate for Second Life and other 3D-Virtual Words. Photo UgoTrade Blog. And, I got an instant response.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 3, 2006

Second Life and Other Games Nedra Weinreich shares her experience attending the CDC's Second Life experience with an interview the U.S. And overheard at the TechSoup Second Life meeting this week. Ruby Sinreich mentions that a RootsCamp will take place in Seoncd Life. More information here.

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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. t think I???ve Come on, get real already. whenever i???ve

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 8, 2012

NYC Haunts is a mobile game created by the Global Kids Online Leadership Organization in a partnership with the New York Public Library. The Nonprofit Commons in Second Life hosted a discussion on whether games can be used to create peace and Carlos Bergfeld asked whether games for social change need to be fun to be effective.

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JUNE 24, 2015

It centralizes requests from the nonprofits who would like to benefit from the solution, distributes the tablet PCs, and undertakes public relations activities in collaboration with its partners. There are plans to develop the project in Belgium, Canada, and Switzerland.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 7, 2007

After all, any property regime will enable or disable a range of social identities; in the case of intellectual property, the rules of the game profoundly effect whether or not certain public lives can truly flourish. His interests center on the public life of the imagination. Lewis Hyde is a Berkman Center fellow.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 21, 2006

and other technologies such as Second Life follows a well established pattern identified by Gartner analysts called " hype cycles " The description is below and this visual showing the hype cycle for consumer technologies. There may be some successful applications of a technology, but there are typically more failures.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 24, 2007

New Scholarship and Emerging Forms of Publication. 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 report identifies six areas of emerging technology over the next one-to-five years: User-Created Content. Social Networking. Mobile Phones.

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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. My background is in public health, with an interest in using the mass media to help bring about healthy behavior change. Why did you start blogging?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 27, 2006

Speakers: Douglas Thomas, USC Center on Public Diplomacy Hardy Merriman, International Center on Nonviolent Conflict Stephen Friedman, MTV U Douglas Thomas: We're closet gamers. This is a great place to do public diplomacy in the gaming world. Do you we teach coders the basic tenets of public diplomancy or vice versa?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 6, 2007

See also the post on TechSoup, " How to Fund and Cost ICT ," a publication from the ICTHUB. Second Life Ruby has an update on the demonstrations occurring in Second Life in support of Burma. If you can't to Naples and you're want to attend the Plone Conference, it is streaming into Second Life this week.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2006

That's my avatar, I'm live blogging from Second Life. Photo from public photos tagged with macarthur in NMC flickr stream. Several avatars were also in "real life" in New York City. It was opened up for question and answer both in New York and in Second Life. local time).

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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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MAY 26, 2011

In the case of Delicious, you can make your tagged content public, so that it can serve as a resource to others, or private, perhaps to remind yourself to come back to something later. Check out TechSoup's Nonprofits in Second Life Delicious group page for an example of how multiple users can collaborate with social bookmarking.

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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

OCTOBER 19, 2007

A screencapture from a recent weekly meeting for TechSoup's Nonprofit Commons project in Second Life. Want to get started in Second Life, check out. The notes suggest discussion around the appropriate tools to leverage transparency and how data in the social sphere is a public good. blog thought it was cool too.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 26, 2007

Social Web and PR/Marketing An excellent post from Chris Andreson on Long Tail PR: How To Do Publicity Without A Press Release (or the Press) Nancy Schwartz of the Getting Attention Blog is hosting next week's Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants. See this one-page parody of Second Life. " Web 2.0, Need a chuckle?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 27, 2006

Will have a public launch of the series in September - with online discussions with the authors. Public conversation about what games mean and contribution to the general good. Created an island in Second Life - to share the meaning of digital media in their lives. Gave a grant to global kids. Written essays from kids.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 23, 2007

public information??? 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. For me, the web and 2.0 For others, the concept of ???public had connotations of finality, something you couldn???t

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 1, 2007

She told me, "I probably don't have to mention this to you, but you are of course free to put this under a public domain, BY or BY-sa license." 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

DECEMBER 19, 2006

" And, if they had asked me for permission (my photos have appeared in other commercial publications - but they asked me and they included a working link), I would have gladly granted permission. who I met in Second Life for advice) The link got fixed, but no apology! Heck, that a lot of exposure beyond flickr.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 22, 2009

Many social media practitioners who are from a marketing or public relations background are focused on creating conversations. Mastering each tool individually seems like a lot of work and a lot of people give up even before they begin. As consumers and curators engage with compelling content, the content becomes the center of conversations.

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